Apostates
Described -- De 13:13; Heb 3:12. Persecution tends to make -- Mt 24:9,10; Lu 8:13. A worldly spirit tends to make -- 2Ti 4:10. Never belonged to Christ -- 1Jo 2:19. Saints do not become -- Ps 44:18,19; Heb 6:9; 10:39. It is impossible to restore -- Heb 6:4-6. Guilt and punishment of -- Zep 1:4-6; Heb 10:25-31,39; 2Pe 2:17,20-22. Cautions against becoming -- Heb 3:12; 2Pe 3:17. Shall abound in the latter days -- Mt 24:12; 2Th 2:3; 1Ti 4:1-3. Exemplified Amaziah. -- 2Ch 25:14,27. Professed disciples. -- Joh 6:66. Hymenaeus and Alexander. -- 1Ti 1:19,20.