The Benefits of Affliction, Ps 119
The Benefits of Affliction Ps. 119 CLICK TITLE FOR AUDIO The Benefits of Affliction are seen in Ps 119. Often in affliction we only see the suffering and trouble. Look for the benefits. Affliction can lead you to salvation through God’s words – Psalm 119:107. I am afflicted very much: quicken me, O Lord, according […]
How Christians Fall, 2 Pet 2:18-22
How Do Good Christians Fall 2 Pet 2:18-22 CLICK TITLE FOR AUDIO How Christians fall. How is it that a good Christian can go along, seemingly doing fine, and then one day you find him backslidden and almost unrecoverable for any beneficial fellowship with or work for the Lord? Well, for some the answer is a […]
Do Not Give Up Ground, 2 Sam 23:11-12
Don’t Give Up Your Ground 2 Sam 23:11-12 CLICK TITLE FOR AUDIO Shammah was one of David’s mighty men. He defended a piece of ground full of lentils from a troop of the Philistines. They were gathered together to get the ground and every one else had fled from the Philistines. But Shammah stayed and fought […]
What Is Wrong With People, Jer 6:10
What Is Wrong With People Jer. 6:10 CLICK TITLE FOR AUDIO What is wrong with people? It is not surprising to me that Christians can become backslidden. I was there myself. I had gotten horribly backslidden in my twenties. When the Lord finally caught me and brought me out of all that, I thought I couldn’t […]
Prayer After Backsliding, 2 Chr 7:14
A Good Passage on Answered Prayer 2 Chr. 7:14 CLICK TITLE FOR AUDIO of prayer after backsliding. 2 Chr 7:14 is a passage doctrinally for Israel. Yet, it is a good passage on prayer after backsliding. Now, keep in mind, this is not a recipe for how to pray every time you pray. And this is not […]
Stumbling Blocks, Ezek 14:3
Stumbling blocks are obstacles to your progress in growing in the grace and the knowledge of Jesus Christ. They will impede your walk with God and cause you to go astray. There are four stumbling blocks of which you must be particularly aware. The stumbling block of your iniquity – Ezek 14:3. “Son of man, […]
Perpetual Backsliding, Jer 8:5
Perpetual Backsliding Jer. 8:5 CLICK TITLE FOR AUDIO Perpetual backsliding is a phrase used to describe Judah’s condition during the ministry of Jeremiah. This is a condition in which the country had gotten so far away from God there was no turning back to him. The Lord said that they held fast deceit and refused to […]
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 […]
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 […]