Tuesday July 16th, 2024
« But Jesus said to him, “No one who puts his hand to the plow and looks back [to the things left behind] is fit for the kingdom of God.” »
20 For if, after they have escaped the pollutions of the world through the knowledge of the Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, they are again entangled in them and overcome, the latter end is worse for them than the beginning.
21 For it would have been better for them not to have known the way of righteousness, than having known it, to turn from the holy commandment delivered to them.
22 They prove the truth of this proverb: “A dog returns to its vomit.” And another says, “A washed pig returns to the mud.”
There are several reasons every Christian should pray and work earnestly never to backslide.
One of these is that anyone who strays from the path of righteousness will dwell in the congregation of the dead (Proverbs 21:16).
When we got born again, we were translated from the kingdom of darkness into light – we passed from death to life.
To go back to the congregation of the dead is a terrible thing that all Christians must do everything possible to avoid.
Hebrews 10:38-39 NKJV states clearly that
« Now the just shall live by faith; but if anyone draws back, My soul has no pleasure in him.” But we are not of those who draw back to perdition, but of those who believe to the saving of the soul »
God has absolutely no pleasure in backsliders.
The moment a child of God backslides, he or she immediately becomes unfit to enter the Kingdom of God as we read in our memory verse today.
The moment you backslide, God says,
“You have lost the qualification required to enter into His kingdom”.
The interesting thing about this is that once the devil sees that a person is displeasing God, he comes in and pushes the fellow to the point where he can make a mockery of him or her.
I know many people who backslid and first thought that they were free from all the ‘restrictions of the gospel but soon realized that they had become objects of mockery.
Their end was indeed terrible.
The prodigal son for example backslid and thought he was free from his father’s rules and regulations, but he did not know that the devil was pushing him to the point where he would beg to eat food served to pigs.
As for me, I am determined never to backslide.
If you are currently considering the pleasure of this world, remember that it is just a bait for the devil to get you.
Hold fast that which you have in the Lord, so that someone else does not take your place in Christ (Revelation 3:11).
Application – Backsliders may think they are having fun at first, but soon they will end up as objects of mockery for the devil.
Author – Bishop Enoch Adejare Adeboye; General Overseer of the RCCG
Edited by Naomie Joseph
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