Apostasy is generally defined as the determined willful rejection of Christ and His teachings by a Christian believer. This is different from false belief or error, which is the result of ignorance.

If, after we have been given knowledge of the truth, we should deliberately commit any sins, then there is no longer any sacrifice for them. There will be left only the dreadful prospect of judgment and of the raging fire that is to burn rebels. Anyone who disregards the Law of Moses is ruthlessly put to death on the word of two witnesses or three; and you may be sure that anyone who tramples on the Son of God, and who treats the blood of the covenant which sanctified him/her as if it were not holy, and who insults the Spirit of grace, will be condemned to a far severer punishment. We are all aware who it was that said: Vengeance is mine, I will repay. And again: the Lord will judge his people. It is a dreadful thing to fall into the hands of the living God. - Hebrew 10:26-31 -

In other word, a falling away from faith is refers to Apostasy. The nation of Israel fell into repeated back sliding. - Jeremiah 5:6 - The prophet Jeremiah predicted the judgment of God upon such disloyalty.

Your own wickedness is punishing you,
your own apostasies are rebuking you:
consider carefully
how evil and bitter it is for you
to abandon Yahweh your God
and not to stand in awe of me
- it is Yahweh Sabaoth who speaks. - Jeremiah 2:19 -

Some of the noted apostates in the Sacred Scripture/Holy Bible are: king Saul, who turned back from following the Lord; - 1 Samuel 15:11 - Hymenaeus and Alexander, who have put conscience aside and wrecked their faith; - 1 Timothy 1:19-20 - and Demas, who deserted the apostle Paul because he loved this present world. - 2 Timothy 4:10 -

In Acts 21:20-21 the apostle Paul was described falsely as one who taught the Jews living among the Gentiles to commit apostasy. Second Thessalonians 2:1-3 declares that the Day of the Lord will not come unless the apostasy comes first. This great apostasy will be the time of 'the final rebellion against God, when wickedness will be revealed in human form.' - 2 Thessalonians. 2:1-3 -

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Sunday, May 24, 2009

I have through years of reading, pondering, reflecting and contemplating, the 3 things that last; FAITH . HOPE . LOVE and I would like to made available my sharing from the many thinkers, authors, scholars and theologians whose ideas and thoughts I have borrowed. God be with them always. Amen!

I STILL HAVE MANY THINGS TO SAY TO YOU BUT THEY WOULD BE TOO MUCH FOR YOU NOW. BUT WHEN THE SPIRIT OF TRUTH COMES, HE WILL LEAD YOU TO THE COMPLETE TRUTH, SINCE HE WILL NOT BE SPEAKING AS FROM HIMSELF, BUT WILL SAY ONLY WHAT HE HAS LEARNT; AND HE WILL TELL YOU OF THE THINGS TO COME.

HE WILL GLORIFY ME, SINCE ALL HE TELLS YOU WILL BE TAKEN FROM WHAT IS MINE. EVERYTHING THE FATHER HAS IS MINE; THAT IS WHY I SAID: ALL HE TELLS YOU WILL BE TAKEN FROM WHAT IS MINE. - JOHN 16:12-15 -