Mockers in the Last Time, Walking after their Own Ungodly Lusts – The following verses contrast the spiritual condition of the derisive mockers and scorners who hate God with that of those believers whose delight is in the law of the LORD (God’s Word). Unbelievers are called the “ungodly”, the “sinners”, the “proud”, the “wicked”, and the “fools”. Believers are referred to as the “blessed”, the “just”, the “lowly”, the “righteous”, and the “wise”. God curses and scorns the foolish (the unsaved) but gives blessings, grace, favor and wisdom to the wise (the elect). The end result of such mocking and walking after ungodly lust is the fearful reality of judgment that the unsaved can expect as seen in 2 Pet 2:6.

Gen 19:14-16,24,26 “14And Lot went out, and spake unto his sons in law, which married his daughters, and said, Up, get you out of this place; for the LORD will destroy this city. But he seemed as one that mocked unto his sons in law.”

Jude 1:17- 21 “But, beloved, remember ye the words which were spoken before of the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ; 18How that they told you there should be mockers in the last time, who should walk after their own ungodly lusts. 19These be they who separate themselves, sensual, having not the Spirit. 20But ye, beloved, building up yourselves on your most holy faith, praying in the Holy Ghost, 21Keep yourselves in the love of God, looking for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ unto eternal life.”

2 Pet 3:3-7 “Knowing this first, that there shall come in the last days scoffers, walking after their own lusts, 4And saying, Where is the promise of his coming? for since the fathers fell asleep, all things continue as they were from the beginning of the creation. 5For this they willingly are ignorant of, that by the word of God the heavens were of old, and the earth standing out of the water and in the water: 6Whereby the world that then was, being overflowed with water, perished: 7But the heavens and the earth, which are now, by the same word are kept in store, reserved unto fire against the day of judgment and perdition of ungodly men.”

Pro 3:33-34 “The curse of the LORD is in the house of the wicked: but he blesseth the habitation of the just. 34Surely he scorneth [mock] the scorners [mockers]: but he giveth grace unto the lowly.” 

Rom 1:21-22 “Because that, when they knew God, they glorified him not as God, neither were thankful; but became vain in their imaginations, and their foolish heart was darkened. 22Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools,”

2 Pet 2:6 “And turning the cities of Sodom and Gomorrha into ashes condemned them with an overthrow, making them an ensample unto those that after should live ungodly;”

Jude 1:14-16 “And Enoch also, the seventh from Adam, prophesied of these, saying, Behold, the Lord cometh with ten thousands of his saints, 15To execute judgment upon all, and to convince all that are ungodly among them of all their ungodly deeds which they have ungodly committed, and of all their hard speeches which ungodly sinners have spoken against him. 16These are murmurers, complainers, walking after their own lusts; and their mouth speaketh great swelling words, having men’s persons in admiration because of advantage.”

• The Lord Knoweth how to Deliver the Godly – “To This Man Will I Look …”, we read in Isa 66:2, “… to him that is poor and of a contrite spirit, and trembleth at my word”. Who is this person described as “poor, of a contrite spirit, and trembleth at my word”? This person is found among those to whom Luke 1:50 refers, “And his mercy is on them that fear him from generation to generation”. Those whom God has saved, or reconciled, have a deep fear and sensitivity to God’s Holy Word, the Bible, because they are fully aware that His Word is an extension of God Himself. In His great mercy, God has accomplished salvation for each of His elect children and imputed His Righteousness through the work of His Son, the Lord Jesus Christ “… whom he raised from the dead, even Jesus, which delivered us from the wrath to come”, as 1 The 1:10 affirms. Believers are referred to as the “blessed”, the “just”, the “lowly”, the “righteous”, and the “wise”, not because of any of their own works but because they are covered with the Christ’s robe of righteousness. Those who fear the Lord are under the watchful care of God, Who delivers them from spiritual death, or Hell, and from spiritual famine, as Psa 33:18-19 teaches. May God have mercy on us to rely solely upon the work of the Lord Jesus Christ, Who came to suffer Hell for His people, and to deliver them from His wrath and the awful punishment we all deserve, as a result of our sinfulness.

