2 Timothy 1:15 - This you know, that all those in Asia have turned away from me...

2 Timothy 1:15 - This you know, that all those in Asia have turned away from me, among whom are Phygellus and Hermogenes.

Why did the Seven Churches in Asia in the Book of Revelations turn away from the Apostle Paul? What was the turning away led by Phygellus and Hermogenes?

As we are living in a great time of deception, this is a very important topic!

Pastor Curtis was live.

ALL in Asia had actually turned away from Paul (2 Timothy 1:15), and the Message which he preached unto them. The Way of The Cross never becomes a comfortable Way, but it is God’s only Way!

Once we stop seeing every Chapter and ever Verse of Scripture through the Cross of Jesus Christ, we are no longer seeing with the eyes of Biblical Faith. Every Word of God is “In Righteousness” (Proverbs 8:8), but God’s Righteousness is only revealed in the Gospel to those who go from faith to faith in the Gospel (Romans 1:16-17). This Righteousness is only imparted as the initial and secure position In Christ at the Born Again experience, and as fruit daily as our faith stands in the Cross of Christ alone (2 Corinthians 5:21, Galatians 2:20-21). We can talk about the blood of Jesus all day long, but faith does NOT come by speaking, but rather by hearing (Romans 10:17), and it is only when man believes with His heart unto THAT Righteousness (What Christ did at Calvary), that God honors THAT FAITH (Galatians 2:20) with Grace and Fruit!

Pastor Curtis

This is not the simplicity in Christ. All you seem to be doing is explaining Lordship salvation in as flowery terms as possible.

Actually, all he does is parrot the teaching of Jimmy Swaggart Ministries (JSM). Swaggart is aberrant in his own right.

Without your trust and faith placed in Christ and the Cross, GRACE STOPS IMMEDIATELY (the Help of the Holy Spirit) Romans 8:2, Gal. 2:20-21! Why do think that there are just as many divorces in the Church than the world? Please don't allow the intrusion of man's point of view to enter into your life and home! 1 Cor. 1:17-19, 1 Cor. 2:2

Remember, God said on purpose, intentionally, He makes the wisdom of this world look foolish! Without faith in Christ and Him Crucified, everything you do, and everything you own, will become a hindrance unto you - guaranteed. It will not prosper!

Matthew 7:21-23:
I never knew you mean that regardless of their religious activity, Christian disciplines, and lip service, they had no personal relationship with Him (the Believer must enter into sanctification to bear the fruit of Righteousness or that branch is cast into the fire). As I stated over and over, many Christians are proclaiming Christ while forsaking the Cross (Grace has stopped because of a form of godliness). Spiritual Adultery is a serious sin.

They were warned having left their first love hearing the understanding of God that worked in them . It hearing the voice of God empowered them turning them to do the first work of God, that worked in them. Beleive God.

The work of the faith of God. Christ's faith working in us to both will and empower us to perform the good pleasure of God. We understand or believe by His faithfulness . Not that of our ourselves. He makes the burden lighter giving us rest from doing the work alone . We could never begin the work of salvation with our own or end it . He is the just and justifier.

THAT IS A LIE! There is ABSOLUTELY NO BIBLICAL SUPPORT for that statement, and the verses cited say NOTHING of the sort.

Please STOP posting unbiblical garbage, pretending it to be sound exegesis.

Mark 9:24 And straightway the father of the child cried out, and said with tears, Lord, I believe; HELP THOU mine unbelief.

I am inclined to agree, I don't understand the leap.

Depart from me I never knew you is a very serious verse for me, but this is the first time I've used it to say that this is in the present as "soon as".

For those interested, you can find a short study Here on this topic

100% agree, flies right in the face of God's longsuffering character.

Revelation 2:21 And I gave her space to repent of her fornication; and she repented not. 22 Behold, I will cast her into a bed, and them that commit adultery with her into great tribulation, except they repent of their deeds.

Revelation 6:10 And they cried with a loud voice, saying, How long, O Lord, holy and true, dost thou not judge and avenge our blood on them that dwell on the earth? 11 And white robes were given unto every one of them; and it was said unto them, that they should rest yet for a little season, until their fellowservants also and their brethren, that should be killed as they were, should be fulfilled. [again, giving space to the murderers to repent, before exacting judgment over them]

The God who spared Ninevah.
Period.