BIBLICAL VIEW | BACKSLIDING (2)
1. Introductiona) Proverbs 14:14 King James Version (KJV)
14 The backslider in heart shall be filled with his own ways: and a good man shall be satisfied (or saved) from himself.
2. The backslider in heart...
a) We are our own worst enemy!
i) Every spot is not leprosy.
ii) Every mistake does not slip us into a backslider status.
b) A man may be overtaken in a fault...
Galatians 6:1 New Living Translation (NLT)
6 Dear brothers and sisters, if another believer is overcome by some sin, you who are godly should gently and humbly help that person back onto the right path. And be careful not to fall into the same temptation yourself.
c) It may be a sin of ignorance...
Leviticus 4:2 New Living Translation (NLT)
2 “Give the following instructions to the people of Israel. This is how you are to deal with those who sin unintentionally by doing anything that violates one of the Lord’s commands.
Hebrews 5:2 New Living Translation (NLT)
2 And he is able to deal gently with ignorant and wayward people because he himself is subject to the same weaknesses.
d) Or when hating to sin, resisting the sin, yet still having problems...
Romans 7:15-24 New Living Translation (NLT)
15 I don’t really understand myself, for I want to do what is right, but I don’t do it. Instead, I do what I hate. 16 But if I know that what I am doing is wrong, this shows that I agree that the law is good. 17 So I am not the one doing wrong; it is sin living in me that does it.
21 I have discovered this principle of life—that when I want to do what is right, I inevitably do what is wrong. 22 I love God’s law with all my heart. 23 But there is another power within me that is at war with my mind. This power makes me a slave to the sin that is still within me. 24 Oh, what a miserable person I am! Who will free me from this life that is dominated by sin and death?
i) Backsliding implies a "willful" determination to sin.
ii) Backsliding is hidden until it becomes evident.
e) It is caused by allowing world-opinion and influence to control our thinking...
Hosea 7:8-9 New Living Translation (NLT)
8 “The people of Israel mingle with godless foreigners,
making themselves as worthless as a half-baked cake!
9 Worshiping foreign gods has sapped their strength,
but they don’t even know it.
Their hair is gray,
but they don’t realize they’re old and weak.
making themselves as worthless as a half-baked cake!
9 Worshiping foreign gods has sapped their strength,
but they don’t even know it.
Their hair is gray,
but they don’t realize they’re old and weak.
i) Mingling and conforming - a dangerous combination which results in verse 9
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