Title: Don’t Backslide
Memorize: But Jesus said to him, “No one, having put his hand to the plow, and looking back, is fit for the kingdom of God.” Luke 9:62 (Nkjv)
Bible Reading: Hebrews 10:35-39 (Nkjv)
[35] Therefore do not cast away your confidence, which has great reward.
[36] For you have need of endurance, so that after you have done the will of God, you may receive the promise:
[37] “For yet a little while, And He who is coming will come and will not tarry.
[38] Now the just shall live by faith; But if anyone draws back, My soul has no pleasure in him.”
[39] But we are not of those who draw back to perdition, but of those who believe to the saving of the soul.
Message:
The moment a fellow surrenders his or her life to Christ, a great building project begins in the Spirit as God lays a foundation, erects walls, removes debris, et cetera.
However, anytime the fellow backslides, the building will be affected. For example, if a sculptor decides to carve an elephant out of a piece of wood and meets some resistance, he may decide to carve a monkey from the piece of wood instead.
If the piece of wood breaks, the sculptor may decide to carve a rat with what is left, and if the wood breaks again and can no longer be used, the sculptor could decide to convert it to firewood.
People who backslide are just like pieces of wood that keep breaking. When such people get back on their feet, they cannot fit into God’s original plan for their lives again except by divine mercy.
Beloved, the main danger of backsliding is being thrown into hell. Please ask God for the grace to remain in the faith, and if you are out of the faith already, ask Him to restore you now.
Prayer Point:
Father, please keep my feet from falling, in Jesus’ name.
HYMN 44 – DEEPER, DEEPER IN THE LOVE OF JESUS
1. Deeper, Deeper In The Love Of Jesus
Daily Let Me Go;
Higher, Higher In The School Of Wisdom,
More Of Grace To Know.
Refrain:
Oh, Deeper Yet, I Pray,
And Higher Ev’ry Day,
And Wiser, Blessed, Lord,
In Thy Precious, Holy WorD.
2. Deeper, Deeper! Blessed Holy Spirit,
Take Me Deeper Still,
Till My Life Is Wholly Lost In Jesus,
And His Perfect Will. [Refrain]
3. Deeper, Deeper! Tho’ It Cost Hard Trials,
Deeper Let Me Go!
Rooted In The Holy Love Of Jesus,
Let Me Fruitful Grow. [Refrain]
4. Deeper, Higher, Ev’ry Day In Jesus,
Till All Conflict Past,
Finds Me Conqu’ror, And In His Own Image
Perfected At Last. [Refrain]
Bible In One Year: Ezekiel 24:1-26:21 Hebrews 11:1-16
Authors: Pastor E.A. Adeboye and Pastor Folu Adeboye