{"id":82400,"date":"2024-09-04T01:00:51","date_gmt":"2024-09-04T06:00:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/biblicalcounselor.com\/?p=82400"},"modified":"2024-09-04T01:00:51","modified_gmt":"2024-09-04T06:00:51","slug":"apostates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/biblicalcounselor.com\/?p=82400","title":{"rendered":"Apostates"},"content":{"rendered":"

Why would anyone write and ask me to do a blog on apostates? But she did, and so I guess I should say a word or two. We know about such people from\u00a01 John. They went out from us that it might be made known that they were not of us, John tells us. So, there you have one test. John also looks at their doctrine\u2014if they refuse to say that Jesus came in the flesh, reject them; if they confess it\u2014accept them. That had to do with one particular heresy of the time. It\u2019s not a general test, but a highly specific one. The specific test was if they agreed \u2013 or didn\u2019t with the apostles. You can check out the verses for yourself\u2014wouldn\u2019t hurt you to study\u00a01 John on the subject. (Also check out Deut. 13).<\/p>\n

An apostate is one who once claimed to adhere to the truth, then turned his back on it and walked away. Or, perhaps, did all he could to destroy it. You don\u2019t hang around with such people lest you become corrupted\u00a0(1 Corinthians 15:33). Of course, if it\u2019s a husband or wife, you\u2019ll need to do all you should in your role as such, but you\u2019ll need your church\u2019s help. Otherwise, you\u2019ll have a very hard time of it.<\/p>\n

Of course you want to win apostates to Christ, if possible\u2014but you simply must heed the warning in\u00a01 Corinthians as well.<\/p>\n

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