Lapses of Faith

Posted : 26 Jul, 2014 04:46 AM

What does the Scripture say? "Abraham believed God, and it was accounted to him for righteousness."

� Romans 4:3



The Bible doesn't teach that if you are a Christian, you will never stumble or periodically fall short. But it does teach that if you are a true believer, when you have had a lapse or a stumble, you always will get up and move forward, repenting and ABANDONING your sins! That is the way to determine whether a person is really a believer/christian or not.



In the course of Abraham's life, we can also see other lapses of faith. Abraham told his beautiful wife, Sarah, to say (to LIE!!!) that she was his sister because he was afraid someone would kill him if they realized he was indeed her husband. He did that on two occasions.



There were a number of acts of disobedience/sins on Abraham's part. Having said that, it is also important to point out that although he deviated occasionally from the straight and narrow, he always came back.



If a person says he or she is a believer in the SON of God Jesus and falls away and never comes back in repentance, then that person is not a believer!



As 1 John 2:19 says, "When they left, it proved that they did NOT belong with us." . But if a person is a true believer, then he or she will be miserable in sin and eventually will beat a quick path back to the SON of God in REPENTANCE to live a GODLY life/ HOLY life ABANDONING sins.



NOTE: if we prefer our sins to live in them then God ABANDONS us!



Therefore God gave them over in the sinful desires of their hearts to sexual impurity for the degrading of their bodies with one another.

Romans 1:24



So I gave them over to their stubborn hearts to follow their own devices.

Psalm 81:12



Because of this, God gave them over to shameful lusts. Even their women exchanged natural sexual relations for unnatural ones. Romans 1:26



Furthermore, just as they did not think it worthwhile to retain the knowledge of God, so God gave them over to a depraved mind, so that they do what ought not to be done.

Romans 1:28



All of us also lived among them at one time, gratifying the cravings of our flesh and following its desires and thoughts. Like the rest, we were by nature deserving of wrath.

Ephesians 2:3



Having lost all sensitivity, they have given themselves over to sensuality so as to indulge in every kind of impurity, and they are full of greed.

Ephesians 4:19



That is why Christians NOTE:

1 Thessalonians 4:4

each of you should learn to control your own body in a way that is HOLY and honorable

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