PM Sermon 7/29/12: Beware, the Apostasy
Pm Scripture Reading: Acts 20.28-32
David M. Fiddament
BEWARE, THE APOSTASY
Introduction:
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The Holy Spirit warned of a great falling away in 1 Tim. 4.1.
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άποστασία (apostasia): a falling away. (2 Thess. 2.3)
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Paul says that Christ won’t come till the apostasy happens.
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We must always beware of apostasy and stand fast in the Truth! (Read Acts 20.28-32)
I. APOSTASY PRODUCED
A. By Satan. (John 8.44)
B. By False Teachers. (2 Pet. 2.12; Matt. 7.15-20)
C. By Stubbornness. (Acts 7.57; Acts 28.25-28)
D. By a Love of the World. (Mark 10.17-22, 1 John 2.15-16)
II. APOSTASY EXHIBITED
A. In Resisting the Truth. (John 9.1-37; Acts. 13.45)
B. In Manipulating the Truth. (2 Pet. 2.1-3; 2 Cor. 11.12-15)
C. In Forsaking the Truth. (1 Tim. 1.18-20)
III. APOSTASY DENIED
A. By Continuing in Truth.
1. Study. (2 Tim. 3.13-17)
2. Grow! (2 Pet. 1.5-11)
B. By Wearing the Armor of God. (Eph. 6.10-18)
C. By Brotherly Admonition.
1. Paul, Peter, and Apollos were all in error.
2. But they were corrected. (Acts 8.1-3; ch. 9)
D. By Removing Apostasy.
1. False teaching is a cancer. (2 Tim. 2.16-18)
2. Cancer kills unless removed. (Titus 3.9-11)
Conclusion: The better we understand our enemy’s devices, the better we survive.
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