A10.6 – CONSEQUENCES OF BACKSLIDING

1. It is better not to have become a believer than to be and later backslide, Jeremiah 2:17, 19

2. It is worse for somebody to cause a believer to stumble and backslide, Matt 18:6

3. There is no peace or satisfaction for a backslider, Isa 57:20-21

4. Backsliding results in spiritual ineffectiveness and decay, Rom 8:13; 2 Peter 2:20-22

5. Backsliding results in slackness of service, Heb 6:10-12

6. Backsliding results in faulty testimony, 2Sam 12:13-14

7. Backsliding results in insensitivity to the Word of God, Hos 8:11-12

8. Backsliding results in bad examples to others, John 13:15-16

9. Backsliding results in loss of joy, Ps 51:11-12

10. Backsliding results in lack of fear of God, Jer 2:18-19

11. Backsliding results in loss of sensing God’s Presence, Num 14:3-4

12. Backsliding results in seared conscience, 1Tim 4:1-3

13. Backsliding results in lack of appreciation for God’s grace 2 Peter 1:9-10

14. Backsliding results in divine displeasure, Ps 78:56-58

15. Backsliding results in the wrath of God, Ex 20:5

16. Backsliding results in grieving the Holy Spirit, Eph 4:29-31

17. Backsliding results in unanswered prayer, Isa 59:1-2

18. Backsliding results in defeat, Judg 2:14-15

19. Backsliding results in diseases, Dt 28:58-61

21. Backsliding results in death or shortened life, Deut 30:17-18

22. Backsliding results in sense of disorientation and lost-ness, Matt 5:13

23. Backsliding results in evil consequences on family, 2 Kings 17:39-41

24. Backsliding results in forfeiture of God’s blessings, Mal 2:2-3

25. Backsliding results in self-unworthiness, Luke 9:62