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These half hearted pilgrims?
(from Octavius Winslow's, "Christ's
Sympathy with Christian Perseverance")
"From this time many of His disciples turned
back and no longer followed Him." John 6:66
Many 'religious professors' backslide
from 'the way' after a while.
Wearied with the practice of self denial;
tired of bearing the cross after Jesus;
restless beneath His yoke;
impatient of His burden;
they slacken in the race, halt in the journey, and
eventually altogether relinquish their profession.
Such individuals never counted the cost of true
commitment to Christ. They did not take into
consideration the self denial demanded; the
battle with sin involved; the crucifixion to the
world required; and when these things came
upon them, these half hearted pilgrims
swerved
from their profession, and returned to the sins
they professed to have renounced, and to the
world they professed to have abandoned, and
walked no more with Jesus.
"From this time many of His disciples turned
back and no longer followed Him." John 6:66
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