II Timothy 3:1-9: One of the key principles of Scripture is rightly determining truth from error. Like Peter, the Apostle Paul was deeply trouble by the infiltration of false teachers in the early church. He aptly noted that “There will be terrible times in the last days”, not just projecting forward into the unknown future, but starting immediately following the Ascension of Christ and coming of the Holy Spirit at Pentecost. Paul, Peter and Jude all wrote about disturbing attacks upon the church by “men of depraved minds” under the influence of the evil one who are working to bring disrepute to the Body Of Christ.