APOSTASY

–Described De 13:13; Heb 3:12

–Caused by persecution Mt 24:9,10; Lu 8:13

–Caused by worldliness 2Ti 4:10

–Guilt and punishment of Zep 1:4-6; Heb 10:25-31,39; 2Pe 2:17,20-22

–Cautions against Heb 3:12; 2Pe 3:17

–Shall abound in the latter days Mt 24:12; 2Th 2:3; 1Ti 4:1-3

–See ANTICHRIST

–UNCLASSIFIED SCRIPTURES RELATING TO De 32:15; 1Ch 28:9; Isa 1:28; 65:11-16; Jer 17:5,6; Eze 3:20; 18:24,26; 33:12,13,18; Mt 13:20,21; 24:10,12; Mr 4:5-17; Lu 8:13; 11:24-26; Joh 15:6; Ac 7:39-43; 1Co 9:27; 2Th 2:3,11,12; 1Ti 4:1,2; 2Ti 3:1-9; 4:3,4; Heb 6:4-8; 10:26-29; 2Pe 2:1,15,17,20-22; 3:17; Jude 1:4-6

–INSTANCES OF

.Israelites Ex 32; Nu 14

.Saul 1Sa 15:26-29; 18:12; 28:15,18

.Amaziah 2Ch 25:14,27

.Disciples Joh 6:66

.Judas Mt 26:14-16; 27:3-5; Mr 14:10,11; Lu 22:3-6,47,48; Ac 1:16-18

.Hymenaeus and Alexander 1Ti 1:19,20

.Phygellus and Hermogenes 2Ti 1:15

.See ISRAEL, BACKSLIDING OF