The guys at the Museum of Idolatry just keep finding these gems proving Paul’s words in 2 Tim 4:1-4. Their latest YouTube edition is below.

I also pass on the scripture that was posted with this video and a couple of others to make it easy, simple and plain. It seems pretty plain to me.

Matt 23:33 “You serpents, you brood of vipers, how will you escape the sentence of hell?

Matt 25: 43 I was a stranger, and you did not invite Me in; naked, and you did not clothe Me; sick, and in prison, and you did not visit Me.’ 44 “Then they themselves also will answer, ‘Lord, when did we see You hungry, or thirsty, or a stranger, or naked, or sick, or in prison, and did not take care of You?’ 45 “Then He will answer them, ‘Truly I say to you, to the extent that you did not do it to one of the least of these, you did not do it to Me.’ 46 “These will go away into eternal punishment, but the righteous into eternal life.”

John 3:16 “For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish, but have eternal life.

Romans 10:9 that if you confess with your mouth Jesus as Lord, and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead, you will be saved; 10 for with the heart a person believes, resulting in righteousness, and with the mouth he confesses, resulting in salvation. 11 For the Scripture says, “Whoever believes in Him will not be disappointed.” 12 For there is no distinction between Jew and Greek; for the same Lord is Lord of all, abounding in riches for all who call on Him; 13 for “Whoever will call on the name of the Lord will be saved.”

2 Timothy 4:1 I solemnly charge you in the presence of God and of Christ Jesus, who is to judge the living and the dead, and by His appearing and His kingdom: 2 preach the word; be ready in season and out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort, with great patience and instruction. 3 For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but wanting to have their ears tickled, they will accumulate for themselves teachers in accordance to their own desires, 4 and will turn away their ears from the truth and will turn aside to myths.

There is a faith and trust factor involved in salvation.  It is important to remember that salvation is applied to those who put their faith in the death, burial, and resurrection of Jesus for the forgiveness of their sins. You can rationalize God’s mercy to grant forgiveness to anyone (you, me, Hitler, Stalin, any murderer or rapist) or you can believe as the Bible teaches that our sin will condemn us to an eternal separation from God (Rom. 6:23), yet God’s love impelled Him to demonstrate love in His Son (Rom. 5:8).  The choice is yours to follow the lure of tickled ears or face up to the facts that we have all sinned and we need forgiveness.