INSPIRING FAITH || Faith Shipwreck and 5 Red Flags to Watch Out For
Published 2023-11-17
But sometimes our "faith" is destroyed.
Apostle Paul said to Timothy, in 1 Timothy 1:18 – 19, “This charge I commit to you, son Timothy, ..... having faith and a good conscience, which some having rejected, concerning the faith have suffered shipwreck.....”
The message here is for your endurance, and the sharpening of your Sword, in order to help you fend off the forces of apostasy.
Be aware that the shipwreck of Christian faith, is owing most deeply not due to the mind’s problems with history, science, logic, or ethics, but is due to the heart’s overpowering desire for something that does not fit with Christian faith.....
We stumble over the cliff of apostasy not because there is no light, but because we love the darkness.
The warning against shipwreck in Hebrews 3 is a warning against the deceitfulness of sin.
“The root cause of apostasy is not the failure to detect truth, but the failure to desire holiness.”
Savour Holiness.
Remember how Jesus said in John 7:17, “If anyone’s will is to do God’s will, he will know whether the teaching is from God or whether I am speaking on my own authority.” If the inclination of the heart is right, the illumination of the mind will be bright.
“Be all the more diligent to confirm your calling and election, for if you practice these qualities you will never fall” (2 Peter 1:10).