The Backslider, Prov 14:14
Prov 14:14 says, “The backslider in heart shall be filled with his own ways”. The backslider… What is a backslider? Hos 4:16 says, “Israel slideth back as a backsliding heifer”. I have a mental image of a heifer sliding backwards down a wet bank or ramp. When you think of backsliding, what comes to […]
Consider Your Latter End, Deut 32:29
Consider Your Latter End Deut 32:1-43 is the song of Moses. In the middle of this song, in verse 29, he wrote, “O that they were wise, that they understood this, that they would consider their latter end”. He knew that if Israel would consider their latter end, they would change their ways. When you […]
God Turns the Wayward, Ps 119:67
How God Turns the Wayward This sermon is on how God turns the wayward. When you raise your children, you never intend for them to stray from the Lord. Yet, many children do, particularly these days and in families of first generation Christians. Then we try to get them to come back to the Lord. […]
Pastor John Robinson – His Disciples Went Back – Jn 6:66
Pastor John Robinson preached on backsliding from Jn 6:66. After a good introduction on this passage, Pastor Robinson showed us that backsliding is the result of three things. Backsliding is the result of: Confusion – Jn 6:41-43 – the disciples who went back were confused about Jesus being bread from heaven. They were confused when […]
Thou Livest and Art Dead, Rev 3:1
The church in Sardis had a name that they lived, and yet they were dead. There are so many Christians like this today. Because we are saved, we are alive in Christ. We are born again. We have eternal life. We are going to heaven when we die. Yet, despite the fact that we are […]
Backsliding Prov. 14: 14
Backsliding Prov. 14:14 CLICK TITLE FOR AUDIO Backsliding is an Old Testament term, so it has limited application to a Christian because we cannot be separated from the love of God and he will never leave us nor forsake us. However, there is plenty about backsliding that does apply to us and we need to take […]
Is He Lost or Backslidden?
Many professing Christians are troubled today by a life of sin. As a result, they doubt whether they are even saved. This is particularly troubling when you see family members or friends that you have “lead to the Lord” who show no evidence that they are saved. What is the matter with them? Let’s examine […]