S: "For if, after they have escaped the defilements of the world through the knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, they are again entangled in them and overcome, the last state has become worse for them than the first. For it would have been better for them never to have known the way of righteousness than after knowing it to turn back from the holy commandment delivered to them."
2 Peter 2:20-21
O: A word for apostates. It speaks strongly of how when one is confronted with the righteousness of Christ and how someone may turn from their sin because of it. However, when someone turns their back on Jesus, giving up on pursuing a life of godliness, glorifying God-they have dug themselves into a state that is stated to be worse.
If someone is to live a life of falsehood and one day is confronted and proven to be false, they would naturally (or supernaturally in the case of sinners) turn to the truth and live by the truth (faith in Christ!). But, should someone yet turn from the truth, knowing it to be true-and turns back to their life of lies, it would be an incredible offense to what is good and true...
A: Perseverance is the word-I need to persevere. I know the truth and I can't go any other way. Try as I might to lapse into sinfulness-I know that God will reprimand me to stand up and continue walking in the path of righteousness. So, I will not apostatize-well, God willing may I never walk away from the truth that which is the redemptive work of Jesus Christ.
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