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revile you, and persecute you, and shall say all manner of evil against you, for my sake. Rejoice and be exceeding glad, since very great is your reward in heaven; for so used their fathers to do even to the prophets." So that He likewise foretold their having to be themselves also slain, after the example of the prophets. … The rule about enduring persecution also would have had respect to us too, as to disciples by inheritance, and, (as it were,) bushes from the apostolic seed. For even thus again does He address words of guidance to the apostles: "Behold, I send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves;" and, "Beware of men, for they will deliver you up to the councils, and they will scourge you in their synagogues; and you shall be brought before governors and kings for my sake, for a testimony against them and the Gentiles," etc. Now when He adds, "But the brother will deliver up the brother to death, and the father the child; and the children shall rise up against their parents, and cause them to be put to death," He has clearly announced with reference to the others, (that they would be subjected to) this form of unrighteous conduct, which we do not find exemplified in the case of the apostles. For none of them had experience of a father or a brother as a betrayer, which very many of us have. Then He returns to the apostles: "And you shall be hated of all men for my name's sake." How much more shall we, for whom there exists the necessity of being delivered up by parents too! Thus, by allotting this very betrayal, now to the apostles, now to all, He pours out the same destruction upon all the possessors of the name, on whom the name, along with the condition that it be an object of hatred, will rest. But he who will endure on to the end – this man will be saved. By enduring what but persecution – betrayal – death? For to endure to the end is naught else than to suffer the end. And therefore there immediately follows, "The disciple is not above his master, nor the servant above his own lord;" because, seeing the Master and Lord Himself was steadfast in suffering persecution, betrayal and death, much more will it be the duty of His servants and disciples to bear the same, that they may not seem as if superior to Him, or to have got an immunity from the assaults of unrighteousness, since this itself should be glory enough for them, to be conformed to the sufferings of their Lord and Master; and, preparing them for the endurance of these, He reminds them that they must not fear such persons as kill the body only, but are not able to destroy the soul, but that they must dedicate fear to Him rather who has such power that He can kill both body and soul, and destroy them in hell . Who, pray, are these slayers of the body only, but the governors and kings aforesaid – men, I suppose? Who is the ruler of the soul also, but God only? Who is this but the threatener of fires hereafter, He without whose will not even one of two sparrows falls to the ground; that is, not even one of the two substances of man, flesh or spirit, because the number of our hairs also has been recorded before Him? Fear not, therefore. When He adds, "You are of more value than many sparrows," He makes promise that we shall not in vain – that is, not without profit – fall to the ground if we choose to be killed by men rather than by God. "Whosoever therefore will confess in me before men, in him will I confess also before my Father who is in heaven; and whosoever shall deny me before men, him will I deny also before my Father who is in heaven." if a Christian is to be stoned … burned … butchered … put an end to by beasts … ? He who will endure these assaults to the end, the same shall be saved. … For what does He add after finishing with confession and denial? "Think not that I have come to send peace on earth, but a sword," – undoubtedly on the earth. "For I have come to set a man at variance against his father, and the daughter against her mother, and the mother-in-law against her daughter-in-law. And a man's foes shall be they of his own household." For so is it brought to pass, that the brother delivers up the brother to death, and the father the son: and the children rise up against the parents, and cause them to die. And he who endures to the end let that man be saved. So that this whole course of procedure characteristic of the Lord's sword, which has been sent not to heaven, but to earth, makes confession also to be there, which by enduring to the end is to issue in the suffering of death. In the same manner, therefore, we maintain that the other announcements too refer to the condition of martyrdom. "He," says Jesus, "who will value his own life also more than me, is not worthy of me," – that is, he who will rather live by denying, than die by confessing, me; and "he who finds his life shall lose it; but he who loses it for my sake shall find it." Therefore indeed he finds it, who, in winning life, denies; but he who thinks that he wins it by denying, will lose it in hell. On the other hand, he who, through confessing, is killed, will lose it for the present, but is also about to find it unto everlasting life. Who, now, should know better the marrow of the Scriptures than the school of Christ itself? – the persons whom the Lord both chose for Himself as scholars, certainly to be fully instructed in all points, and appointed to us for masters to instruct us in all points. To whom would He have rather made known the veiled import of His own language, than to him to whom He disclosed the likeness of His own glory – to Peter, John, and James, and afterwards to Paul, to whom He granted participation in (the joys of) paradise too, prior to his martyrdom? Or do they also write differently from what they think – teachers using deceit, not truth? Addressing the Christians of Pontus, Peter, at all events, says, "How great indeed is the glory, if you suffer patiently, without being punished as evildoers! For this is a lovely feature, and even hereunto were you called, since Christ also suffered for us, leaving you Himself as an example, that you should follow His own steps." And again: "Beloved, be not alarmed by the fiery trial which is taking place among you, as though some strange thing happened unto you. For, inasmuch as you are partakers of Christ's sufferings, do you rejoice; that, when His glory shall be revealed, you may be glad also with exceeding joy. If you are reproached for the name of Christ, happy are you; because glory and the Spirit of God rest upon you: if only none of you suffer as a murderer, or as a thief, or as an evil-doer, or as a busybody in other men's matters; yet (if any man suffer) as a Christian, let him not be ashamed, but let him glorify God on this behalf." John, in fact, exhorts us to lay down our lives even for our brethren, affirming that there is no fear in love: "For perfect love casts out fear, since fear has punishment; and he who fears is not perfect in love." What fear would it be better to understand (as here meant), than that which gives rise to denial? What love does he assert to be perfect, but that which puts fear to flight, and gives courage to confess? What penalty will he appoint as the punishment of fear, but that which he who denies is about to pay, who has to be slain, body and soul, in hell? And if he teaches that we must die for the brethren, how much more for the Lord, – he being sufficiently prepared, by his own Revelation too, for giving such advice! For indeed the Spirit had sent the injunction to the angel of the church in Smyrna: "Behold, the devil shall cast some of you into prison, that you may be tried ten days. Be faithful unto death, and I will give you a crown of life." Also to the angel of the church in Pergamus (mention was made) of Antipas, the very faithful martyr, who was slain where Satan dwells. Also to the angel of the church in Philadelphia (it was signified) that he who had not denied the name of the Lord was delivered from the last trial. Then to every conqueror the Spirit promises now the tree of life, and exemption from the second death; now the hidden manna with the stone of glistening whiteness, and the name unknown (to every man save him that receives it); now power to rule with a rod of iron, and the brightness of the morning star; now the being clothed in white raiment, and not having the name blotted out of the book of life, and being made in the temple of God a pillar with the inscription on it of the name of God and of the Lord, and of the heavenly Jerusalem; now a sitting with the Lord on His throne . … Who, pray, are these so blessed conquerors, but martyrs in the strict sense of the word? For indeed theirs are the victories whose also are the fights; theirs, however, are the fights whose also is the blood. But the souls of the martyrs both peacefully rest in the meantime under the altar, and support their patience by the assured hope of revenge; and, clothed in their robes, wear the dazzling halo of brightness, until others also may fully share in their glory. For yet again a countless throng are revealed, clothed in white and distinguished by palms of victory, celebrating their triumph doubtless over Antichrist, since one of the elders says, "These are they who come out of that great tribulation, and have washed their robes, and made them white in the blood of the Lamb." For the flesh is the clothing of the soul. The uncleanness, indeed, is washed away by baptism, but the stains are changed into dazzling whiteness by martyrdom. … When great Babylon likewise is represented as drunk with the blood of the saints, doubtless the supplies needful for her drunkenness are furnished by the cups of martyrdoms; and what suffering the fear of martyrdoms will entail, is in like manner shown. For among all the castaways, nay, taking precedence of them all, are the fearful. "But the fearful," says John – and then come the others – "will have their part in the lake of fire and brimstone." Thus fear, which, as stated in his epistle, love drives out, has punishment. (

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steadfast in the hope announced by Him. For what things He predicted would take place in His name, these we do see being actually accomplished in our sight. For he said, "Many shall come in My name, clothed outwardly in sheep's clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves." And, "There shall be schisms and heresies." And, "Beware of false prophets, who shall come to you clothed outwardly in sheep's clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves." And, "Many false Christ's and false apostles shall arise, and shall deceive many of the faithful." There are, therefore, and there were many, my friends, who, coming forward in the name of Jesus, taught both to speak and act impious and blasphemous things; and these are called by us after the name of the men from whom each doctrine and opinion had its origin. (For some in one way, others in another, teach to blaspheme the Maker of all things, and Christ … Yet they style themselves Christians. …) Some are called Marcians, and some Valentinians, and some Basilidians, and some Saturnilians, and others by other names; each called after the originator of the individual opinion. … So that, in consequence of these events, we know that Jesus foreknew what would happen after Him, as well as in consequence of many other events which He foretold would befall those who believed on and confessed Him, the Christ. For all that we suffer, even when killed by friends, He foretold would take place; so that it is manifest no word or act of His can be found fault with. Wherefore we pray for you and for all other men who hate us; in order that you, having repented along with us, may not blaspheme Him who, by His works, by the mighty deeds even now wrought through His name, by the words He taught, by the prophecies announced concerning Him, is the blameless, and in all things irreproachable, Christ Jesus; but, believing on Him, may be saved in His second glorious advent, and may not be condemned to fire by Him. (

2597:"There are two errors … of fanatic men, which must briefly be confuted, who conceit that men regenerated cannot lapse" or fall, "and that though they do fall, and this against the light of their conscience, yet they are righteous," or in a state of justification. "This madness is to be condemned, and both instances and sayings from the scriptures of the apostles and prophets are opposed to it. Saul and David pleased God, were righteous, had the Holy Spirit given unto them, yet afterward fell, so that one of them perished utterly; the other returned again to God. There are many sayings" to the same point. And having cited, upon the said account, Matthew 12:43–44; 2 Peter 2:20–21; 1 Corinthians 10:12; Revelation 2:5., he subjoins: "These and the like sayings, being spoken of regenerate men, testify that they may fall, and that in case they fall against their consciences they please not God unless they be converted." Elsewhere thus: "Whereas it hath been said that sins remain in the regenerate, it is necessary that a difference be made; for certain it is that they who rush into sinful practices against conscience do not continue in grace, nor retain faith, righteousness, or the Holy Spirit; neither can faith stand with an evil purpose of heart against conscience." A little after: "But that they fall from grace, and shed faith and the Holy Spirit, and become guilty of the wrath of God and of eternal punishment, who commit sin against conscience, many sayings" in the Scriptures "clearly testify;" to which purpose he cites Galatians 5:19; 1 Corinthians 6:9, etc. … Writing upon the those words of the apostle , 1 Corinthians 10:12, "Let him that thinketh he standeth take heed lest he fall," – "But that in some who had the beginnings of faith, and afterwards falling, return not, that faith of theirs was true before it was lost" or shaken out, "the sayings of Peter, 2 Peter 2:20, testifieth." 4836:, (Nashville: The United Methodist Publishing House, 1974): "Arminians hold, that a true believer may 'make shipwreck of faith and a good conscience;' that he may fall, not only foully, but finally, so as to perish forever." (The Question, "What is an Arminian?" Answered. 1770). … "a man may forfeit the free gift of God, either by sins of omission or commission." ("What is an Arminian?" question 11) How important, therefore, for every believer to beware, "lest his heart be hardened by the deceitfulness of sin;' ... lest he should sink lower and lower, till he wholly fall away, till he become as salt that hath lost its savor: for if he thus sin willfully, after we have received the experimental 'knowledge of the truth, there remaineth no more sacrifice for sins'… " (Sermon on the Mount, IV, i, 8, 1747). … Perseverance in grace, therefore, was conditioned upon the believer's persevering! Although the believer continued dependent upon atoning, redeeming grace throughout the course of his salvation, nevertheless – for Wesley – such grace (as seen through Scripture) must be considered finally resistible, the Spirit could finally be quenched. Thus the believer is "saved from the fear, though not from the possibility, of falling away from the grace of God" (Sermon 1. ii. 4.) ("Perseverance, Final," 1888–1889). Mark B. Stokes says: "Other people say, 'once in grace always in grace.' … But we United Methodist believe that we are still free to turn away from Christ even while we are Christians. … The Bible is filled with examples of people who started out well and ended up tragically. … We experience no state of grace which is beyond the possibility of falling" ( 2286:

however, is no mere historical knowledge, but the firm acceptance of God's offer promising forgiveness of sins and justification. To avoid the impression that it is merely knowledge, we add that to have faith means to want and to accept the promised offer of forgiveness of sins and justification…But we are talking about a faith that is not an idle thought, but frees us from death, brings forth a new life in our hearts, and work of the Holy Spirit. Therefore this cannot exist with mortal sin, but whenever it appears it brings forth good fruits, as we shall point out later. What can we say more simply and clearly about the conversion of the wicked or the manner of regeneration?…But they have thought up a piece of sophistry to evade them. They should be interpreted, so they say, as referring to, 'faith fashioned by love,' that is, they do not attribute justification to faith except on account of love. Indeed, they do not attribute justification to faith at all, but only to love, because they imagine that faith can exist with mortal sin. Where does this end but with the abolition of the promise and a return to the law?…This faith is no idle knowledge, nor can it exist with mortal sin; but it is a work of the Holy Spirit that frees us from death, comforting and quickening terrified minds. And since this faith alone receives the forgiveness of sins, renders us acceptable to God, and brings the Holy Spirit, it should be called, 'grace that makes us acceptable to God,' rather than love, which is the effect resulting from it.

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sinned, and against whom certain persons do now transgress from among those who profess to have believed in Him. But this also, has Paul declared most plainly in the Epistle to the Corinthians, when he says, "Brethren, I would not that ye should be ignorant, how that all our fathers were under the cloud, and were all baptized unto Moses in the sea, and did all eat the same spiritual meat, and did all drink the same spiritual drink: for they drank of that spiritual rock that followed them; and the rock was Christ. But with many of them God was not well pleased, for they were overthrown in the wilderness. These things were for our example (in figuram nostri), to the intent that we should not lust after evil things, as they also lusted; neither be ye idolaters, as were some of them, as it is written: The people sat down to eat and drink, and rose up to play. Neither let us commit fornication, as some of them also did, and fell in one day three and twenty thousand. Neither let us tempt Christ, as some of them also tempted, and were destroyed of serpents. Neither murmur ye, as some of them murmured, and were destroyed of the destroyer. But all these things happened to them in a figure, and were written for our admonition, upon whom the end of the world (saeculorum) is come. Wherefore let him that thinketh he standeth, take heed lest he fall." (

1082:" (Mark 9:42 par. Matt 18:6/Luke 17:2). The Christian is enjoined to reject anything that might be an obstacle to faith, as emphasized in Mark 9:43,45,47 in metaphorical, hyperbolic language: Hand, foot, and eye – in Jewish understanding the loci of lust or sinful desires – must be given up if they threaten to become the cause of loss of faith and thus of salvation. This … underscores the seriousness of conviction within which one must persevere if one wishes to enter (eternal) life or the kingdom of God. … Matt 5:29, 30 also issues an exhortation to decisive action . … According to 1 Cor 8:9 a Christian's freedom regarding eating food offered to idols reaches its limit when it becomes a stumbling block to one's brother (πρόσκομμα ). Hence Paul emphasizes that he will never again eat meat if by doing so he causes his brother to fall and thus to lose salvation (σκανδαλίζω , v. 13a, b), since otherwise that weaker brother is destroyed by the knowledge of the "stronger" (v. 11). Whoever sins against his brothers sins also against Christ (v. 12). … Within the context of the protection of the "little ones" in the Church, i.e., probably the "weak ones" ( 18:6–10), Jesus utters an eschatological threat ("woe!") against the world (alienated from God) because of 2062:

that I may be found the pure bread of Christ. Rather entice the wild beasts, that they may become my tomb, and may leave nothing of my body. … Then shall I truly be a disciple of Christ, when the world shall not see so much as my body. Entreat Christ for me, that by these instruments I may be found a sacrifice . … But when I suffer, I shall be the freed-man of Jesus, and shall rise again emancipated in Him. And now, being a prisoner, I learn not to desire anything worldly or vain. … And let no one, of things visible or invisible, envy me that I should attain to Jesus Christ. Let fire and the cross; let the crowds of wild beasts; let tearings, breakings, and dislocations of bones; let cutting off of members; let shatterings of the whole body; and let all the dreadful torments of the devil come upon me: only let me attain to Jesus Christ. All the pleasures of the world, and all the kingdoms of this earth, shall profit me nothing. It is better for me to die in behalf of Jesus Christ, than to reign over all the ends of the earth. "For what shall a man be profited, if he gain the whole world, but lose his own soul?" Him I seek, who died for us: Him I desire, who rose again for our sake. This is the gain which is laid up for me. … Permit me to be an imitator of the passion of my God. (

