2 Timothy 3:1-5

But understand this, that in the last days difficult times will come.  For people will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boastful, arrogant, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, ungrateful, unholy,  unloving, irreconcilable, slanderers, without self-control, savage, opposed to what is good,  treacherous, reckless, conceited, loving pleasure rather than loving God.  They will maintain the outward appearance of religion but will have repudiated its power. So avoid people like these.

Jesus cannot be on the throne of our hearts without the power of God at work within us. Paul is talking about people who “act religious, but they will reject the power that could make them godly”. The Holy Spirit is the gift that seals us in Christ Jesus, and He is the power of God in us. John 14:26 says, “But the Advocate, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, will teach you all things and will remind you of everything I have said to you.” Romans 5:5 says, “And hope does not put us to shame, because God’s love has been poured out into our hearts through the Holy Spirit, who has been given to us.” He is a gift that reveals all truth to us and testifies about Jesus. Don’t be a pretender, live empowered by the Holy Spirit.