Open Heaven 24 July 2020: [Friday] – Danger of Backsliding II
DANGER OF
BACKSLIDING II – Friday July 24th 2020
Memorise: And Jesus
said unto him, no man, having put his hand to the plough, and looking back, is
fit for the kingdom of God. Luke 9:62
Read: 2nd
Peter 2:20-22 (KJV)
20 For if after they have escaped the
pollutions of the world through the knowledge of the Lord and Saviour Jesus
Christ, they are again entangled therein, and overcome, the latter end is worse
with them than the beginning.
21 For it had been better for them not to have known the
way of righteousness, than, after they have known it, to turn from the holy
commandment delivered unto them.
22 But it is happened unto them according to the true
proverb, The dog is turned to his own vomit again; and the sow that was washed
to her wallowing in the mire.
Message:
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Our
God is a builder – He builds lives, and He has a plan for every single person
here on earth. Jeremiah 29:11 says:
Open Heaven 24 July 2020 – Danger of Backsliding II
“For I know the thoughts that
I think toward you, saith the LORD, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give
you an expected end.”
The
moment someone surrenders his life to Christ, He begins to build the fellow
into something great. However, every time the fellow backslides, the building
will be affected. I also like to use the analogy of a sculptor of this. A
sculptor may decide to carve a lion out of a piece of wood but find it
uncooperative, breaking easily, and thus decided to carve a cat from what is
left of it. If at some point while sculpting, the piece of wood breaks again, the
sculptor may then decide to make a rat with what is left of the wood. If the
wood breaks yet again such that it cannot be salvaged, the sculptor could turn
it to firewood.
Open Heaven 24 July 2020: [Friday] – Danger of Backsliding II
Every
time you backslide, you frustrate the ultimate plan of God for your life.
Each
time a person falls out of the faith, they are just like that piece of wood
that keeps breaking. When they get back on their feet, God may decide to
continue with what is left, but believe me, except by divine mercy, they cannot
be what He originally planned for them. God’s original plan for Samson was that
he would deliver Israel out of the hands of the Philistines and then be their
leader, but he didn’t fulfil destiny. Gehazi could have become a great prophet
than Elisha, but he ended up with leprosy. Backsliding can cost you your
destiny; beware.
Open Heaven 24 July 2020 Friday: Prayer Point
The
main danger of backsliding is being thrown into hell fire. Some people get the
chance to stand again after backsliding, but not everyone does. Judas Iscariot
had been falling and rising while he was Jesus’ treasurer (John 12:6), but
one day he fell and never had a chance to rise again. It is a disaster for
anyone who has had an encounter with Christ to still end up in hell.
Prayer Point:
Father, let me never do anything that can make me fall short of Your
glory in the mighty name of Jesus.
Open Heavens Daily Devotional Lessons was written by Pastor E.A. Adeboye, the General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God,
one of the largest evangelical Churches in
the world and also the President of Christ
the Redeemer's Ministries.
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