Prophets and Apostasy

October 22nd, 2008
Prophets and Apostasy
Principles 1: The rejection of the Savior, His teachings, and priesthood authority resulted in the Apostasy of the New Testament Church.
Timothy 1:15
People fell into Apostasy because of rejecting words of Prophets. Heavenly Father sent Jesus to atone for our sins and restore the Gospel. Jesus came to earth restored the Gospel and organized the church. He teaches the true Plan of Salvation. He gave His Apostles authority to help teach the gospel, perform the ordinances of salvation, and establish the church. Many people started to reject again.

Matthew 24:24
When people started to reject the teaching of Jesus Christ, they taught false doctrines and the true Church of Jesus Christ was lost. Without the losing of Christ, Holy Ghost and repentance was lost too. People were not able to repent anymore. Without the Holy Ghost, people start to live in darkness again without direction. This is the another period of Apostasy.

Principle 2: The European Reformation helped prepare the way for the final Restoration.
Joel 2:28
People lived in the spiritual darkness for a long time. They started to seek the truth. They recognized that many of the doctrines and ordinances of the Gospel had been changed or lost. The sought for greater spiritual light, many people started to think that they need the true Gospel. The God knows these people and called them Prophets. These Prophets helped prepare the way for the final Restoration.

Joel 2:29
The Gospel was Apostasy and restored again and again. But after the final Restoration, even some people now rejecting the words of Jesus Christ. The Gospel will not be removed from the earth any more. But we still need to avoid the Apostasy by having faith in Jesus Christ, repent, and keep all the commandments.