Avoid Departing From the Faith - 1 Timothy 4:1-3

Now the Spirit speaketh expressly, that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits, and doctrines of devils; Speaking lies in hypocrisy; having their conscience seared with a hot iron; Forbidding to marry, and commanding to abstain from meats, which God hath created to be received with thanksgiving of them which believe and know the truth.

Here, Paul informs us that he has had a revelation through the Spirit concerning the last days (our time). Note that all of the conditions mentioned have come to pass: immorality, devil worship, hypocrisy, blatant lying, cohabitation without marriage and coercion to vegetarianism.

I have to admit that the last one seems a bit out of place in the list, but in any case, are signs that we are in the last days. And the existence of these circumstances clearly show a departure from faith. In v. 8 Paul informs us:

...godliness is profitable unto all things, having promise of the life that now is, and of that which is to come.

 Avoiding these sins and those like them constitutes godliness, a state devoid of uncleanness and full of faith and power. Note the promise accompanying it of life now and life in the world to come. Note also that godliness is not possible without faith in Jesus Christ.

Yea, come unto Christ, and be perfected in him, and deny yourselves of all ungodliness; and if ye shall deny yourselves of all ungodliness, and love God with all your might, mind and strength, then is his grace sufficient for you, that by his grace ye may be perfect in Christ; ... then are ye sanctified in Christ by the grace of God, through the shedding of the blood of Christ, which is in the covenant of the Father unto the remission of your sins, that ye become holy, without spot.

It is our prerogative to not only avoid the evils of our day, but to rely on Him and exercise faith unto repentance. Only then can we expect "life that now is, and of that which is to come".