For that day shall not come, except there come a falling away first, and that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition; who opposeth and exalteth himself above all that is called God, or that is worshiped.
Let no man deceive you by any means: for that day shall not come, except there come a falling away first, and that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition.
This does not show much of a dissolution or falling away.
I do not intend to convey the idea that there was not a falling away, an apostasy, at the time of the martyrdom and the exodus from Nauvoo, for there were many who forsook the cause, but compared with the Church membership, they were but few.
This does not sound much like a falling awayor a dissolution of the Church, does it?
From certain utterances of the early-day apostles it is made plain to us that the great "falling away" had begun even while those apostles were living.
The first phase, described as "a falling away," was that decline from true Christianity which we have considered in the preceding chapter as the Corruption of Evangelical Faith.
Sidenote: First evidences of decline] The "falling away" from the simple truths and standards of the gospel began at a very early date.
Thus the Sunday institution comes in, marked by its pagan origin, and adapted to ecclesiastical purposes by the church of the "falling away" that grew into the Roman Papacy.
He said it would lead to a "falling away" from the truth of God, and the full exaltation of the man of sin.
The change in the ordinance, like most of the changes that came about in the days of the "falling away" from the primitive faith and practice, was by gradual process.
But take notice of the standard which he gives, from which “falling away” may be considered.
That would not be falling away (as here meant) from the love, neither the faith of God.
That day shall not come,” he says, “except there come a falling away first, and that man of sin be revealed.
The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "falling away" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.
