Introduction
The apostle Paul warns the Christian of the very real danger of falling away from the Lord by neglecting salvation. The word “slip” here refers to drifting away. A good analogy, and one that we will use throughout, is of a boat drifting aimlessly away from shore. The pace of drifting away from Christ may not be perceptible, it may be hardly noticeable, until you look up and can no longer see land. Somewhere you have gone beyond His will.
Usually it is just the gentle, subtle breeze of worldliness, compromise, and carelessness that causes us to drift away, but drift away we do when we neglect so great salvation. This is a problem every true Christian faces, maybe even on a daily basis. It is a problem that cannot be ignored. Neither
The apostle Paul warns the Christian of the very real danger of falling away from the Lord by neglecting salvation. The word “slip” here refers to drifting away. A good analogy, and one that we will use throughout, is of a boat drifting aimlessly away from shore. The pace of drifting away from Christ may not be perceptible, it may be hardly noticeable, until you look up and can no longer see land. Somewhere you have gone beyond His will.
Usually it is just the gentle, subtle breeze of worldliness, compromise, and carelessness that causes us to drift away, but drift away we do when we neglect so great salvation. This is a problem every true Christian faces, maybe even on a daily basis. It is a problem that cannot be ignored. Neither