Open Heaven 25 July 2020: [Saturday] – Danger of Backsliding II
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: Luke 9:59-62 (KJV)
59 And he said unto another, Follow me. But he said, Lord, suffer me
first to go and bury my father.
60 Jesus said unto him, Let the dead bury their dead: but go thou and
preach the kingdom of God.
61 And another also said, Lord, I will follow thee; but let me first
go bid them farewell, which are at home at my house.
62 And Jesus said unto him, No man, having put his hand to the
plough, and looking back, is fit for the kingdom of God.
Message:-
Backsliding
is horrible. In 2nd Peter 2:20-22, the Bible says it is better not
to have tasted salvation than to have been saved once and then backslide.
Hebrews 6:4-6 says:
Open Heaven 25 July 2020 – Danger of Backsliding II
“For it is possible for
those who were once enlightened, and have tasted of heavenly gift, and were
made partakers of the Holy Ghost, And have tasted the good word of God, and the
powers of the world to come, if they shall fall away, to renew them again unto
repentance; seeing they crucify to themselves the Son of God afresh, and put
him to an open shame.”
Open Heaven 25 July 2020: [Saturday] – Danger of Backsliding II
The
passage describes backsliding as though the backslider were actually crucifying
Jesus Christ again. In Acts 1:15-20, the Bible tells us of the sorrow and
torment of Judas Iscariot. Luke 15:11-17 tells us of the depression of the
prodigal son. In Psalm 51, after David had lost the joy of his salvation, he
cried to God for it to be restored to him. The devil knows what it is to be
close to the Almighty God and then to be far from Him. He is aware of the
sorrows of backsliding and losing contact with God; that is why his greatest
desire is to lure you back to sin, but you will overcome him in the mighty name
of Jesus. 1st Peter 5:8 says
Open Heaven 25 July 2020 Saturday: Prayer Point
“Be sober, be valiant;
because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking
whom he may devour.”
Just
as God is looking for people to set aflame for His kingdom, Satan is looking
for people to devour (John 10:10). The fact that he is seeking, however shows
that he cannot devour everybody. He shows you all the glitters of the world and
uses them as bait. Don’t ever let these things entice you. The moment you get
to the stage where the pleasures of this world do not matter to you anymore, he
knows he has lost you. I pray for you just as Jesus prayed for Peter: the devil
will not get you in the mighty name of Jesus.
Key Point
Backsliding is
like crucifying Jesus afresh and putting Him to open shame. Don’t do it.
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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