7/12 Beecher's work, "The Bible a Sufficient Creed." "Is not the Protestant church," he asks, "apostate ?" Is not the apostasy which we have reason to fear, "already formed ?" But apostasy in principle always leads to corruption in practice. 3:1-5, sets forth the condition of the professed church of Christ in the last days. A rank growth of twenty heinous sins, with no redeeming virtues, shows that the fruits of the Spirit will be choked and rooted out by the works of the flesh. |