Inspiration—Obeying God’s Word Scripture Reading—Nehemiah 8:1-18 Read: Nehemiah 8:1-18 Verse 3 says all the people were attentive to the book of the Law. What happened when he opened the book? (verse 5b) What does verse 8 say about getting help when you need it? Who came back for insight? (vs 13) What did they…….Read More
Inspiration—Rediscover God’s Word Scripture Reading—2 Kings 22:1-23:4 What did King Josiah do after he heard the words of the book? (verse 11) Wat was his fear? (verse 13) Who did they consult? (verse 13) Why was God going to bring evil? (verse 17) Why was the evil wrath delayed? (verse 19) What did the King…….Read More
Inspiration—Return to God Scripture Reading—Genesis 28, 34 These last few days will be spent in spiritual recovery and building safeguards against the enemy. Read Genesis 28:10-19 What was God’s promise to Jacob? Why was this place special to Jacob? Read Genesis 34:1-31 What did Jacob’s sons do to disgrace him? (verse 27) What was their…….Read More
Inspiration—Backsliding Now that you have seen backsliding as: Turning away from God, and Turning away from God’s truth You have also seen how easy it is to be led astray through: Lusting after evil Spiritual blindness Desire for material things Pride and a haughty spirit Listening to false teachers…….Read More
Inspiration—Backsliding Scripture Reading—1 Samuel There is a point in backsliding that leads to rebellion and total disobedience to God. In this case, as said in Hebrews 6:1-18, it is impossible to restore them to repentance, even though God gives them that chance as long as…….Read More
Inspiration—Backsliding Scripture Reading—Luke 22:31-32 Peter was a backslider—but he came back to the Lord and was one of the leaders of the early church. He preached the first sermon in Acts 2:42-47, wrote two books of the Bible and God used him to encourage…….Read More
Inspiration—Backsliding There are certain steps in backsliding. Read the passages below and chart the course. Step 1—2 Timothy 3:7-8—“Resist the truth!” Step 2—2 Corinthians 11:13-15—“False apostles, deceitful workers” Step 3—2 Peter 2:14-22—“Turn from the Holy Commandment” (Once a person has REJECTED the truth of God’s Word, they are open to the lies of FALSE apostles…….Read More
Inspiration—Backsliding Another term for backsliding is APOSTASY—the deliberate turning away from God’s truth and embracing a lie, or a false doctrine. Satan tries to tempt us, as he did Eve, to doubt God’s Word, or to believe that it really doesn’t mean what it says it does. Read the passages below and see if you…….Read More
Inspiration—Backsliding The Bible describes backsliding as “turning away from God to other (false) gods!” the passages of scripture below give us some reasons why we are tempted to turn away from God. Read the passage and see if you can discover the reason given. Proverbs 16:18—“Pride goeth before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a…….Read More
Inspiration—Backsliding Backsliding is “falling away” from a total trust in God’s Word as the final authority in all matters of faith and life. Individuals, families, churches, communities—even nations can backslide from their original commitment to the Word of God as their source of truth. Now that you have relived that “first love” experience and you…….Read More