Jeremiah 2:14 Is Israel a servant? is he a homeborn slave? why is he spoiled?
Jeremiah 5:6 Wherefore a lion out of the forest shall slay them, and a wolf of the evenings shall spoil them, a leopard shall watch over their cities: every one that goeth out thence shall be torn in pieces: because their transgressions are many, and their backslidings are increased.
Jeremiah 3 Entire Chapter Jeremiah 8:5 Why then is this people of Jerusalem slidden back by a perpetual backsliding? they hold fast deceit, they refuse to return.
Jeremiah 14:7 O LORD, though our iniquities testify against us, do thou it for thy name's sake: for our backslidings are many; we have sinned against thee.
Jeremiah 31:22 How long wilt thou go about, O thou backsliding daughter? for the LORD hath created a new thing in the earth, A woman shall compass a man.
Jeremiah 49:4 Wherefore gloriest thou in the valleys, thy flowing valley, O backsliding daughter? that trusted in her treasures, saying, Who shall come unto me?
Hosea 4:16 For Israel slideth back as a backsliding heifer: now the LORD will feed them as a lamb in a large place.
Hosea 11:7 And my people are bent to backsliding from me: though they called them to the most High, none at all would exalt him.
Hosea 14:4 I will heal their backsliding, I will love them freely: for mine anger is turned away from him.
* Doctrinally it refers to jews, never for christians but practically we can use it for anyone
* Why can't we use it doctrinally for christians? Because so many are referred to Jews and only 1 verse that shows the word backsliding can be used for anyone. Another thing is this verse is in old testament but not in new testament
a. Turning Away Your Heart From God And Back To Sin
5 Remember therefore from whence thou art fallen, and repent, and do the first works; or else I will come unto thee quickly, and will remove thy candlestick out of his place, except thou repent.
* The church at Ephasus left God and they were gone from history
Wrong Teachings: Catholics will use this verse to show that backsliding or falling back will mean loosing salvation
* No, we don't fall out of salvation by grace, we are eternally secured
* See the verse to get the answer
* Noticed "whosoever of you are justified by the law": this means people who depend on works or the law, they will fall out of salvation
13 There hath no temptation taken you but such as is common to man: but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that ye may be able to bear it.
7 And delivered just Lot, vexed with the filthy conversation of the wicked:
8 (For that righteous man dwelling among them, in seeing and hearing, vexed his righteous soul from day to day with their unlawful deeds;)
9 The Lord knoweth how to deliver the godly out of temptations, and to reserve the unjust unto the day of judgment to be punished:
* Lot is a saved man because God calls him righteous (verse 8)
* Lot commited sins
* Lets see how Lot backslide
* Lot wanted the land in Sodom and Gomorrah
* Lot didn't sin immediately
* Lot did not live inside Sodom but just outside
12 And they took Lot, Abram's brother's son, who dwelt in Sodom, and his goods, and departed.
* Lot was captured by the enemy
* Lot is now inside Sodom
* He has a job in Sodom that is sitting on the gate, watching things on the gate
* Lot loved Sodom so much, he doesn't want to leave
* The angel told Lot to run away from Sodom because God is going to burn it to the ground
* But Lot lingered (hesitated)
* The man of Sodom wanted to rape the 2 angels. Lot didn't want the 2 angels to be raped. So Lot told the man of Sodom to rape his daughters instead.
34 And it came to pass on the morrow, that the firstborn said unto the younger, Behold, I lay yesternight with my father: let us make him drink wine this night also; and go thou in, and lie with him, that we may preserve seed of our father.
35 And they made their father drink wine that night also: and the younger arose, and lay with him; and he perceived not when she lay down, nor when she arose.
36 Thus were both the daughters of Lot with child by their father.
37 And the firstborn bare a son, and called his name Moab: the same is the father of the Moabites unto this day.
38 And the younger, she also bare a son, and called his name Benammi: the same is the father of the children of Ammon unto this day.
* Lot's story ends by being a drunkard and sleeping with his own daughters and bearing children
* coveteousness = wanting something that does not belong to us
* Lot's wife loved the city so much
71 And when he was gone out into the porch, another maid saw him, and said unto them that were there, This fellow was also with Jesus of Nazareth.
72 And again he denied with an oath, I do not know the man.
73 And after a while came unto him they that stood by, and said to Peter, Surely thou also art one of them; for thy speech bewrayeth thee. 74 Then began he to curse and to swear, saying, I know not the man. And immediately the cock crew.swear, saying, I know not the man. And immediately the cock crew.
* Peter denied Jesus because he was afraid that the he will be killed too
* Peter remained backslidden until John
* Aken loved the worldly things in Jericho. He disobeyed God and kept those things for himself. He was stoned to death because of that.
* Judas betrayed Jesus because of love for money
* The children of Israel married heathen women and backslide into sin.
* We are suppose to tell publicly about Jesus Christ
Hebrews 12:2 Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God.
7 But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin.
9 If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
14 And Jesus returned in the power of the Spirit into Galilee: and there went out a fame of him through all the region round about.
6. Are You Being Punished