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SERMON OUTLINE--Review--- Backsliding- Am I----- Backsliding- What Else Do I Need To Know----o It Is Not Every Time I Sinned--o It Could Be A Failure To Hold Fast The Gospel--o It Could Be A Failure To Live Out The Gospel--o It Is Always Possible To Come Back---- Growth- The Opposite of Backsliding--o We Need To Be Alive-o We Need To Eat-o We Need To Breathe-o We Need Good Hygiene-o We Need Regular Exercise-o We Need Protection-o We Need People---Today- REVIVE YOUR BACKSLIDING CHILD, O LORD--HOSEA 14-4-8----1- CONSIDER THE GEOGRAPHY OF OUR TEXT--DEUTERONOMY 11 - 10For the land which you go to possess is not like the land of Egypt from which you have come, where you sowed your seed and watered it by foot, as a vegetable garden- 11but the land which you cross over to possess is a land of hills and valleys, which drinks water from the rain of heaven, 12a land for which the Lord your God cares- the eyes of the Lord your God are always on it, from the beginning of the year to the very end of the year.---Cf. PSALM 72 - 6He shall come down like rain upon the grass before mowing, Like showers that water the earth.---Cf. ISAIAH 44-3-4 - 3For I will pour water on him who is thirsty, and floods on the dry ground- I will pour My Spirit on your descendants, and My blessing on your offspring- 4They will spring up among the grass like willows by the watercourses.--Cf. ISAIAH 32 - 2A man will be as a hiding place from the wind, and a cover from the tempest, as rivers of water in a dry place, as the shadow of a great rock in a weary land . . . 15Until the Spirit is poured upon us from on high, and the wilderness becomes a fruitful field, and the fruitful field is counted as a forest.

GROWTH- THE OPPOSITE OF BACKSLIDING---GROWTH- WHAT DOES GOD SAY-----1- GOD EXPECTS YOU TO GROW ----2- GOD COMMANDS YOU TO GROW ----3- GOD PROMISED THAT YOU WILL GROW ----4- GOD FROWNS WHEN YOU FAIL TO GROW ----GROWTH- WHAT DO I NEED-----1- I NEED TO BE ALIVE---2- I NEED TO EAT---3- I NEED TO BREATHE---4- I NEED GOOD HYGIENE---5- I NEED REGULAR EXERCISE---6- I NEED PROTECTION---7- I NEED PEOPLE----GROWTH- HOW WILL I KNOW-----1- I AM GROWING IF I AM INCREASING IN HUMILITY----2- I AM GROWING IF I AM INCREASING IN FAITH----3- I AM GROWING IF I AM INCREASING IN LOVE

BACKSLIDING- WHAT ELSE DO I NEED TO KNOW------1- IT IS NOT EVERY TIME I SINNED---When ROMANS 7-14-24 runs parallel to PHILIPPIANS 3-12-14-----2- IT COULD BE A FAILURE TO HOLD FAST THE GOSPEL---MISS GALATIANS--- Previously- GALATIANS 4-13-15--- Currently- GALATIANS 1-6--GALATIANS 5-15, 26 --- Certainly- GALATIANS 1-9 -----3- IT COULD BE A FAILURE TO LIVE OUT THE GOSPEL---MISTER LOT Cf. 2 PETER 2-7--Clip -1- He started well--GENESIS 12-4- Clip -3- He continued to stray-- GENESIS 19-1---Clip -2- He started to stray--GENESIS 13-10-13- -Clip -4- He ended in shame-- GENESIS 19-14, 26, 30-38-- ---4- IT IS ALWAYS POSSIBLE TO COME BACK---- Story of Robert Robinson--- Story of Samson -JUDGES 16-28----PSALM 130

BACKSLIDING- AM I----INTRODUCTION--- HOSEA 11-7 - My people are bent on backsliding from Me. Though they call to the Most High, none at all exalt Him.---- HOSEA 14-4 - I will heal their backsliding, I will love them freely, for My anger has turned away from him.---- JEREMIAH 3- 6, 8, 11, - 12-----WHAT IS BACKSLIDING----- turn away---- turn back---- apostasy---- slide back--Cf. HEBREWS 2-1.--JEREMIAH 8-5-----WHERE DOES BACKSLIDING BEGIN----PROVERBS 14-14 --REVELATION 2-4--REVELATION 3-17-WHO COULD BE BACKSLIDING----JAMES 1-14 - But each one is tempted when he is drawn away by his own desires and enticed. Then, when desire has conceived, it gives birth to sin- and sin, when it is full-grown, brings forth death.--- Judas Iscariot - Simon Peter--------Standing at the end of MATTHEW 26, what would you say concerning them-----Cf. GALATIANS 4-19-20.---SO WHAT--------HOW CAN I BE RESTORED FROM BACKSLIDING---WHO CAN RESTORE ME FROM BACKSLIDING------ HOSEA 14-4 - I will heal their backsliding, I will love them freely, for My anger has turned away from him.----- EPHESIANS 5-29 - For no one ever hated his own flesh, but nourishes and cherishes it, just as the Lord does the church.------Come to Me, all you who labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.

Behold What Manner Of Love- -1 John 3-1-3----An Introduction----1- Children of God - What love------------2- Children of God - Glorious future awaits -----------3- Children of God - Hope that purifies -application-

You Must Be Born Again -John 3- 1-15----1. Introduction.----2. Who is Nicodemus------3. Why did he come to see Jesus by night------4. What was their conversation about------5. Why must a person be born again------6. How can we be born again------7. Who must be born again------8. When must we be born again------9. What does it mean to be born again--