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Category Archives: Backsliding
Do You Know Jesus as Savior? Or Do You Just Know About Him?
I subscribe to a certain Christian publication that recently featured an old sermon from Oswald J. Smith. Smith was a Canadian pastor/church planter/author who is probably best known for founding The Peoples Church in Toronto and serving as the church’s … Continue reading
Posted in Assurance of Salvation, Backsliding, Baptism, Belief, Church, Church Attendance, Church Discipline, Evangelism, Heaven, Repentance, Salvation, Witnessing
Tagged examine yourself to see if you are in the faith, Oswald J. Smith, quotes from Oswald J. Smith, serving as a pastor in the Appalachian mountains, serving as a pastor in the Bible belt, The Peoples Temple
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Why the World Is Like It Is
Satan (Lucifer, the Devil) wasn’t the only angel who once rebelled against God. Revelation 12:3-4 uses symbolic imagery to tell us that one-third of all the angels aligned themselves with Satan during that rebellion. Those verses depict Satan as a … Continue reading
Posted in Angels, Backsliding, Current Events, Demons, Depravity, Discernment, Disobedience, God's Work, Government, Problems, Rebellion, Salvation, Satan, Sin, Spiritual Warfare, Submission, Suffering, The Devil
Tagged backslidden Christians, Satan as a red dragon, Satan's angels fighting God's angels, Satan's tail, Satan's tail drawing a third of the stars out of heaven, the children of the devil, the prince of the kingdom of Persia, Why is the world like it is?
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Being an Overcomer
1 John series: (post #8) With this post we launch into the list of the final five evidences of salvation that are named in 1 John. The first five evidences were: You desire fellowship with your fellow Christians. You walk … Continue reading
Posted in Adversity, Assurance of Salvation, Backsliding, Belief, Confession, Encouragement, Eternal Security, Faith, Grace, Ministry, Pastors, Perseverance, Repentance, Restoration, Salvation, Series: "1 John", Sin, The Sin Unto Death
Tagged being an overcomer, Gnosticism in the early church, many antichrists have come, they went out from us but they were not of us, what is the sin unto death?, What was Gnosticism?, Whatever is born on God overcomes the world
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What Satellite Chips Have to Do with Holy Conduct
…as He who has called you is holy, you also be holy in all your conduct, because it is written, “Be holy, for I am holy” (1 Peter 1:15-16, N.K.J.V.). A country doctor had a sign in his office that … Continue reading
Posted in Backsliding, Character, Choices, Decisions, Desires, Discipleship, Doing Good, God's Holiness, God's Will, Holiness, Personal, Personal Holiness, Sin, Temptation, Trusting In God
Tagged be holy in all your conduct, being tempted to sin just a little, illegal programming chips for satellites, old style satellites
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Nobody to Blame!
Several years ago I cut a little article out of a Christian newspaper. I threw the article in my nightstand drawer where I keep some of the illustrations I’ve accumulated and didn’t think much more about it. Today I was … Continue reading
Posted in Addiction, Attitude, Backsliding, Character, Complaining, Confession, Conscience, Depravity, Disobedience, Guilt, Repentance, Sin
Tagged accepting the responsibility for your sin, article written by a prisoner, making excuses for your sin, no one is to blame anymore, shifting the blame for your sin
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Getting Off Your Rock-O-Plane
“But when he came to himself, he said, ‘How many of my father’s hired servants have bread enough and to spare, and I perish with hunger!’” (Luke 15:17, N.K.J.V.) Many years ago, back when I was 12 or 13 years … Continue reading
Posted in Addiction, Backsliding, Change, Disobedience, Forgiveness, God's Love, Grace, Personal, Rebellion, Repentance, Restoration, Salvation, Sin, Temptation
Tagged But when he came to himself, carnival in Spruce Pine NC, City Drive In Spruce Pine NC, puking on a carnival ride, Rock-O-Plane ride
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Does God Have Just One Plan to Bless a Person?
(“Questions From Israel’s Exodus” series: post #4) Does God have just one plan, custom designed for each person, by which He can pour blessings into that person’s life? No, He doesn’t. If He did, most of us would never see … Continue reading
Posted in Adversity, Aging, Backsliding, Change, Contentment, Disappointment, Divorce, Divorce & Remarriage, Family, God's Love, God's Work, Grace, Perseverance, Problems, Prosperity, Restoration, Series: "Questions From Israel's Exodus", Service, Thankfulness, Trusting In God
Tagged How was Jethro a priest of God?, Moses and Zipporah, Moses fled to Midian, Moses' forty years in Midian, Moses' life in Midian, What if I miss God's plan for my life?, Who were the Midianites?
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Does Moral Failure Disqualify a Person From God’s Service?
(“Questions From Israel’s Exodus” series: post #3) After Moses became the adopted son of Pharaoh’s daughter, he spent the first forty years of his life riding high. Acts 7:22 says: “And Moses was learned in all the wisdom of the … Continue reading
Posted in Backsliding, Deacons, God's Work, Ministry, Pastors, Personal Holiness, Preaching, Sin
Tagged Does moral failure disqualify a person from ministry?, Moses killed an Egyptian, Moses knew God wanted him to deliver the Israelites, Moses thought the Israelites would understand, Moses was learned in all the wisdom of the Egyptians, Moses was mighty in words and deeds
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Which Direction Does Your Life Flow?
Do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived. Neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor homosexuals, nor sodomites, nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners, will inherit … Continue reading →