THE BACKSLIDER AND THE MOST IMPORTANT QUESTION EVER
Scripture: Matthew 26:28, Matthew 26:69-75, John 21:1-2
The Backslider and the Most Important Question Ever
Donald Cantrell
Matthew 26:58, 69-75, John 21:1 -13
I - Peter's Tearful Fall (Matt. 26: 58, 69 - 75)
II - Peter's Tarnished Flight (1 - 3b)
III - Peter's Troubling Failure (3c, 3d)
IV - Peter's Terrific Friend (4 - 13)
This sermon contains a fully alliterated outline, with sub-points.
BACKSLIDING IS MISERABLE
It is a miserable thing to be a backslider. Of all unhappy things that can befall a man, I suppose ''backsliding'' is the worst. A stranded ship, a broken-winged eagle, a garden overrun with weeds, a harp without strings, a church in ruins--all these are sad sights. But a backslider is a sadder sight still. That true grace shall never be extinguished, and true union with Christ never be broken off, I feel no doubt. But I do believe that a man may fall away so far that he shall lose sight of his own grace, and despair of his own salvation. And if this is not hell, it is certainly the next thing to it!
A wounded conscience, a mind sick of itself, a memory full of self-reproach, a heart pierced through with the Lord's arrows, a spirit broken with a load of inward accusation-all this is a taste of hell. It is a hell on earth.
John Charles Ryrie
''Out of Bounds''
The old shepherd who offered prayer in a Welsh revival meeting put it exactly right when he expressed grief for his backsliding in these words: ''Lord, I got among the thorns and briars, and was scratched and torn and bleeding; but, Lord, it is only fair to say that it was not on Thy ground; I had wandered out of Thy pasture.''
TWO MILES OF DITCH
I was headed home late from a wedding reception and had about a two hour drive when a friend said to me, ''Remember that for every mile you drive there are two miles of ditch''.
I was in the car before that really sunk in, and then it hit me, for every path we walk, there are two miles trying of ditch along the journey inviting us to veer off the road. Twice as many cha ...
Donald Cantrell
Matthew 26:58, 69-75, John 21:1 -13
I - Peter's Tearful Fall (Matt. 26: 58, 69 - 75)
II - Peter's Tarnished Flight (1 - 3b)
III - Peter's Troubling Failure (3c, 3d)
IV - Peter's Terrific Friend (4 - 13)
This sermon contains a fully alliterated outline, with sub-points.
BACKSLIDING IS MISERABLE
It is a miserable thing to be a backslider. Of all unhappy things that can befall a man, I suppose ''backsliding'' is the worst. A stranded ship, a broken-winged eagle, a garden overrun with weeds, a harp without strings, a church in ruins--all these are sad sights. But a backslider is a sadder sight still. That true grace shall never be extinguished, and true union with Christ never be broken off, I feel no doubt. But I do believe that a man may fall away so far that he shall lose sight of his own grace, and despair of his own salvation. And if this is not hell, it is certainly the next thing to it!
A wounded conscience, a mind sick of itself, a memory full of self-reproach, a heart pierced through with the Lord's arrows, a spirit broken with a load of inward accusation-all this is a taste of hell. It is a hell on earth.
John Charles Ryrie
''Out of Bounds''
The old shepherd who offered prayer in a Welsh revival meeting put it exactly right when he expressed grief for his backsliding in these words: ''Lord, I got among the thorns and briars, and was scratched and torn and bleeding; but, Lord, it is only fair to say that it was not on Thy ground; I had wandered out of Thy pasture.''
TWO MILES OF DITCH
I was headed home late from a wedding reception and had about a two hour drive when a friend said to me, ''Remember that for every mile you drive there are two miles of ditch''.
I was in the car before that really sunk in, and then it hit me, for every path we walk, there are two miles trying of ditch along the journey inviting us to veer off the road. Twice as many cha ...
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