DAILY TRUTH - The Danger of Apostasy
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Summary
In this episode of Daily Truth, Pastor Ken teaches us about the fall of two of the most influential preachers in the early Christian church, Joshua Harris and Alexander Chansili, and how they were casualties of their influence in the church.
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Man cannot live on bread alone, but from every word that proceeds from the mouth of God.
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To use Paul's earlier analogy, some will go down in battle.
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We all have a tendency to put our eyes on certain church leaders
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but he can certainly ruin leaders in the church
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If such a person falls, there are usually many others
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Hymenaeus and Alexander, I would be shocked to find.
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that they were simply two quiet unknown members in the church the implication seems to be that
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they were leaders with influence in the church that Paul warns Timothy about these men because
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these men had not only fallen themselves but in their fall they were influencing others to follow
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I don't know if you're aware of the recent events with Joshua Harris.
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He wrote, I Kissed Dating Goodbye back in the day.
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Eventually, he took over C.J. Mahaney's church, Sovereign Grace,
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but a church that was reformed, at least in its soteriology.
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Don't worry, they're still friends, they both say.
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coincidentally he also publicly announced that he left the faith do we see that in our text today
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hold fast to faith and a good conscience see in his character he left his wife
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he abandoned her he gave up on his marriage and his covenant and what the bible commands
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in that regard he left her and then he left christ and these aren't my observations this is
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his own admission joshua harris says i am not a christian and it said so publicly he has apostatized
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now we know from scripture that ultimately he did not fall away but ultimately he never
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truly possessed christ to begin with or more so we should say that christ never possessed him
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christ will hold us fast christ will keep us the same grace that saves us keeps us if you truly
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belong to christ christ will see to it that you are never lost but there will be many that we
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thought surely they belong to christ and we will find in the end like joshua harris or like
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Hymenaeus or like Alexander that perhaps they did not because the Christian
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it would be naive to think that it is a fight without casualties.
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Oh, hi. I didn't see you there. Thanks for sticking around. I've got an important announcement
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to make. That's the Theonomy and Post-Millennialism Conference, 2023, May 5th, 6th, and 7th,
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Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, Theonomy and Post-Millennialism. We've got the speakers
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that we've already had lined up. That's Dr. James White, Dr. Joseph Boot, Dr. Gary DeMar,
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non-doctor Pastor Joel Webin, but we also have a bonus speaker, and that is Dale Partridge
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If not, you should start listening to his podcast.
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Dale Partridge is going to be joining our team.