DOUBTING SALVATION BECAUSE OF BACKSLIDING
THIS SCENARIO IS SOMEWHAT COMMONPLACE, A GREAT TRICK OF THE ENEMY.
HE SLIPS YOU AWAY FROM THE PRESENCE OF THE LORD, INCH BY INCH. ONE DAY YOU WAKE UP DUE TO SOME AWARENESS THAT YOU NEED GOD, BUT ARE KEENLY AWARE NOW THAT YOU HAVE NOT BEEN WALKING WITH HIM AS YOU ONCE WERE; SO MUCH SO THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE TURNED COMPLETELY AWAY, DUE TO HARD CONDITIONS, BAD DECISIONS, AND UNFORTUNATE CIRCUMSTANCES. NONE THE LESS, THE DESPAIR OF BEING AND FEELING SEPARATED IS COMPOUNDED BY THE ENEMY.
THE VOICES OF “HE WON’T RESCUE YOU NOW” OR YOU HAVE NO WAY TO SHOW GOD ANYTHING FOR HIM TO ACCEPT YOU NOW AFTER TURNING YOUR BACK” SO YOU TRAVELED MANY MILES AWAY FROM JESUS, BUT WAIT, THERE IN ONLY ONE STEP TO TRAVEL BACK TO HIS ARMS.
A. THE SAME SCRIPTURE, OUTLINED ABOVE, I JOHN 1:9 WORKS QUITE WELL RIGHT HERE.
B. PROVERBS 28: 13 “HE WHO COVERS HIS SINS WILL NOT PROSPER, BUT WHOEVER CONFESSES AND FORSAKES THEM WILL HAVE MERCY”. ISN’T THIS PASSAGE OF SCRIPTURE ABSOLUTELY CRYSTAL CLEAR? BRING THE SIN OUT OF THE DARKNESS INTO THE LIGHT AND YOU ARE HEALED. WHO WILL TRY TO KEEP IT HIDDEN? NONE OTHER THAN THE FORCES OF DARKNESS TRYING TO CONDEMN YOU 24/7 TO GIVE UP.
C. PRAYER IS YOUR HIGHWAY OF COMMUNICATION WITH GOD; HE PUT THESE SCRIPTURES OUT THERE FOR US TO FEED ON. WHY? BECAUSE HE KNOWS THE LIES OF THE ENEMY, HE KNOWS THE WEAKNESS OF THE FLESH. KEEP IT SIMPLE, YOU SIN, YOU REPENT, LIKE RIGHT AWAY. GOD HAS HIS ARMS OPEN WIDE FOR YOU ALL THE TIME, GOOD OR BAD.
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PASTOR JOHN
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