This message, based heavily on ๐๐๐ซ๐๐ฆ๐ข๐๐ก 17:5-8 and other biblical passages, ๐๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐ซ๐๐ฌ๐ญ๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฌ๐๐ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐๐ญ๐ ๐จ๐ ๐ซ๐๐ฅ๐ฒ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐จ๐ง ๐ก๐ฎ๐ฆ๐๐ง ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก ๐จ๐ซ ๐ฆ๐๐ญ๐๐ซ๐ข๐๐ฅ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐ฅ๐๐ฌ๐ฌ๐๐ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐๐ญ๐ ๐จ๐ ๐ญ๐จ๐ญ๐๐ฅ ๐๐๐ฉ๐๐ง๐๐๐ง๐๐ ๐จ๐ง ๐๐จ๐. The message details ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐จ๐ง๐ฌ๐๐ช๐ฎ๐๐ง๐๐๐ฌ ๐จ๐ ๐๐๐๐ค๐ฌ๐ฅ๐ข๐๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐ฒ ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ง๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐ฐ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ ๐๐จ๐, ๐ก๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ฅ๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐๐ซ ๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ๐๐จ๐ฆ๐๐ฌ ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐๐ก ๐๐ฌ ๐๐จ๐ง๐๐๐ ๐ ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐๐ญ๐ซ๐๐ฒ๐๐ฅ, ๐ฐ๐ก๐ข๐ฅ๐ ๐๐จ๐ง๐ฏ๐๐ซ๐ฌ๐๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐๐ฅ๐ข๐๐ฏ๐๐ซ๐ฌ ๐จ๐ ๐๐๐ญ๐ญ๐๐ซ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฌ๐๐ฌ ๐๐ง๐ ๐ก๐๐๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ซ๐จ๐ฎ๐ ๐ก ๐๐ก๐ซ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญโ๐ฌ ๐๐จ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ง.
Ultimately, the source charges believers with the burden of evangelism, urging them to plead with and persuade others to turn to Christ, the only reliable source of rest and salvation.
1. ๐๐ก๐ ๐๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐๐ซ ๐๐๐๐ค๐ฌ๐ฅ๐ข๐๐ข๐ง๐ ๐จ๐ ๐๐๐ฉ๐๐ซ๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ ๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ ๐๐จ๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐ซ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐๐๐ง
Backsliding is defined as turning one’s heart away from God to rely on man for strength and solutions.
๐๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐๐ซ ๐๐๐๐ค๐ฐ๐๐ซ๐๐ง๐๐ฌ๐ฌ
When the heart departs from God, past experiences of holiness and closeness are gone. The heart runs to the world’s ways or to human help instead of recognising God as the provider, healer, and protector. This spiritual defection is described as “an evil thing and bitter”.
๐๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐๐ซ ๐๐จ๐ง๐๐๐ ๐
Those who refuse to listen to God’s word and insist on following human counsel are considered “rebellious children”. Trusting in man, even self-trust in one’s own ability or connections, leads to disappointment, shame, and confusion. When a heart departs from God, it loses sensitivity to His voice and runs from man to man.
๐๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐๐ซ ๐๐๐ญ๐ซ๐๐ฒ๐๐ฅ
The heart is “deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked”. Trusting in materialism and riches over God is a form of betrayal that will end in a person being a fool. A man’s life “consisteth not in the abundance of the things which he possesseth”.
2. ๐๐ก๐ ๐๐ซ๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ๐๐ซ ๐๐ฅ๐๐ฌ๐ฌ๐๐๐ง๐๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐จ๐ ๐๐๐ฉ๐๐ง๐๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐ง ๐๐จ๐, ๐๐ซ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ซ ๐๐๐ค๐๐ซ
The man who trusts in the Lord and whose hope is in the Lord will be truly blessed.
๐๐๐ญ๐ญ๐๐ซ ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฌ๐๐ฌ ๐๐จ๐ซ ๐๐ซ๐๐ง๐ฌ๐๐จ๐ซ๐ฆ๐๐ ๐๐๐ฅ๐ข๐๐ฏ๐๐ซ๐ฌ
God’s promises in the New Covenant are higher, greater, and surer than any promise man can give. Believers are urged to trust God fully and to build their lives and churches only according to the divine pattern shown from on high.
๐๐ซ๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ๐๐ง๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐ซ๐๐ฒ๐๐ซ๐ฌ ๐จ๐ ๐๐ซ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐๐ฅ๐ข๐๐ฏ๐๐ซ๐ฌ
Trusting in God brings healing to broken hearts, families, minds, and vessels of ministry. Christ has borne our griefs and sorrows, and the Holy Spirit is the true Comforter.
๐๐ฅ๐๐ฌ๐ฌ๐๐ ๐๐๐ซ๐๐จ๐ซ๐ฆ๐๐ง๐๐ ๐๐จ๐ซ ๐๐ซ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ฎ๐ฅ ๐๐๐ฅ๐ข๐๐ฏ๐๐ซ๐ฌ
God will hasten His word to perform it in the lives of those who trust Him alone. God will not mix His promises with occult powers or man-made alternatives. Believers must be “fully persuaded that, what he had promised, he was able also to perform”.
3. ๐๐๐๐ฅ๐๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐จ๐’๐ฌ ๐๐จ๐ฌ๐ฉ๐๐ฅ ๐๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐๐ฅ๐ข๐๐ฏ๐๐ซ๐ฌ’ ๐๐ฎ๐ซ๐๐๐ง, ๐๐ซ๐๐ง๐ฌ๐๐จ๐ซ๐ฆ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐๐ง
Believers are called to transform lives and preach the word so that hearts will return to God.
๐๐ฅ๐๐๐๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐๐๐ง ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐ฎ๐ซ๐ง ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐จ๐ฆ๐ ๐๐ง๐๐๐ซ ๐๐ก๐ซ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญโ๐ฌ ๐๐๐ง๐ง๐๐ซ
The call is to point people to Christ, the only one who gives true rest. Believers, as part of the bride of Christ, are heralds of the Lord, pleading with people to come to Him for salvation, security, and eternal life.
๐๐๐ซ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐๐๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐๐๐ซ๐ฒ ๐๐๐ง ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐ซ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐๐ซ๐ซ๐ฒ ๐๐ก๐ซ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ’๐ฌ ๐๐ฎ๐ซ๐๐๐ง
Knowing the “terror of the Lord,” believers must persuade men who are trusting in man or occult practices. Since Christ died for all, believers are dead to the world’s attractions and live for Him alone.
๐๐ซ๐๐ฉ๐๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐๐ฌ๐ก๐๐ ๐๐๐ฆ๐๐๐ซ๐ฌ ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐จ๐ข๐ฅ ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ฌ ๐๐ก๐ซ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ’๐ฌ ๐๐ฎ๐ซ๐๐๐ง-๐๐๐๐ซ๐๐ซ๐ฌ
Leaders and parents must prepare those under their care to be Christ’s burden-bearers. While it is a duty to “Bear ye one another’s burdens,” believers must avoid becoming “their god” and must always lead others back to consulting God and trusting Him as the final authority. Every man must ultimately bear his own burden and be judged by whether he stayed on God or departed from Him to trust in man.
