Apostasia

Apostasy NT:646 a)postasi/a apostasia (ap-os-tas-ee'-ah); feminine of the same as NT:647; defection from truth (properly, the state) ["apostasy"]: KJV - falling away, forsake. NT:647 a)posta/sion apostasion (ap-os-tas'-ee-on); neuter of a (presumed) adj. from a derivative of NT:868; properly, something separative, i.e. (specially) divorce: KJV - (writing of) divorcement. (Biblesoft's New Exhaustive Strong's Numbers and Concordance with Expanded Greek-Hebrew Dictionary. Copyright © 1994, 2003, 2006 Biblesoft, Inc. and International Bible Translators, Inc.)

Apostasy Abandonment of ones religious faith Renunciation of a religious faith A revolt A total desertion of or departure from ones religion A willful rejection of beliefs

Let no one in any way deceive you, for it will not come unless the apostasy comes first, and the man of lawlessness is revealed… NASB Apostasia II Thessalonians 2: 1-5

At that time many will turn away from the faith and will betray and hate each other, and many false prophets will appear and deceive many people. Apostasia Matthew 24

"The right-wing conservatives think it's a decision/ And you can be cured with some treatment and religion/ Man-made rewiring of a predisposition. Playing God, aw nah here we go/ America the brave still fears what we don't know/ And God loves all his children, is somehow forgotten/ But we paraphrase a book written thirty-five hundred years ago." Same Love Macklemore & Ryan Lewis Grammy Awards January 26, 2014

A coming deceiver Apostasia Daniel 7, 8, 9 Speaks against God Oppress the saints Cause deceit to prosper In security, destruction A covenant with many Abomination

A coming deceiver Apostasia I Thessalonians 5: 1-3 II Thessalonians 2: 3-4 Revelation 13: 5-8 Peace & safety - then destruction Oppose God Claim to be God Speaking blasphemies Worship the beast

Deception Abomination of desolation Deception Apostasia Matthew 24: 4,5,10-12,15,24

Loves all Accepts all Non-judgmental Gentle, kind Tolerant of behavior (love above all) Apostasia The cultural Jesus

Loves all, compassionate, forgiving Accepts all – but requires change Judge – based on His word Demanding Exclusive – only through Him Many invited – few chosen Weeping & gnashing of teeth Apostasia The Biblical Jesus

…if someone comes to you and preaches a Jesus other than the Jesus we preached… Apostasia II Corinthians 11: 1-4

But I fear, lest somehow, as the serpent deceived Eve by his craftiness, so your minds may be corrupted from the simplicity that is in Christ. Apostasia II Corinthians 11: 1-4 NKJV

Not everyone who says to me, 'Lord, Lord,' will enter the kingdom of heaven… Not everyone who says to me, 'Lord, Lord,' will enter the kingdom of heaven… Apostasia Matthew 7: 21-23

But I fear, lest somehow, as the serpent deceived Eve by his craftiness, so your minds may be corrupted from the simplicity that is in Christ. Apostasia II Corinthians 11: 1-4 NKJV A different Jesus A different spirit A different gospel

Jesus Christ has come in the flesh Apostasia I John 4: 1-3 The Spirit of God The spirit of antichrist A different Jesus

Who do you say I am? Apostasia Matthew 16: You are the Christ, the Son of the living God

Quickly deserting the one who called you Turning to a different gospel Apostasia Galatians 1: 6-9 Beginning with the Spirit Now by human effort? Galatians 3: 1-3

Some will abandon the faith and follow deceiving spirits Apostasia I Timothy 4: 1-2, 16; 6: Watch your life & doctrine closely

…always learning but never able to acknowledge the truth Deceiving & being deceived Apostasia II Timothy 3 Continue in what you have learned You have known the Holy Scriptures

Destructive heresies Denying the sovereign Lord Way of truth into disrepute Left the straight way Turned backs on sacred command Apostasia II Peter 2

Scoffing & following evil desires Apostasia II Peter 3 Reminders, stimulate you to wholesome thinking, Recall the words & command What happened to the Messiahs promise to return? ISV ISV