Preview: Merriam-Webster’s definition for backslider is to lapse morally, or in the practice of religion. To revert to a worse condition. It is plain to see that this is not God’s hope and wish for us.
Scripture Reading: Psalm 36:1-12.
Memory Verse: Psalm 78:56.
1. Why has a backslider fallen? Jeremiah 2:19.
2. What will be the backsliders reward? Psalm 50:22.
3. How are we in danger of forgetting His works? Psalm 103:2.
4. Why do men backslide? Hosea 11:7.
5. With what will a backslider be filled? Proverbs 14:14.
6. What kind of people were there in the days of Paul? Galatians 1:6.
7. How did Paul address the backsliders in Galatia? Galatians 3:1.
8. How did he further rebuke them? Galatians 3:3-4.
9. What did Paul say of the Galatians faith in the beginning? Galatians 5:7-8.
10. How did Peter describe the backslider? II Peter 1:9.
11. How does John the Revelator picture the backslider? Revelation 2:2-4.
12. What warning does God give to backsliders? Revelation 2:5.
13. What will the faithful lack if they backslide? Hebrews 10:38.
14. What must a backslider do to return? Job 22:23.
15. What is our message to the backslider? Jeremiah 3:12.
16. What will the Lord do for a backslider who returns to Him? Jeremiah 3:22.
17. What blessing will the backslider receive if he returns? Micah 7:19.
Other Lessons* in this series:
Backsliders
Backsliders II
*Lessons in a series may not necessarily be in the same category.