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Warning of Apostasy
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This is for the latter times
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End of the church age
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Just before the Tribulation. The Tribulation period itself is one of
complete apostasy of government, religion, and society. Only God can
save.
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Society falls apart
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Like the days of Noah and the times of Sodom and Gomorrah
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The sins of society are NOT any special sins.
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They are the breaking of God’s Commandments as summarized in the 10
Commandments.
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Every law is broken in thoughts, desires, words, and deeds.
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Truth changes from the correspondence theory (reality) to the
Narcissistic theory (what I say is truth, is truth).
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Genesis 15:16 NRSV And they shall come back here in the
fourth generation; for the iniquity of the Amorites is not yet
complete."
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Punishment does happen. We don’t know when.
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God is very patient. He wants all to repent. 2 Peter 3:9 NIV The
Lord is not slow in keeping his promise, as some understand slowness.
Instead he is patient with you, not wanting anyone to perish, but
everyone to come to repentance.
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Characteristics of those times
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Depart from the faith—leaving the Gospel and doctrine as taught by
the Lord Jesus and the Apostles.
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Steps in apostasy
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Truth is the first thing to be changed.
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Then Bible interpretation becomes everything except the plain, normal
sense.
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Then the Gospel is corrupted or neglected. Works or something else
become necessary.
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Then the doctrine of God, the Trinity—Father, Son, and Holy Spirit
are changed.
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Christianity departs from evidence and a reasonable faith to one of
experience and mysticism.
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Becoming deceived
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The method: charisma, philosophy, empty deceit. Colossians 2:8
AMPC See to it that no one carries you off as spoil or makes
you yourselves captive by his so-called philosophy and
intellectualism and vain deceit (idle fancies and plain nonsense),
following human tradition (men's ideas of the material rather than
the spiritual world), just crude notions following the rudimentary
and elemental teachings of the universe and disregarding [the
teachings of] Christ (the Messiah).
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Comes from spiritual ignorance: Matthew 22:29 NRSV Jesus answered
them, "You are wrong, because you know neither the scriptures
nor the power of God.
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True sets one free from deception. We must start with truth/reality.
John 8:31-32 WEL Then Jesus said to the Jews who believed in him,
“If you continue in my teaching, you are truly my disciples, 32
“Then you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.
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Liars are rampant.
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These teachings come from liars whose consciences are seared. They
just don’t care anymore about God’s truth in its plain, normal
sense.
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The devil, hating God, uses lies for his teaching. God, loving truth,
uses truth to teach the truth.
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Claim to be spokes-persons for God. Jeremiah 14:14-15 GNB But
the LORD replied, "The prophets are telling lies in my name; I
did not send them, nor did I give them any orders or speak one word
to them. The visions they talk about have not come from me; their
predictions are worthless things that they have imagined. 15 I,
the LORD, tell you what I am going to do to those prophets whom I did
not send but who speak in my name and say war and starvation will not
strike this land—I will kill them in war and by starvation.
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Use the same words and terminology with different
meanings/definitions.
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A seared conscience is one in which truth is suppressed and pushed
aside.
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Romans 1:18 NIV The wrath of God is being revealed from heaven
against all the godlessness and wickedness of people, who suppress
the truth by their wickedness.
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Often we believe false
teachers because we become deceived and sear our conscience as well.
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James 1:22 NIV Do not merely listen to the word, and so
deceive yourselves. Do what it says.
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Sometimes we think everything
is wonderful, we are strong Christians, and we have arrived at
spiritual maturity. But, in reality, we are in terrible shape.
Revelation 3:17-18 GNB You say, 'I am rich and well
off; I have all I need.' But you do not know how miserable and
pitiful you are! You are poor, naked, and blind. 18 I advise
you, then, to buy gold from me, pure gold, in order to be rich. Buy
also white clothing to dress yourself and cover up your shameful
nakedness. Buy also some ointment to put on your eyes, so that you
may see.
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We need to live a life in truth/reality.
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Psalm 86:11 NKJV Teach me Your way, O LORD; I will walk in
Your truth; Unite my heart to fear Your name.
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God loves to teach.
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We must acknowledge
our
ignorance and need to be taught.
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Just being taught by God (reading and studying the Scriptures) is not
enough. We must live it continually and in private and public.
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Walk is our daily life.
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Unite as in undivided motives, attitudes, thoughts, words, and deeds.
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Our heart is the core of our being. We are not to be hypocrites.
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1 John 1:6 ISV If we claim that we have fellowship
with him but keep living in darkness, we are lying and not practicing
the truth.
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James 1:23-25 GW If someone listens to God's word but
doesn't do what it says, he is like a person who looks at his face in
a mirror, 24 studies his features, goes away, and immediately
forgets what he looks like. 25 However, the person who continues
to study God's perfect teachings that make people free and who
remains committed to them will be blessed. People like that don't
merely listen and forget; they actually do what God's teachings say.
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Turning to seducing spirits and teachings of demons. Leaving truth.
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Lifestyle is determined by whatever a person decides.
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The
plain, normal sense of Scripture becomes changed to one of “spiritual
interpretation.” Doctrine
and messages come from meeting God(?)
in The
Silence.
The people are deceived to think it is Yahweh who gives these
messages, but the messages come from the false. 2 Corinthians
11:13-14 CSB For
such people are false apostles, deceitful workers, disguising
themselves as apostles of Christ. And no wonder! For Satan disguises
himself as an angel of light.
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Lies and hypocrisy
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What these false teachers say and do are not the same.
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They love to cover up and hide what they really believe and do.
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Many fake pastors hide various abuses and financial documents from
the faithful.
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Conscience seared—people do all these evil things and do not feel
any guilt.
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Forbid marriage.
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Teach the necessity to avoid certain foods.
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This refers to foods not related to health, but to progress
spiritually. Some teach that Christians must follow the dietary laws
outlined in the Old Testament. If someone wants to follow those laws,
so be it, but if they teach it is spiritually necessarily for the
Christian, it is false teaching. I am a Christian not a Jew. God
bless the Jews.
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The truth is Christians can eat. The reason? God created these foods
to be partaken with thanksgiving by those who believe and know the
truth. So, if a teacher teaches the necessity of not eating something
for spiritual reasons, they are teaching lies. Beware! We have been
warned.
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These foods are spoken by the Holy Spirit to be good and not to be
refused. We are to be thankful for them, when we eat any food.
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These foods are sanctified.
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Because God said so.
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Because of prayer.
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We can also worship on Sunday or any other day: Colossians 2:16-17
WEL So
then don't let anyone condemn you in food, drink, religious
festivals, new moon, or the Sabbath. 17 These are a shadow of things
to come, but the real substance is Christ.
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Resources:
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Last
Days Apostasy of the Church Andy Woods This is a 6-part series.
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1
Timothy 4:1 The Church of the Apostasy -2 W A Criswell
C4 Questions
D1 How is a person deceived?
D2 What makes the last days a time of greater deception?
D3 How can we avoid deception?
D4 What is our standard for living the Christian life?
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