31/05/2026
May 2026
"The Dangerous Path to Backsliding"
Jeremiah 2:19
Your own wickedness will correct you, And your backslidings will rebuke you. Know therefore and see that it is an evil and bitter thing That you have forsaken the Lord your God, And the fear of Me is not in you,” Says the Lord God of hosts.
Hosea 11:7
My people are bent on backsliding from Me. Though they call to the Most High, None at all exalt Him.
James 5:19-20
[19] Brethren, if anyone among you wanders from the truth, and someone turns him back,
[20] let him know that he who turns a sinner from the error of his way will save a soul from death and cover a multitude of sins.
Hebrews 2:1
Therefore we must give the more earnest heed to the things we have heard, lest we drift away.
Main text: 2 Peter 2:20-22
1. PRIDE
Proverbs 16:18
Pride goes before destruction, And a haughty spirit before a fall.
Example
- Lucifer- in Isaiah 14 the "I"
- The fall of man
2. COMPLACENCY
Luke 21:34-36
[34] “But take heed to yourselves, lest your hearts be weighed down with carousing, drunkenness, and cares of this life, and that Day come on you unexpectedly.
[35] For it will come as a snare on all those who dwell on the face of the whole earth.
[36] Watch therefore, and pray always that you may be counted worthy to escape all these things that will come to pass, and to stand before the Son of Man.”
3. COWARDNESS
Mark 14:54
But Peter followed Him at a distance, right into the courtyard of the high priest. And he sat with the servants and warmed himself at the fire.
4. WORDLINESS
Proverbs 6:28
Can one walk on hot coals, And his feet not be seared?
I Corinthians 15:33
Do not be deceived: “Evil company corrupts good habits.”
5. DENIAL
II Corinthians 7:10
For godly sorrow produces repentance leading to salvation, not to be regretted; but the sorrow of the world produces death.
Jeremiah 3:22
“Return, you backsliding children, And I will heal your backslidings.” “Indeed we do come to You, For You are the Lord our God.
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