How not to backslide:
🔸 Opening text: Genesis chapter 3
🔅 Ungodly exposure. (Genesis 3:22 ) There is a type of company we should not keep. What did God mean when he named the tree; the knowledge of good or evil? (Deuteronomy 1:39 ) The devil has done evil and God witnessed it. God does not want his children to experience it. Even though we are a people of prayer, there are somethings we are better off not knowing or experiencing.
🔅 The devils strategy is to make us feel a life of boundary is a life of restrictions. What is for our protection should not be seen as a restriction. The devil can make you feel like you are missing something. When the devil begins to change your perspective, or when the devil gets somebody who has influence over you, we must be able to see the devil far off and shut the door.
How to protect your Christian fervent:
C - conviction
R - religion
A - assimilation
F - fellowship
T - training
🔹 Conviction - You must know the Bible. Attend a church that takes knowledge seriously to be a person of conviction. To protect your conviction, you must have a system. Take devotion seriously. (Daniel 1:18 - consecration)
🔹 Religion - Life always impacts lifestyle.
🔹 Assimilation - the word Zerubabel means planted in Babylon. Don’t be small.
🔹 Fellowship - You will do better in the company of like minds. (Hebrews 10:25 ) What makes you a strong Christian are the days you don’t feel like praying and yet you do! Your safety is in company.
🔹 Training - In every environment we must follow (Matthew 28:19 ) Power is for witnesses.