Sermon
How to Avoid a Backslide
Center Church
Speaker: Josh Miller
September 14, 2022 · 38 min
Summary
Abram's backslide into taking Hagar as a second wife reveals two primary causes of spiritual regression: romantic relationships that pull us away from God, and following cultural convention instead of God's Word. Through Hagar's encounter with God in the wilderness, listeners learn that God sees, hears, and cares for the spiritually wayward, calling them to repentance and faith in Christ's redemptive work.
Highlights
Does this relationship strengthen my faith? And if the answer is no, then you shouldn't be in that relationship, even if she's really pretty or he has great hair and is funny.
Even when you aren't talking to God, he's listening to you. Even when you don't have enough faith to pray, even when you're not even sure you think God is real, God still listens.
God came down to us in a stable. God saw our affliction, and he said I'm not willing for this to persist. I'm going to send my Son to the world.