What the Bible says about Deviation from Truth
(From Forerunner Commentary)
To paraphrase, Paul is saying, "You had better go back to what you first did, when you first learned the truth. Continue walking in that way, and don't deviate from that path."
John W. Ritenbaugh
The Covenants, Grace, and Law (Part Twenty)Related Topics: Deviation from Truth | Guarding the Truth | Hold Fast to the Truth | The Way | Walking with God | Wandering Out of the Way
We see here indications of the influence of the world, the influence of the Babylonian mystery religion, surrounding Christians wherever they might live. It gradually wears them down simply by its presence as well as by occasional, open persecution against Christians. These Christians were gradually weakening rather than growing, and beginning to feel that the best thing to do was to give in—inch by inch—to what was happening. They were beginning to request of the ministry teachings that were deviating from the truth that the apostles had given them.
John W. Ritenbaugh
A Place of Safety? (Part 4)Related Topics: Babylon | Babylon as a Spiritual Entity | Babylonian Mystery Religion | Compromise | Deviation from Truth | Mystery Religion | Persecution | World's Influence | Worldliness
Though these words were written specifically about the book of Revelation, the principle is significant in light of today's church. Christ's concern at the very end is that His people do not deviate from what is written in the book. To remain in His safety, a Christian must be submissive to Him, worshiping Him in every aspect of life, continuing to develop in Christian freedom, not enveloped by an attitude that may prove to be spiritually fatal.
John W. Ritenbaugh
Guard the Truth!