The Apostasy of the World and the Church

The Apostasy of World

1. They did not glorify God (Romans 1:21).
2. They became unthankful (Romans 1:21).
3. They were vain in their imaginations (Romans 1:21).
4. They became dark in their hearts (Romans 1:21).
5. They professed to be wise (Romans 1:22).
6. They became fools (Romans 1:22).
7. They changed God’s glory (Romans 1:23).
8. They dishonored their bodies (Romans 1:24).
9. They changed the truth to a lie (Romans 1:25).
10. They worshiped creation as God (Romans 1:25).
11. They served creatures, not God (Romans 1:25).
12. They submitted to vile passions (Romans 1:26).
13. Women became lesbians (Romans 1:26).
14. Men went into sodomy (Romans 1:27).
15. They rejected knowledge of God (Romans 1:28).
16. They became reprobate in mind (Romans 1:28).
17. They were completely perverted sexually (Romans 1:28).
18. They were filled with iniquities (Romans 1:29-31).
19. They despised the coming judgment.
20. They gloried in wickedness (Romans 1:32).

The Apostasy of the Church

Note the similarities of the apostasy of the world and the apostasy of the Church in (Romans 1:21, & 29-31).

23. Lovers of themselves (2 Tim. 3:2)
24. Boasters (2 Tim. 3:2)
25. Proud people (2 Tim. 3:2)
26. Blasphemers (2 Tim. 3:2)
27. Those who are disobedient to parents (2 Tim. 3:2)
28. Unthankful people (2 Tim. 3:2)
29. Unholy people (2 Tim. 3:2)
30. Those without natural affection (2 Tim. 3:3)
31. Trucebreakers (2 Tim. 3:3)
32. False accusers (2 Tim. 3:3)
33. Incontinent (2 Tim. 3:3)
34. Fierce people (2 Tim. 3:3)
35. Despisers of those who are good (2 Tim. 3:3)
36. Traitors (2 Tim. 3:4)
37. Heady people (2 Tim. 3:4)
38. Highminded people (2 Tim. 3:4)
39. Those who love pleasure more than God (2 Tim. 3:4)