4798:). Also, "The Solid Declaration of the Formula of Concord" reads: "Above all, therefore, the false Epicurean delusion is to be earnestly censured and rejected, namely, that some imagine that faith and the righteousness and salvation which they have received can be lost through no sins or wicked deeds, not even through willful and intentional ones, but that a Christian although he indulges his wicked lusts without fear and shame, resists the Holy Ghost, and purposely engages in sins against conscience, yet none the less retains faith, God's grace, righteousness, and salvation. Against this pernicious delusion the following true, immutable, divine threats and severe punishments and admonitions should be often repeated and impressed upon Christians who are justified by faith: 1 Cor. 6:9: Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, etc., shall inherit the kingdom of God. Gal. 5:21; Eph. 5:5: They which do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God. Rom. 8:13: If ye live after the flesh, ye shall die. Col. 3:6: For which thing's sake the wrath of God cometh upon the children of disobedience" (IV. Good Works, #31–32, obtained at 2584:(1497–1560) wrote a commentary on Romans in 1540. On this particular passage: "Brothers, we are debtors, not to the flesh, to live according to the flesh. For if you live according to the flesh you will die, but if by the Spirit you put to death the deeds of the body, you will live" (Rom. 8:12–13, ESV), Melanchthon calls this "teaching about the new obedience." Paul gives this teaching so people "born again by faith" "may understand what the obedience in the saints is like, and what is the nature of the sin on account of which they fall from grace and lose faith and the Holy Spirit." This new obedience "acknowledges God, obeys him, and fights against the impulses of the flesh which carry a person along against the will of God." When Paul says "'If you mortify the actions of the flesh by the Spirit,' he testifies that there are in saints some sinful actions, namely, concupiscence ; various evil desires; … being inflamed with desire for revenge; hatred; avarice ; etc." These sins do not lead to "eternal death" when the saints fight against these sins by faith through Christ their mediator. It is 5300:, the exchange appears to reveal Grantham's belief in apostasy: "Presbyterian: … It is certain that Judas could not but betray Christ, seeing God's Decrees are immutable. … Baptist: … And as to the Instance of Judas, Antiquity is against you. For thus saith Chrysostom, Judas, my Beloved, was at first a Child of the Kingdom, when he heard it said to him with the Disciples, Ye shall sit on twelve Thrones; but at last he became a Child of Hell. Chrysostom Orat. 52 as quoted by Mr. John Goodwin. Presbyterian: I perceive you hold that a Child of God may possibly fall away and perish. This is a dangerous Error. Baptist: That Some may depart from the Faith, giving heed to seducing spirits, is clear in the Word of God . … For my part, though I doubt not but there is a state attainable, even in this Life, from which by the Grace of God Christians shall not fall, yet I hold it a vanity for any Man to affirm of himself, or of any other Person in particular, that it is impossible for him to fall. I hold it better by far, for the best, as well as others, to take heed lest they fall . (19–20) 2075:

no offense is counted by God so presumptuous as a trespass of this sort, we ought further to perceive the purport of both the divine threatenings and their fulfillments, which was even then commended not only by the not calling in question, but also by the enduring of martyrdoms, for which certainly He had given occasion by forbidding idolatry. … The injunction is given me not to make mention of any other god, not even by speaking – as little by the tongue as by the hand – to fashion a god, and not to worship or in any way show reverence to another than Him only who thus commands me, whom I am both bid fear that I may not be forsaken by Him, and love with my whole being, that I may die for Him. Serving as a soldier under this oath, I am challenged by the enemy. If I surrender to them, I am as they are. In maintaining this oath, I fight furiously in battle, am wounded, hewn in pieces, slain. Who wished this fatal issue to his soldier, but he who sealed him by such an oath? (

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gain the victory over these enemies – yet not without the assistance of the grace of the same Holy Spirit. Jesus Christ also by his Spirit assists them in all their temptations, and affords them the ready aid of his hand; and, provided they stand prepared for the battle, implore his help, and be not wanting to themselves, Christ preserves them from falling. So that it is not possible for them, by any of the cunning craftiness or power of Satan, to be either seduced or dragged out of the hands of Christ. But I think it is useful and will be quite necessary in our first convention, to institute a diligent inquiry from the Scriptures, whether it is not possible for some individuals through negligence to desert the commencement of their existence in Christ, to cleave again to the present evil world, to decline from the sound doctrine which was once delivered to them, to lose a good conscience, and to cause Divine grace to be ineffectual. Though I here openly and ingenuously affirm, I never taught that a

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commits sin, as a self-condemned man." Indeed, in almost every epistle, when enjoining on us (the duty) of avoiding false doctrines, he sharply condemns heresies. Of these the practical effects are false doctrines, called in Greek heresies, a word used in the sense of that choice which a man makes when he either teaches them (to others) or takes up with them (for himself). For this reason it is that he calls the heretic self-condemned, because he has himself chosen that for which he is condemned. We, however, are not permitted to cherish any object after our own will, nor yet to make choice of that which another has introduced of his private fancy. In the Lord's apostles we possess our authority; for even they did not of themselves choose to introduce anything, but faithfully delivered to the nations (of mankind) the doctrine which they had received from Christ. If, therefore, even "an angel from heaven should preach any other gospel" (than theirs), he would be called accursed by us. (

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themselves to have already approached to the light, and to have escaped the night of the world, he pours over them again, in their unconsciousness, new darkness; so that, although they do not stand firm with the Gospel of Christ, and with the observation and law of Christ, they still call themselves Christians, and, walking in darkness, they think that they have the light, while the adversary is flattering and deceiving, who, according to the apostle's word, transforms himself into an angel of light, and equips his ministers as if they were the ministers of righteousness, who maintain night instead of day, death for salvation, despair under the offer of hope, perfidy under the pretext of faith, antichrist under the name of Christ; so that, while they feign things like the truth, they make void the truth by their subtlety. This happens, beloved brethren, so long as we do not return to the source of truth, as we do not seek the head nor keep the teaching of the heavenly Master. (

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continue in that course in which we, righteous and holy, believed. … So, then, brethren, having received no small occasion to repent, while we have opportunity, let us turn to God who called us, while yet we have One to receive us. For if we renounce these indulgences and conquer the soul by not fulfilling its wicked desires, we shall be partakers of the mercy of Jesus. … Let us, then, repent with our whole heart, that no one of us may perish amiss. For if we have commands and engage in withdrawing from idols and instructing others, how much more ought a soul already knowing God not to perish. Rendering, therefore, mutual help, let us raise the weak also in that which is good, that all of us may be saved. … Let us remember the commandments of the Lord, and not be allured back by worldly lusts, but let us … draw near and try to make progress in the Lord's commands, that we all having the same mind may be gathered together for life. (

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all times in the prophets, at last brought down by the Spirit and Power of the Father into the Virgin Mary, was made flesh in her womb, and, being born of her, went forth as Jesus Christ; thenceforth He preached the new law and the new promise of the kingdom of heaven, worked miracles; having been crucified, He rose again the third day; (then) having ascended into the heavens, He sat at the right hand of the Father; sent instead of Himself the Power of the Holy Ghost to lead such as believe; will come with glory to take the saints to the enjoyment of everlasting life and of the heavenly promises, and to condemn the wicked to everlasting fire, after the resurrection of both these classes shall have happened, together with the restoration of their flesh. This rule, as it will be proved, was taught by Christ, and raises among ourselves no other questions than those which heresies introduce, and which make men heretics. (

4832:(Philadelphia: Louis H. Everts, 1882): "Arminian churches … do not believe that those who are converted will necessarily be saved. They ground their belief further on the warnings which are given by our Savior and his apostles, in teaching the necessity of watchfulness and prayer, in the warnings against falling away contained in many passages of Scripture, and the express declaration that some had been made 'shipwreck of faith' and had fallen away. … The Methodist Churches, being Arminian in theology, totally reject the doctrine of the necessary perseverance of the saints, while at the same time they teach that the prayerful and obedient, while they remain in that condition, can never be separated from the love of God which is in Christ Jesus. They believe it, however, to be necessary to use all diligence to make their 'calling and election sure'" ("Perseverance, Final," 708–709). Leland Scott, in 4944:"We further believe that the fullness of the Holy Spirit does not make believers incapable of choosing to sin, nor even from completely falling away from God, yet it so cleanses and empowers them as to enable them to have victory over sin, to endeavor fully to love God and people, and to witness to the living Christ. (2 Corinthians 7:1; 2 Peter 2:20–22; Acts 1:8)" (Faith and Practice 2018, 13). "Security of the Believer: Evangelical Friends believe that the security of the believer, even for eternity, is indicated in God's Word and witnessed to by the Holy Spirit to the individual, but we do not hold this security to be unconditional. As repentance and faith are the human conditions of acceptance of God's free offer of salvation, so faith manifested by obedience is necessary to continuance in that salvation (Hebrews 5:9; 1 John 2:4)" (Faith and Practice 2018, 30). Obtained at 4407:

the assisting grace of the Holy Ghost; and that Jesus Christ assists them through his Spirit in all temptations, extends to them his hand, and if only they are ready for the conflict, and desire his help, and are not inactive, keeps them from falling, so that they, by not craft or power of Satan, can be misled nor plucked out of Christ's hand, according to the Word of Christ, John 10:28: 'Neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand.' But whether they are capable, through negligence, of forsaking again the first beginnings of their life in Christ, of again returning to this present evil world, of turning away from the holy doctrine which was delivered them, of losing a good conscience, of becoming devoid of grace, that must be more particularly determined out of the Holy Scripture, before we ourselves can teach it with full persuasion of our minds.(Philip Schaff, editor.

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the Son of God had not yet suffered, when they committed any sin and served fleshly lusts, were rendered objects of such disgrace, what shall the men of the present day suffer, who have despised the Lord's coming, and become the slaves of their own lusts? And truly the death of the Lord became healing and remission of sins to the former, but Christ shall not die again in behalf of those who now commit sin, for death shall no more have dominion over Him. … We ought not, therefore, as that presbyter remarks, to be puffed up, nor be severe upon those of old time, but ought ourselves to fear, lest perchance, after the knowledge of Christ, if we do things displeasing to God, we obtain no further forgiveness of sins, but be shut out from His kingdom. And therefore it was that Paul said, "For if spared not the natural branches, lest He also spare not thee" … . (

1016:– And whoever causes one of these little ones believing in Me to fall – it would be better for him if instead a donkey's millstone were lying around his neck, and he had been thrown into the sea. And if your hand should be causing you to fall , cut it off. It is better that you enter into life crippled than go into Gehenna having two hands – into the inextinguishable fire. And if your foot should be causing you to fall , cut it off. It is better that you enter into life lame than be thrown into Gehenna having two feet. And if your eye should be causing you to fall , throw it out. It is better that you enter into the kingdom of God one-eyed than be thrown into Gehenna having two eyes – where their worm does not come to an end, and the fire is not quenched. (DLNT) 998:– But whoever causes one of these little ones believing in Me to fall – it would be better for him that a donkey's millstone be hung around his neck and he be sunk in the deep part of the sea. Woe to the world because of the causes-of-falling . For it is a necessity that causes-of-falling should come; nevertheless, woe to the person through whom the cause-of-falling comes. But if your hand or your foot is causing you to fall , cut it off and throw it from you. It is better for you to enter into life crippled or lame than to be thrown into the eternal fire having two hands or two feet. And if your eye is causing you to fall , tear it out and throw it from you. It is better for you to enter into life one-eyed than to be thrown into the Gehenna of fire having two eyes. (DLNT) 1074:

ruin when persecuted on account of the word, i.e., they fall away from faith (Mark 4:17 par. Matt 13:21). The Lukan parallel reads appropriately ἀφίστημι (8:13). In Matt 24:10 Jesus predicts that in the end time many will fall away . The result is that they will hate one another, wickedness will be multiplied, and love will grow cold. Yet whoever endures in love until the end will be saved (vv. 11, 13). … In the Johannine farewell address (John 16:1) σκανδαλίζω does not only imply an "endangering of faith" … but rather "falling away from faith" entirely, from which the disciples and Christians are to be kept. … In the active voice σκανδαλίζω means "cause someone to fall away from (or reject) faith," as in the saying of Jesus about the person who "

4230:, "The Perseverance of the Saints: A History of the Doctrine," 217. Davis goes on to write: "This view is apparent in Calvin's comment on 1 John 3:9 ('No one born of God commits sin, for God's nature abides in him, and he cannot sin because he is born of God'). Calvin argues that the apostle John 'plainly declares that the Spirit continues his grace in us to the last, so that inflexible perseverance is added to newness of life.' Can the fear and love of God be extinguished in the truly regenerate? No, because 'the seed, communicated when God regenerates his elect, as it is incorruptible, retains its virtue perpetually.' The 'seed' is the presence of God's new life in the believer." ("The Perseverance of the Saints: A History of the Doctrine," 217) 4894:, says, "Continual and unrepentant disobedience can result in loss of faith, and loss of our status in Christ" (183–184). It also states, "Assurance does not mean that our salvation is guaranteed to us against our free will. It is possible to cease to obey Christ and so forfeit our hope of eternal life. This is consistent with our understanding of the grace of God, who always leaves us open to respond freely to him. Freedom to live by grace includes freedom to turn away. … When we live a life of continued obedient faith in Christ we will not fall from grace and be eternally lost. … obedient faith is dependent upon the empowerment of God (Philippians 2:13; Hebrews 13:20, 21)" (180–181, 184). The 2010 Handbook can be downloaded as a PDF here 3838:

truth, those who love falsehood, those who know not the reward of righteousness, those who cleave not to that which is good, those who attend not with just judgment to the widow and orphan, those who watch not to the fear of God, to wickedness, from whom meekness and patience are far off; persons who love vanity, follow after a reward, pity not the needy, labor not in aid of him who is overcome with toil; who are prone to evil-speaking, who know not Him that made them, who are murderers of children, destroyers of the workmanship of God; who turn away him that is in want, who oppress the afflicted, who are advocates of the rich, who are unjust judges of the poor, and who are in every respect transgressors. (

1046:– But be watching-out that this right of yours does not somehow become an opportunity-for-stumbling to the weak ones. For if someone sees you, the one having knowledge, reclining in an idol-temple, will not his conscience, being weak, be built-up so as to eat the foods-sacrificed-to-idols? For the one being weak is being destroyed by your knowledge – the brother for the sake of whom Christ died! And in this manner sinning against the brothers and striking their conscience while being weak, you are sinning against Christ. For-this-very-reason, if food causes my brother to fall , I will never eat meats, ever – in-order-that I may not cause my brother to fall . (DLNT) 1778:

be not made perfect in the last time. For in the last days false prophets and corrupters shall be multiplied, and the sheep shall be turned into wolves, and love shall be turned into hate; for when lawlessness increases, they shall hate and persecute and betray one another, and then shall appear the world-deceiver as the Son of God, and shall do signs and wonders, and the earth shall be delivered into his hands, and he shall do iniquitous things which have never yet come to pass since the beginning. Then shall the creation of men come into the fire of trial, and many shall be made to stumble and shall perish; but they that endure in their faith shall be saved from under the curse itself. (

1244:(Exodus 22:20; Deuteronomy 6:14–15; 17:2–7). "The New Testament contains a host of images of apostasy, including a plant taking root among the rocks but withering under the hot sun of testing (Mark 4:5–6, 17 par.), or those who fall prey to the wiles of false teachers (Matthew 24:11), heretical beliefs (1 Timothy 4:1; 2 Timothy 4:3–4), worldliness and its defilement (2 Peter 2:20–22), and persecution (Matthew 24:9–10; Revelation 3:8). The Christian apostate is pictured as a branch that does not abide in the vine of Christ and thus withers and is cast into the fire (John 15:6). Animal behavior is evoked in a dog returning to its vomit or a clean pig returning to the mire (2 Peter 2:22)." 4794:"The Solid Declaration of the Formula of Concord" reads: "Thus many receive the Word with joy, but afterwards fall away again, Luke 8:13. But the cause is not as though God were unwilling to grant grace for perseverance to those in whom He has begun the good work, for that is contrary to St. Paul, Philippians 1:6; but the cause is that they wilfully turn away again from the holy commandment , grieve and embitter the Holy Ghost, implicate themselves again in the filth of the world, and garnish again the habitation of the heart for the devil. With them the last state is worse than the first, 2 Peter 2:10, 20; Ephesians 4:30; Hebrews 10:26; Luke 11:25" (XI. Election, #42, Obtained at 4098:, 6–7. Oropeza adds: The use of anathemas and excommunications became the normative means of handling heresy. Hippolytus (c. 170–236) affirmed that there was no place for the heretic in the church; expulsion from the earthly Eden was their lot. Cyprian (c. 258) viewed the heretics as those who lose their salvation because they put themselves outside the unity of the church. Cyril of Alexandria (c. 444) anathematized Nestorianism, and creeds (such as the Athanasian) declared anathemas on those who did not hold to the tenets of the creed. The condemnation of heretics gave way to abuse as church and state distinctions were blurred after the time of Constantine. ( 3866:

over-confidence, loftiness, boastfulness; persecutors of the good, hating truth, loving a lie, not knowing a reward for righteousness, not cleaving to good nor to righteous judgment, watching not for that which is good, but for that which is evil; from whom meekness and endurance are far, loving vanities, pursuing requital, not pitying a poor man, not laboring for the afflicted, not knowing Him that made them, murderers of children, destroyers of the handiwork of God, turning away from him that is in want, afflicting him that is distressed, advocates of the rich, lawless judges of the poor, utter sinners. Be delivered, children, from all these. (

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our own body, and have reached such a height of madness as to forget that "we are members one of another?" Remember the words of our Lord Jesus Christ, how He said, "Woe to that man ! It were better for him that he had never been born, than that he should cast a stumbling-block before one of my elect. Yea, it were better for him that a millstone should be hung about , and he should be sunk in the depths of the sea, than that he should cast a stumbling-block before one of my little ones." Your schism has subverted many, has discouraged many, has given rise to doubt in many, and has caused grief to us all. And still your sedition continues. (

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repentance are portrayed in complex ways, and this perhaps complements the multifaceted nature of earliest Christian discourses on the issue. Contrary to the book of Hebrews, which seems to teach that baptized Christians are not given a second chance once they fall away (cf. Hebrews 6:4–6; 10:26–31), the Shepherd of Hermas affirms that apostates may be forgiven while a gap of time remains before the final eschaton. A refusal to respond to this offer will result in final condemnation. Those who have denied the Lord in the past are given a second chance, but those who deny him in the coming tribulation will be rejected "from their life" (

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experience or inferences drawn from it, states Wesley, must be decisive in the matter. In his treatise "Serious Thoughts on the Perseverance of the Saints" Wesley allows that the apostle Paul – and many believers today – were fully persuaded of their final perseverance. Nevertheless such an assurance does not prove that every believer will persevere or that every believer enjoys such assurance. Based on his reading of Hebrews 6:4, 6; 10:26–29; 2 Peter 2:20–21 and other NT texts, Wesley is persuaded that a true believer can make shipwreck of his faith and perish everlastingly.

