Aspects of Apostasy

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Aspects of Apostasy

• Jude 5-7

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Jude 5-7
5 Now I desire to put you in remembrance, though
ye know all things once for all, that the Lord,
having saved a people out of the land of Egypt,
afterward destroyed them that believed not. 6 And
angels that kept not their own principality, but
left their proper habitation, he hath kept in
everlasting bonds under darkness unto the
judgment of the great day. 7 Even as Sodom and
Gomorrah, and the cities about them, having in
like manner with these given themselves over to
fornication and gone after strange flesh, are set
forth as an example, suffering the punishment of
eternal fire.
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Progression in Perversion
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Jude 5-7
5 Now I desire to put you in remembrance, though
ye know all things once for all, that the Lord,
having saved a people out of the land of Egypt,
afterward destroyed them that believed not. 6 And
angels that kept not their own principality, but
left their proper habitation, he hath kept in
everlasting bonds under darkness unto the
judgment of the great day. 7 Even as Sodom and
Gomorrah, and the cities about them, having in
like manner with these given themselves over to
fornication and gone after strange flesh, are set
forth as an example, suffering the punishment of
eternal fire.
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From Faith to Faithless

• Hebrew writer warned based on apostasy of
  Israelites who died in wilderness
• Hebrews 312-19
• Hebrews 411
• Solution Hebrews 412-13
• Same warning in principle applies to all
• Romans 1120-23
• Hebrews 1036-39
• All apostasy has origin in loss of faith

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Jude 5-7
5 Now I desire to put you in remembrance, though
ye know all things once for all, that the Lord,
having saved a people out of the land of Egypt,
afterward destroyed them that believed not. 6 And
angels that kept not their own principality, but
left their proper habitation, he hath kept in
everlasting bonds under darkness unto the
judgment of the great day. 7 Even as Sodom and
Gomorrah, and the cities about them, having in
like manner with these given themselves over to
fornication and gone after strange flesh, are set
forth as an example, suffering the punishment of
eternal fire.
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From Order to Disorder

• Their own principality
• Their proper habitation
• Once faith is diminished, Gods order is
  challenged replaced with mans order
• 1 Samuel 138-9 .. 13-14
• 1 Samuel 152-3 9 10-11 17-23
• James 46-10
• Example Change in worship, doctrine...

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Jude 5-7
5 Now I desire to put you in remembrance, though
ye know all things once for all, that the Lord,
having saved a people out of the land of Egypt,
afterward destroyed them that believed not. 6 And
angels that kept not their own principality, but
left their proper habitation, he hath kept in
everlasting bonds under darkness unto the
judgment of the great day. 7 Even as Sodom and
Gomorrah, and the cities about them, having in
like manner with these given themselves over to
fornication and gone after strange flesh, are set
forth as an example, suffering the punishment of
eternal fire.
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From Moral to Immoral

• Once faith is diminished Gods order is
  changed, moral consequences are sure
• Romans 118-32
• 1 Corinthians 105-11
• 2 Peter 217-22
• 1 Thessalonians 41-8
• In society, moral decline is sign of ruin
• In church, moral decline signals apostasy
• In individual, immorality is final step

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