Denying the Power Thereof! II Timothy 3:1

II Timothy 3:1 - This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come. (Vices) 2 For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, (Vocal) boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, (Vile) unholy, 3 Without natural affection, (Violent) trucebreakers, false accusers, incontinent, fierce, despisers of those that are good, 4 Traitors, heady, highminded, (Vacationers) lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God; 5 Having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof: from such turn away.   

I. Religion is the Scam - 5 Having a form of godliness,

Religion – 1. Recognition of and belief in a supernatural power or powers, obedience, reverence, and worship are due. 2. Feeling or spiritual attitude of those recognizing a super human power.3. Manifestation of such feeling in conduct or manner of life. 4. Any system of faith in or worship of a supreme being as a god.

John 3:16 - For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.

John 10:15 - As the Father knoweth me, even so know I the Father: and I lay down my life for the sheep.

John 15:13 - Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.

I John 4:19 - We love him, because he first loved us.

I John 3:16 - Hereby perceive we the love of God, because he laid down his life for us: and we ought to lay down our lives for the brethren.

II. Refusing the Source - but denying the power thereof:

Mark 12:30 - And thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind, and with all thy strength: this is the first commandment.

Luke 10:27 - And he answering said, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy strength, and with all thy mind; and thy neighbour as thyself. 28 And he said unto him, Thou hast answered right: this do, and thou shalt live.

II Corinthians 6:1 - We then, as workers together with him, beseech you also that ye receive not the grace of God in vain. 2 (For he saith, I have heard thee in a time accepted, and in the day of salvation have I succoured thee: behold, now is the accepted time; behold, now is the day of salvation.) 3 Giving no offence in any thing, that the ministry be not blamed: 4 But in all things approving ourselves as the ministers of God, in much patience, in afflictions, in necessities, in distresses, 5 In stripes, in imprisonments, in tumults, in labours, in watchings, in fastings; 6 By pureness, by knowledge, by longsuffering, by kindness, by the Holy Ghost, by love unfeigned,  7 By the word of truth, by the power of God, by the armour of righteousness on the right hand and on the left,

III. Rejection is the Solution - from such turn away.

Deuteronomy 30:17 - But if thine heart turn away, so that thou wilt not hear, but shalt be drawn away, and worship other gods, and serve them;

Psalms 119:37 - Turn away mine eyes from beholding vanity; and quicken thou me in thy way.

II Corinthians 13:4 - For though he was crucified through weakness, yet he liveth by the power of God. For we also are weak in him, but we shall live with him by the power of God toward you.