4931:"In view of the biblical teaching that the security of the believer depends on a living relationship with Christ (John 15:6); in view of the Bible's call to a life of holiness (Hebrews 12:14; 1 Peter 1:16); in view of the clear teaching that a man may have his part taken out of the Book of Life (Revelation 22:19); and in view of the fact that one who believes for a while can fall away (Luke 8:13); The General Council of the Assemblies of God disapproves of the unconditional security position which holds that it is impossible for a person once saved to be lost. (Bylaws, Article IX.B.1)." Obtained at 1149:

message." These four components are "(1) the subjects or audience in danger of committing the sin, (2) the sin that leads to (3) the exhortation, which if not followed, leads to (4) the consequences of that sin." McKnight concluded from his study that (1) the subjects of this letter were genuine "believers, persons who … had converted to Jesus Christ," (2) The sin "is apostasy, a deliberate and public act of deconfessing Jesus Christ, a rejection of God's Spirit, and a refusal to submit to God and His will," (3) the exhortation is "to a persevering faithfulness to God and his revelation of the

980:– You heard that it was said, 'You shall not commit-adultery'. But I say to you that everyone looking at a woman so as to desire her already committed adultery with her in his heart. And if your right eye is causing you to fall , tear it out and throw it from you. For it is better for you that one of your body-parts perish and your whole body not be thrown into Gehenna. And if your right hand is causing you to fall , cut it off and throw it from you. For it is better for you that one of your body-parts perish and your whole body not go into Gehenna. (Disciples' Literal New Testament or DLNT) 3820:

into your soul; to not commit fornication or adultery; to not be a corrupter of youth; to not allow any kind of impurity to come out of your mouth; to not be mindful of evil against your brother; to not be of a doubtful mind; to not take the name of the Lord in vain; to not slay the child by procuring abortion, nor destroying it after it is born; to not covet; to not make a schism; to hate what is unpleasing to God and all hypocrisy; to hate the wicked one; to be pure in your soul (as far as possible); to be meek and peaceable; to love your neighbor; and to confess your sins. (

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one another, or cherishing envy; but by being continent, compassionate, and good. We ought also to sympathize with one another, and not be avaricious. By such works let us confess Him, and not by those that are of an opposite kind. And it is not fitting that we should fear men, but rather God. For this reason, if we should do such things, the Lord hath said, "Even though ye were gathered together to me in my very bosom, yet if ye were not to keep my commandments, I would cast you off, and say unto you, Depart from me; I know you not whence ye are, ye workers of iniquity." (

3478:(cf. the debates between the strong and the weak in Rom. 14–15 and 1 Cor. 8:1ff.; 10:23ff.). The freedom of those who have fully cast off the past causes offense to those who have not, but it also creates the danger that these will act against their consciences or with wavering faith. In this case the danger is the serious one of an ultimate eschatological fall (Rom. 14:15, 23). The strong with their freedom may destroy the weak and therefore overturn God's work in Christ . Paul, then, sides with the weak even though he shares the faith of the strong (Rom. 15:1). ( 4753:"We believe that those who abide in Christ have the assurance of salvation. However, we believe that the Christian retains his freedom of choice; therefore, it is possible for him to turn away from God and be finally lost. (A) Assurance: Matthew 28:20; 1 Corinthians 10:13; Hebrews 5:9. (B) Endurance: Matthew 10:22; Luke 9:62; Colossians 1:23; Revelation 2:10–11; 3:3–5. (C) Warnings: John 15:6; Romans 11:20–23; Galatians 5:4; Hebrews 3:12; 10:26–29; 2 Peter 2:20–21. (D) Finally Lost: John 15:6; 1 Corinthians 9:27; Hebrews 6:4–6." "Statements of Faith," obtained at 1554:

be blameless in all things, being especially careful to preserve purity, and keeping themselves in, as with a bridle, from every kind of evil. For it is well that they should be cut off from the lusts that are in the world, since "every lust wars against the spirit;" and "neither fornicators, nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with mankind, shall inherit the kingdom of God," nor those who do things inconsistent and unbecoming. Wherefore, it is needful to abstain from all these things, being subject to the presbyters and deacons, as unto God and Christ. (

1034:– Therefore let us no longer be judging one another. But rather judge this: not to be placing an opportunity for stumbling or a cause-of-falling for the brother. (I know and am convinced in the Lord Jesus that nothing is defiled in itself, except to the one considering anything to be defiled – to that one it is defiled). For if your brother is grieved because of food, you are no longer walking according to love. Do not be destroying with your food that one for whom Christ died. … Do not be tearing-down the work of God for the sake of food. (DLNT) 1694:

idolaters, nor adulterers, not effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with mankind, nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners, shall inherit the kingdom of God." And as it was not to those who are without that he said these things, but to us – lest we should be cast forth from the kingdom of God, by doing any such thing… . And again does the apostle say, "Let no man deceive you with vain words; for because of these things cometh the wrath of God upon the sons of mistrust. Be not ye therefore partakers with them." (

4866:) Charles Yrigoyen writes: "Article XII addresses the problem of our disobedience and sin after we have been prepared by grace and have accepted God's offer of pardon and forgiveness (justifying grace) by faith. … After justification, any of us 'may depart from grace given, and fall into sin, and, by the grace of God, rise again and amend our lives.' In this Article there is a plain denial of what some call 'eternal security' or 'once saved, always saved,' which claims that once people have received the saving grace of God, they cannot lose their salvation" ( 2642:

Ezekiel 18:24; Hebrews 4:1–2; 10:28–29; 10:38–39; 1 Timothy 1:19–20; Romans 11:18) that they fall back little by little and until they completely lack their prior faith and charity. And having abandoned the way of righteousness, they revert to their worldly impurity which they had truly left, returning like pigs to wallowing in the mud and dogs to their vomit, and are again entangled in lusts of the flesh which they had formerly, truly fled. And thus totally and at length also they are finally torn from the grace of God unless they seriously repent in time.

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and the Holy Spirit, and would have been lost if he had not afterward been restored through repentance. Here belongs what is said in this passage: "If you will live according to the flesh," that is, if you will obey the evil desires, "you will die." The same thought is frequently repeated in Scripture. … 1 Cor. 6: "Do not be deceived; neither the immoral, nor idolaters, … will inherit the kingdom of God." Gal. 5: "Those who do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God." Col. 3: "On account of which the wrath of God is coming on the disobedient …"

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sin and apostasy . … As the are sown by the devil (v. 39, cf. 15:13), so the are the devil's children (cf. John 8:38, 41, 44; 1 John 3:10) who work against God in the kingdom of the Son of Man (Matt. 13:41) and try to cause as many as possible to fall. Their end will come with that of the devil and his hosts (on v. 42 cf. Rev. 20:10). The counterpart (cf. v. 30) to the gathering out of the from the kingdom of the Son of Man is the gathering of the elect from all the kingdoms of the world (Matt. 24:31), both by angels. (

2688: 4844:"Not every sin willingly committed after justification is the sin against the Holy Ghost, and unpardonable. Wherefore, the grant of repentance is not to be denied to such as fall into sin after justification. After we have received the Holy Ghost, we may depart from grace given, and fall into sin, and, by the grace of God, rise again and amend our lives. And therefore they are to be condemned who say they can no more sin as long as they live here; or deny the place of forgiveness to such as truly repent. ( 2614:

come (Hebrews 6:4, 5). And after they have escaped from the filthiness of the World, may be tangled again therein and overcome (2 Peter 2:20). A righteous man may forsake his righteousness and perish (Ezekiel 18:24, 26). Therefore, let no man presume to think that because he has, or once had grace, therefore he shall always have grace. But let all men have assurance, that if they continue to the end, they will be saved. Let no man then presume; but let all work out their salvation with fear and trembling.

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position.' A believing member of Christ may become slothful, give place to sin, and gradually die altogether, ceasing to be a member. The covenant of God (Jeremiah 23) 'does not contain in itself an impossibility of defection from God, but a promise of the gift of fear, whereby they shall be hindered from going away from God so long as that shall flourish in their hearts.' If there is any consistency in Arminius' position, he did not seem to deny the possibility of falling away" (

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the Holy Ghost does not permit sin to have dominion, to gain the upper hand so as to be accomplished, but represses and restrains it so that it must not do what it wishes. But if it does what it wishes, the Holy Ghost and faith are not present. For St. John says, 1 John 3:9: Whosoever is born of God doth not commit sin, … and he cannot sin. And yet it is also the truth when the same St. John says, 1:8: If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves and the truth is not in us.

5151:, Melanchthon comments on 1 Corinthians 10:1 (which seem to take in the fuller context of verses 2–12) appear to support apostasy. He says Paul "urges them to persevere in the justification which is taking place. His argument is by example. There are also the histories or examples of prophecy in Scripture. The fathers were rejected because of their sins, idolatry, laziness, lust, unbelief, etc. We must therefore be on guard lest the same sins cheat us of salvation" (109). 103: 1730:

Such a one becoming defiled , shall go away into everlasting fire, and so shall every one that hearkens unto him. … Be not anointed with the bad odor of the doctrine of the prince of this world; let him not lead you away captive from the life which is set before you. And why are we not all prudent, since we have received the knowledge of God, which is Jesus Christ? Why do we foolishly perish, not recognizing the gift which the Lord has of a truth sent to us? (

959:, fall off or from (Galatians 5:4; 2 Peter 3:17), is used figuratively in the New Testament to refer to "the consequent loss of salvation, rather than of a mere failure from which recovery can be made. It is a catastrophic fall, which means eternal ruin. If it were not so, all the warnings against falling would lose their threatening urgency. To fall into sin and guilt, as an expression of a total attitude, is to plunge into irrevocable misfortune." 1430:

if we do the things which are in harmony with His blameless will; and if we follow the way of truth, casting away from us all unrighteousness and iniquity, along with all covetousness, strife, evil practices, deceit, whispering, and evil-speaking, all hatred of God, pride and haughtiness, vainglory and ambition. For they that do such things are hateful to God; and not only they that do them, but also those who take pleasure in those who do them. (

735: 811:, who has written one of the most exhaustive studies on the phenomenon of apostasy in the New Testament (3 Volumes, 793 pages), "uncovered several factors that result in apostasy." Some of these factors overlap, and some Christian communities were "susceptible to more than one of these." The first major factor in a believer committing apostasy (i.e., becoming an unbeliever) is "unbelief." Other factors potentially leading to apostasy include: " 2572: 71: 2624: 801:") meaning "rebellion", "state of apostasy", "abandonment", or "defection". It has been described as "a willful falling away from, or rebellion against, Christianity. Apostasy is the rejection of Christ by one who has been a Christian. …" "Apostasy is a theological category describing those who have voluntarily and consciously abandoned their faith in the God of the covenant, who manifests himself most completely in 2163:

the Word and to grow in faith throughout the whole course of life. Since it is easy for the believer to fall away for a time from the grace of God, there is constant need for "striving and vigilance, if we would persevere in the grace of God." Calvin thus balances his theological certitudes with pastoral warnings. … The believer must continually exercise faith and obedience to make "his calling and election sure."

5260:, pp. 220-, art. 5, points 3–4. "True believers can fall from true faith and can fall into such sins as cannot be consistent with true and justifying faith; not only is it possible for this to happen, but it even happens frequently. True believers are able to fall through their own fault into shameful and atrocious deeds, to persevere and to die in them; and therefore finally to fall and to perish." 25: 886:– Now the parable is this: The seed is the word of God. The ones along the path are those who have heard; then the devil comes and takes away the word from their hearts, so that they may not believe and be saved. And the ones on the rock are those who, when they hear the word, receive it with joy. But these have no root; they believe for a while, and in time of testing fall away. (ESV) 992:– Therefore, just as the darnel is collected and burned up with fire, so it will be at the conclusion of the age. The Son of Man will send out His angels, and they will collect out of His kingdom all the causes-of-falling and the ones doing lawlessness. And they will throw them into the furnace of fire. In that place, there will be the weeping and the grinding of teeth. (DLNT) 1131:

churches of Ephesus (Revelation 2:6), Pergamum (Revelation 2:14–15) and Thyatira (Revelation 2:20). The language of "deception," that is, of being "led astray," is applied to the false prophetess, Jezebel (Revelation 2:20). Satan, the source of all these persecution and false teachings, is also "the deceiver of the whole world" (Revelation 12:9). The metaphor, "deception" (

1028:– If the world hates you, know that it has hated me before it hated you… . Remember the word that I said to you: A servant is not greater than his master. If they persecuted me, they will also persecute you. … And you also will bear witness, because you have been with me from the beginning. I have said all these things to you to keep you from falling away . (ESV) 4357:; yet I will not conceal, that there are passages of scripture which seem to me to wear this aspect; and those answers to them which I have been permitted to see, are not of such a kind as to approve themselves on all points to my understanding. On the other hand, certain passages are produced for the contrary doctrine which are worthy of much consideration" ( 2088:

delivers from idolatry? What else is the opposition between idolatry and martyrdom, than that between life and death? Life will be counted to be martyrdom as much as idolatry to be death. … Thus martyrdoms also rage furiously, but for salvation. God also will be at liberty to heal for everlasting life by means of fires and swords, and all that is painful. (

898:– Take care, brothers, lest there be in any of you an evil, unbelieving heart, leading you to fall away from the living God. But exhort one another every day, as long as it is called "today," that none of you may be hardened by the deceitfulness of sin. For we have come to share in Christ, if indeed we hold our original confidence firm to the end. (ESV) 1052:– The one claiming to be in the light and hating his brother is in the darkness until now. The one loving his brother is abiding in the light, and there is no cause-of-falling in him. But the one hating his brother is in the darkness, and is walking in the darkness, and does not know where he is going because the darkness blinded his eyes. (DLNT) 2306:. It interprets warning passages as disciplinary measures in the present and potential loss of reward or rebuke at the judgment seat of Christ. Free Grace theology maintains that ongoing saving faith in Christ is not necessarily required for a person to attain final salvation with God. Prominent theologians associated with this doctrine include 2001:

proved to be "abortions" (εξετρωσαν), discouraging the zeal of others. A woman named Biblias, who had earlier denied Christ, confessed him and was joined with the martyrs. Certain defectors did likewise, but others continued to blaspheme the Christian faith, having no understanding of the "wedding garment" (i.e., Matthew 22:11ff) and no faith (

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well as the need to turn in complete trust to God in Christ through his Spirit." Some argue that the desire for salvation shows one does not have "an evil, unbelieving heart" leading to apostasy. As Fink puts it, "persons worried about apostasy should recognize that conviction of sin in itself is evidence that one has not fallen away."

1222:"The image of falling, with the sense of going to eternal destruction, is particularly evident in the New Testament. … In his parable of the wise and foolish builder, in which the house built on sand falls with a crash in the midst of a storm (Matthew 7:24–27) … he painted a highly memorable image of the dangers of falling spiritually." 1528:(c. 100) also maintains two ways: the way of life or death. The way of life is associated with loving God and one's neighbor. It involves abstaining from vices mentioned in the Ten Commandments or related to bodily lusts, sorcery, and idolatry (including meat sacrificed to idols). The way of death includes the practices of these vices ( 1214:) is used to picture those who have turned away and ceased to follow God ('I am grieved that I have made Saul king, because he has turned away from me,' 1 Samuel 15:11). … The image of turning away from the Lord, who is the rightful leader, and following behind false gods is the dominant image for apostasy in the Old Testament." 1022:– And He said to His disciples, "It is impossible that the causes-of-falling should not come. Nevertheless, woe to the one through whom they come. It would be better for him if a mill's stone were lying-around his neck and he had been thrown-off into the sea, than that he should cause one of these little ones to fall ." (DLNT) 4068:, Book 7:16). Therefore, the author concludes that "we must never, as do those who follow the heresies, adulterate the truth, or steal the canon of the Church, by gratifying our own lusts and vanity, by defrauding our neighbors; whom above all it is our duty, in the exercise of love to them, to teach to adhere to the truth" ( 3360:, 3:248. Nigel Turner says, "A look at the New Testament and patristic phenomena reveals that the meaning is two-fold, 'either to put someone off from becoming a believer or to cause a believer to fall away. The scandal of the Cross is an instance of the first meaning, to cause to apostatize an instance of the second' . ( 1231:

are not gods. I supplied all their needs, yet they committed adultery and thronged to the houses of prostitutes' (Jeremiah 5:7, NIV). Adultery is used most often to graphically name the horror of the betrayal and covenant breaking involved in idolatry. Like literal adultery it does include the idea of someone blinded by

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the ones who ignore the threat are in real danger of falling away." Calvin viewed the passages on apostasy found in Hebrews (6:4–6; 10:26–29) as applying to those in the church having a false faith – reprobates (i.e., unbelievers) who have never experienced regeneration. John Jefferson Davis writes:

1004:– And Jesus answered them , See that no one leads you astray… . They will deliver you up to tribulation and put you to death, and you will be hated by all nations for my name's sake. And then many will fall away and betray one another and hate one another… . But the one who endures to the end will be saved. (ESV) 4573:, 81). Dillow comments, "Even though Robert Shank would not agree, it is definitely true that saving faith is 'the act of a single moment whereby all the benefits of Christ's life, death, and resurrection suddenly become the irrevocable possession of the individual, per se, despite any and all eventualities'" ( 914:

pressure of persecution and tribulation arising because of the faith, they break off the relationship with God into which they have entered. According to Hebrews 3:12, apostasy consists in an unbelieving and self-willed movement away from God (in contrast to Hebrews 3:14), which must be prevented at all costs.

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righteous, his righteousness will precede him; if he is wicked, the reward of wickedness is before him. Take heed, lest resting at our ease, as those who are the called , we should fall asleep in our sins, and the wicked prince, acquiring power over us, should thrust us away from the kingdom of the Lord. (

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Others affirm that any who fall away were never really saved. Though they may have "believed" for a while, they never experienced regeneration. Still others argue that the biblical warnings against apostasy are real and that believers maintain the freedom, at least potentially, to reject God's salvation.

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Gustav Stählin: In Mark 9:42 (which has come down to us in all three Gospels . . .), the point is the avoidance of . This is again an eschatological saying, for the one thing more terrible than being drowned with a mill-stone about one's neck is damnation at the Last Judgment. The punishment fits the

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It is, accordingly, necessary to know and to teach that when holy men, still having and feeling original sin, also daily repenting of and striving with it, happen to fall into manifest sins, as David into adultery, murder, and blasphemy, that then faith and the Holy Ghost has departed from them . For

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3.21:5; cf. 3.2:15–40, 14.6–9, 18–20, 24.6f.). The elect may fall away from God's grace temporarily, but the truly elect will eventually be restored and not plunge into final apostasy. Calvin believed that "The Lord uses the fear of final apostasy in order to safeguard true believers against it. Only

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I write to the Churches, and impress on them all, that I shall willingly die for God, unless you hinder me. … Allow me to become food for the wild beasts, through whose instrumentality it will be granted me to attain to God. I am the wheat of God, and let me be ground by the teeth of the wild beasts,

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8.6:4). Another parable describes apostates as certain stones which are cast away from the house of God and delivered to women who represent 12 vices. They may enter the house again if they follow virgins who represent 12 virtues. Certain apostates became worse than they were before they believed and

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In the vision of the tower under construction (the church), numerous stones (believers) are gathered for the building. Among the rejected are those who are not genuine Christians; they received their faith in hypocrisy. Others do not remain in the truth, and others who go astray are finally burned in

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Let us also, while we are in this world, repent with our whole heart of the evil deeds we have done in the flesh, that we may be saved by the Lord, while we have yet an opportunity of repentance. For after we have gone out of the world, no further power of confessing or repenting will there belong to

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A variety of colorful images are used to describe Israel's apostasy: "a rebellious ox, a prostitute, a wild vine, a stain that will not wash off, a camel in heat and a thief caught in thievery (Jeremiah 2:19–28)." Images of peril attend apostasy, for to have forsaken God is to come under his judgment

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Arminius wrote: "My sentiments respecting the perseverance of the Saints are, that those persons who have been grafted into Christ by true faith, and have thus been made partakers of his life-giving Spirit, possess sufficient powers to fight against Satan, sin, the world and their own flesh, and to

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observed that believers might infer from their own experience of grace that it is impossible to finally fall away. Nevertheless, whatever assurance God might give to particular souls "I find no general promise in holy writ, that none who once believes shall finally fall." Scripture, and not personal

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Our opponents imagine that faith is only historical knowledge and teach that it can exist with mortal sin. And so they say nothing about faith by which, as Paul says so often, men are justified, because those who are accounted righteous before God do not live in mortal sin. The faith that justifies,

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Readings from the early church fathers such as these led patristic scholar David Bercot to conclude: "Since the early Christians believed that our continued faith and obedience are necessary for salvation, it naturally follows that they believed that a 'saved' person could still end up being lost ."

