The Apostasy

Tim and Jay follow up on a question from last season about the church and the holy spirit gifts. The answer leads on a fascinating study of the prophecies concerning a falling away from Apostolic teaching. Prophecies that surprisingly came to pass in the Apostle's day and are still with us.

Key Verse:

"Preach the word; be ready in season and out of season; reprove, rebuke, and exhort, with complete patience and teaching. For the time is coming when people will not endure sound teaching, but having itching ears they will accumulate for themselves teachers to suit their own passions, and will turn away from listening to the truth and wander off into myths." 2 Timothy 4:2-4

Outline:

1. Introduction
   1. Review of “perfect” (1 Cor. 13:8-10; Eph. 4:13-14) in the Ages of the Spirit episode and the question
   2. The body of Christ vs the Apostasy
      1. Define Apostasy
      2. The Lord knows who are his (2 Tim. 2:19)
2. Apostasy Foretold
   1. Acts 20:28-32 (ref. Matt. 7:15-20)
      1. From without and within
      2. The warning to be alert (Rom. 16:17-19)
   2. Signs of the Apostasy
      1. 1 Tim. 4:1-3 – Doctrines of demons, forbidding to marry, abstinence from foods
      2. 2 Tim. 4:2-4 – Wander into myths
      3. 2 Pet. 2:1-3 – Emphasis on greed and sensuality
3. Apostasy Started
   1. Jude 1:3-4 – Fulfillment of 2 Peter passage
   2. 1 John 2:18-19 – The beginning of the antichrist
   3. 1 John 4:1-6 – Testing the spirits of truth and error
   4. 2 Thess. 2:1-12
      1. The rebellion comes first and was already at work
      2. Would last to the coming of Christ
4. Conclusion

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