Topical Studies
Truth, Departure from
(From Forerunner Commentary)
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Malachi 1:6 (Go to this verse :: Verse pop-up)
A principle is being brought out here. The priests had let down in their devotion to God, performing their duties in a routine manner, not taking them seriously. Therefore, the people let down also. When the priesthood casts off the truth, then so too do the people.
John O. Reid
Tithing
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2 Thessalonians 2:3 (Go to this verse :: Verse pop-up)
Apostasy ("the falling away") is not necessarily a departure from an organized body but a departure from truth, as the context shows. It points to a deliberate abandonment of a former professed position or belief.
John W. Ritenbaugh
The Flood Is Upon Us!
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2 Thessalonians 2:3 (Go to this verse :: Verse pop-up)
Some think that, when someone accepts heresy, he will "leave the church." That may occur on some occasions, but this confuses hairesis with apostasia. In this verse, apostasia is translated "falling away" in both the KJV and NKJV, giving the impression that it refers to leaving an organization. But apostasia means "to depart from truth"! One can remain in an organization and be departing from truth all along. This is vitally important to us living at the end time! Notice what Paul writes in II Thessalonians 2:9-12 about this: The coming of the lawless one is according to the working of Satan, with all power, signs, and lying wonders, and with all unrighteous deception among those who perish, because they did not receive the love of the truth, that they might be saved. And for this reason God will send them strong delusion, that they should believe the lie, that they all may be condemned who did not believe the truth but had pleasure in unrighteousness.
John W. Ritenbaugh
Damnable Heresies
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Revelation 22:18-19 (Go to this verse :: Verse pop-up)
Though these words were written specifically about the book of Revelation, the principle is significant in light of today's church. Christ's concern at the very end is that His people do not deviate from what is written in the book. To remain in His safety, a Christian must be submissive to Him, worshiping Him in every aspect of life, continuing to develop in Christian freedom, not enveloped by an attitude that may prove to be spiritually fatal.
John W. Ritenbaugh
Guard the Truth!
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