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Clement seeks to inspire perseverance in the midst of suffering with these words: "Let us, therefore, work righteousness, that we may be saved to the end. Blessed are they who obey these commandments, even if for a brief space they suffer in this world, and they will gather the imperishable fruit of

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The fact that there are such men confessing themselves to be Christians, and admitting the crucified Jesus to be both Lord and Christ, yet not teaching His doctrines, but those of the spirits of error, causes us who are disciples of the true and pure doctrine of Jesus Christ, to be more faithful and

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use Christian nourishment only, and abstain from herbage of a different kind; I mean heresy. For those mix up Jesus Christ with their own poison, speaking things which are unworthy of credit, like those who administer a deadly drug in sweet wine, which he who is ignorant of does greedily take, with

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Let us reckon that it is better to hate the things present, since they are trifling, and transient, and corruptible; and to love those as being good and incorruptible. For if we do the will of Christ, we shall find rest; otherwise, nothing shall deliver us from eternal punishment, if we disobey His

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If we please Him in this present world, we shall receive also the future world, according as He has promised to us that He will raise us again from the dead, and that if we live worthily of Him, "we shall also reign together with Him," provided only we believe. In like manner, let the young men also

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Let us therefore earnestly strive to be found in the number of those who wait for Him, in order that we may share in His promised gifts. But how, beloved, shall this be done? If our understanding be fixed by faith towards God; if we earnestly seek the things which are pleasing and acceptable to Him;

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Since then all things are seen and heard , let us fear Him, and forsake those wicked works which proceed from evil desires; so that, through His mercy, we may be protected from the judgments to come. For whither can any of us flee from His mighty hand? Or what world will receive any of those who run

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One of the most common images for apostasy in the Old Testament is adultery. "Apostasy is symbolized as Israel the faithless spouse turning away from Yahweh her marriage partner to pursue the advances of other gods (Jeremiah 2:1–3; Ezekiel 16). … 'Your children have forsaken me and sworn by god that

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It is clear that the churches of Asia are subject to persecution and its accompanying pressure to apostatize that arise from a Jewish quarter in Smyrna and Philadelphia (Revelation 2:9) and from the emperor cult in Pergamum (Revelation 2:13). At the same time various false teachings are touching the

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comes (v. 7c). σκάνδαλον used here of the temptation to fall away from faith. The parallel, Luke 17:1, like Matt 18:7b, also underscores that such temptations are unavoidable; nonetheless, the person by whom they come receives the eschatological "woe!" that already places him under divine judgment.

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The article reads: That those who are incorporated into Christ by a true faith, and have thereby become partakers of his life-giving Spirit, have thereby full power to strive against Satan, sin, the world, and their own flesh, and to win the victory; it being well understood that it is ever through

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Tertullian mentions that it is the same apostle Paul, who in his letter to the Galatians: counts "heresies" among "the sins of the flesh," who also intimates to Titus, that "a man who is a heretic" must be "rejected after the first admonition," on the ground that "he that is such is perverted, and

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Other vices to be abstained from are: murder, adultery, pederasty, fornication, stealing, practicing magic or witchcraft, killing a child by abortion; coveting; bearing false witness; speaking evil; lying; filthy talking; hypocrisy; hating others, money-loving, lustful, being hot-tempered, jealous,

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That such who are true believers, even branches of Christ the vine, and that in the account of Christ whom he exhorts to abide in him, or such who have Charity out of a pure heart, and of a good conscience, and of faith unfeigned, 1 Timothy 1:5, may nevertheless for want of watchfulness, swerve and

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Arminian scholar Robert Picirilli remarks: "Ever since that early period, then, when the issue was being examined again, Arminians have taught that those who are truly saved need to be warned against apostasy as a real and possible danger." Important treatments regarding apostasy have come from the

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Even though Calvin believes that regeneration is irreversible … he does not conclude that the Christian has any cause for spiritual complacency. Persevering in God's grace requires, on the human side, "severe and arduous effort." … The believer needs to continually feed his soul on the preaching of

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If, therefore, it is evident that from the beginning this kind of worship has both been forbidden – witness the commands so numerous and weighty – and that it has never been engaged in without punishment following, as examples so numerous and impressive show, and that

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4.15). During Marcus Aurelius' reign (c. 161–180), Eusebius affirms that the Christians confessed their faith despite their suffering from abuse, plundering, stoning, and imprisonment. It is recorded that in Gaul some became martyrs, but others who were untrained and unprepared (about 10 in number)

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Stirred by his own experience under the Diocletian (c. 284–305) persecution, Eusebius wrote Collection of Martyrs and emphasized persecution and martyrdom in his History of the Church. He describes Christians who persevered and others who fell away. Polycarp and Germanicus were found to be faithful

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1:1). He cautions that "it is not persecution alone that is to be feared; nor those things which advance by open attack to overwhelm and cast down the servants of God," for we have an enemy who is to be more feared and guarded against because he secretly creeps in to deceive us under the appearance

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the belief that there is one only God, and that He is none other than the Creator of the world, who produced all things out of nothing through His own Word, first of all sent forth; that this Word is called His Son, and, under the name of God, was seen in diverse manners by the patriarchs, heard at

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Watch for your life's sake. Let not your lamps be quenched, nor your loins unloosed; but be ready, for you know not the hour in which our Lord comes. But often shall you come together, seeking the things which are befitting to your souls: for the whole time of your faith will not profit you, if you

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Do not err, my brethren. Those that corrupt families shall not inherit the kingdom of God. If, then, those who do this as respects the flesh have suffered death, how much more shall this be the case with any one who corrupts by wicked doctrine the faith of God, for which Jesus Christ was crucified!

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The "early Christians frequently believed that apostasy came by way of deceivers at the instigation of the devil, and terrible consequences awaited such people." The writings of Ignatius have several warnings about being on guard against false teachers and the heresy they disseminate. In the letter

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that the sojourning in the flesh in this world is but brief and transient, but the promise of Christ is great and wonderful, even the rest of the kingdom to come, and of life everlasting. By what course of conduct, then, shall we attain these things, but by leading a holy and righteous life, and by

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Let us, then, not only call Him Lord, for that will not save us. For He saith, "Not everyone that saith to me, Lord, Lord, shall be saved, but he that worketh righteousness." Wherefore, brethren, let us confess Him by our works, by loving one another, by not committing adultery, or speaking evil of

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6). Polycarp expresses his grief over a former presbyter Valens and his wife who apparently committed some act of covetousness. He hopes that the Lord will grant them repentance. He enjoins his readers to "abstain from covetousness," and "every form of evil," and goes on to give this warning, "If a

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Let us be spiritually-minded: let us be a perfect temple to God. As much as in us lies, let us meditate upon the fear of God, and let us keep His commandments, that we may rejoice in His ordinances. The Lord will judge the world without respect of persons. Each will receive as he has done: if he is

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Since, therefore, the days are evil, and Satan possesses the power of this world, we ought to give heed to ourselves, and diligently inquire into the ordinances of the Lord. Fear and patience, then, are helpers of our faith; and long-suffering and continence are things which fight on our side. … We

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Keep yourselves from those evil plants which Jesus Christ does not tend, because they are not the planting of the Father. Not that I have found any division among you, but exceeding purity. For as many as are of God and of Jesus Christ are also with the bishop. And as many as shall, in the exercise

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Why are there strifes, and tumults, and divisions, and schisms, and wars among you? Have we not one God and one Christ? Is there not one Spirit of grace poured out upon us? And have we not one calling in Christ? Why do we divide and tear to pieces the members of Christ, and raise up strife against

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In the passive voice σκανδαλίζω more often means … "fall away from faith." In the interpretation of the parable of the sower (Mark 4:13–20 par. Matt 13:18–23) those identified with the seeds sown on rocky ground, i.e., those "with no root in themselves," the inconstant ones, go astray to their own

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Cyprian states that this immortality is not possessed "unless we keep those commands of Christ whereby death is driven out and overcome, when He Himself warns us, and says, 'If thou wilt enter into life, keep the commandments?' And again: 'If ye do the things that I command you, henceforth I call

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Verheyden ("Eschatology in the Didache," 209) writes: "To describe the period that precedes the end Did. does not refer to earthquakes or political and military disasters. Instead it has selected a tribulation that forms a constant threat for the community: the dangers of betrayal and of apostasy"

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The following is a summary of the way of light: to love and glorify God; to not join yourself with those who walk in the way of death; to not forsake the Lord's commandments; to not exalt or take glory to yourself; to not take evil counsel against your neighbor; to not allow over-boldness to enter

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Gustav Stählin: In Matt. 13:41 … here, and only here in the New Testament, is patently used of persons. The Old Testament ring of the second member (transgressor of the Law) suggests that are those who seduce into breaking the Law. In the New Testament interpretation they are those who lead into

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McKnight says that "apostasy ought not to be used as a continual threat so much as an occasional warning of the disaster that Christians may bring upon themselves if they do not examine themselves. As a warning, apostasy can function as a moral injunction that strengthens commitment to holiness as

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Apostasy is certainly a biblical concept, but the implications of the teaching have been hotly debated. The debate has centered on the issue of apostasy and salvation. Based on the concept of God's sovereign grace, some hold that, though true believers may stray, they will never totally fall away.

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about 3000 people underwent apostasy. The procedure is criticising for not withdrawing apostate from the church registry member. After having done apostasy procedure a proper notation is only written in baptismal book (which is a document which presents chronologically somebodies events in his/her

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when those who had been sanctified indulge in and obey such desires, do not fight against them, and are without repentance. Such persons lose faith and the Holy Spirit and are condemned to eternal death unless they return to repentance. Thus when David had become an adulterer, he was without faith

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In his comments on Galatians 5:4, "Ye are fallen from grace," Luther writes, "To fall from grace means to lose the atonement, the forgiveness of sins, the righteousness, liberty, and life which Jesus has merited for us by His death and resurrection. To lose the grace of God means to gain the wrath

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regeneration occurred through the waters of baptism. "But," noted the Reformer, "all of us do not remain with our baptism. Many fall away from Christ and become false Christians." In his commentary on 2 Peter 2:22 he writes as follows on apostates in the Church: "Through baptism these people threw

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they ought to be humble and modest and peaceable, that they should maintain the honor of their name, so that those who have achieved glory by what they have testified, may achieve glory also by their characters. … For there remains more than what is yet seen to be accomplished, since it is written

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of Samaria, was considered to be another instrument of the devil; he claimed to save humans from the aeons through magical arts. After baptism, his followers believed themselves to be immortal in the present life. It is stated that those who claim such people as their saviors have fallen away from

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He has invented heresies and schisms, whereby he might subvert the faith, might corrupt the truth, might divide the unity. Those whom he cannot keep in the darkness of the old way, he circumvents and deceives by the error of a new way. He snatches men from the Church itself; and while they seem to

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He who hopes for everlasting rest knows also that the entrance to it is toilsome "and strait." And let him who has once received the Gospel, even in the very hour in which he has come to the knowledge of salvation, "not turn back, like Lot's wife," as is said; and let him not go back either to his

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for our instruction … that we might know, in the first place, that our God and theirs is one, and that sins do not please Him although committed by men of renown; and in the second place, that we should keep from wickedness. For if these men of old time, who preceded us in the gifts , and for whom

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We take earnest heed in these last days; for the whole time of your faith will profit you nothing, unless now in this wicked time we also withstand coming sources of danger, as becomes the sons of God. That the Black One may find no means of entrance, let us flee from every vanity, let us utterly

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Polycarp goes on to counsel presbyters to "be compassionate and merciful to all, bringing back those that wander," and to "be zealous in the pursuit of that which is good, keeping ourselves from causes of offense, from false brethren, and from those who in hypocrisy bear the name of the Lord, and

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20:1) are the following: idolatry, over-confidence, the arrogance of power, hypocrisy, double-heartedness, adultery, murder, rapine , haughtiness, transgression, deceit, malice, self-sufficiency, poisoning, magic, avarice, want of the fear of God. are those who persecute the good, those who hate

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Men may fall away from the grace of GOD (Hebrews 12:15) and from the truth, which they have received and acknowledged (Hebrews 10:26) after they have tasted of the heavenly gift, and were made partakers of the HOLY SPIRIT, and have tasted of the good word of GOD, and of the powers of the world to

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maintained their leader's view that the believer has power through the indwelling presence of the Holy Spirit to be victorious over sin, Satan, and the world, and his uncertainty regarding the possibility of apostasy. This is evidenced in the fifth article drafted by its leaders in 1610. Sometime

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Arminianism derives its name from pastor and theologian James Arminius (1560–1609). Right up until his death, Arminius was undecided as to whether a believer could apostasize. However, he did affirm like Calvin that believers must continually exercise faith in order to obtain final salvation with

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6.41). In his account of the Diocletian persecution, Eusebius commends the heroic martyrs but is determined to mention nothing about those who made shipwreck of their salvation, believing that such reports would not edify his readers (8.2:3). He recollects Christians who suffered in horrible ways

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Stop your ears, therefore, when any one speaks to you at variance with Jesus Christ, who was descended from David, and was also of Mary; who was truly born, and ate and drank. He was truly persecuted under Pontius Pilate; He was truly crucified, and died, in the sight of beings in heaven, and on

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3.6–7). Some others are novices who turn away before they are baptized, and still others fall away due to hardships, being led astray by their riches. They may become useful stones, however, if they are separated from their riches. The penitents receive 12 commands; salvific life depends on their

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thus connotes in the passages just mentioned the serious situation of becoming separated from the living God after a previous turning towards him, by falling away from the faith. It is a movement of unbelief and sin, which can also be expressed by other words (cf. the par. to Luke 8:13 in Matthew

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1 Timothy 4:1 describes "falling away from the faith" in the last days in terms of falling into false, heretical beliefs. Lk. 8:13 probably refers to apostasy as a result of eschatological temptation. Here are people who have come to believe, who have received the gospel "with joy." But under the

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On Galatians 5:1, "Stand fast therefore in the liberty wherewith Christ hath made us free," Luther comments: "Our liberty is founded on Christ Himself, who sits at the right hand of God and intercedes for us. Therefore, our liberty is sure and valid as long as we believe in Christ. As long as we

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Clement places a lot of emphasis on works of righteousness – avoiding sin and pursuing holiness. However, one should keep in mind that he says: "And we, too, … are not justified by ourselves, nor by our own wisdom, or understanding, or godliness, or works which we have wrought in

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For martyrdom strives against and opposes idolatry. But to strive against and oppose evil cannot be ought but good. … For martyrdom contends with idolatry, not from some malice which they share, but from its own kindness; for it delivers from idolatry. Who will not proclaim that to be good which

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During the reign of Decius (c. 249–251), the Christians of Alexandria are said to have endured martyrdom, stoning, or having their belongings confiscated for not worshipping at an idol's temple or chanting incantations. But some readily made unholy sacrifices, pretending that they had never been

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Let us then utterly flee from all the works of iniquity, lest these should take hold of us; and let us hate the error of the present time, that we may set our love on the world to come: let us not give loose reins to our soul, that it should have power to run with sinners and the wicked, lest we

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Those responsible for laying the foundation of this sedition are urged to submit to the presbyters, repent, and to lay aside their pride and arrogance. For it is better that they occupy a humble place in the flock of Christ, than being highly exalted and ultimately "cast out from the hope of His

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through eating habits . … In Rom 16:17 the σκάνδαλον are the various satanic activities of the false teachers who endanger the salvation of Church members, who are being seduced into falling away from correct teaching; such teachers also threaten both the unity and very existence of the Church.

