But you must remember, beloved, the predictions of the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ. They said to you, “In the last time there will be scoffers, following their own ungodly passions.” It is these who cause divisions, worldly people devoid of the Spirit. But you, beloved, build yourselves up in your most holy faith; pray in the Holy Spirit; keep yourselves in the love of God, waiting for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ that leads to eternal life. And have mercy on those who doubt; save others by snatching them out of the fire; to others show mercy with fear, hating even the garment stained by the flesh.

This made me wonder, who will save the likes of Joel Osteen and Jermiah Wright? Who will snatch them from the fire? Though they claim Christ, “they are from our world; therefore they speak from the world, and the world listens to them” (1 John 4:5). Though they claim him, they deny the whole of him. One man loves the world and money, just as Demas did, who turned from the faith (1 John 1:15, 2 Timothy 4:10, Matthew 6:24). The other man hates his brother, and thus displays he has not the love of God (1 John 2:9).