The NXR Podcast - DAILY TRUTH - The Danger of Apostasy

00:00:00.000 Hey guys, real quick, before we get started, I have a small request.

00:00:03.360 If you've been blessed by our content and you like this show,

00:00:06.420 would you take just a brief moment and leave us a five-star review?

00:00:09.760 This is quite possibly the most effective thing that you can do

00:00:12.860 to ensure that this content gets out to as many people as possible.

00:00:17.520 Thanks.

00:00:19.680 Jesus said,

00:00:20.800 Man cannot live on bread alone, but from every word that proceeds from the mouth of God.

00:00:25.440 You're listening to Daily Truth.

00:00:30.000 Ministry has casualties.

00:00:31.740 Some will tragically shipwreck their faith.

00:00:34.100 To use Paul's earlier analogy, some will go down in battle.

00:00:36.920 We all have a tendency to put our eyes on certain church leaders

00:00:40.600 instead of on Christ himself.

00:00:43.000 Satan cannot cause Christ to fall,

00:00:44.960 but he can certainly ruin leaders in the church

00:00:48.020 who have lots of influence.

00:00:50.220 If such a person falls, there are usually many others

00:00:53.060 who will fall with them as well.

00:00:55.740 Hymenaeus and Alexander, I would be shocked to find.

00:00:58.500 that they were simply two quiet unknown members in the church the implication seems to be that

00:01:08.760 they were leaders with influence in the church that Paul warns Timothy about these men because

00:01:15.400 these men had not only fallen themselves but in their fall they were influencing others to follow

00:01:21.800 them and their failure as well.

00:01:25.420 I don't know if you're aware of the recent events with Joshua Harris.

00:01:30.920 He wrote, I Kissed Dating Goodbye back in the day.

00:01:34.940 Not my favorite book.

00:01:38.760 But he grew in the Lord, or so we thought.

00:01:45.820 Eventually, he took over C.J. Mahaney's church, Sovereign Grace,

00:01:48.600 as a lead pastor, a church of thousands,

00:01:51.860 and not just a seeker-friendly megachurch,

00:01:54.580 but a church that was reformed, at least in its soteriology.

00:01:58.120 He seemed to possess good doctrine.

00:02:01.780 And he was a pretty good preacher.

00:02:04.500 And then he left his wife.

00:02:07.440 Don't worry, they're still friends, they both say.

00:02:11.320 But he left his wife.

00:02:14.000 And then shortly after,

00:02:15.860 coincidentally he also publicly announced that he left the faith do we see that in our text today

00:02:24.300 hold fast to faith and a good conscience see in his character he left his wife

00:02:31.420 he abandoned her he gave up on his marriage and his covenant and what the bible commands

00:02:39.220 in that regard he left her and then he left christ and these aren't my observations this is

00:02:47.200 his own admission joshua harris says i am not a christian and it said so publicly he has apostatized

00:02:54.860 now we know from scripture that ultimately he did not fall away but ultimately he never

00:03:04.040 truly possessed christ to begin with or more so we should say that christ never possessed him

00:03:11.180 christ will hold us fast christ will keep us the same grace that saves us keeps us if you truly

00:03:17.620 belong to christ christ will see to it that you are never lost but there will be many that we

00:03:23.000 thought surely they belong to christ and we will find in the end like joshua harris or like

00:03:31.100 Hymenaeus or like Alexander that perhaps they did not because the Christian

00:03:36.440 life,

00:03:36.960 because Christian ministry,

00:03:38.160 which we are all called to is not a picnic,

00:03:40.920 but a good fight.

00:03:42.780 That is a fight.

00:03:44.200 It is good because it's worth it.

00:03:46.180 It's worth fighting.

00:03:47.780 And because it is a fight,

00:03:49.580 it would be naive to think that it is a fight without casualties.

00:03:53.320 And because there will be casualties,

00:03:56.120 we must set our eyes on Christ and not men.

00:04:01.100 Oh, hi. I didn't see you there. Thanks for sticking around. I've got an important announcement

00:04:05.300 to make. That's the Theonomy and Post-Millennialism Conference, 2023, May 5th, 6th, and 7th,

00:04:12.660 Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, Theonomy and Post-Millennialism. We've got the speakers

00:04:17.700 that we've already had lined up. That's Dr. James White, Dr. Joseph Boot, Dr. Gary DeMar,

00:04:22.640 non-doctor Pastor Joel Webin, but we also have a bonus speaker, and that is Dale Partridge

00:04:27.860 from Real Christianity.

00:04:29.640 Perhaps you've heard of him.

00:04:30.560 If not, you should start listening to his podcast.

00:04:32.900 It's fantastic.

00:04:34.400 Dale Partridge is going to be joining our team.

00:04:37.040 We're going to have live panels

00:04:38.200 on Friday night and Saturday night

00:04:40.560 where you'll be able to write in questions

00:04:42.160 and get them answered.

00:04:43.260 We're also going to have a catered barbecue,

00:04:45.460 Texas-style barbecue meal on Friday

00:04:47.980 that's a part of your registration fee.

00:04:50.140 All that is covered.

00:04:51.320 So you need to get that.

00:04:52.480 This is how you do it.

00:04:53.340 Go and register right now

00:04:55.160 at rightresponseconference.com.

00:04:58.200 Again, that's rightresponseconference.com.

00:05:01.860 God bless.

The NXR Podcast - October 26, 2022

DAILY TRUTH - The Danger of Apostasy

Episode Stats

Summary

Transcript