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Churches of Christ do not consider themselves a denomination, and have no "headquarters" that could issue official positions on the movement as a whole, there is no official "statement of faith" or position paper which can be referenced. Nevertheless, secondary sources from recognized Church of

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was the leader of the Remonstrants and primary author of "The Opinions of the Remonstrants 1618" and "The Arminian Confession of 1621." In the Confession the Remonstrants were "persuaded that none is to be easily condemned, or blotted out of the register of Christians who holds fast to faith in

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When setting forth His chief commands, "Blessed are they who are persecuted for righteousness' sake, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven." The following statement, indeed, applies first to all without restriction, then especially to the apostles themselves: "Blessed shall you be when men shall

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Cyprian (c. 251) bids his readers to "use foresight and watching with an anxious heart, both to perceive and to beware of the wiles of the crafty foe, that we, who have put on Christ the wisdom of God the Father, may not seem to be wanting in wisdom in the matter of providing for our salvation"

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3). The writer laments: "Every one abandons the fear of God, and is become blind in His faith, neither walks in the ordinances of His appointment, nor acts a part becoming a Christian, but walks after his own wicked lusts, resuming the practice of an unrighteous and ungodly envy, by which death

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Irenaeus wrote: Thou wilt notice, too, that the transgressions of the common people have been described in like manner, not for the sake of those who did then transgress, but as a means of instruction unto us, and that we should understand that it is one and the same God against whom these men

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in this context refers to a loss of "zeal" for the things of God. The Christian community in the book of Hebrews is a good example of spiritual malaise manifesting itself in "discouragement" (likely due to persecution); "reluctance in hearing the spoken messages by leaders;" failure to accept

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Even if it is true that those who are adept in the habit of faith and holiness can only with difficulty fall back to their former profaneness and dissoluteness of life (Hebrews 6), yet we believe that it is entirely possible, if not rarely done (Hebrews 6:4; Revelation 2 & 3; 2 Peter 2:18;

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As then the unrighteous, the idolaters, and fornicators perished, so also is it now: for both the Lord declares, that such persons are sent into eternal fire; and the apostle says, "Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor

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is the classic text on the subject of apostasy in the New Testament. New Testament scholar Scot McKnight argues that the warning passages (2:1–4; 3:7–4:13; 5:11–6:12; 10:19–39; 12:1–29) should be read and interpreted "as an organic whole, each of which expresses four components of the author's

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Later Clement writes: I think not that I counted trivial counsel concerning continence ; following it, a man will not repent thereof, but will save both himself and me who counseled. For it is no small reward to turn back a wandering and perishing soul for its salvation. … Let us, therefore,

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The vices that the author associates with the way of death are: murders, adulteries, lusts, fornications, thefts, idolatries, magic arts, witchcrafts, rapines , false witnessings, hypocrisies, double-heartedness, deceit, haughtiness, depravity, self-will, greediness, filthy talking, jealousy,

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given to some baptized Christians. Augustine did not believe that someone can in this life know with infallible certitude that he is in fact among the elect, and that he will finally persevere. Thus, those who didn't receive the gift of perseverance can reject justification and lose baptismal

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True believers can fall from true faith and can fall into such sins as cannot be consistent with true and justifying faith; not only is it possible for this to happen, but it even happens frequently. True believers are able to fall through their own fault into shameful and atrocious deeds, to

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If the warning against vices and the call to repentance marks a facet of apostasy in patristic writings of the late first and early second centuries, the Shepherd of Hermas epitomizes this aspect. Those who have sinned grievously and committed apostasy are beckoned to return. Falling away and

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he writes that a person who is being 'built' into the church of Christ may resist the continuation of this process. Concerning the believers, 'It may suffice to encourage them, if they know that no power or prudence can dislodge them from the rock, unless they of their own will forsake their

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6). He mentions that there are false teachers who "are in the habit of carrying about the name in wicked guile, while yet they practice things unworthy of God, whom you must flee as you would wild beasts. For they are ravening dogs, who bite secretly, against whom you must be on your guard"

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Paul Barnett says, "Believers in the era following that of the apostles probably suffered a greater intensity to turn aside from Christ than did their predecessors. They ... were vulnerable to Jewish reprisals as well as action from the state. Details of the pressure applied to Christians to

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recognized three types of apostasy. The first was conversion to another faith, which was considered traitorous and could bring confiscation of property or even the death penalty. The second and third, which was punishable by expulsion from home and imprisonment, consisted of breaking major

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8). Later he writes: "I desire to guard you beforehand, that you fall not upon the hooks of vain doctrine, but that you attain to full assurance in regard to the birth, and passion, and resurrection which took place in the time of the government of Pontius Pilate, being truly and certainly

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In the last chapters of the epistle of Barnabas (18–21), the author sets two ways before Christians which are described in the metaphors of light and darkness (referring to abstaining from or the practicing of vices). Those who walk in the light "will be glorified in the kingdom of heaven"

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relationship with God through disobedience to the law (Jeremiah 2:19), especially following other gods (Judges 2:19) and practicing their immorality (Daniel 9:9–11). … Following the Lord or journeying with him is one of the chief images of faithfulness in the Scriptures. … The …Hebrew root

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Arminius writes: "God resolves to receive into favor those who repent and believe, and to save in Christ, on account of Christ, and through Christ, those who persevere , but to leave under sin and wrath those who are impenitent and unbelievers, and to condemn them as aliens from Christ"

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turn aside from the same, and become dead branches, cast into the fire, and burned . But such who add unto their Faith Virtue, and unto Virtue Knowledge, and unto Knowledge Temperance, &c. such shall never fall , for they are kept by the power of God though Faith unto Salvation .

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In another letter Ignatius writes: "Wherefore, as children of light and truth, flee from division and wicked doctrines. … For there are many wolves … who, by means of a pernicious pleasure, carry captive those that are running towards God; but in your unity they shall have no place"

5194:, 64. Early says the "purpose of A Declaration of Faith was to differentiate the beliefs of Helwys congregation from that of Smyths" (p. 64). This Declaration is "Recognized by the majority of Baptist scholars as the first true English Baptist confession of the faith" (Early, 64). 3153:, 3:240–241. Paul W. Barnett notes four reasons for apostasy in the book of Acts, Hebrews, the General Epistles (i.e., James, 1, 2 Peter, 1, 2, 3 John, Jude), and in the book of Revelation, as: (1) Moral or Spiritual Failure; (2) Persecution; (3) False Teaching; (4) Self-Choice ( 1840:

Christian apologist Justin Martyr engages in a dialogue with Trypho (c. 160), who says, "I believe, however, that many of those who say that they confess Jesus, and are called Christians, eat meats offered to idols, and declare that they are by no means injured in consequence"

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which included their being axed to death or slowly burned, having their eyes gouged out, their limbs severed, or their backs seared with melted lead. Some endured the pain of having reeds driven under their fingernails or unmentionable suffering in their private parts (8.12).

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cling to Him with a steadfast faith we possess His priceless gifts . But if we are careless and indifferent we shall lose them. It is not without good reason that Paul urges us to watch and to stand fast. He knew that the devil delights in taking this liberty away from us" (

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Ignatius's letter to the Christians in Rome gives valuable insight into the heart of a Christian who is prepared for martyrdom. Ignatius hopes to see them when he arrives as a prisoner. He fears that the love they have for him will, in some way, save him from certain death

3049:, "Apostasy," 58. " is the deliberate denial, expressed by outward acts, of the Christian faith . … The passages of Scripture on which the treatment of this form of apostasy is based on are Heb. 3:12; 6:4–9; 10:16–29; 2 Pet. 2:15–21; 2 John 9–11; Luke 12:9" (E. Friedberg 1125:

Barnett also mentions that "2 Peter addresses the grim situation of apostasy expressed by immorality (2 Peter 2:2–3, 14–16), under the influence of false teachers who have 'denied the master who bought them' (2 Peter 2:1, 17–22)." Furthermore, in the book of Revelation:

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defines apostasy as a "Turning against God, as evidenced by abandonment and repudiation of former beliefs. The term generally refers to a deliberate renouncing of the faith by a once sincere believer …" ("Apostasy," Walter A. Elwell and Philip W. Comfort, editors, 95).

4214:(Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 2002), which deals with the topic of apostasy. The fourth view in this book, "Wesleyan Arminianism," shares so much in common with "Reformed Arminianism" regarding apostasy that it does not seem to warrant a separate treatment. See also the 2096:

Tertullian has a long discussion on the certainty of persecutions and the reality of death for followers of Christ. Quoting extensively from the teachings of Jesus, Tertullian urges Christians towards faithful endurance in order to obtain final salvation with God.

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Paul Barnett notes that James warns his readers of the possibility of temptation leading to apostasy. While a person is not tempted by God to sin, they can be "lured and enticed by his own desires" to sin (James 1:13–15). He adds, "This letter has in mind a 'way'

2609:"was an English lawyer and theologian who holds an important place in American, Arminian, and Baptist history." In 1611 Helwys "outlined a declaration of faith that characterized the theology of the General Baptists." Point seven affirms his belief in apostasy: 3187:, 87. In Acts 21:21, "Paul was falsely accused of teaching the Jews apostasy from Moses … he predicted the great apostasy from Christianity, foretold by Jesus (Matthew 24:10–12), which would precede 'the Day of the Lord' (2 Thessalonians 2:2f.)" (D. M. Pratt, 2738:

is a procedure defined on 19 February 2016. The earlier procedure were defined in 2008. Procedure rule in 2016 eliminated necessity of committing apostasy in the presence of two witnesses. It can only be done in person, by delivering an application to a church

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2:219–220). William Nichols notes: "Arminius spoke nearly the same modest words when interrogated on this subject in the last Conference which he had with Gomarus , before the states of Holland, on the 12th of Aug. 1609, only two months prior to his decease"

1773:"The final section of the Didache echoes the Synoptic tradition (Matthew 24:4–13, 15, 21–26; Mark 13:5ff; Luke 21:8ff; cf. 2 Thessalonians 2:3ff; Revelation 13:13–14) when it warns against apostasy through the deception of false prophets in the last days:" 1464:

of repentance, return into the unity of the Church, these, too, shall belong to God, that they may live according to Jesus Christ. Do not err, my brethren. If any man follows him that makes a schism in the Church, he shall not inherit the kingdom of God. (

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is labeled as the first of the Gnostics. His followers allegedly transmitted Simon's magic in an open manner. Eusebius asserts that the devil's intention was to entrap many believers and bring them to the abyss of destruction by following these deceivers

1058:– But I have a few things against you, because you have there ones holding on to the teaching of Balaam, who was teaching Balak to put a cause-of-falling before the sons of Israel to eat foods sacrificed to idols and to commit sexual-immorality. (DLNT) 1010:– These are the ones sown on rocky ground: As soon as they hear the word, they receive it with joy. But they have no root in themselves and do not endure. Then, when trouble or persecution comes because of the word, immediately they fall away . (NET) 1653:

In the Parables, rods of various shapes and sizes represent different kinds of believers: the faithful, rich, double-minded, doubtful-minded, and hypocritical deceivers. These are allowed to repent – if they do not, they will lose eternal life

5002:, p. 215. "Martin Luther shared with the Roman Catholic Church of his day the belief that the grace of baptismal regeneration and justification could be lost. On these points he was in agreement with Augustine and Aquinas" Davis 1991: 216 4261:

Davis, "The Perseverance of the Saints: A History of the Doctrine," 222. Arthur Pink agrees with Calvin that all Christians will persevere in good works and faith to the end of life and thus cannot commit apostasy through sin or unbelief (see

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earth, and under the earth. He was also truly raised from the dead, His Father quickening Him, even as after the same manner His Father will so raise up us who believe in Him by Christ Jesus, apart from whom we do not possess the true life. (

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McKnight adds: "Because apostasy is disputed among Christian theologians, it must be recognized that ones overall hermeneutic and theology (including ones general philosophical orientation) shapes how one reads texts dealing with apostasy."

2658:(1651)." Goodwins work was primarily dedicated to refuting the Calvinist doctrine of limited atonement, but he digresses from his main topic and spends 300 pages attempting to disprove the Calvinist doctrine of unconditional perseverance. 4042:

Tertullian notes that heretics frequently hang out with loose company, and that ungodliness is the natural effect of their teaching, since "they say that God is not to be feared; therefore all things are in their view free and unchecked"

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became fully persuaded in their minds that the Scriptures taught that a true believer was capable of apostasizing. They formalized their views in "The Opinion of the Remonstrants" (1618). Points three and four in the fifth article read:

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1:1). By following the example of the Lord in recognizing and resisting the temptations of the devil, Christians will not be "incautiously turned back into the nets of death," but go on to "possess the immortality that we have received"

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The writer goes on to say that this present world (which urges one to "adultery and corruption, avarice and deceit"), is an enemy to the world to come (which "bids farewell to these things"), and thus, we cannot "be the friends of both"

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1:2). He who does not "must of necessity waver and wander, and, caught away by a spirit of error … be blown about; and he will make no advance in his walk towards salvation, because he does not keep the truth of the way of salvation."

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former life, which adheres to the things of sense, or to heresies. … He, who has spurned the ecclesiastical tradition, and darted off to the opinions of heretical men, has ceased to be a man of God and to remain faithful to the Lord. (

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to the Christians at Ephesus, Ignatius is happy to report that "all live according to the truth, and that no sect has any dwelling-place among you. Nor, indeed, do you hearken to any one rather than to Jesus Christ speaking in truth" (

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11). Polycarp says believers "ought to walk worthy of His commandments and glory," and that deacons are to be blameless, not slanderers or lovers of money, but temperate in all things, "walking according to the truth of the Lord"

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the resurrection. Let not the godly man, therefore, grieve; if for the present he suffer affliction, blessed is the time that awaits him there; rising up to life again with the fathers he will rejoice for ever without a grief" (

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here is "to entice into sin" and therefore to plunge into unbelief and perdition. No price is too high to avoid this; hence the relentless demand of Jesus. (Geoffrey W. Bromiley, trans., Gerhard Kittel, Gerhard Friedrich, ed.,

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Zane Hodges says: " … We miss the point to insist that true saving faith must necessarily continue. Of course, our faith in Christ should continue. But the claim that it absolutely must … has no support at all in the Bible"

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Tertullian argues that believers ought not to be surprised or alarmed at the existence of heresies since Christ and his apostles told us beforehand that they would arise and gave, "in anticipation, warnings to avoid them"

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commandments. … How can we hope to enter into the royal residence of God unless we keep our baptism holy and undefiled? Or who shall be our advocate, unless we be found possessed of works of holiness and righteousness? (

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14). He then warns, "For we shall incur no slight injury, but rather great danger, if we rashly yield ourselves to the inclinations of men who aim at exciting strife and tumults, so as to draw us away from what is good"

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Ignatius later writes: "For where there is division and wrath, God does not dwell. To all them that repent, the Lord grants forgiveness, if they turn in penitence to the unity of God, and to communion with the bishop"

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The Martyrdom of Polycarp is sometimes considered to be the first of the "Acts of the Martyrs." In this document Polycarp is killed for refusing to confess Caesar as Lord and offer incense; he refuses to revile Christ

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4). In the face of heresies, which may cause a bishop or deacon to "have fallen from the rule (of faith)," the Christian must remain true to the faith, for "no one is a Christian but he who perseveres even to the end"

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In another letter, Cyprian rejoices over the presbyter and other confessors of Christ "whom the devil has not been able to overcome," but shares how he is grieved "over those whom a hostile persecution has cast down"

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states that "There are at least four distinct images in Scripture of the concept of apostasy. All connote an intentional defection from the faith." These images are: Rebellion; Turning Away; Falling Away; Adultery.

4732:. While the Orthodox Church has no statement of faith or position paper on the possibility of apostasy, two Orthodox resources support the conditional security of the believer and the possibility of apostasy. 4393:, 2:465; cf. 2:466). In another place he writes: " wills that they, who believe and persevere in faith, shall be saved, but that those, who are unbelieving and impenitent, shall remain under condemnation" ( 1358:

congregation whose unity has been threatened because a "few rash and self-confident persons" have kindled shameful and detestable seditions towards the established leaders (presbyters) in the congregation

3024:: "People who commit apostasy abandon their faith and repudiate their former beliefs. … Apostasy is a complete and final rejection of God" ("Apostasy," Eugene E. Carpenter & Philip W. Comfort, 227). 1104:

to faith in the context of false teaching. According to 1 John 2:10 there is no cause for stumbling or sin in a believer who loves his brother … i.e., no cause for unbelief and thus a loss of salvation.

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out unbelief, had their unclean way of life washed away, and entered into a pure life of faith and love. Now they fall away into unbelief and their own works, and they soil themselves again in filth."

5143:, 173. Later in the commentary Melanchthon says, "He sits at the right hand of the Father and saves the believers with divine power, sustains and vivifies them, if only we do not fall away from him" ( 4765:"There are strong grounds to hope that the truly regenerate will persevere unto the end, and be saved, through the power of divine grace which is pledged for their support; but their future obedience 3254:"The Greek verb is related to the noun that means 'apostasy'; it means to abandon, to defect, to forsake. Here it is to lose faith in the Christian message, to quit believing" (Robert G. Bratcher, 5051:, p. 214. "Aquinas believes that one who has been justified by grace stands continually in need of the grace of God, since the justified can turn away and be finally lost." (Davis 1991: 214). 3028:(edited by Alan Richardson) says apostasy "means the deliberate disavowal of belief in Christ made by a formerly believing Christian" ("Apostasy," R.P.C. Hanson; The Westminster Press, 1969, 12). 2788:

Out of all Americans who identify as unaffiliated including atheists and agnostics, 41% were raised Protestant and 28% were raised Catholic according to the 2014 Pew Religious Landscape survey.

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Take heed, beloved, lest His many kindnesses lead to the condemnation of us all. unless we walk worthy of Him, and with one mind do those things which are good and well-pleasing in His sight. (

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Cyprian (c. 250), commands the presbyters and deacons to take care of the poor and "especially those who have stood with unshaken faith and have not forsaken Christ's flock" while in prison (

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See Dr. Gregory Robertson (Associate Professor of Christian Theology at Anderson University School of Theology) article "Eternal Security: A Biblical and Theological Appraisal," obtained at

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ought therefore, brethren, carefully to inquire concerning our salvation, lest the wicked one, having made his entrance by deceit, should hurl us forth from our life. (Barnabas 2:1–2, 10).

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1). He requests prayer for "both inward and outward strength" that he might not "merely be called a Christian, but really found to be one," – a Christian "deemed faithful" (

4114:, 8. Terrullian (c. 213) asks, "Does God covet man's blood ? And yet I might venture to affirm that He does, if man also covets the kingdom of heaven, if man covets a sure salvation. …" ( 1253:

apostatize is given from both Christian and non-Christian sources ... It is understandable, therefore, that the post-apostolic literature should contain many warnings not to apostatize."

621: 5084:). Stephen Pfurtner cites Luther's commentary on Hebrews 3:16, where Lurther warns, "We must therefore fear lest through apostasy we should lose again the beginning of a new creation" ( 1923:

was the author of heresy (cf. Acts 8:9–24), and the devil is to be blamed for bringing the Samaritan magician to Rome and empowering him with deceitful arts which led many astray (Eus.

3640:, 39. Paul Barnett says, "Jesus foresaw the fact of apostasy and warned both those who would fall into sin as well as those who would cause others to fall (see, e.g., Mark 9:42–49)." ( 2747:, however the amount of apostasy increased marginally not affecting significantly so as to being compared to the percentage of believers acknowledged by church. In the terrain of the 1135:), implies a path of truth from which one might be "turned aside." Against these Satan-inspired obstacles the reader are called upon to "conquer," that is, to overcome these problems. 5177:

but hereafter noted as Bracey 2022. Helwys "is also significant for Free Will Baptists, who trace their theological lineage to the English General Baptists and Helwys" (Bracey 2022).

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In the following chapter Tertullian maintains that "martyrdom is good," especially when the Christian faces the temptation to worship idols, which is forbidden. He goes on to write,

4148:, 13). For Opropeza's full discussion on "Apostasy and Perseverance in Church History," see pp. 1–13. Traditional Calvinists Thomas R. Schreiner and Ardel B. Caneday, in their book 4990:, Part 1, section 1, ch. 3, art. 1, §3 The Characteristics of Faith, items 161-162; Part 3, section 1, ch. 1, art. 8, §4 The Gravity of Sin: Mortal and Venial Sin, items 1854–1864. 4144:, 65. From his extensive research New Testament scholar B. J. Oropeza arrived at the same conclusion: "The church fathers would affirm the reality of the phenomenon of apostasy" ( 3499:

occurs in Rev. 2:14 (cf. also Matt. 13:41), where "to put a stumbling block" recalls Lev. 19:14 and carries the sense of seduction into apostasy and immorality (cf. vv. 15, 20). (

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is used in the absolute sense of 'passing over to unbelief,' thus a dissolution of the 'union with God subsisting through faith in Christ'" ("Apostasy," Robert Winston Ross , 57).

