Posts Tagged ‘apostasy’
Drifting Away
by Matthew W. Bassford Hebrews 2:1 contains one of the most sobering warnings in the entire Bible: “For this reason, we must pay attention all the more to what we have heard, so that we will not drift away.” A couple of verses later, the writer uses a rhetorical question to make the point that…
Read MoreWould We Recognize Trends Which Point to an Apostasy?
by Floyd Chappelear Sentry Magazine, March 2001 Salmagundi I have been attending churches of Christ for more than fifty years. I have been preaching the gospel for more than forty of them. I do not think it presumptuous to suggest that I know what I am talking about. The things that point to apostasy are not…
Read MoreThe Chains of the Past
by Jeffrey W. Hamilton Text: Colossians 3:1-11 I. In Charles Dickens’ story “A Christmas Story,” Scrooge is visited by the ghost of his partner who is wear chains of cash boxes, keys, padlocks, ledgers, deeds and heavy purses. When asked what the chains meant, “I wear the chain I forged in life,” replied the Ghost.…
Read MoreSee If You Can Find a Man
Text: Jeremiah 5:1-13 I. The last days of the southern kingdom of Judah A. The people had become very corrupt – Jeremiah 5:20-23 B. God purposed to severely punish His people – Jeremiah 5:26-31 II. But there is one hope – Jeremiah 5:1 A. Jeremiah is told to run through Jerusalem and find a man 1. A man who deals…
Read MoreCan a person who was once a Christian, but now is as worldly as anyone else, come back?
Question: Hello, I John 1:9 says that “If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.” but would that apply to someone who’s a baptized Christian but has been away from God for several months, committed fornication and has been very close to atheism? Mostly the atheism…
Read MoreThere’s No Security for the Believer in ‘Once Saved, Always Saved’
by Al Diestelkamp via Think on These Things, Volume 41, No. 1, Jan-Mar 2010 There is a belief in many Protestant churches, and especially popular among those who would describe themselves as “evangelicals,” known as the doctrine of “The Security of the Believer.” In Calvinism’s TULIP acronym, it is represented by the “P” for “Perseverance of…
Read MoreHow do I know if I have fallen from grace?
Question: What does it mean to fall from the grace? I’ve doubted Jesus so many times, I’m scared I’ve fallen. I pray to God to forgive me and ask Him to never let me go, never let me take my eyes off Christ or I’ll be lost. How do I know I haven’t fallen? Answer:…
Read MoreThe Three Chairs
I. There is a tendency for groups of people to drift away from the truth as years go by A. Not necessarily one person leaving the faith, but as generation succeeds generation there is a tendency for children to not do as well as their parents. 1. It shows up as a gradual change, not a sudden departure…
Read MoreNotes on Apostasy
Proverbs 15:10 Ezekiel 18 Ezekiel 33:12-16 Matthew 3:10 John 8:31 John 15:6 Acts 8:12-13 Acts 8:1824 Acts 20:28-30 Romans 11:16-24 I Corinthians 9:24-10:12 Colossians 1:22-23 Galatians 5:4-7 I Timothy 1:18-20 I Timothy 4:1-3 I Timothy 6:10 II Timothy 4:4-10 Hebrews 2:1 Hebrews 3:12-19 Hebrews 4:1 Hebrews 4:11 Hebrews 6:4-7 Hebrews 10:26-30 Hebrews 10:38-39 James 5:19-20…
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