A10.3 – EXAMPLES OF BACKSLIDERS

1. King David watched Bathsheba as she bathed, and soon he found himself committing adultery with her, Ps 51:1-4

2. Israel’s repeated backslidings, Isa 1:11-16

3. Lot’s wife looked back and became a pillar of salt, Gen 19:26

4. King Saul turned back from following the Lord, 1Sam 15:11

5. King Amon forsook the Lord God of his fathers, 2 Kings 21:22-23

6. King Rehoboam forsook the law of the Lord, 2 Chron 12:1

7. King Asa sought not the Lord but turned to Physicians, 2 Chron 16:10-12

8. King Joash forsook the Lord God of his fathers, 2 Chron 24:24

9. King Amaziah turned away from following the Lord, 2 Chron 25:27

10. King Solomon’s wives turned his heart away from following the Lord, 1 King 11:4, 9

11. Apostle Thomas disbelieved the resurrection of the Lord Jesus but when he saw the evidence later, he believed, John 20:27-29

12. Some disciples of Jesus forsook Him and fled, Matt 26:56

13. Apostle Peter cursed, swore and denied the Lord in the face of persecution, Mk 14:69-72

14. The Corinthian Church that engaged in wraths, envyings, strifes, backbitings, whisperings, swellings and tumults, 2 Cor 12:20-21

15. The Galatian Church that renounced the original gospel and followed another gospel, Gal 1:6

16. Some Churches in Asia that engaged in seduction, fornication and idolatry, Rev 2:20-23

17. Hymenaeus and Alexander who were blasphemers, 1 Tim 1:19-20

18. Phygellus and Hermogenes who turned away from Apostle Paul and the gospel, 2 Tim 1:15

19. Demas who turned away from Apostle Paul because he loved this present world, 2 Tim 4:10