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concludes that apostasy threatens the community in Hebrews on two fronts: mistreatment by outsiders (persecution) and malaise involving reluctance to listen to godly exhortation.

4152:(Downers Grove: InterVarsity Press, 2001), recommend that readers see Oropeza's "excellent history of interpretation on the matter of perseverance and apostasy" (10, footnote 2). 2842:

classified apostates together with heretics with respect to the penalties incurred. Although it mentioned only apostate Jews explicitly, it was applied to all apostates, and the

2822:, defined as total repudiation of the Christian faith, was considered as different from a theological standpoint from heresy, but subject to the same penalty of death by fire by 2755:

nationwide. Earlier church counted statistics informed about 1050 committed apostasies between 2006-2009. The "apostasy meter" shows that since the protests which took place in

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will suffer eternal death even though they had fully known God. Nevertheless, most people, whether apostates or fallen ministers, have an opportunity to repent and be restored (

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In Polycarp's epistle to the Philippians (2nd century) the vice of covetousness is a significant danger. Presbyters are advised to be "keeping far off from all covetousness" (

4569:, 63). Charles Stanley writes, "To say that our salvation can be taken from us for any reason, whether it be sin or disbelief, is to ignore the plain meaning of this text " ( 1960:

followed Menander's ways. Adherents of the former declared that eating meat sacrificed to idols or renouncing the faith in times of persecution were matters of indifference.

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is to achieve the moral ruin of another person… . The angels will gather the offenders out of the Kingdom and into the fire (Matt 18:6f.; 13:41; Mark 9:42; Luke 17:1f.)" (

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deeming these worldly things as not belonging to us, and not fixing our desires upon them? For if we desire to possess them, we fall away from the path of righteousness. (

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The following Christian denominations affirm their belief in the possibility of apostasy in either their articles or statements of faith, or by way of a position paper.

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1:2) Cyprian says the devil, when he see his idols forsaken and temples deserted by new believers, devises a fraud under "the Christian name to deceive the incautious" (

4060:, Book 7:16). Heretics are those who are "giving themselves up to pleasures, wrest Scripture, in accordance with their lusts," and "wrest them to their own opinions" ( 1122:, James 5:19; i.e., by one's own decision). Either way the one who is away from the true path is in jeopardy in regard to his or her personal salvation (James 5:20)." 1272:

Christians were tempted to engage in various vices that were a part of their lives before they became Christians (idolatry, sexual immorality, covetousness, etc.).

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us. Wherefore, brethren, by doing the will of the Father, and keeping the flesh holy, and observing the commandments of the Lord, we shall obtain eternal life. (

892:– But the Spirit explicitly says that in later times some will fall away from the faith, paying attention to deceitful spirits and doctrines of demons. (NASB) 1205:"Apostasy is also pictured as the heart turning away from God (Jeremiah 17:5–6) and righteousness (Ezekiel 3:20). In the OT it centers on Israel's breaking 5216:

Keith D. Stanglin says "that the Opinions of the Remonstrants, drawn up by Episcopius in 1618" ("Arminius and Arminianism: An Overview," 17, as found in

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1). While heresies "are produced for the weakening and the extinction of faith," they have "no strength whenever they encounter a really powerful faith" (

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8), and commended because "you did not allow to sow among you, but stopped your ears, that you might not receive those things which were sown by them" (

2153:, God has predestined to regenerate some (the elect) to eternal life and not to regenerate others (the non-elect) which ensures their eternal damnation ( 1738:

In the letter to the Magnesians, Ignatius admonishes his readers, "Be not deceived with strange doctrines, nor with old fables, which are unprofitable" (

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35:1) are mentioned as: "Life in immortality, splendor in righteousness, truth in perfect confidence, faith in assurance, self-control in holiness!" (

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35). Justin's response highlights the importance of remaining faithful to "the true and pure doctrine of Jesus Christ" in the face of false teachers:

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2.13). The magician was supposedly aided by demons and venerated as a god, and Helen, his companion, was thought to be his first emanation (Just.

5220:). Mark A. Ellis, says the Remonstrants "selected Episcopius and two others to write it but in the end, he did the work alone" ("Introduction," 3011:, 41. "Apostasy is generally defined as the determined, willful rejection of Christ and His teachings by a Christian believer (Heb. 10:26–29; …)( 2258:

of Lutheranism teach that apostasy from the Christian faith can occur through loss of faith or through falling into a lifestyle characterized by

876:(go away, withdraw, depart, fall away) carries considerable theological significance in three passages (Luke 8:13; 1 Timothy 4:1; Hebrews 3:12). 611: 3790:

For believers to become wicked sinners is, in the author's mind, to share in their same fate – "eternal death with punishments" (

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Irenaeus proceeds to quote from 1 Corinthians 10:1–12, where Israel fell under the judgment of God for craving evil things, and then comments:

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1:2). Only by standing fast in learning and doing what Christ commanded does the Christian have security against the onslaughts of the world (

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Theologians such as Augustine, Aquinas and Luther believed that some people who did not receive a gift of perseverance can lose the grace of

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13), and "to obey God rather than to follow those who, through pride and sedition, have become the leaders of a detestable emulation " (

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Tertullian believes that martyrdom is necessary at times in order for soldiers in God's army to obey the command to not worship idols.

1235:, in this case for an idol: 'How I have been grieved by their adulterous hearts … which have lusted after their idols' (Ezekiel 6:9)." 6173: 4850: 3241:, 10:506. "In the LXX it is frequently a technical term for apostasy (from God), e.g., Deut 32:15; Jer 3:14; cf. also 1QS 7:18, 23" ( 6204: 5610: 3443:

offence. means "to cause loss of faith," i.e., "to rob of eternal salvation." Thus the is himself plunged into eternal perdition. (

5509: 5426: 5173:"A Historical Sketch of Thomas Helwys," posted by Matthew Steven Bracey on August 25, 2022 in the Helwys Society Forum. Obtained at 4056:

Only he who "believes the Scripture and voice of the Lord, which by the Lord acts to the benefiting of men, is rightly faithful." (

3208:: "Many New Testament passages, using different words, convey warnings against apostasy" ("Apostasy," Carpenter & Comfort, 227). 1824:

17, cf. 4, 38). Their teaching opposes the teaching "handed down from the apostles, the apostles from Christ, and Christ from God" (

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Systematic Theology: A Complete Body of Wesleyan Arminian Divinity, Consisting of Lectures on the Twenty-Five Articles of Religion

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Introduction to Theology: A Brief Introduction to the Doctrinal Content of Scripture Written in the Anabaptist-Mennonite Tradition

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in person. The procedure cannot be done by email, post or state administrative services. Apostasy gained in popularity during the

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9:1). Furthermore, they are to "be of humble mind, laying aside all haughtiness, and pride, and foolishness, and angry feelings" (

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7–8), yield obedience to God's "glorious will," and to "forsake all fruitless labors and strife, and envy, which leads to death" (

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Systematic Theology: A Complete Body of Wesleyan Arminian Divinity Consisting of Lectures on the Twenty-Five Articles of Religion

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Gustav Stählin: Both woes show how terribly dangerous are. At issue are the loss of eternal salvation and eternal perdition. (

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in which person is affiliated. Those who wish to undergo apostasy must rely on the internal procedures set by their particular

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A Compendium of Christian Theology: Being Analytical Outlines of a Course of Theological Study, Biblical, Dogmatic, Historical

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elucidates the topic of salvation, teaching that mortal sin and the presence of the Holy Spirit in a human are dichotomous:

6209: 4064:, Book 7:16). Furthermore, when they quote from the Scriptures they "alter the meanings … according to their true nature" ( 2376: 2167:

Others in the Reformed tradition who followed Calvin's theology on election, regeneration, perseverance, and apostasy were

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The following translation from various early Christian writers is provided by Alexander Roberts and James Donaldson in the

643: 2334:, apostasy constitutes the "total repudiation of the Christian faith." Those who adhere to a position of apostasy incur a 2049:

1–2). Yet, he desires to "obtain grace to cling to my lot without hindrance unto the end" so that he may "attain to God" (

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man does not keep himself from covetousness, he shall be defiled by idolatry, and shall be judged as one of the heathen" (

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A Dictionary of Early Christian Beliefs: A Reference Guide to More Than 700 Topics Discussed by the Early Church Fathers

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Christ scholars clearly affirm conditional security and the possibility of apostasy. For example see James Thompson's

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Dictionary of Early Christian Beliefs: A Reference Guide to More Than 700 Topics Discussed by the Early Church Fathers

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Puritan John Goodwin demonstrated that Melanchthon fully supported the possibility of Christians committing apostasy:

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describe at least three basic dangers which could lead a Christian to apostatize from Christ and the Christian faith:

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Christ, and in hope of the good things promised by him, seek from the heart to obey his commands … ." Furthermore,

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Will the Real Heretics Please Stand Up: A New Look at Today's Evangelical Church in the Light of Early Christianity

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Will the Real Heretics Please Stand Up: A New Look at Today's Evangelical Church in the Light of Early Christianity

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in the persecution at Smyrna (c. 160), but Quintus threw away his salvation in the sight of the wild beasts (Eus.

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9.13–15, 18ff). Hermas and his audience are to persevere and practice repentance if they wish to partake of life (

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by the governing powers of the day for their allegiance to Christ. Many Christians were threatened with certain

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Geoffrey Bromiley: A similar eschatological light falls on Mark 9:43ff.; Matt. 5:29–30; 18:8–9. The meaning of

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holiness of heart; but by that faith through which, from the beginning, Almighty God has justified all men." (

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In an ancient sermon (c. 150) the author exhorts his audience to pursue righteousness and abstain from vices:

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by J. L. Stauffer (1888–1959), who served as a faculty member of Eastern Mennonite School for 17 years, see

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B. J. Oropeza comments that this passage refers to "careless Christians" who forfeit their "salvific life" (

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Catholicism, Lutheranism and Arminianism are notably affirming the possibility of apostasy in Christianity.

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7). Other Christians did not always follow his example. Some fell into idolatry in the face of persecutions.

3685:, edited by David Bercot, under the topic of "Salvation," "Can those who are saved ever be lost?": 586–591. 2756: 2744: 2172: 1472:

The author of the epistle of Barnabas (c. 100) both admonishes and warns his readers about coming dangers:

5174: 2669:"was the English General Baptists' foremost leader in the late seventeenth-century, during which time his 5345: 4816: 2438: 2433: 2193: 551: 254: 6145:

Ryken, Leland, Wilhoit, Jim, Longman, Tremper, Duriez, Colin, Penny, Douglas, Reid, Daniel G., editors,

3123:"exhortations from fellow believers"; and a refusal "to fellowship with God's people anymore" (Oropeza, 1858:

Clement of Alexandria (c. 195) advises against giving into heretical men and their heresies in writing:

6103: 4644:

https://evangelicalarminians.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/Wenger-Anabaptist-Mennonite-on-Apostasy.pdf

3570: 2895: 2235: 1189:(the Greek translation of the Old Testament) always uses this word to portray a rebellion against God ( 970:("enticement to unbelief, cause of salvation's loss, seduction"): are theologically important as well: 6119:

Dictionary of Greek and Latin Theological Terms: Drawn Principally from Protestant Scholastic Theology

5376:"Zasady postępowania w sprawie formalnego aktu wystąpienia z Kościoła | Konferencja Episkopatu Polski" 3266:, 84). Hermann Cremer: "to denote religious apostasy, in contrast to πιστεύειν , Luke 8:13. … Thus = 3009:

Dictionary of Greek and Latin Theological Terms: Drawn Principally from Protestant Scholastic Theology

2915: 2866: 2666: 2303: 1292: 648: 601: 591: 446: 286: 249: 1803:

2). According to Tertullian, heresy is whatever contradicts the "rule of faith" which he defends as

1676:

Irenaeus of Lyons (c. 180) recounts how God has recorded the sins of men of old (David and Solomon)

6101:

McKnight, Scot. "The Warning Passages of Hebrews: A Formal Analysis and Theological Conclusions,"

5687: 2751:

about 460 apostasies were committed in 2020. There is no official statistic of apostasy led by the

2528: 1743:

accomplished by Jesus Christ, who is our hope, from which may no one of you ever be turned aside" (

1646:

12.3–6). Repentance would become unprofitable for the Christian who falls again after restoration (

1363:

1). This jealous rivalry and envy has caused righteousness and peace to depart from the community (

716: 663: 3331:, to stumble, offend (John 6:61; 16:1) are also expressions connected to the concept of apostasy ( 102: 42: 5976: 5787: 3295:, 1103). "To make defection from, to revolt, to apostatize, (Luke 8:13; 1 Tim. 4:1; Heb. 3:12)" ( 2651: 2384: 1321: 858:(rebellion, abandonment, state of apostasy, defection) is found only twice in the New Testament ( 726: 683: 458: 307: 4932: 947:, do not abide, John 15:6; … the pictures of defection in Matthew 24:9–12, and Revelation 13." 919:

13:21; Mark 4:17; …). Expressions equivalent in meaning to the warning in 1 Timothy 4:1 include

5850:

Crisis in the Reformed Churches: Essays in Commemoration of the Great Synod of Dordt, 1618–1619

3064:

Churches under Siege of Persecution and Assimilation: Apostasy in the New Testament Communities

2979:

Churches under Siege of Persecution and Assimilation: Apostasy in the New Testament Communities

2728: 2724: 2524: 2477: 2453: 2180: 2176: 1752:

a fatal pleasure leading to his own death. Be on your guard, therefore, against such persons. (

1658:

8.6–11). Apostates and traitors who blaspheme the Lord by their sins are completely destroyed (

1397:

14; cf. 47). Clement bids his readers to cleave "to those who cultivate peace with godliness" (

1309: 1305: 1279: 1145: 596: 408: 291: 5718: 4485:

Perseverance and Apostasy: Being an Argument in Proof of the Arminian Doctrine on that Subject

4449:

A Full Refutation of the Doctrine of Unconditional Perseverance: In a Discourse on Hebrews 2:3

6126:

Paul and Apostasy: Eschatology, Perseverance, and Falling Away in the Corinthian Congregation

5771: 5691: 4779:

A Treatise of the Faith and Practices of the National Association of Free Will Baptists, Inc.

3696:

Paul and Apostasy: Eschatology, Perseverance, and Falling Away in the Corinthian Congregation

2981:. Volume 3: The General Epistles and Revelation. Eugene: Cascade/Wipf & Stock, 2012: 236. 2748: 2506: 2443: 2239: 2132: 1957: 546: 352: 337: 261: 150: 115: 86: 4366:, 1:665). B. J. Oropeza says, "Although Arminius denied having taught final apostasy in his 1791:

4, cf. 1). Neither should believers be surprised that heresies "subvert the faith of some" (

1090:

must come (v. 7b), he finally hurls an eschatological "woe!" against the person by whom the

6214: 4854: 4227: 2697: 2538: 2494: 2465: 2150: 1816:

Tertullian sees heretics as ravenous wolves "lurking within to waste the flock of Christ" (

859: 372: 145: 4895: 8: 5795: 5615: 3603:

Churches under Siege of Persecution and Assimilation: The General Epistles and Revelation

3074:. Volume 1: Gospels, Acts, and Johannine Letters. Eugene: Cascade/Wipf & Stock, 2011. 3066:. Volume 3: The General Epistles and Revelation. Eugene: Cascade/Wipf & Stock, 2012. 2937: 2920: 2843: 2295: 1516:

21:6). While those who walk in darkness will experience "eternal death with punishment" (

1456: 1206: 739: 734: 698: 453: 425: 367: 312: 234: 4919: 3072:

In the Footsteps of Judas and Other Defectors: Apostasy in the New Testament Communities

4754: 4718: 2910: 2581: 2575: 2534: 2499: 2448: 2423: 2278: 1940: 1401:

15), and to follow the humility and submission that Christ and other saints practiced (

478: 471: 362: 357: 342: 227: 155: 5887:

Catechism of the Catholic Church Second Edition Apostolic Constitution Fidei Depositum

5693:

Contesting Orthodoxy in Medieval and Early Modern Europe: Heresy, Magic and Witchcraft

4742: 4703:

https://northamanglican.com/exposition-of-the-thirty-nine-articles-article-xvi-part-2/

4699:

https://northamanglican.com/exposition-of-the-thirty-nine-articles-article-xvi-part-1/

4654:

See Christian Fundamentals (Mennonite Church, 1921) Articles of Faith VIII and XIV at

2857:

Temporal penalties for Christian apostates have fallen into disuse in the modern era.

1372:

3) Since history has demonstrated that many evils have flowed from envy and jealousy (

872:). However, "the concept of apostasy is found throughout Scripture." The related verb 6189: 5980: 5900: 5809: 5799: 5724: 5697: 4521: 3605:; Apostasy in the New Testament Communities, volume 3 (Eugene: Cascade, 2012), 67–70. 2932: 2871: 2563:

and judgment of God, death, the bondage of the devil, and everlasting condemnation."

2470: 2427: 2411: 2363: 2319: 2255: 2243: 2188: 2168: 1296: 703: 673: 653: 586: 536: 464: 281: 140: 130: 6114:, translated by John Patrick Donnelly (Milwaukee: Marquette University Press, 1995). 6067:: New Testament, 16 Volumes (Springfield: The Complete Biblical Library, 1986–1991). 6028:

Davis, John Jefferson. "The Perseverance of the Saints: A History of the Doctrine,"

5885: 4425:

Crisis in the Reformed Churches: Essays in Commemoration of the Great Synod of Dordt

3068:

Jews, Gentiles, and the Opponents of Paul: Apostasy in the New Testament Communities

5841: 5791: 5459:"Biskupi zauważyli wzrost liczby apostazji. Ale nic z tego zjawiska nie zrozumieli" 4946:

https://www.efcer.org/uploads/1/3/3/2/133267097/faith_and_practice_2018_edition.pdf

4420: 4169:

Things you may have forgotten you believed in: Mortal Sin and the Loss of Salvation

2890: 2827: 2633: 2627: 2394: 2311: 2299: 1317: 1313: 688: 581: 332: 204: 135: 3568:"The Warning Passages of Hebrews: A Formal Analysis and Theological Conclusions," 2780:

effects and that person does not stop being recognised as Catholic by the church.

