2 Peter 3:17...beware lest ye also, being led away with the error of the wicked, fall from your own steadfastness.
The Bible says we should guard our hearts with all diligence, for out of it are the issues of life: Proverbs 4:23.
Backsliding is one of the issues of life, which come from the heart. A thought in the heart becomes an attitude. An attitude becomes an action and these actions become behaviour patterns.
Let us look at an attitude that forms in the heart of a backslider. It is an attitude that gives him the false confidence in his backslidden state. One of the things we do, is to find out who else is in a condition similar to ours. That is a false assurance. The Bible says, "...everyman shall bear his own burden" (Galatians 6:5).
Years ago, I visited a brother whom I had known to be very zealous for the Lord. He no longer went to church regularly. When I asked how he was doing spiritually, he immediately changed the topic and asked whether I had heard about another good friend of ours who had backslidden terribly.
You can tell when people are trying to reassure themselves. They say things like: "Nowadays a lot of people don't go to church...City life is too busy for regular church attendance...There are now many Christians who drink a little beer with their food..."
Dear friend, don't be deceived into thinking that everybody is sinning just like you are. When Christ comes, you'll be very surprised to find people whom you thought would go to Hell with you, passing you by on their way to Heaven!The Bible says we should guard our hearts with all diligence, for out of it are the issues of life: Proverbs 4:23.
Backsliding is one of the issues of life, which come from the heart. A thought in the heart becomes an attitude. An attitude becomes an action and these actions become behaviour patterns.
Let us look at an attitude that forms in the heart of a backslider. It is an attitude that gives him the false confidence in his backslidden state. One of the things we do, is to find out who else is in a condition similar to ours. That is a false assurance. The Bible says, "...everyman shall bear his own burden" (Galatians 6:5).
Years ago, I visited a brother whom I had known to be very zealous for the Lord. He no longer went to church regularly. When I asked how he was doing spiritually, he immediately changed the topic and asked whether I had heard about another good friend of ours who had backslidden terribly.
You can tell when people are trying to reassure themselves. They say things like: "Nowadays a lot of people don't go to church...City life is too busy for regular church attendance...There are now many Christians who drink a little beer with their food..."
Dear friend, don't be deceived into thinking that everybody is sinning just like you are. When Christ comes, you'll be very surprised to find people whom you thought would go to Hell with you, passing you by on their way to Heaven!
READ: Revelation 2:1-7
Source:daghewardmills.org
