BACKSLIDER

 
THE PROBATIONARY PERIOD
    
     There are many questions that are of major concern about the probationary period. There are basically six questions which are asked.
1. Why is there such a period? Dr. Robert Picirilli made a statement, during the council meeting on the backslider question in 1969, which is applicable here. He said, “Basically, the point is that […]

 
THE UNION WITH CHRIST
 
          Three questions will serve to describe the union with Christ and how it affects the backslider.
          First, how are men united with Christ? In 1 Corinthians 12:13a Paul writes, For by one Spirit are we all baptized into one body. This union with Christ occurs at the spiritual baptism or the “New Birth.”
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THE ATTITUDE OF HEART
 
          The attitude of the heart is a very important aspect in the discussion of the backslider question. Christ said in Matthew 15:19, 20 For out of the heart proceed evil thoughts, murder, adulteries, fornication, thefts, false witness, blasphemies: These are the things which defile man. The things resulting from the heart’s attitude is […]

 
The Backslider
 
“A backslider is a regenerate person who has degenerated to a state of living in unconfessed, unrepented and unforgiven sin. Such a person, as a natural consequence, is rebellious to the principles of the Kingdom of God and the direction of the Word of God. Such a person is a disobedient and unfaithful servant, separated from […]