2687: 2343: 5874: 5397: 4656:

https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Christian_Fundamentals_(Mennonite_Church,_1921)

4355:

true believer can, either totally or finally fall away from the faith, and perish

3013:

Nelson's New Illustrated Bible Dictionary: Completely Revised and Updated Edition

2761: 2752: 2331: 2315: 1820:

4). They pervert the Scriptures by interpreting them to suit their own purposes (

1355: 1351: 1325: 526: 435: 3258:, 132). Timothy Friberg, Barbara Friberg, Neva F. Miller: "in a religious sense 2009:

Christians, while others renounced their faith or were tortured until they did (

1795:

1). Heresies are a trial to faith, giving faith the opportunity to be approved (

1575:

The author further summons his readers to "do the will of Him that called us," (

5077:

http://www.iclnet.org/pub/resources/text/wittenberg/luther/gal/web/gal5-01.html

2905: 2740: 2546: 2231: 572: 531: 511: 382: 347: 199: 120: 75: 4670: 4372:

Examination of the Treatise of Perkins on the Order and Mode of Predestination

3721: 2723:

In Poland there is no formal state sanctioned legal way to withdraw from any

1717:

7). The readers are further admonished to "Let not then any one deceive you" (

6183: 5783: 5748: 5586:"Apostazja ma poważne konsekwencje. Co oznacza formalne odejście z Kościoła?" 5510:"Apostazja - czym jest i jak wiele osób dokonuje jej w Polsce? - Polsat News" 3495:, which are probably temptations to abandon sound doctrine. A similar use of 2839: 2606: 2550: 2307: 1912: 1620: 1283: 1261: 1257: 1158: 808: 485: 392: 189: 184: 5776:

Mass Exodus: Catholic Disaffiliation in Britain and America Since Vatican II

5283:

http://www.helwyssocietyforum.com/thomas-grantham-christianismus-primitivus/

4799: 4343:

Davis, "The Perseverance of the Saints: A History of the Doctrine," 222–223.

6025:, 3 Volumes (Grand Rapids: Regency Reference Library/Zondervan, 1975–1978). 5035:

Oropeza: "The graces of justification and salvation could still be lost" (

4795: 4029:

Tertullian believes that all heresies "have been introduced by the devil" (

2673:

served as the primary text for General Baptist theology." In it he writes,

2225:

persevere and to die in them; and therefore finally to fall and to perish.

2216: 2215:

between 1610, and the official proceeding of the Synod of Dort (1618), the

2211: 1150: 782: 441: 214: 94: 6070:

Leeuwen, Van Marius Th., Stanglin, Keith D. and Tolsma, Marijke, editors.

5251: 1114:, James 5:20) of belief and behavior, from which one may be "led astray" ( 5686: 5431: 4150:

The Race Set Before Us: A Biblical Theology of Perseverance and Assurance

3070:. Volume 2: The Pauline Letters. Eugene: Cascade/Wipf & Stock, 2012. 2900: 2881: 2876: 2765: 2705: 2691: 2549:, (1225–1274) held that justified people can finally be lost. Similarly, 2370: 2146: 2124: 1961: 1920: 1232: 556: 516: 501: 387: 327: 271: 5720:

The Middle Ages Unlocked: A Guide to Life in Medieval England, 1050–1300

4880: 2854:

who had professed to convert to Christianity from Islam under pressure.

1702: 5899:. Lafayette, IN: Sovereign Grace Publishers, Inc. pp. 39, 47, 58. 5175:

http://www.helwyssocietyforum.com/a-historical-sketch-of-thomas-helwys/

4682: 4518:

The Book of Concord: The Confessions of the Evangelical Lutheran Church

4409:

The Creeds of Christendom Volume III: The Evangelical Protestant Creeds

4210:, 1–34. One can find each of these views being represented in the book 4186:"Abandoning Christ: The Forgotten Sins of Heresy, Apostasy, and Schism" 2513: 2358: 2353: 2302:, asserting that individuals genuinely born again cannot forfeit their 2259: 1953: 1286:

that threatened to seduce them away from their pure devotion to Christ.

1186: 786: 496: 5429:[Apostasy – what it is and how many people do it in Poland?]. 3289:

Mounce's Complete Expository Dictionary of Old and New Testament Words

2831:

commandments and breaking the vows of religious orders, respectively.

2654:

was a Puritan who "presented the Arminian position of falling away in

5561:"Apostazja. W jaki sposób można wypisać się z Kościoła katolickiego?" 4907: 2823: 2815: 2571: 2120: 1949: 1154: 658: 521: 491: 70: 5281:

Jesse Owens, posted June 23, 2014, at the Helwys Society Forum, see

4782: 3501:

Theological Dictionary of the New Testament: Abridged in One Volume

3480:

Theological Dictionary of the New Testament: Abridged in One Volume

3463:

Theological Dictionary of the New Testament: Abridged in One Volume

2851: 2835: 2623: 844:

For additional biblical teaching on the possibility of apostasy see

790: 506: 377: 6089:

Kept by the Power of God: A Study of Perseverance and Falling Away

6072:

Arminius, Arminianism, and Europe: Jacobus Arminius (1559/60–1609)

5813: 5218:

Arminius, Arminianism, and Europe: Jacobus Arminius (1559/60–1609)

4266:. Lafayette, IN: Sovereign Grace Publishers, Inc. pp. 39, 47, 58). 3396:

Kept by the Power of God: A Study of Perseverance and Falling Away

2850:

Jews, who had been converted to Christianity by force, and to the

1328:. A number of sections in the writings of Paul and James focus on 5400:[The apostasy procedure – who can you quit the Church?]. 4681:

See Position Paper "The Assurance of the Believer," available at

3319:, to fall (Romans 11:11, 22; 1 Corinthians 10:12; Hebrews 4:11); 2847: 2482: 1525: 1118:, James 1:16; i.e., by the influence of others) or 'stray from' ( 541: 266: 239: 3694:

B. J. Oropeza, "Apostasy and Perseverance in Church History" in

3474:

Geoffrey Bromiley: Tensions in the churches are the occasion of

3287:

Luke 8:13; 1 Tim. 4:1; Heb. 3:12" (William D. Mounce, Gen. Ed.,

1346: 805:." "Apostasy is the antonym of conversion; it is deconversion." 5779: 5427:"Apostazja – czym jest i jak wiele osób dokonuje jej w Polsce?" 4948:. Evangelical Friends Church—Eastern Region is associated with 4769:, since through infirmity and manifold temptations they are in 2344:

Christian denominations that affirm the possibility of apostasy

1828:

37). While persecution makes martyrs, "heresy only apostates" (

1333: 693: 194: 6018:(Grand Rapids: Williams B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 1979). 5321:"Apostazja - co chrzest złączył, człowiek łatwo nie rozdzieli" 4879:

See "Does Doctrine Matter?" By Donald N. Bastian available at

4773:; and they ought, therefore, to watch and pray lest they make 1459:(c. 107) warns believers about following a schismatic person: 4933:

https://ag.org/Beliefs/Position-Papers/Assurance-Of-Salvation

2776:) about committing apostasy. This act does not affect in any 2031:

5:2). These "glorious confessors" need to be instructed that

1747:

11). In yet another letter, Ignatius entreats his readers to

802: 209: 171: 5535: 4599:

So Great Salvation: What it Means to Believe in Jesus Christ

3491:

Geoffrey Bromiley: False teachers cause both divisions and

3268:

to dissolve the union formed with God by faith and obedience

1409:

19–20). Clement then gives these exhortations and warnings:

6035:

Draper, Charles W., Brand, Chad, England, Archie, editors.

5823:"The Perseverance of the Saints: A History of the Doctrine" 5263: 3909:

To be avaricious is to have an insatiable greed for riches.

2966:

Dictionary of the Later New Testament and its Developments,

2201:(1646) also express views parallel with Calvin's theology. 1973: 1329: 6096:

Dictionary of the Later New Testament and its Developments

6023:

The New International Dictionary of New Testament Theology

5716: 3168:

The New International Dictionary of New Testament Theology

3155:

Dictionary of the Later New Testament and its Developments

3032:(editor in chief Everett F. Harrison) "Cremer states that 2992:

The New International Dictionary of New Testament Theology

1185:

was used to denote a coup or defection. By extension, the

907:

The New International Dictionary of New Testament Theology

781:

is the repudiation of Christ and the central teachings of

5054: 5017: 3051:

The New Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge

2777: 50: 4851:"The Articles of Religion of the Methodist Church IX–XV" 2518: 1312:. The issue of false teachers/teachings is found in the 1153:

in Jesus Christ," (4) the consequences involve "eternal

1139: 46: 4896:

https://www.salvationarmy.org/doctrine/handbookdoctrine

4567:

Absolutely Free! A Biblical Reply to Lordship Salvation

3231:

The Complete Biblical Library: Greek English Dictionary

6174:"Early Christian Writers on Apostasy and Perseverance" 5993:

Atwood, Craig D., Hill, Samuel S., and Mead, Frank S.

4868:

Belief Matters: United Methodism's Doctrinal Standards

4767:

and final salvation are neither determined nor certain

4642:(Scottdale: Herald Press, 1954), 306–309, obtained at 3833:

The vices which lead to death and "destroy the soul" (

3272:

Biblico-Theological Lexicon of the New Testament Greek

6161:

Dictionary of Theological Interpretation of the Bible

6156:(Nashville: Methodist Episcopal Church, South, 1888). 5663:

Dictionary of Theological Interpretation of the Bible

5636:

Dictionary of Theological Interpretation of the Bible

5374:

KEP, Sekretarz Przewodniczącego (27 September 2008).

5042: 5005: 4993: 4920:

https://anderson.edu/uploads/sot/eternal-security.pdf

3047:

Dictionary of Theological Interpretation of the Bible

1703:

Deceptions: watch out for false teachers and heresies

1284:

false teachings spread by false teachers and prophets

829:

indifference and negligence towards the things of God

5389: 5239: 4755:

https://generalbaptist.com/national-offices/about-us

4723: 4719:

http://www.anglicanlibrary.org/homilies/bk1hom08.htm

2514:

Theologians who affirmed the possibility of apostasy

1405:

16–19), which brings peace and harmony with others (

1247: 6112:

Annotations on the First Epistle to the Corinthians

5298:

A Dialogue Between the Baptist and the Presbyterian

5149:

Annotations on the First Epistle to the Corinthians

4743:

https://eccenter.com/about-us/25-articles-of-faith/

4623:

