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today? — “lovers of pleasures more than lovers

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of God; Having a form of godliness” — We’re

talking about apostasy; we’re talking about

apostates — “Having a form of godliness but

denying the power thereof: from such turn

away.” Paul goes on in this chapter to elaborate

on that.

So we see the development of apostasy, not

only throughout the Bible, but especially in the

last days and throughout what we may refer to

as church history. So the apostasy that we're

preaching on this morning was foretold by

Jesus Christ. It was confirmed by Paul and Peter

and John and Jude and the other apostles that

this would be true in our time in which we live.

John Owens, the Puritan, made this statement:

"The sin of those who forsake Christ and the

Gospel after their convictions of its truth and

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