Page 17 - Apostasy

always existed apostasy in every generation.

Now, we can look around us and things are bad.

We can say there's a great falling away, but I

want you to understand that, in every

generation, there has been apostasy — and

especially throughout church history. There

has always been apostasy. Now, it is true that

it will intensify and will increase, and it will

grow and become more prevalent, but there

has always been apostasy. It originated with

Satan in Heaven as he apostatized from God

and His throne. The first victims of apostasy in

the Bible were Adam and Eve. Satan was

apostate, and Adam and Eve became the

victims. The first one on earth to promote

apostasy that we know of in the Scripture was

Cain. We read about that in Genesis, chapter 4.

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