Chosen But Free: A Balanced View of Divine Election

2704:In the treatise "Predestination Calmly Considered" 2114: 1164: 927:miss the mark, 1:6; 6:21; 2 Timothy 2:18; cf. also 6056:Elwell, Walter A. and Comfort, Philip W. editors, 5925:"The Orthodox Church Affirms Conditional Security" 3621: 3619: 3617: 3615: 3613: 3611: 2191:(1714–1770). The Reformed confessions such as the 1512:21:1), and will be "safe in the day of judgment" ( 5997:, 12th Edition (Nashville: Abingdon Press, 2005). 5890:. Citta del Vaticano: Libreria Editrice Vaticana. 5485:"Rośnie liczba apostazji, w 2020 r. było ich 445" 4813:The Discipline of the Evangelical Wesleyan Church 4244: 4242: 4240: 4238: 4236: 3957: 3955: 3878: 3876: 3802: 3800: 3654: 3652: 3650: 3526: 3524: 3522: 2826:jurists. The influential 13th century theologian 2760:"church life" like the date of baptism/receiving 2566: 1520:20:1), and will be "destroyed with their works" ( 78:, one of the Twelve Apostles, became an apostate. 6181: 6094:Martin, Ralph P. and Davids, Peter H., editors, 5742: 5740: 5419: 5398:"Procedura apostazji – jak wystąpić z Kościoła?" 5338: 4970:(Romans 8:12–13; 11:19–21; 14:13–23; 16:17–20); 4964:Paideia Commentary on the New Testament: Hebrews 4846:The Articles of Religion of the Methodist Church 4411:, "The Articles of the Remonstrants," 3:548–549) 4171:. Gottesdienst: The Journal of Lutheran Liturgy. 2960: 2958: 955:, fall (1 Corinthians 10:12; Hebrews 4:11), and 6163:(Grand Rapids: Baker Book House Company, 2005). 5856: 4978:which is done by Church of Christ commentators. 3608: 2618: 612:The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints 6091:(Minneapolis: Bethany Fellowship, Inc., 1969). 6030:Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society 5995:Handbook of Denominations in the United States 5947:"The Arminian Confession of 1621 and Apostasy" 5852:. Grand Rapids, Michigan: Reformed Fellowship. 5830:Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society 4534: 4233: 3952: 3873: 3797: 3732:Three sentences earlier these "gifts of God" ( 3647: 3519: 2926: 2661: 1376:4–6), the Corinthians are exhorted to repent ( 1157:if a person does not persevere in the faith." 1100:Similarly, in Rev 2:14 σκάνδαλον refers to a 6083:Galatians Commentary (5:1–13) – Martin Luther 6063:Gilbrant, Thoralf, and Ralph W. Harris, eds. 5737: 5348:[Procedure for quitting the Church]. 4516:Tappert, Theodore Gerhardt (1 January 1959). 4287: 4285: 4216:Four Views on the Warning Passages in Hebrews 4162: 4160: 4158: 3264:Analytical Lexicon of the Greek New Testament 2955: 1725:9). Ignatius then gives this solemn warning: 1347:Temptations: avoid vices and practice virtues 759: 45:. Consider transferring direct quotations to 6098:, (Downers Grove: InterVarsity Press, 1997). 6011:(Amberson: Scroll Publishing Company, 1989). 5883: 5746: 5723:. Amberley Publishing Limited. p. 112. 4987: 4966:(chapters 2, 3, 6, 10, 12); Jack Cottrell's 2601: 1490:hate the works of the way of wickedness. … ( 6039:(Nashville: Holman Bible Publishers, 2003). 5395: 5318: 4935:, Position Paper, "Assurance of Salvation." 4671:http://www.bibleviews.com/security-jls.html 3722:http://www.newadvent.org/fathers/index.html 3445:Theological Dictionary of the New Testament 3431:Theological Dictionary of the New Testament 3410:Theological Dictionary of the New Testament 2646: 2488:Evangelical Friends Church - Eastern Region 1078:one of these little ones who believe in me 6149:(Downers Grove: InterVarsity Press, 1998). 6079:Commentary on the Epistle to the Galatians 6060:(Wheaton: Tyndale House Publishers, 2001). 5857:Episcopius, Simon; Ellis, Mark A. (2005). 5082:Commentary on the Epistle to the Galatians 5073:Commentary on the Epistle to the Galatians 4511: 4509: 4282: 4218:(Grand Rapids: Kregel Publications, 2007). 4155: 3514:Exegetical Dictionary of the New Testament 3383:Exegetical Dictionary of the New Testament 3358:Exegetical Dictionary of the New Testament 3323:, to fall away, transgress (Hebrews 6:6), 3299:, Expanded Edition, Editor: Warren Baker, 3256:A Translator's Guide to the Gospel of Luke 3243:Exegetical Dictionary of the New Testament 2682: 2405:National Association of Free Will Baptists 2242:(1812–1882); Albert Nash (1812–1900); and 1067:Exegetical Dictionary of the New Testament 766: 752: 101: 6133:Apostasy in the New Testament Communities 6016:International Standard Bible Encyclopedia 5846:"The Opinions of the Remonstrants (1618)" 5769: 5309:Davis, "Perseverance of the Saints," 224. 5109: 5107: 4842:Article XII – Of Sin After Justification: 4800:http://bookofconcord.org/sd-goodworks.php 3285:to make defection, fall away, apostatize, 3202:International Standard Bible Encyclopedia 3189:International Standard Bible Encyclopedia 3151:Apostasy in the New Testament Communities 3138:Apostasy in the New Testament Communities 3125:Apostasy in the New Testament Communities 3116:Apostasy in the New Testament Communities 3103:Apostasy in the New Testament Communities 3090:Apostasy in the New Testament Communities 2736:apostasy in the Catholic Church in Poland 6004:(Peabody: Hendrickson Publishers, 1998). 5970: 5918:. Vol. 3. Bellingham: Lexham Press. 5868:. Eugene, Oregon: Pickwick Publications. 5611:"Most "Nones" Were Raised in a Religion" 5456: 4796:http://bookofconcord.org/sd-election.php 3720:Peabody: Hendrickson, 1994, obtained at 3297:Strong's Complete Word Study Concordance 3015:by Ronald F. Youngblood (Editor) , 91). 2686: 2622: 2570: 1974:Persecutions: perseverance and martyrdom 69: 6121:(Grand Rapids: Baker Book House, 1985). 6046:(Macon: Mercer University Press, 2009). 5944: 5922: 5872: 5840: 5269: 5257: 5245: 4976:The College Press NIV Commentary Series 4892:The Salvation Army Handbook of Doctrine 4729: 4515: 4506: 4016:Therefore, heresies "must be shunned" ( 2943: 2713: 2553:(1483–1546) believed that salvation or 2400:General Association of General Baptists 6182: 6053:(Eugene: Pickwick Publications, 2005). 6049:Ellis, Mark A. translator and editor, 6044:The Life and Writings of Thomas Helwys 6014:Bromiley, Geoffrey W, general editor. 5646: 5644: 5205:The Life and Writings of Thomas Helwys 5192:The Life and Writings of Thomas Helwys 5104: 4968:College Press NIV Commentary on Romans 4166: 3084: 3082: 3080: 2886:Conditional Preservation of the Saints 2290: 2210:God. After the death of Arminius, the 966:("fall away from faith") and the noun 962:The following passages where the verb 850:Conditional preservation of the saints 6135:(3 Vols. Eugene: Cascade, 2011–2012). 5820: 5717:Gillian Polack; Katrin Kania (2015). 5533: 5060: 5048: 5023: 5011: 4999: 4881:http://wilmorefmc.org/truth/theology/ 4180: 4178: 3671:Dictionary of the Later New Testament 3642:Dictionary of the Later New Testament 3592:"The Warning Passages of Hebrews," 54 3583:"The Warning Passages of Hebrews," 25 3557:Dictionary of the Later New Testament 3544:Dictionary of the Later New Testament 3531:Dictionary of the Later New Testament 3315:, 1:607–608. I. Howard Marshall says 2884:doctrine of individual apostasy, see 2519:Augustine, Aquinas, and Martin Luther 1140:Apostasy in the Letter to the Hebrews 36:too many or overly lengthy quotations 5894: 5772:"The Demographics of Disaffiliation" 5755:. New York: Robert Appleton Company. 4683:https://mcusa.org/constitutionaldocs 4520:. Fortress Press. pp. 116–123. 3412:, 7:346–347) Nigel Turner: "To be a 3166:Wolfgang Bauder, "Fall, Fall Away," 3026:The Dictionary of Christian Theology 2377:Arminianism in the Church of England 2129:History of Calvinist–Arminian debate 1086:(v. 7a); though he allows that such 838: 18: 6037:Holman Illustrated Bible Dictionary 5913: 5675:Holman Illustrated Bible Dictionary 5651:Holman Illustrated Bible Dictionary 5641: 5373: 4840:, Revised and Enlarged , 117–118). 4082:you not servants, but friends.' " ( 3327:, to drift away (Hebrews 2:1); and 3185:Holman Illustrated Bible Dictionary 3077: 833:the command to love one's neighbors 607:Members Church of God International 13: 5964: 5796:10.1093/oso/9780198837947.003.0002 5346:"Procedura wystąpienia z Kościoła" 5101:, translated by Fred Kramer , 172. 4908:http://nazarene.org/articles-faith 4611:Eternal Security: Can You Be Sure? 4175: 3698:(Tübingen: Mohr-Siebeck, 2000), 2. 3626:The Dictionary of Biblical Imagery 3206:Holman Treasury of Key Bible Words 3022:Holman Treasury of Key Bible Words 2990:Walter Bauder, "Fall, Fall Away," 2274:Apology of the Augsburg Confession 1919:In view of Eusebius (c. 260–340), 1304:Persecution is highlighted in the 1170:The Dictionary of Biblical Imagery 16:Repudiation of the Christian faith 14: 6231: 6167: 6142:(New York: Sheed and Ward, 1964). 5457:Makowski, Jarosław (2021-03-16). 5396:Chabasiński, Rafał (2020-10-25). 5319:www.ideo.pl, ideo- (2022-10-26). 4950:Evangelical Friends International 4741:See Article 113 "Of Apostasy" at 4625:, 2nd edition (1999, 2001); also 3183:Michael Fink, "Apostasy," in the 2537:(354–430) believed in a specific 2459:Church of God (Anderson, Indiana) 2390:Evangelical Congregational Church 1368:itself entered into the world." ( 1248:Views of the early church fathers 951:Wolfgang Bauder goes on add that 74:Judas betrays Jesus with a kiss. 6205:Christianity and other religions 5951:Society of Evangelical Arminians 5932:Society of Evangelical Arminians 5710: 5680: 5668: 5656: 5627: 5623:from the original on 2023-03-31. 5603: 5578: 5553: 5527: 5502: 5476: 5450: 5367: 5312: 5303: 5287: 5275: 5227: 5210: 5197: 5180: 5167: 5154: 5133: 5120: 5091: 5066: 5029: 4955: 4938: 4925: 4912: 4900: 4885: 4873: 4823: 4805: 4788: 4783:https://nafwb.org/site/treatise/ 4759: 4747: 4735: 4707: 4687: 4675: 4660: 4648: 4632: 4616: 4604: 4592: 4580: 3896:draw away vain men into error" ( 2783: 2115:Primary theological perspectives 1165:Imagery of Apostasy in the Bible 733: 23: 6140:Luther and Aquinas on Salvation 6128:(Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck, 2000). 6051:The Arminian Confession of 1621 5916:Reformed Dogmatics: Christology 5866:The Arminian confession of 1621 5482: 5439:from the original on 2020-10-28 5408:from the original on 2020-10-28 5356:from the original on 2020-10-28 5234:The Arminian Confession of 1621 5222:The Arminian Confession of 1621 5086:Luther and Aquinas on Salvation 4834:Encyclopedia of World Methodism 4629:, "Moderate Calvinism," (2002). 4558: 4546: 4490: 4478: 4466: 4454: 4442: 4430: 4414: 4400: 4382: 4346: 4337: 4324: 4311: 4298: 4269: 4255: 4221: 4200: 4135: 4121: 4105: 4089: 4075: 4050: 4036: 4023: 4010: 3996: 3982: 3968: 3938: 3926: 3912: 3903: 3889: 3859: 3845: 3827: 3813: 3784: 3771: 3757: 3743: 3726: 3714: 3701: 3688: 3664: 3631: 3595: 3586: 3577: 3562: 3549: 3536: 3506: 3485: 3468: 3450: 3436: 3423: 3401: 3388: 3375: 3350: 3338: 3306: 3277: 3248: 3224: 3211: 3194: 3177: 3160: 3143: 3130: 2791: 2199:Westminster Confession of Faith 1278:Christians encountered various 1238: 1217: 1200: 6147:Dictionary of Biblical Imagery 5821:Davis, John Jefferson (1991). 4838:Major United Methodist Beliefs 4627:Four Views on Eternal Security 4575:The Reign of the Servant Kings 4501:A Higher Catechism of Theology 4212:Four Views on Eternal Security 3659:Dictionary of Biblical Imagery 3638:Dictionary of Biblical Imagery 3108: 3095: 3056: 3039: 3030:Baker's Dictionary of Theology 3001: 2984: 2971: 2846:used it to persecute both the 2734:As of 2020, the procedure for 2567:Philip Melanchthon (1497–1560) 2417:Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod 2325: 2249: 2204: 1939:1.23:1–4). Simon's successor, 1801:Prescriptions Against Heretics 1797:Prescriptions Against Heretics 1299:if they would not deny Christ. 1260:, the warning passages in the 817:general suffering and hardship 785:by someone who formerly was a 617:The New Church (Swedenborgian) 562:Nondenominational Christianity 1: 6065:The Complete Biblical Library 4777:of their faith and be lost" ( 4667:The Eternal Security Teaching 4463:(1851): Volume 2, Chapter 25. 4167:Curtis, Heath (8 July 2015). 4045:Prescription against Heretics 4031:Prescription Against Heretics 4018:Prescription Against Heretics 4005:Prescription Against Heretics 3989:(as quoted by Shawn Wilhite, 3977:Epistle to the Philadelphians 1835:Prescription Against Heretics 1830:Prescription Against Heretics 1826:Prescription Against Heretics 1822:Prescription Against Heretics 1818:Prescription Against Heretics 1810:Prescription Against Heretics 1793:Prescription Against Heretics 1789:Prescription Against Heretics 1466:Epistle of the Philadelphians 6159:Vanhoozer, Kevin J. editor, 5690:; Raisa Maria Toivo (2017). 5567:(in Polish). 26 October 2020 5516:(in Polish). 26 October 2020 3017:The Tyndale Bible Dictionary 2948: 2809: 2745:October 2020 Polish protests 2619:Simon Episcopius (1583–1643) 2140: 1176: 821:false teachings and factions 789:(Christ-follower). The term 622:Unitarians and Universalists 7: 6210:Disengagement from religion 5914:Vos, Geerhardus J. (2015). 5770:Bullivant, Stephen (2019). 4817:Evangelical Wesleyan Church 2927:Apostasy in other religions 2860: 2662:Thomas Grantham (1634–1692) 2439:The United Methodist Church 2434:Evangelical Wesleyan Church 2194:Canons of the Synod of Dort 1225: 10: 6236: 6032:34:2 (June 1991), 213–228. 5763: 4715:Of the declining from GOD 4553:Reign of the Servant Kings 4541:Reign of the Servant Kings 3991:The Didache: A Commentary, 3260:fall away, become apostate 2896:Conversion to Christianity 2118: 1293:Christians were persecuted 923:, suffer shipwreck, 1:19; 909:, Wolfgang Bauder writes: 847: 793:comes from the Greek word 6000:Bercot, David W, editor. 5753:The Catholic Encyclopedia 5435:(in Polish). 2020-10-26. 5294:Christianismus Primitives 4368:Declaration of Sentiments 4188:. ChurchPOP. 9 March 2017 2916:Religious trauma syndrome 2867:List of former Christians 2718: 2671:Christianismus Primitivus 2602:Thomas Helwys (1550–1616) 1181:"In classical literature 6058:Tyndale Bible Dictionary 5979:: Schmul Publishing Co. 5971:Anderson, David (1985). 5895:Pink, Arthur W. (2001). 5696:. Springer. p. 46. 5688:Louise Nyholm Kallestrup 4974:(pp. 375–382). See also 4830:Cyclopaedia of Methodism 4587:Once Saved, Always Saved 4084:The Treatises of Cyprian 3333:Kept by the Power of God 2647:John Goodwin (1594–1665) 1906:The Treatises of Cyprian 1897:The Treatises of Cyprian 1893:The Treatises of Cyprian 1888:The Treatises of Cyprian 1884:The Treatises of Cyprian 1879:The Treatises of Cyprian 1874:The Treatises of Cyprian 1767:Epistle to the Trallians 1754:Epistle to the Trallians 1732:Epistle to the Ephesians 1723:Epistle to the Ephesians 1719:Epistle to the Ephesians 1715:Epistle to the Ephesians 1710:Epistle to the Ephesians 1097:stumbling block to faith 1026:John 15:18, 20, 27, 16:1 779:Apostasy in Christianity 43:summarize the quotations 5945:Witzki, Steve (2010b). 5923:Witzki, Steve (2010a). 5788:Oxford University Press 5592:(in Polish). 2018-06-28 5483:S.A, Telewizja Polska. 4437:Grace, Faith, Free Will 4130:The Epistles of Cyprian 2768:or eventually taking a 2683:John Wesley (1703–1791) 2495:Restorationist Churches 2385:Eastern Orthodox Church 2038:The Epistles of Cyprian 2029:The Epistles of Cyprian 1322:Second Epistle of Peter 6195:Christian hamartiology 6074:(London: Brill, 2009). 6021:Brown, Colin, editor, 5873:Goodwin, John (1840). 4972:The Faith Once for All 4461:Theological Institutes 3372:, 294 and 304, fn. 5). 2803: 2774:sanctified as a priest 2729:religious organization 2725:religious organization 2711: 2694: 2680: 2644: 2630: 2616: 2599: 2591: 2578: 2560: 2525:baptismal regeneration 2454:Church of the Nazarene 2288: 2269: 2227: 2165: 2108: 2094: 2081: 2068: 2042: 2017: 1971: 1910: 1869: 1856: 1814: 1784: 1771: 1758: 1736: 1700: 1687: 1674: 1618: 1590: 1573: 1560: 1505: 1470: 1445: 1354:(c. 96) writes to the 1310:First Epistle of Peter 1306:Epistle to the Hebrews 1302: 1146:Epistle to the Hebrews 1137: 1107: 1063: 1002:Matthew 24:4, 9–10, 13 949: 931:, go away, John 6:66; 903: 79: 6220:Christian soteriology 6200:Christian terminology 6110:Melanchthon, Philip. 6087:Marshall, I. Howard. 5884:John Paul II (1993). 5747:Van Hove, A. (1907). 5097:Philipp Melanchthon, 4695:Of Sin after Baptism 4555:, 22; cf. xvi, 20–21. 3191:, "Apostasy," 1:192). 2798: 2796:Michael Fink writes: 2749:Archdiocese of Krakow 2702: 2690: 2675: 2639: 2626: 2611: 2595: 2586: 2574: 2555: 2507:Roman Catholic Church 2444:Free Methodist Church 2283: 2264: 2230:following Arminians: 2222: 2160: 2133:Free will in theology 2099: 2085: 2072: 2064:Epistle to the Romans 2059: 2055:Epistle to the Romans 2051:Epistle to the Romans 2047:Epistle to the Romans 2033: 1980: 1958:Saturninus of Antioch 1917: 1901: 1860: 1847: 1805: 1775: 1762: 1749: 1745:Epistle to Magnesians 1740:Epistle to Magnesians 1727: 1691: 1678: 1625: 1599: 1581: 1564: 1551: 1474: 1461: 1411: 1266: 1128: 1071: 1065:Heinz Giesen, in the 972: 911: 878: 848:Further information: 73: 5973:Conditional Security 5534:Jabłoński, Mateusz. 5145:Commentary on Romans 5141:Commentary on Romans 5128:Commentary on Romans 5115:Commentary on Romans 5099:Commentary on Romans 4397:, 3:412; cf. 3:413). 4228:John Jefferson Davis 3394:I. Howard Marshall, 3329:skandalizō/skandalon 2944:Notes and references 2714:Twenty-first century 2698:John Jefferson Davis 2539:gift of perseverance 2466:Pentecostal Churches 2428:Wesleyan-Arminianism 1944:the true hope (Eus. 1852:Dialogue with Trypho 1843:Dialogue with Trypho 1455:Similar to Clement, 1044:1 Corinthians 8:9–13 459:Independent Catholic 6152:Summers, Thomas O. 6138:Pfürtner, Stephen. 6117:Muller, Richard A. 6107:13:1 (1992): 21–59. 5876:Redemption Redeemed 5616:Pew Research Center 5352:(in Polish). 2020. 5162:Redemption Redeemed 5063:, pp. 215–216. 5026:, pp. 213–214. 4499:(1879), 3:131–147; 4427:, 1618–1619, 220ff. 3007:Richard A. Muller, 2938:Apostasy in Judaism 2921:Julian the Apostate 2844:Spanish Inquisition 2656:Redemption Redeemed 2478:Jehovah's Witnesses 2354:Anabaptist Churches 2291:Free grace theology 2155:Calvin's Institutes 1579:5) and to consider 1482:become like them. ( 1457:Ignatius of Antioch 1341:Ante-Nicene Fathers 1032:Romans 14:13–15, 20 740:Christianity portal 597:Jehovah's Witnesses 277:History of theology 5790:. pp. 25–55. 5272:, p. 226-527. 4638:See J. C. Wenger, 4475:(1888): 2:173–210. 4359:Works of Arminius, 3157:, "Apostasy," 75). 2911:Rejection of Jesus 2695: 2631: 2582:Philip Melanchthon 2579: 2576:Philip Melanchthon 2500:Churches of Christ 2449:The Salvation Army 2424:Methodist Churches 2279:Philip Melanchthon 1549:5). He then adds: 1195:2 Chronicles 29:19 1084:temptations to sin 831:" (specifically, " 479:Church of the East 343:Early Christianity 80: 6007:Bercot, David W. 5653:, "Apostasy," 87. 5037:Paul and Apostasy 4988:John Paul II 1993 4771:danger of falling 4527:978-1-4514-1894-1 4395:Works of Arminius 4391:Works of Arminius 4377:Paul and Apostasy 4364:Works of Arminius 4332:Paul and Apostasy 4319:Paul and Apostasy 4306:Paul and Apostasy 4293:Paul and Apostasy 4277:Paul and Apostasy 4250:Paul and Apostasy 4208:Paul and Apostasy 4146:Paul and Apostasy 4112:Paul and Apostasy 4100:Paul and Apostasy 4096:Paul and Apostasy 3963:Paul and Apostasy 3933:Paul and Apostasy 3884:Paul and Apostasy 3852:or quarrelsome. ( 3808:Paul and Apostasy 3779:Paul and Apostasy 3709:Paul and Apostasy 3681:, 3–12. See also 3679:Paul and Apostasy 3628:, "Apostasy," 39. 2964:Paul W. Barnett, 2933:Apostasy in Islam 2872:Christian atheism 2471:Assemblies of God 2412:Lutheran Churches 2364:Missionary Church 2340:excommunication. 2320:Norman L. Geisler 2298:doctrine affirms 2256:Smalcald Articles 2244:William Burt Pope 2240:Thomas O. Summers 2189:George Whitefield 2187:(1703–1758); and 2169:Zacharias Ursinus 2151:Calvin's theology 943:, change, alter; 839:Biblical teaching 776: 775: 629: 628: 602:Latter Day Saints 587:Iglesia ni Cristo 552:United Protestant 537:Plymouth Brethren 472:Oriental Orthodox 68: 67: 6227: 6077:Luther, Martin. 5990: 5960: 5958: 5957: 5941: 5939: 5938: 5929: 5919: 5910: 5897:Eternal Security 5891: 5880: 5869: 5863: 5853: 5837: 5827: 5817: 5757: 5756: 5744: 5735: 5734: 5714: 5708: 5707: 5684: 5678: 5672: 5666: 5660: 5654: 5648: 5639: 5631: 5625: 5624: 5607: 5601: 5600: 5598: 5597: 5582: 5576: 5575: 5573: 5572: 5557: 5551: 5550: 5548: 5547: 5540:mapaapostazji.pl 5536:"Mapa Apostazji" 5531: 5525: 5524: 5522: 5521: 5506: 5500: 5499: 5497: 5496: 5480: 5474: 5473: 5471: 5470: 5454: 5448: 5447: 5445: 5444: 5423: 5417: 5416: 5414: 5413: 5393: 5387: 5386: 5384: 5383: 5371: 5365: 5364: 5362: 5361: 5342: 5336: 5335: 5333: 5332: 5316: 5310: 5307: 5301: 5291: 5285: 5279: 5273: 5267: 5261: 5255: 5249: 5243: 5237: 5231: 5225: 5214: 5208: 5201: 5195: 5184: 5178: 5171: 5165: 5158: 5152: 5137: 5131: 5124: 5118: 5111: 5102: 5095: 5089: 5070: 5064: 5058: 5052: 5046: 5040: 5033: 5027: 5021: 5015: 5009: 5003: 4997: 4991: 4985: 4979: 4959: 4953: 4942: 4936: 4929: 4923: 4916: 4910: 4904: 4898: 4889: 4883: 4877: 4871: 4865: 4863: 4862: 4853:. 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Ryrie 2300:eternal security 2185:Jonathan Edwards 1988:8ff; similarly, 1978:Oropeza writes: 1696:Against Heresies 1683:Against Heresies 1422:away from Him? ( 1318:Pauline epistles 990:Matthew 13:40–42 984:Matthew 13:20–21 768: 761: 754: 737: 582:Christadelphians 512:Free Evangelical 465:Eastern Orthodox 422: 421: 373:East–West Schism 105: 82: 81: 63: 60: 54: 27: 26: 19: 6235: 6234: 6230: 6229: 6228: 6226: 6225: 6224: 6180: 6179: 6176:by Steve Witzki 6170: 6131:Oropeza, B. J. 6124:Oropeza, B. J. 6104:Trinity Journal 6042:Early, Joe Jr. 5987: 5967: 5965:Further reading 5955: 5953: 5936: 5934: 5927: 5907: 5879:. 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