Also See Section Living The Faith Don’t be deceived! According to Scripture, it is possible to: · drift away (Heb. 2:1) · wander away (Mt. 18:12,13) · wander away from the faith (1 Tim. 6:10,21) · wander away from the truth and destroy the faith of others (2 Tim. 2:18) · lose your saltiness (Lk. 14:34,35) · fall away (Mt. 11:6; Mk. 14:27,29) · fall away from grace (Gal. 5:4) · stop believing and fall away in time of testing (Lk. 8:13) · turn away from the faith (Mt. 24:10) · wander away from a pure heart, a good conscience and a sincere faith and turn to meaningless talk (1 Tim. 1:5,6) · turn back and no longer follow Jesus (Jn. 6:66) · have your faith shipwrecked (1 Tim. 1:19) · leave the straight way and follow the way of Balaam (2 Pet. 2:15) · be like a branch that is thrown away and withers (Jn. 15:6) · go astray (Jn. 16:1) · turn away to follow Satan (1 Tim. 5:15) · depart from the faith (1 Tim. 4:1) · turn your ears away from the truth and turn aside to myths (2 Tim. 4:4) · acquire a sinful, unbelieving heart that turns away from the living God (Heb. 3:12) · fall away to the point where you can’t be renewed to repentance (Heb. 6:6) · turn away from him who warns us from heaven (Heb. 12:25) · become lukewarm and get spit out of the body of Christ (Rev. 3:15,16) · not remain faithful and be hurt by the second death (Rev. 2:10,11) · have God take away your share in the tree of life and in the holy city (Rev. 22:19) · be carried away by the error of lawless men and fall from your secure position (2 Pet. 3:17) · be carried away by all kinds of strange teachings (Heb. 13:9) www.evangelicaloutreach.org |