Tuesday, we will look at encouragements to continue to walk the victorious life. Living in Christ is difficult. Let no one pretend that being steadfast in Christ comes naturally. Quite the contrary, we are at war with ourselves. However, the Scripture tells us that being steadfast in our faith shows it to be true faith, and that desertion from our faith shows it to be false.
Lets take the example of the soldier who enlists in the army.
Once he signs for a 3 year hitch, he can't, after 15 months, take 4 months off, come back and then re-enlist. Christian, your hitch is for life. You can not take time out from your Christian calling and then re-enlist later. The New Testament speaks of being born again, but not of being born again and again and again and again. There is such a thing as backsliding or falling away for a time, but one thing is always true of backsliders, they eventually return to Christ.