BIBLICAL DESCRIPTIONS OF BACKSLIDING
January 25, 2022
BIBLICAL DESCRIPTIONS OF BACKSLIDING
Scripture: Jeremiah 2:13
Topic: Biblical descriptions of backsliding
When I was a medical student, I was sent on a working visit to Danfa, a Ghanaian village, for two weeks. Once, during a field trip, we came across another remote village that had no running water. Since the village had no running water, they had dug a large hole in the ground where water gathered; often this water was dirty and brownish.
The people in the village bathed, defecated and urinated in it. At the same time they drank from it and used it to cook. This water obviously gave them various diseases and sicknesses.
In the Bible, backsliding people are likened to people who have access to clear running water, but exchange it for dirty smelly water- just like what I saw in the village.
I am sure you would wonder why someone would leave sweet, fresh, infection-free water, for sickness-infested and dirty water. There are believers who have had access to a life of holiness and godliness. However, they have rejected that to live a sinful and demon-controlled life.
God has given you an alternative to the dirty brown water. God is telling you that when you backslide you are going back to something terrible which will eventually kill you. He is telling you not to do something as absurd as drinking that muddy water again.
The next bible description of backsliding is that of a good plant that has degenerated into a thorny and strange vine.
Here, God shows us how a farmer’s plantation from which he was expecting a good yield turned into a field of thorns and useless weeds. You, the believer are that beautiful part of the lord. Why on earth would you allow yourself to degenerate into a thorny and worthless shrub? This is how God sees you when you backslide.
God’s problem with Israel was that He had invested so much love, care, tenderness and time into their lives. Yet they had turned into disobedient, hardhearted and wicked people. Will you allow yourself to become a worthless creature before God? The answer should be a definite “ No!”
Credits: Excerpts from
Backsliding
Bishop Dag Heward-Mills
Scripture: Jeremiah 2:13
Topic: Biblical descriptions of backsliding
“….. they have forsaken me the fountain of living waters, and hewed them out cisterns, that can hold no water”
Jeremiah 2:13
When I was a medical student, I was sent on a working visit to Danfa, a Ghanaian village, for two weeks. Once, during a field trip, we came across another remote village that had no running water. Since the village had no running water, they had dug a large hole in the ground where water gathered; often this water was dirty and brownish.
The people in the village bathed, defecated and urinated in it. At the same time they drank from it and used it to cook. This water obviously gave them various diseases and sicknesses.
In the Bible, backsliding people are likened to people who have access to clear running water, but exchange it for dirty smelly water- just like what I saw in the village.
I am sure you would wonder why someone would leave sweet, fresh, infection-free water, for sickness-infested and dirty water. There are believers who have had access to a life of holiness and godliness. However, they have rejected that to live a sinful and demon-controlled life.
God has given you an alternative to the dirty brown water. God is telling you that when you backslide you are going back to something terrible which will eventually kill you. He is telling you not to do something as absurd as drinking that muddy water again.
“ …. Art thou turned into the degenerate plant of a strange vine….?
Jeremiah 2: 21
The next bible description of backsliding is that of a good plant that has degenerated into a thorny and strange vine.
Here, God shows us how a farmer’s plantation from which he was expecting a good yield turned into a field of thorns and useless weeds. You, the believer are that beautiful part of the lord. Why on earth would you allow yourself to degenerate into a thorny and worthless shrub? This is how God sees you when you backslide.
God’s problem with Israel was that He had invested so much love, care, tenderness and time into their lives. Yet they had turned into disobedient, hardhearted and wicked people. Will you allow yourself to become a worthless creature before God? The answer should be a definite “ No!”
Credits: Excerpts from
Backsliding
Bishop Dag Heward-Mills
God help me not forsake the fountains of living water,Amen
ReplyDeleteHeavenly Father, unto thee i commit myself. May i live to walk in the ways you created me to.
ReplyDeleteQuench me with Your words always,that i may never get to look back to from it. Give me the tendency to always read Your word. Thank You LORD for this word.
AMEN And AMEN.
Thank you Lord for this word. Heavenly father, gourd my heart. Ignite my heart with much love for you and for your service in Jesus mighty name Amen
ReplyDeleteLord give me the grace to remain standing no matter the prevailing circumstances
ReplyDeleteThank you Abba father for this wonderful word. Ignite my heart with much love for you and the ministry. Give me strength to oveecomo all challenges that will come on my way of salvation give me power and strength that i do not backslide because i don't want to be worthless before you In Migthy name of Jesus Christ Amen
ReplyDeleteOh Lord help me not to become a useless creature🙏
ReplyDeleteMay I drink from the fountains of life .
Lord, help me to remain steadfast in my salvation and never degenerate into a worthless creature before you
ReplyDeleteMay God help me not to exchange sweet, fresh, infection-free water, for sickness-infested and dirty water in Jesus name
ReplyDeleteLord Jesus, thank you for your word, Father give me the grace to remain grounded in my salvation and to zealously serve you. Help me not to become a worthless creature before you God in Jesus mighty name Amen.
ReplyDeleteI will not allow myself to be a worthless creature before God.
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