Apostasy: A Sign Of The Times

Destructive Heresies: Apostasy Is A Fundamental Component Of The Last Days

Mark Henry

One of the key elements of the last days is apostasy.

The definition of the word “apostasy” is when someone knows the truth but turns away from it. Those who have fallen prey to apostasy may have grown up knowing and embracing Jesus and the Bible, but then, at some point, they “de-church,” walking away from the faith. Likely, every Christian reading this article can attest to witnessing this chain of events unfold in someone they know.

There are various levels of apostasy. It can be walking away from the declaration of who Jesus is. It can also be abandoning Biblical truth by jumping on the bandwagon of heresy.

Titus 1:16 speaks of a time in which people will “profess that they know God; but in works they deny Him, being abominable, and disobedient, and unto every good work reprobate.” The book of Jude describes apostate teachers of the last days, likening them to clouds “without water” and hidden reefs that lives become shipwrecked upon.

Apostasy is an important aspect of last days’ events. Everywhere we look, we are bombarded with news of pastors and denominations turning away from the truth and pursuing apostasy.

One such example is Reverend Brent Hawkes in Canada, who believes that the church needs to adapt to become less offensive. In a recent sermon, Hawkes told his congregation that one “problematic” word in their church statement of faith has made him “uncomfortable.”

“When people now come to our church, many of them will first check the website to see what this church is about, what [we] believe,” he began. “Many of the folks who did that would tell me out in the community, ‘I looked up your church, and it sounded reasonable, but when I got to that word, Savior. It was a problem.'”

Hawkes insisted that the word “Savior” presents a problem to those from “another faith tradition,” those who are “interfaith,” those made uneasy by “fundamentalist” definitions of the word, and those who simply don’t accept Jesus as their “personal Lord and Savior.”

He then complained that his past attempts to banish the word “Savior” were met with opposition: “I quickly realized that one crucifixion was enough. I backed off and thought okay, this is not the right time to do that.”

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