“Now the Spirit expressly says that in later times some will depart
from the faith by devoting themselves to deceitful spirits and teachings of demons, through the
insincerity of liars whose consciences are seared,
who forbid marriage
and require abstinence from foods that God created to be received with thanksgiving by those who believe and know the truth. For everything
created by God is good, and nothing is to be rejected if it is received with thanksgiving, for it is made holy by
the word of God and prayer.” (1 Tim. 4:1–5, ESV)
A Departure from the Faith
“Up, make us gods who shall go before us. As for this Moses, the man who brought us up out of the land of Egypt, we do not
know what has become of him.” (Ex. 32:1, ESV)
A Departure from the Faith“The man without the Spirit does not accept the things that come
from the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness to him, and he cannot
understand them, because they are spiritually discerned.”
(1 Cor. 2:14, NIV)
A Departure from the Faith“Not everyone who says to
me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only the one who does the will of my Father who is in heaven.
A Departure from the FaithMany will say to me on that day, ‘Lord, Lord, did we not
prophesy in your name and in your name drive out demons and in your
name perform many miracles?’ Then I will tell them plainly, ‘I never
knew you. Away from me, you evildoers!’” (Matt 7:21-23, NIV)
A Departure from the Faith“They went out from us, but they did not really belong to
us. For if they had belonged to us, they would have remained
with us; but their going showed that none of them
belonged to us.” (1 John 2:19, NIV)
A Departure from the FaithImportant Truth:
An apostate is not someone who is struggling to believe, but someone who willfully
and deliberately abandons the Faith.
A Departure from the Faith“Let no one deceive you by
any means; for that Day will not come unless the falling
away comes first, and the man of sin is revealed,
the son of perdition” (2 Thess 2:3, NKJV)
A Devotion to the Demonic
“Now the Spirit expressly says that in later times some will
depart from the faith by devoting themselves to deceitful spirits and teachings of demons”
(1 Tim. 4:1, ESV)
A Devotion to the Demonic
“Be sober-minded; be watchful. Your adversary the devil prowls
around like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour.”
(1 Peter 5:8, ESV)
A Devotion to the Demonic
“For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war according to the flesh. For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal but mighty in God for pulling down
strongholds,
A Devotion to the Demonic
casting down arguments and every high thing that exalts
itself against the knowledge of God, bringing every thought into
captivity to the obedience of Christ” (2 Cor. 10:3-5, NKJV)
A Devotion to the Demonic
“For when Gentiles, who do not have the law, by nature do what the law requires, they are a law to themselves, even though they
do not have the law.
A Devotion to the Demonic
They show that the work of the law is written on their hearts,
while their conscience also bears witness, and their conflicting
thoughts accuse or even excuse them.” (Romans 2:14–15, ESV)
A Description ofDemonic Doctrine
• Avoidance of Marriage• Abstinence of Certain Foods