Backsliding

Anyone can backslide. No one usually plans on doing it. But it starts with making little compromises that lead to big compromises. And next thing you know, you are not in a place you should be.

There'll be a constant change in Christian life. It's a growth progression. Either you are moving forward as a believer, or you are moving backward. Either you are gaining ground, or you are losing ground.

Are you moving forward? If you are not, then you are potentially backsliding. And if you are not where you once were, then you are slipping away. That is why we need to take practical precautions, because anyone can fall away. Anyone can depart from the faith. It doesn't matter how long someone has been a Christian. It doesn't matter how much of the Bible they have memorized. It doesn't matter if God has used them in ministry. Anyone could fall away. And the moment we begin to doubt that is the very moment we are taking a step toward doing it.

"Your own wickedness will correct you, and your backslidings will rebuke you. Know therefore and see that it is an evil and bitter thing that you have forsaken the Lord your God, and the fear of Me is not in you," says the Lord God of hosts.
— Jeremiah 2:19 —