Pastoral Epistles: 1 Timothy 4:1 - The Enemies of the Gospel

Deviations from true faith have been common throughout the history of the Lord’s people. To commit apostacy is to turn away from following the Lord. False teachers and those who fall away from the faith will appear in all eras of the church. There will always be those who make a temporary response to the gospel, but have no genuine faith in God. We should not be surprised when they leave, and should remember the words of John in 1 John 2:19: “They went out from us, but they were not really of us; for if they had been of us, they would have remained with us; but they went out, so that it would be shown that they all are not of us.”