September
2 0 2 2 / PA R T N E R L E T T E R
I remember when I was just a boy, how
exciting it was when school was out for
the summer. Then when September
came, it was just as thrilling. It was
school time again—a new year, a grade
higher. Old friends came back together,
and a few new ones came in. It was
pretty wonderful! No one was trying to
question your gender, or trying to get
you to question it! In my case, I'm talking
about from 1943-1955. It was 79 years ago
when I entered elementary school and
67 years ago that I graduated from high
school. What has happened?
Let's look at 2 Timothy 3:1-4:
1 THIS KNOW ALSO, THAT IN THE LAST
DAYS PERILOUS TIMES SHALL COME.
2 FOR MEN SHALL BE LOVERS OF THEIR
OWN SELVES, COVETOUS, BOASTERS,
PROUD, BLASPHEMERS, DISOBEDIENT
TO PARENTS, UNTHANKFUL, UNHOLY,
3 WITHOUT NATURAL AFFECTION,
TRUCEBREAKERS, FALSE ACCUSERS,
INCONTINENT, FIERCE, DESPISERS OF
THOSE THAT ARE GOOD,
4 TRAITORS, HEADY, HIGHMINDED,
LOVERS OF PLEASURES MORE THAN
LOVERS OF GOD.
A key word in all of this is in verse 3.
Incontinent means "lacking in
selfcontrol, especially of sexual desire."
Things such as this, not to mention
floods in one place and drought in
another, give us reason to believe things
are falling apart. However, they are not
falling apart, they are falling into place.
We are getting a snapshot of what is to
come in the Tribulation. It is time to
wake up to the glorious revelation that
we are covenant partners with THE
MOST HIGH GOD.
Let's read 1 Corinthians 11:25 in the New
Living Translation:
25 IN THE SAME WAY, HE TOOK THE CUP
OF WINE AFTER SUPPER, SAYING, "THIS
CUP IS THE NEW COVENANT BETWEEN
GOD AND HIS PEOPLE—AN AGREEMENT
CONFIRMED WITH MY BLOOD. DO THIS
IN REMEMBRANCE OF ME AS OFTEN AS
YOU DRINK IT."
"CONFIRMED WITH MY BLOOD"! You are
a COVENANT MAN, my dear brother! You
are a COVENANT WOMAN, my dear
