Study on Apostasy Page 2 ~ Voice of the Watchman

Revival or Apostasy
A Prophetic Look at the church of the Last Generation before Jesus Returns

BUT THERE IS A DANGER if the person being chastens goes too far… and rebels to the point of turning away from Jesus Christ. There is a danger of holding the truth in unrighteousness and going past chastening, and pulling the actual judgment of God upon your head.

Romans 1:18 (KJV) For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who hold the truth in unrighteousness;

Romans 1:18 (Recovery Edition) “ For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven upon all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men who hold down the truth in unrighteousness.”

Romans 1:18 (Analytical Literal Version) ‘ For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven upon all impiety [or, ungodliness] and unrighteousness of people, [upon] the ones suppressing the truth in unrighteousness. “

It continues on to say that even nature teaches of a holy God and there is no excuse for anyone really. But those who have heard the gospel, or even started in the gospel and then abandoned Jesus from their lives are in far greater danger of judgment. If you HOLD THE TRUTH IN UNRIGHTEOUSNESS… in other words, you know the truth (and suppress it) and you MAKE THE DECISION to THUMB YOUR NOSE AT GOD AND LIVE YOUR OWN WAY… you will KNOW HIS WRATH!

Understand that this is not only to the ungodly and unsaved, but we are living in an age of apostasy where people who have known God and held the truth, and knew the truth have now turned from the truth following seducing spirits and doctrines of demons. There are so many that are now clinging to “another gospel” that preaches “another Christ”, and have literally become apostates and fallen from the truth. THE BIBLE DECLARES THAT THERE WILL BE A GREAT FALLING AWAY AT THE END.

The falling away or apostasy is the Greek apostasia, which means to forsake or defect to the other side. It is the Greek feminine form of the word apostasion, which means a bill of divorcement.

To fall away or apostate is to get a spiritual divorce from God and to reject Jesus Christ.

1 Timothy 4:1-2 (KJV) “ 1 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; 2 Speaking lies in hypocrisy; having their conscience seared with a hot iron;”

2 Peter 2:20-21 (KJV) “ 20 For if after they have escaped the pollutions of the world through the knowledge of the Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, they are again entangled therein, and overcome, the latter end is worse with them than the beginning. 21 For it had been better for them not to have known the way of righteousness, than, after they have known it, to turn from the holy commandment delivered unto them. “

Hebrews 6:4-6 (KJV) “4 For it is impossible for those who were once enlightened, and have tasted of the heavenly gift, and were made partakers of the Holy Ghost, 5 And have tasted the good word of God, and the powers of the world to come, 6 If they shall fall away, to renew them again unto repentance; seeing they crucify to themselves the Son of God afresh, and put him to an open shame.

Revelation 3:1 (KJV) And unto the angel of the church in Sardis write; These things saith he that hath the seven Spirits of God, and the seven stars; I know thy works, that thou hast a name that thou livest, and art dead.

Revelation 3:5 (KJV) He that overcometh, the same shall be clothed in white raiment; and I will not blot out his name out of the book of life, but I will confess his name before my Father, and before his angels.

The rest of Romans 1 goes on and talks about how people become reprobates, or in the case of those who have known the truth of God, apostates where their names have been blotted out of the book of life, and their idolatry has opened up the door for more and more gross, unnatural sin.

A new kind of IDOLATRY had become the hallmark of the American culture, and most of us are not even aware of it. There is idolatry in the American Church today. The prosperity doctrine many times has become a gospel of greed and covetousness. Worldliness has become an idol in churches that have God’s name over the door. New Age ideas have infiltrated into still others, and there are churches falling into a trap of allowing occult and Eastern Religious ideas to take over their doctrines. Still others have pushed through the Emergent Church and have decided that the best way to reach the world is to become worldly and promote worldly things.

Romans 1:21-25 (KJV) “ 21 Because that, when they knew God, they glorified him not as God, neither were thankful; but became vain in their imaginations, and their foolish heart was darkened.

22 Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools,

23 And changed the glory of the uncorruptible God into an image made like to corruptible man, and to birds, and fourfooted beasts, and creeping things.

24 Wherefore God also gave them up to uncleanness through the lusts of their own hearts, to dishonour their own bodies between themselves:

25 Who changed the truth of God into a lie, and worshipped and served the creature more than the Creator, who is blessed for ever. Amen. “

Remember, some have in this generation fallen away by being “seduced” by demonic spirits and their false teachings. They will tell you that God doesn’t mean what the Bible Says. They just released a homosexual bible that rewrites all the holy living parts, and added some books to it that tries to justify an abomination to God. This is a demonic teaching from a seducing spirit.

1. These are people who knew God remember. But they quit living their lives to please Him! They started living it their own way! They lost interest in the very God who had saved them and given them life and started seeking out after their own carnal pleasures and living their way.

They quit worshiping God. They lost interest in doing the things in worship and dedication that they once had for God and replaced them with something worldly. They did not take the time.

2. Their thinking became “vain” or useless and unprofitable to God or man. The mind is the realm of the Spirit, and thoughts are spiritual, which is why 2 Corinthians 10 tells us to put every thought under the submission of Christ before they create evil imaginations and strongholds.

3. Their foolish hearts were darkened. The foolishness of going their own way opened the door for sin which darkened their hearts and choked out all of the good and God’s presence in their lives.

Jesus said that the foolish virgins in Matthew 25 would not go when the Midnight Cry is given to come to the Marriage Supper before the Tribulation. We are told again and again by Jesus and Paul and others in the New Testament to not be foolish, but be wise and walk in the will of God.

Ephesians 5:15-20 (KJV) “15 See then that ye walk circumspectly, not as fools, but as wise, 16 Redeeming the time, because the days are evil. 17 Wherefore be ye not unwise, but understanding what the will of the Lord is. 18 And be not drunk with wine, wherein is excess; but be filled with the Spirit; 19 Speaking to yourselves in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody in your heart to the Lord; 20 Giving thanks always for all things unto God and the Father in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ; “

They profess themselves to be wise, but they became fools. They thought that they were getting away from it and swallowed the lie so long that they started to believe the lie. They know the truth, and hold it in unrighteousness and live like God is not really there. It is a lie.

They will hate the truth when they fall like this, and God and God’s people will annoy them greatly. They will hunt for teachers to support their position and have them tickle their ears.

2 Timothy 4:1-4 (KJV) “ 1 I charge thee therefore before God, and the Lord Jesus Christ, who shall judge the quick and the dead at his appearing and his kingdom; 2 Preach the word; be instant in season, out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort with all longsuffering and doctrine. 3 For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but after their own lusts shall they heap to themselves teachers, having itching ears; 4 And they shall turn away their ears from the truth, and shall be turned unto fables. “

Their idolatry or false religion brought apostasy. And God turned them over to a reprobate mind and they dishonored their own bodies with each other. They not only became fornicators and adulterers, but are now giving into homosexuality. The spiritual guards and truths that once protected them has been removed from their lives and God literally allows them to degrade themselves.

Remember, the seduction into apostasy comes from a joint effort of demonic seducing spirits, and a choice by the believer to quit worshiping and walk his/her own way, and then trying to justify it! The believer turns to idolatry knowing the truth of Jesus Christ. There comes a point where they literally turn away from Jesus Christ and the true gospel (knowingly), and that choice leads to great foolishness and then uncleanness or gross immorality.

What people would have never thought of doing before, they now are seduced by demons into doing and God does not protect them from it. In fact, it becomes part of their judgment.