PRINCIPAL CAUSES OF BACKSLIDING: LUST

 Scripture: 2 Timothy 4: 10 

“For Demas hath forsaken me, having LOVED this present world …..”

2 Timothy 4: 10

 

Demas loved the world. That is why de deserted Paul. Of you lobe somebody, you will always gravitate towards that person. This explains why young ladies will leave their loving parents and marry virtual strangers. Love or lust is one of the reasons for that gravitational pull.

If you love the world- its money, its women, its men, its glitter- you will find yourself gravitating towards these things. It is therefore important that the Christian should not have any strange love in their heart.

There are many Christian ladies who have such strong desires to marry that they will sacrifice all principles and all the rules in order to get married. To lust after something is to have a strong, excessive desire for something. Usually it is uncontrollable, sometimes obsessive desire for a particular thing. One dictionary calls “lust” an animal desire. Be wary of all forms of lust, whether it is financial lust, sexual lust, or power lust. Lust corrupts. Remember the scripture,

“ …..having escaped the CORRUPTION that is in the world THROUGH LUST”.

2 Peter 1: 4  

The prodigal son had a strong desire for the world. He wanted to leave home so he could have the pleasures of the world. He was deceived and wanted something else. But there was nothing else! He soon found that the situation out there was not as good as it was at home.

Often Christians feel they are missing out on something in the world. Sometimes they feel they are losing out on money, sex, glamour and so on. Apart from the love of Christ, if you have any other love in you, you need to be careful of it.

If you have any strange lusts in you, you must kill them now, or they will grow up and take over your life.

 

Credits: Excerpts from

Backsliding: Develop staying power

Bishop Dag Heward-Mills

Comments

  1. Irene5 December 2023 at 07:31

    Lust!!!!!! Holy Spirit help me not to love the world at the cost of Christ in Jesus mighty name.

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  2. Vivian Atieno5 December 2023 at 07:55

    Oh lord let my love for you grow stronger than the love for this worldy pleasures,, let every spirit of strange lust in my life be uprooted in Jesus mighty name 🙏

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  3. Agnes5 December 2023 at 08:04

    Lord help me not have much love with the materials of this world.Help me to be in your paths always.

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  4. Otsieni cornér5 December 2023 at 08:24

    Oh Lord help.me not to lust after the world and all that is in it. May your love fill my heart!

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  5. Esther lovega5 December 2023 at 08:43

    Lord help me to overcome worldly desires in Jesus mighty name Amen

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