BIBLE DESCRIPTIONS OF BACKSLIDING (PART 8)

 Scripture: Proverbs 26: 11    

“ As a dog returneth to his vomit, so a fool returneth to his folly”

Proverbs 26: 11

Description 8: Eating your own vomit  

.. God knows how difficult it is for us to eat things we do not like. For most of us, there are things we just wouldn’t eat, even if we are starving. For example, your own vomit.

I recall a particular day when I saw a dog in the house vomiting some disgusting, pudding-like substance. It was so smelly that I avoided that area of the house. About an hour later, I passed by and I was very shocked to find the dog eagerly lapping up the pudding of vomit. How utterly disgusting! I wondered why the dog was eating it. Was there no other food?

Some of you must have seen this phenomenon before. Well, that is exactly what you look like when you go back to old ways, old boyfriends, old girlfriends and old habits that you once vomited out. God is utterly surprised at you.

This reminds us of the prodigal son who ended up eating pig feed.

The prodigal son is another description of a backslidden believer. He demanded his share of his father’s property and walked out of his father’s house. He journeyed to a far country and wasted all his substance on riotous living. In the end, he had to feed the pigs

“ And he would fain have filled his belly with the husks that the swine did eat…”

Luke 15: 16

And that is what it means to backslide. If you have the opportunity to eat at table with the Christian family, why must you end up eating with pigs?

Dear Christian friend, I have tried in these last few pages to describe the horrors of backsliding as graphically as I possibly can.

.. God is telling us clearly that once we have come to know Him, we will do well to stay with Him. There is no turning back and no falling away.

“ But we are not of them who draw back into perdition…”

Hebrews 10: 39

“ ….No man, having put his hand to the plough, and looking back, is fit for the Kingdom of God”.

Luke 9: 62

 

Credits: Excerpts from

Backsliding: Develop staying power

Bishop Dag Heward-Mills

 

Comments

  1. Beryl30 November 2023 at 04:38

    Lord, give me the grace to never look back and return to my vomit.

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  2. Irene30 November 2023 at 06:12

    Once we have known God,we will do well to stay with Him so help me Holy Spirit not to turn back.

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  3. Elvina omalla30 November 2023 at 06:49

    Lord help me not to draw back unto perdition

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  4. favour30 November 2023 at 07:43

    backsliding is defined as eating our vomit or going back to the old ways . May the Lord help me not to go and look back in Jesus name

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  5. Nina orwa30 November 2023 at 08:43

    We are like a dog that returns to eat its vommit when we go back to old ways, old boyfriends, old girlfriends and old habits that you once vomited out. God is utterly surprised at you.

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  6. Anonymous30 November 2023 at 10:33

    May the almighty God help me not to go back or to return to my old ways.Backsliding is NO in Jesus name.

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  7. CLINTON30 November 2023 at 22:07

    One of the ways of living a life of a believer, is by truly hating the evils of this world !
    May i hate sin and love being a Christian

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