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The Great Falling Away — How the Church Lost the Power of Godliness

Table of Contents


Post 1: “The Love That Fulfills the Law”

  • Jesus’ summary of the law (Matt. 22:37–40)
  • Obedience not to rituals, but to love
  • Divine nature of God vs. a form of godliness
  • Law and commandments fulfilled in Christ’s kind of love

Post 2: “A Hedge Removed: How Darkness Gains Ground”

  • Powers of darkness attacking the church
  • No hedge of protection due to sin and false security
  • Division, defeat, and confusion from carnal doctrines
  • Church held in bondage while clinging to tradition

Post 3: “Doers of the Law Shall Live”

  • Luke 10:25–28 and Romans 2:13
  • Paul’s wrestling with sin in Romans 7
  • Only the Spirit can enable true obedience
  • A heart changed to love and fulfill the law

Post 4: “The Flesh Nature Must Die”

  • Mind set on flesh = death
  • False love vs. true love
  • Lack of spiritual understanding in modern churches
  • 2 Timothy 4:3–4 — itching ears and teachers of the flesh

Post 5: “Two Roots, Two Natures: Christ or Satan?”

  • Illustration of the nature of Satan vs. Christ
  • Words reveal the heart
  • Jesus’ warnings about fruit and judgment
  • A test of the inner man: love or selfishness?

Post 6: “A Form of Godliness Without Power”

  • Religious deception and fleshly motives
  • The Spirit’s work: to kill the deeds of the body
  • The goal: love from a pure heart (1 Tim. 1:5)
  • Fruits of the Spirit vs. works of the flesh

Post 7: “Enemies of God: Why the World Cannot Love God”

  • Friendship with the world = enmity with God
  • 2 Timothy 3:1–8 and 1 Timothy 6:3–5
  • Form of godliness, rejected minds
  • Call to repentance and walking in the Spirit

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