HOPE FOR THE

RESTORATION OF THE
BACKSLIDERS
PREPARED BY: RIZZA I. CAMPOS
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MEMORY TEXT
WHAT IS A BACKSLIDER?
• According to vocabulary.com
- Backslider is someone who lapses into
previous undesirable patterns of behavior.

According to the theological dictionary it says:

- Backslider is someone who turned back or
away, apostate, rebellious, stubborn, and
non-adherence to the right.

CLASSICAL LITERATURE
WHO IS THE
BACKSLIDER?
Quoted from the sermon of Pastor Wendell M. Serano

1. Someone whose 2. Someone who has been

behavior no longer discouraged with the
measures to the church coldness of the church and
standard gone elsewhere to find

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warmth and acceptance.
 WHAT IS BACKSLIDING?
1. Someone who has not
found meaning in
religion that seems made
only of DOS and
DONTS
2. someone who understands
the doctrine of the church,
but never had personal
relationship with the Lord
Jesus 3. someone whose name
found in the church book but
did not find true fellowship
among the brethren.
HOW I BECOME
A BACKSLIDER?

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- Sometimes we say, “I left
the church but I didn’t
backslide.”
Ephesian 5:25 "God loves the church and gave Himself for it. "

Therefore, you cannot love God and hate the church at the
same time
- The way of the wicked is
hard. Proverbs 13:15

Sliding towards chasm is fearful experience when

we realize its danger. But the devil never takes a
person off the mountain spiritually in on big jump.
WHERE DOES
BACKSLIDING
BEGINS?
• IT DOES NOT BEGIN ON THE WRONG ACTIVITY BUT IT BEGINS IN
THE HEART-LEAVING THE CHURCH IS ONLY THE EXPRESSION OF
THE HEART.

• THEREFORE, ONE MAYBE A BACKSLIDER INSIDE THE CHURCH FOR A

LONG TIME BEFORE MOVING OUTSIDE THE CHURCH.

• BACKSLIDING IS LIKE A BACTERIA PRESENT IN OUR BODY, JUST

WAITING WHEN BODY RESISTANCE IS WEAK THEN ATTACK.

• IT IS EMBARASSING TO BACKSLIDE WHEN THERE IS NO VISIBLE

CAUSE.
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• THE RETURNEES CAN TESTIFY THAT WHILE THE
CHURCH MIGHT HAD BEEN COLD, YET IT IS COLDER,
OUT THERE.

• TRY TO ASK THE CHILDREN OF NOAH, IF THE FAMILY

OF NOAH CANNOT ENDURE THE NOISE, AND THE
FOWL'S ODOR OF THE ANIMALS, ONE THING SURE
OUTSIDE THE ARK IS FLOOD.
HOW TO - LET THE MEMBERS OF
PREVENT
BACKSLIDING? THE CHURCH KNOW
THAT SALVATION
COMES BY FAITH
ALONE NOT BY WORKS.
SOMETIMES 1.“CHURCH MUST NOT BE
OUR CHUCH.. ABOVE THE REQUIREMENT
OF GOD”

II. THE CHURCH MUST NOT

GIVE A LIST OF
PREREQUISITE FOR THE
BACKSLIDER TO
COMEBACK
• WHY DO NEED TO ADDRESSED THE ISSUE OF
BACKSLIDING IN OUR CHURCH?

A. It directly affects the spiritual B. Overall health and unity of the

well-being of individual within church
the church community.

C. It allows the church to fulfill its

mission of spreading the message of
hope and salvation
 BASIC GROUPINGS

NON-
BELIEVER BELIEVERS
S (OUTSIDERS)
(INSIDERS
)

1. INSIDERS 1. OUTSIDERS
(INSIDE) (INSIDE)

2. OUTSIDERS 2. INSIDERS
(INSIDE) (OUTSIDE)
"OTHER SHEEP NOT
"LAMB-LIKE WOLF"
OF THIS FOLD"
BIGGEST PROBLEM OF THE CHURCH
- Make believe Christians

- Pretenders
"LAMB-LIKE - eyesore of the church
WOLF"
- Offense to the backslider
 THANK YOU
&
HAPPY SABBATH