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Apostasy in the church
This subject needs to be preached about loud and long. There is much apostasy in the church, and all that is needed to realize it is to look to the very book that the churches use to base their teachings on, the bible. The bible is the operating instruction for our life and the life of the church.

What is apostasy: "A total desertion of one's religion, principals, party, or cause, etc."

Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1)based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Random House, Inc. 2006
With this definition, it does not take long to see how many churches have deserted the truth of the bible to follow the manmade dictates used to grow the membership and increase the money flow. Of course, this is done without teaching that Jesus Christ is the only way to God, and that without the blood shed on the cross there is no salvation. The cross and the blood are, as stated in the Bible an offense to many, and they do not want to hear about them. What they teach is an easy gospel that can lead to building a large church, but a dead, lukewarm, compromising church. These type churches can be found in the book of Revelation. I will not copy the bible passages, I will simply provide the chapter and verse for any that any interested to take the time and look them up. The compromising church can be found in Revelation, 2:12-17, the corrupt church in Revelation 2:18-29. The next church covers many in today's society, the dead church in Revelation 3:1-6 and the last one I want to show is the lukewarm church in Revelation 3:14-22. From these passages, you can see that Jesus will not tolerate these churches. The message is very clear, Jesus Christ and Him crucified is the only way to God.
The bible has many non- negotiable statements made by Jesus Christ, such as when He states that He is the way, the truth, and the life, and no one comes to the father but by Him. That statement is not open to debate; He is the only way to God. How often has the phrase, "God is love and will not send anyone to hell. If you lead a good life you will go to heaven" You also have many churches wanting to be accommodating to other religions. Both these statements are a direct affront to the statement made by Jesus Christ. This is apostasy and all the Bible believing churches need to confront this and preach the truth without compromise.

There is one teaching in many churches today that is in opposition to the word of God and all that the New Testament teaches and that

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