PRINCIPAL CAUSES OF BACKSLIDING: EMPTINESS

 Scripture: 1 Corinthians 13: 1  

“….. I am no better than ECHOING bronze …”

Luke 8: 13

There are many Christians who are empty. There is nothing in them. I call them ‘airy Christians”. They have little or no Word in them, neither are they full of the Holy Spirit or of love. They may speak in tongues, but the Bible says whenever they do so, they are just making a lot of noise.

Emptiness will attract other things to fill that empty space. A spiritual vacuum will be filled with spiritual things, either positively or negatively. Nature abhors a vacuum, and every space will be filled.

“And when he [an evil spirit] cometh, he findeth it UNOCCUPIED…..”

Luke 11: 25 (Goodspeed Translation)

Empty Christians are targets for the enemy. The devil will try and fill you with evil and backsliding tendencies because of the emptiness within you

“…..and they chose Stephen, a man FULL of faith and of the Holy Ghost….”

Acts 6: 5

As you can see, Stephen was full of something positive. That is why he did not backslide, but went on to become a great evangelist.

There is the saying that empty barrels make the most noise. These are the echoes 1 Corinthians 13 is talking about. This same principle definitely applies to Christianity. Empty Christians are loud and noticeable but not substantial. There is a need for every Christian to be filled with the Spirit, with love, and with the Word.

What are you filling your spirit with? Fill your spirit with the Word of God, with faith, with good Christian music (by the way don’t mess around with non-Christian music- it will fill your mind with Junk! Fill your time with church activities. If you don’t fill your life with these good things, something else will fill it. Drive away the emptiness from your spiritual life. This is a fundamental key to staying power for the Christian race.

 

Credits: Excerpts from

Backsliding: Develop staying power

Bishop Dag Heward-Mills

Comments

  1. Beryl4 December 2023 at 06:02

    What a word! I'll fill myself with positive things and Christian activities

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  2. Agnes4 December 2023 at 07:23

    I will always fill my heart with God's activities.

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  3. Emily Nelima4 December 2023 at 08:43

    Amen, I will always fill my spirit with the word of God and good Christian music in Jesus name

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  4. Nina orwa5 December 2023 at 08:48

    Empty Christians are loud and noticeable but not substantial.

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  5. Anonymous7 May 2024 at 22:56

    What a balanced diet word of God.Glory is to God of the world, all creation. Amen

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