Failing Christianity

2 Timothy 3:1–5 ESV

But understand this, that in the last days there will come times of difficulty. For people will be lovers of self, lovers of money, proud, arrogant, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy, heartless, unappeasable, slanderous, without self-control, brutal, not loving good, treacherous, reckless, swollen with conceit, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God, having the appearance of godliness, but denying its power. Avoid such people.

*Pray

End times conversation hand in hand with the great falling away

Brief look in to the conditions plaguing not just humanity but more specifically the church

v. 8-9 Jannes and Jambres presented a duplicate of the power of God

Warfare in the church we must discuss one facet that will bring the church giant to its knees and ultimately seeks to behead it...

The Apostasy (A brief look)

Transnational Affairs as it pertains to the Global Geopolitical Arena impacting the church

Understand what the apostacy is

Conditions leading to the apostate condition

Emphasize this will be a brief look at what we will examine over the coming weeks

Transnational State of Affairs

Matthew 24:6–8 ESV

And you will hear of wars and rumors of wars. See that you are not alarmed, for this must take place, but the end is not yet. For nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom, and there will be famines and earthquakes in various places. All these are but the beginning of the birth pains.

Just the beginning… do not be unaware… there is more and worse to follow

If in fact we are truly in the last days, these things we examine are just the beginning of an end that has already been spoken about and must come to pass.

Additionally, these things that are to pass, are considered a test run by the enemy, as the systems for the church are placed under duress.

Global Pandemic

2 1/2 year practice run by Satan

paving the way for the rise of the man of lawlessness

Last generation… we are not waiting for another we are the ones.

During this time the church has faced a physical and Spiritual reframing the church has not recovered from.

Wars and Rumors of War

Proxy war America is engaged with in Ukraine

Money

now your kids blood has been asked for

The Russian invasion of Ukraine

Proph in Ezek 38. Speaks to the outcome for Russia (Gog and Magog)

precursor to the war that is afoot with Israel

War on American soil

Never have to set foot

Petroleum dollars no longer US Currency

US government acquiescing billions of dollars to frivolous causes and foreign affairs…

Not just financial war Spiritual war… morals being decimated

Perfect storm for the demise of the once powerful giant

Kingdom against Kingdom

Without doubt the kingdom of darkness is hard at work against the Kingdom of heaven

Science Playing God

tech advances aimed at eliminating God from the equation.

AI

Zombification of a young generation

Totally deranged ideology that God will not clap back when He is blasphemed

Twisted Gender Ideologies

Not just asserted demanded compliance

U.S. is on the powerfront of the indoctrination

Denies proven scientific data in its place feelings and matters of the heart take precedence

Demonic assault is on the guise of denying humanty’s identity as being made in God’s image

Loss of identity

Stupification of the human race is nearing a new horizon.

How twisted is it “Among the transitioned trans community 65% commit suicide”

Rise in Wickedness

Grammy’s display of overt satanism: Sam Smith and Kim Petras

Unholy…

Target hires a satanist to develop a line clothing aimed at hiding youth’s actual gender

Installation of transgender agenda in public schools

Removal of biblical and christian monuments to install satanic monuments Baphomet in Minnesota Park “It will be a cold day in hell before we allow you to shove your belief in our face any longer...”

The list goes on and on… abortion (sacrifice to molech, transgenderism and sexual organ mutilation (sacrifice to Baal)

Without spending much more time on this it is plain to see we are seeing a paving of the way to what appears inevitable.

Briefly undertake the Church and Israel are not one and the same.

Both have been called to tell the world and testify of God

Share a similar end times fate

Church in the OT is the one which will minister before the Lord’s anointed

more to follow in the coming weeks

What is the Apostacy?

General terms:

the formal disaffiliation from, abandonment of, or renunciation of a religion by a person

Matt 24:12 The rise in lawlessness will cause the love of many to grow cold

1 Timothy 4:1 ESV

Now the Spirit expressly says that in later times some will depart from the faith by devoting themselves to deceitful spirits and teachings of demons,

There is a demonic influence that will provoke the apostasy in many

Apostasy will Pave the Way for the Antichrist

2 Thessalonians 2:3–4 ESV

Let no one deceive you in any way. For that day will not come, unless the rebellion comes first, and the man of lawlessness is revealed, the son of destruction, who opposes and exalts himself against every so-called god or object of worship, so that he takes his seat in the temple of God, proclaiming himself to be God.

The rebellion (Apostasy) will occur then the antichrist arrives

The Man of lawlessness will

Take center stage in the church

Demands worship to himself

Many in the body will do it willingly

Two Types of Apostasies

The ones who never believed but outright rejected the gospel

John 3:36 ESV

Whoever believes in the Son has eternal life; whoever does not obey the Son shall not see life, but the wrath of God remains on him.

They are already condemned

Two Subsets in Believers

The one who walks from their faith

Hebrews 10:28–29 ESV

Anyone who has set aside the law of Moses dies without mercy on the evidence of two or three witnesses. How much worse punishment, do you think, will be deserved by the one who has trampled underfoot the Son of God, and has profaned the blood of the covenant by which he was sanctified, and has outraged the Spirit of grace?

Blaspheming the HS

The one who taken up before there time

1 Corinthians 5:5 ESV

you are to deliver this man to Satan for the destruction of the flesh, so that his spirit may be saved in the day of the Lord.

Fornicating man sleeping with his MIL

No correction from leader

encouraged to correct him

delivery to satan for the destruction flesh (physical death) in order to preserve him form a eternal death (spiritual death)

grace in the taking up before time to preserve them from abandoning their faith

Conditions Leading to the Apostasy

Neglecting God’s Word

Professional athletes spend time in their craft

Root of Bitterness

denies the grace of the Lord in a person

Love for Money

2 Tim 2:4 … do not get entangled with the things of this world

Stop selling the anointing

Lack a fear for the Lord

forget that He is always watching

Undisciplined Spiritual Life

No time for the Lord

for Pastors what do you feed the flock when you do not spend time with the Lord who called you into His service

No love for the flock

Professional for pay

No Love for their family

Abuse the wife when “I am the Spiritual Head… obey me”…they forget

Prov 12:4 an excellent wife is a crown on a husbands head

Lovers of Popularity

make less of the Gospel to their gain

There is much more to speak on this but for now it is important to note this is just a brief overview.

The danger to the church is very real… we have a mission ahead of us. more in particular as we note the end time signs and

Over the next few weeks we will advance in to a greater understanding of the church, the church’s mission, the apostasy, and what the end will look like