Speaker: Adam Godshall
Series: 2 Thessalonians: Be Faithful Until Christ Returns
Text: 2 Thessalonians 2:9-13
Theme: Don't Be Unsettled when Unbelievers Reject Christian Faith and Its Foundation of Biblical Truth

One: What is apostasy?

• to depart; to forsake; to rebel against.


• Someone who before claimed he was a Christian is now saying he is not a Christian anymomre.

Two: A Biblical Anchor: true believers will never fully or finally fall away from the faith.

Three: The Biblical Explanation: the realization that a person was never truly transformed by the gospel.

• The Visible Church = as Christians see it; those who claim to be Christian and give evidence of it.


• The Invisible Church = as God sees it; those who repent & believe in Jesus as Savior and Lord


• Examples of apostasy: Judas and Demas

Four: What should characterize our response to apostasy?

• Humility


• Prayer


• Truth