Post by PrisonerOfHope on Sept 21, 2013 14:15:00 GMT -5
12 Characteristics of the Apostate Church of the Last Days (according to John Ankerberg)
1. In the latter times, some people will depart from, or fall away from the faith 2. They will be deceived by evil spirits 3. They will give heed to doctrines of demons; the religious leaders will speak lies and hypocrisy 4. They will not endure sound doctrine 5. People will attend churches that tell them what they want to hear instead of what they need to hear 6. People will base their religious beliefs on fables; they will forsake the truth and turn aside to myths or fables 7. Religious leaders will deny the Lord Jesus Christ 8. The last days will be days of danger and great temptation 9. People will increasingly have an outward appearance of religion but no inward reality 10. Circumstances in the church, and in the world, will only grow from bad to worse 11. People will joke and Mock at the second coming of the last days 12. People will abandon the true Christian faith and begin to follow a substitute Christ