Is It Possible to fall Away?

Part I

Apostasy is a subject that is not fully understood. Many Christians that have been in the body for a long period of time know it exists. Others know the definition (“a falling away”). But few can tell you when it starts or where it come from.

Apostasy is an abandonment of one's faith. Apostasy never starts out full-grown. It always begins with a small insignificant thought or action.  Maybe a person finds it easy to justify missing church service or not giving properly. Some can justify it easy to dislike a person.  Then before you know it, the Christian no longer feels a sense of guilt for those things.

The question that needs to be asked is not “is it possible to for Christians to fall away, but how can a child of God keep from falling away. The Christian's life is pictured in the New Testament as a "race" in which the participant runs with certainty striving for the prize of that incorruptible crown (1 Corinthians 9:24-27; Hebrews 12:1). The importance of faithfulness on the part of the Christian is the main ingredient to preserve stigma.

As in any race, a good start does not guarantee a successful finish. David saw godly men cease, and "the faithful fail from among the children of men" (Psalm 12:1). Paul told the Galatians that they "did run well," but someone hindered them from obeying the truth (Galatians 5:7). The Gospel demands faithfulness to the very end (Revelation 2:10).