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1 | "Two witnesses." When? Who? | Rev 11:3 | kalos | 136488 | ||
Mommapbs: One could say the immediate cause of apostacy is the teaching of false doctrine. But I would venture to say the underlying cause is a lack of biblical discernment. The underlying cause is a peron's ignorance of the Bible, which results in his being vulnerable to heretical or apostate teaching. How does one recognize false doctrine if he has not learned true Bible doctrine? 'Discernment - the ability to think biblically about all areas of life - is indispensable to an uncompromising life. It is incumbent upon the Christian to seize upon the discernment that God has provided for in His precious truth! Without it, Christians are at risk of being "tossed here and there by waves, and carried about by every wind of doctrine" (Ephesians 4:14).' To read more go to: (www.gty.org/IssuesandAnswers/archive/discern.htm). So to answer your question, where ignorance abounded, apostacy did also abound. Grace to you, Kalos |
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2 | "Two witnesses." When? Who? | Rev 11:3 | Mommapbs | 136497 | ||
Grace back to you! Great question: "How does one recognize false doctrine if he has not learned true Bible doctrine?" I'm going to play the Post-Modern card of relativity here and ask: What consitutes "true Bible doctrine? So much of the time I suspect that we follow the teaching of others like "groupies" instead of calling out to God to confirm His truth to us in a personal way. All this being said, what God gives to us for OUR edification may or may not be applicable in a corporal setting - imo, here is where discernment also must be active! As evident on this Forum,(ie baptism; works righteousness, some even may think that Sodom and Gomorrah are people etc) lack of Bible knowledge is rampant and Biblical discernment is also often absent. There is so much disagreement - yet I'm not quite ready to label it as as "apostacy." How might we at least encourage unity in this "body?" (imo, too much of the time some responses are a bit lacking in love which promotes defensiveness rather than a teachable spirit.) Blessings in Christ, mommapbs |
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3 | "Two witnesses." When? Who? | Rev 11:3 | mark d seyler | 136505 | ||
Hi Mommapbs, What part do you think our level of devotion to Christ plays in apostasy, or, for that matter, how well we learn true doctrine? Love in Christ Jesus, Mark |
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4 | "Two witnesses." When? Who? | Rev 11:3 | Mommapbs | 136509 | ||
Greetings Mark - God's desire is for us to come to a knowledge of the truth (1 Tim 2:4) He also desires truth in our inner being (Ps 51:6) which I understand as direction to self examination,what do I believe, even wrong things - what are my motives, do I desire God or what I want of Him, etc. Ps 37:4 promises that when we "delight in the Lord, He will give us the desires of our heart." HIS desires (for us to know the truth, about me and about Him etc) will become OUR desires. So I see a strong connection between our devotion to Christ and knowledge of the truth ("The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom AND knowledge of the Holy One is understanding" also comes to mind.) Apostacy might be the expected result of a life that was complacent toward one's relationship with the Lord. I do think that folks can be sincere in their professed devotion to the Lord, but be sincerely wrong in their knowledge of the truth. I'll process this for a bit. Blessings, mommmapbs PS:I also believe that apostacy can also be the result of false shepherding. |
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