Proverbs 14:14 The backslider in heart shall be filled with his own ways: and a good man shall be satisfied from himself.
The ways of backsliders (continues): They fail to walk in the Spirit (Rom. 8:1-13; Gal. 5:16-26) and to stand fast (1Thess. 3:8). They hate other Christians (1Jn. 3:15). They serve sin (John 8:32-36; Matt. 6:24) and yield to it (Rom. 6:14-23). They sow to the flesh (Gal. 6:7-8). They fail to hold fast to the end (Heb. 3:6, 12-14; 4:1-11; 6:19) and come short of the goal (Heb. 4:1). They fail to labour to enter life (Heb. 4:11; John 6:27) and to put to death the deeds of the body (Rom. 8:12-13; 1Cor. 6:9-11; Col. 3:5-10). They refuse to walk in Christ as they receive Him (Col. 2:6-7). They continue in sin, thinking grace will abound (Rom. 6:1-23). They turn their heart back (Ps. 44:18) and decline to walk with God. They turn way back (Isa. 50:5; Jer. 38:22). They are rebellious (Isa. 50:5) and cast the law behind their backs (Neh. 9:26). They turn their back on God (Jer. 2:27). They turn back from the Lord (Zeph. 1:6) and slide back from God (Jer. 8:5). They refuse to return to God. They backslide many times (Jer. 14:7). They backslide like a heifer (Hos. 4:16). They go backward, not forward (Jer. 7:24).
All this indicates a man who once walked in the way of God but has now turned against Him; a man who fought the world, the flesh, and the devil and has retreated from battle and joined the enemy; a man who once belonged with saints, but is now removed from them; and a man who has been overcome by sin and satan and is filled with his own ways.
To be continued…
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