Proverbs 14:14 The backslider in heart shall be filled with his own ways: and a good man shall be satisfied from himself. 

Twenty-one examples of beings fallen from grace (continues): [10] Saul, who had a change of heart and received the Holy Spirit (1Sam. 10:9-13, 21-24), went into spiritualism (1Sam. 28:1-25; Lev. 19:31; 20:6). He lost the Holy Spirit (1Sam. 16:12-23), and died by suicide and was cursed by God (1Sam. 31:1-6; 1Chr. 10:13-14). [11] Many disciples of Jesus left Him and His grace and followed Him no more (John 6:66). They believed for a while (Luke 8:13) and drew back to perdition (Heb. 10:26-39). To receive Christ and confess Him for only a moment brings the new birth, so those who believed for a while had the grace to fall from (John 1:12; 1Jn. 5:1). [12] Ananias and Sapphira were saved and of one heart and one soul with all the Christians (Acts 4:32-5:1), until they agreed to lie to the Holy Ghost, at which time they were killed (Acts 5:1-11). “Great grace was upon them all,” including Ananias and Sapphira (Acts 4:33; 5:1). [13] The Galatians, who had begun in the Spirit and had received the Spirit (Jude 1:3-4), were soon removed from Christ and grace (Jude 1:5-6). [14] Demas, a preacher in the early congregation (Col. 4:14; Phm. 1:24), went back into sin, having loved this present world (2Tim. 4:10). If any man loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him. He is lost if he does not come back to God (1Jn. 2:15-17). [15] Hymenaeus and Alexander were one time in the faith but made a shipwreck of it and put away faith in the true God (1Tim. 1:19-20). [16] Many others coveted money and erred from the faith (1Tim. 6:10, 21).

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Proverbs 14:14 The backslider in heart shall be filled with his own ways: and a good man shall be satisfied from himself. 

Twenty-one examples of beings fallen from grace (continues): [7] Many Israelites. Before their sin in Exodus 32:1-35 they were born again (Deut. 32:18; Gal. 4:28-29), redeemed (Ex. 15:13; Deut. 21:8), sanctified (Ex. 31:13; Lev. 20:8), converted (Ps. 19:7), in grace (Ex. 33:12-17; Ps. 84:11), had their names in the book of life (Ex. 32:32-33; Ps. 69:25-29), had the same gospel we have (Gal. 3:6-14; Heb. 4:2), and had other spiritual experiences. When they sinned, they were cut off from God and were lost (Ex. 32:32-33; 2Cor. 10:1-18; Heb. 2:14; Jude 1:5). Scores of times, they forsook God and were cursed (Deut. 17:3; 29:26; Jdg. 2:11-23; 3:5-14; 4:1; 5:31; 6:1; 8:28-35; 10:6-11:33; 12:7-13:1; 20:13; 1Sam. 2:12-36; 3:11-14; 1Kin. 11:1-13, 38-39; 12:25-33; 13:33-34; 14:16-31; 15:29; 16:2; 2Kin. 17:7-23; etc.). [8] Nadab and Abihu, holy priests of God (Ex. 19:6; 22:31), were cut off in sin (Lev. 10:1-20; Num. 3:4). [9] Korah, Dathan, Abiram, and other holy men of God were cut off by sin and went to She’owl – hell (Num. 16:1-3, 23-33).

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Proverbs 14:14 The backslider in heart shall be filled with his own ways: and a good man shall be satisfied from himself. 

Twenty-one examples of beings fallen from grace: [1] Lucifer. He was sinless and walked in the ways of God perfectly until he sinned (Ezek. 28:11-17). He fell from God’s favour and was cast out of heaven (Isa. 14:12-14; Luke 10:8). He became sinful and lustful (John 8:44) and destined to eternal hell (Matt. 25:41; Rev. 20:10). [2] Holy angels. Over one-third of God’s holy angels rebelled with Lucifer (Rev. 12:3, 7-12) and became destined to hell with satan (Matt. 25:41; Isa. 24:21). Many of these committed the additional sin of fornication and are now in hell (2Pet. 2:4; Jude 1:6-7). Angels are sons of God (Gen. 6:1-4; Job 1:6; 2:1; 38:4-7), and yet those who sin are to be punished forever in hell, so sonship is no unforfeitable guarantee of heaven. [3] Demons. They were also created sinless and in God’s grace and favour before the fall of man and lived on earth under Lucifer’s reign (Ezek. 28:11-17). That they sinned and are doomed to eternal hell is clear from their own admission of being worthy of punishment (Matt. 8:29; Mark 5:7; Luke 8:28-32; Jas. 2:19). Many of them are now in the abyss (Rev. 9:1-21). [4] Pre-adamites. According to Genesis 1:2; Isaiah 14:12-14; Jeremiah 4:23-26; Ezekiel 28:11-17; 2Peter 3:5-8 and other scriptures, Lucifer ruled the earth before Adam and caused all the people of his kingdom to lose God’s favour and be destroyed in the flood of Genesis 1:2 and 2Peter 3:5-8. Not one person, animal, city, or plant was left alive (Jer. 4:23-26).

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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.

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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 become blind (2Pet. 1:9) and become barren and unfruitful (2Pet. 1:8). They forget purging from sin (2Pet. 1:9). They do not make their calling and election sure (2Pet. 1:10). They turn away from the holy commandment (2Pet. 2:20). They abide not in the doctrine of Christ and God (2Jn. 1:9). They abide not in Christ (John 15:1-8) and leave their first love (Rev. 2:4-5). They permit their hearts to depart from God (Jer. 17:9; Heb. 3:12). They give heed to seducing spirits and doctrines of demons (1Tim. 4:1-8). They turn away from the truth (2Tim. 4:1-4). They fall from their steadfastness in Christ (2Pet. 3:17). They err from the truth (Jas. 5:19-20) and become cut off (Rom. 11:22). They become broken off (Rom. 11:17-24). They shipwreck faith (1Tim. 1:19) and neglect salvation (Heb. 2:1-4). They become castaways (1Cor. 9:27). They become corrupted from the simplicity in Christ (2Cor. 11:3). They fail to continue in faith (Col. 1:23). They fail to continue seeking life and immorality (Rom. 2:7-8). They go back and walk no more with Christ (John 6:66-68). They fail to take heed lest they fall (1Cor. 10:12-14). They sin against God (Ex. 32:32-33) and cast off their first faith (1Tim. 5:12). They defile the body (1Cor. 3:16-17) and draw back into perdition (Heb. 10:39). They do not endure (Matt. 10:22) and they move away from the hope (Col. 1:23).

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