How far does one need to expose himself in what he teaches and does to be declared an apostate? Jude 12-16 states;

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These are they who are hidden rocks in your love-feasts when they feast with you, shepherds that without fear feed themselves; clouds without water, carried along by winds; autumn leaves without fruit, twice dead, plucked up by the roots; Wild waves of the sea, foaming out their own shame; wandering stars, for whom the blackness of darkness hath been reserved forever. And to these also Enoch, the seventh from Adam, prophesied, saying, Behold, the Lord came with ten thousands of his holy ones, to execute judgment upon all, and to convict all the ungodly of all their works of ungodliness which they have ungodly wrought, and of all the hard things which ungodly sinners have spoken against him. These are murmurers, complainers, walking after their lusts (and their mouth speaketh great swelling words), showing respect of persons for the sake of advantage.
Here, we see some description of these apostates and their end, but how do we judge this in the Church or para-church situations? Doctrinal apostates seem fairly simple to identify or are they (1 John 4:6)? John deemed the docetists as being false teachers (1 John 2:19). Where do we stop testing the spirit (1 John 4:1) and take action such as Paul (1 Tim 1:19-20; Tit 1:15-16) or John (2 John 1:9-1; 3 John 1:9-11). Where do we draw or begin to draw the lines?

Let us discuss this and not post complete articles.

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