Page 16 - Apostasy

deal with apostasy. We could probably include

Judas as an apostate. He wasn't saved, but he

was with the disciples and was trained by the

Lord and so forth. We could probably call him

an apostate. In 1 Timothy, chapter 1, verses 19

and 20, there are two men who are mentioned

there by name, Hymenaeus and Alexander.

Without any doubt they could be classified as

apostates. And then we could probably include

Esau. We could include Korah in the Old

Testament. We could include Cain in Genesis,

chapter 4, and maybe Demas in 1 Timothy 4,

verse 10. And, again, we could go through a

number of individuals in Scripture who would

fit into this category.

Secondly, I want us to consider the

development of apostasy, and the reason I

want to say it this way is the fact that there has

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