News that two members of the church who openly and publicly oppose some fundamental teachings of our latter day prophets are facing the possibility of excommunication has led other, less visible apostate members to declare that they are ready to renounce their membership in the church and to invite others to join them. Setting this I wanted to review the topic of apostasy. Under that heading there are only references to other headings—apostasy of individuals, apostasy of Israel, apostasy of the early Christian Church, spiritual darkness, false Christ’s, false doctrine, false priesthoods, false prophets, hardheartedness, and loss of the Holy Ghost. I’ll start with individual apostasy.
John 3:20 says that everyone who doeth evil hateth the light and I was reminded that nobody becomes apostate simply did to lack of belief – they always embrace sin early on their path to apostasy.
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