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Backsliding is so common but is not often talked about. A little bit like admitting I am an addict to drink,to drugs or to porn on the net. Its not something you are proud of.
But there is a way out!! Believe me!!
Some Christians believe that it is not possible for a Christian to backslide,else they were never truly Saved to start with.
I don't hold to that view because I know what an intense battle ground Satan has arrayed against the child of God & will do anything to attack their soul.
Check out this link. Deacon Dean has a gr8 sermon transcript on Backsliding. Use link.
Some tasters from Deans link -
The process of backsliding is a gradual one, often overtaking a person by surprise. You wake up one day and wonder how did I get this way? Lets look at the events that led up to Peter's denial of Christ, and use them to learn from one who knows from experience.
C.H. Spurgeon said: "The course of rebellion against God may be very gradual, but it increases in rapidity as you progress in it, and if you begin to run downhill, the ever increasing momentum will send you down faster and faster to destruction.
When a persons conscious lets them say: "I can do A," soon he will go to B, C, D, E, and all through the alphabet. When Satan cannot catch us with a big sin, he will try a little one. Does it matter to him as long as he catches a fish, what bait he uses?
Even though we may never actually deny Christ in words, our backsliding can deny Him in action. We are called to worship Him, but make excuses why we cannot. We are called to serve Him, but we sit back and render no service or watch those who do. We are called to stand by His side and suffer with Him, but often enough we stand afar off in the safety of the world's comfort. For Peter, he realized his sin when the Lord turned and looked at him in the courtyard (vs. 60-62). Can you imagine the feeling in Peter's heart when he looked straight into the eyes of the Savior? Like Judas, Peter wept bitterly over his sin. But unlike Judas, Peter's sorrow worked true repentance.
Remember too, that when Peter saw the eyes of the Lord, he realized the error of his way. Fortunately for him, there was time to repent. But for us, once we see Jesus' eyes, it will be too late, it will be judgment time then.
But there is a way out!! Believe me!!
Some Christians believe that it is not possible for a Christian to backslide,else they were never truly Saved to start with.
I don't hold to that view because I know what an intense battle ground Satan has arrayed against the child of God & will do anything to attack their soul.
Check out this link. Deacon Dean has a gr8 sermon transcript on Backsliding. Use link.
Some tasters from Deans link -
The process of backsliding is a gradual one, often overtaking a person by surprise. You wake up one day and wonder how did I get this way? Lets look at the events that led up to Peter's denial of Christ, and use them to learn from one who knows from experience.
C.H. Spurgeon said: "The course of rebellion against God may be very gradual, but it increases in rapidity as you progress in it, and if you begin to run downhill, the ever increasing momentum will send you down faster and faster to destruction.
When a persons conscious lets them say: "I can do A," soon he will go to B, C, D, E, and all through the alphabet. When Satan cannot catch us with a big sin, he will try a little one. Does it matter to him as long as he catches a fish, what bait he uses?
Even though we may never actually deny Christ in words, our backsliding can deny Him in action. We are called to worship Him, but make excuses why we cannot. We are called to serve Him, but we sit back and render no service or watch those who do. We are called to stand by His side and suffer with Him, but often enough we stand afar off in the safety of the world's comfort. For Peter, he realized his sin when the Lord turned and looked at him in the courtyard (vs. 60-62). Can you imagine the feeling in Peter's heart when he looked straight into the eyes of the Savior? Like Judas, Peter wept bitterly over his sin. But unlike Judas, Peter's sorrow worked true repentance.
Remember too, that when Peter saw the eyes of the Lord, he realized the error of his way. Fortunately for him, there was time to repent. But for us, once we see Jesus' eyes, it will be too late, it will be judgment time then.
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