Isa 66:2, “For all those things hath mine hand made, and all those things have been, saith the LORD: but to this man will I look, even to him that is poor and of a contrite spirit, and trembleth at my word.”

Psa 1:1-2 “Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful. 2But his delight is in the law of the LORD; and in his law doth he  meditate day and night.”

Psa 33:18-19 “Behold, the eye of the LORD is upon them that fear him, upon them that hope in his mercy;  To deliver their soul from death, and to keep them alive in famine.”

Gen 9:15-16,23-24 “And when the morning arose, then the angels hastened Lot, saying, Arise, take thy wife, and thy two daughters, which are here; lest thou be consumed in the iniquity of the city. 16And while he lingered, the men laid hold upon his hand, and upon the hand of his wife, and upon the hand of his two daughters; the LORD being merciful unto him: and they brought him forth, and set him without the city. 23The sun was risen upon the earth when Lot entered into Zoar. 24Then the LORD rained upon Sodom and upon Gomorrah brimstone and fire from the LORD out of heaven;”

2 Pet 2:7-8 “And delivered just Lot, vexed with the filthy conversation of the wicked: 8(For that righteous [the righteousness of God which is by faith] man dwelling among them, in seeing and hearing, vexed his righteous soul from day to day with their unlawful deeds;)”

2 Pet 2:9 “The Lord knoweth how to deliver the godly out of temptations, and to reserve the unjust unto the day of judgment to be punished”

Gal 1:4 “Who [Lord Jesus Christ] gave himself for our sins, that he might deliver us from this present evil world: according to the will of God and our Father.”

• Denying Ungodliness and Worldly Lusts, Live Soberly, Righteously, and Godly – In these very last of the Last Days, God commands all true believers to be spiritually sober and watchful in 1 The 5:6-8. It requires that each of us soberly examine ourselves in the light of God’s Word (2 Cor 13:5). For the genuine believer in Christ, who have been redeemed, there are numerous admonitions to live a life of obedient service to the Lord. Believers are not only made Holy by the death of Christ (Col 1:22) but are called to live Holy Lives as 1 Pet 1:15-16 asserts. After someone has become saved, God’s command to “be ye holy, as I am holy” found in 1 Pet 2:16 begins to manifest itself in the life of one who truly has become a “new creature” (or creation) in Christ and is given eternal spiritual soberness. These Scriptures are underscoring a vital element of this new life of holiness, love for God and love for others and a growing motivation to be obedient to the Bible in thought, word, and deed. May God cause us to hunger and thirst for Him and for His holiness.

Tit 2:12 “Teaching us that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live soberly, righteously, and godly, in this present world;”

1 Pet 1:13-16 “Wherefore gird up the loins of your mind, be sober, and hope to the end for the grace that is to be brought unto you at the revelation of Jesus Christ; 14As obedient children, not fashioning yourselves according to the former lusts in your ignorance: 15But as he which hath called you is holy, so be ye holy in all manner of conversation [which is the word conduct]; 16Because it is written, Be ye holy; for I am holy.” 

1 Thes 5:2-6 “For yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord so cometh as a thief in the night. 3For when they shall say, Peace and safety; then sudden destruction cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman with child; and they shall not escape. 4But ye, brethren, are not in darkness, that that day should overtake you as a thief. 5Ye are all the children of light, and the children of the day: we are not of the night, nor of darkness. 6Therefore let us not sleep, as do others; but let us watch and be sober. 7For they that sleep sleep in the night; and they that be drunken are drunken in the night. 8But let us, who are of the day, be sober, putting on the breastplate of faith and love; and for an helmet, the hope of salvation.””

2 Pet 3:9-10 “The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance. 10But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also and the works that are therein shall be burned up.