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Backslider, -ing

From: A Dictionary of Biblical Words and Phrases

By: Alfred Taylor Schofield

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This word is used exclusively with regard to Israel, except in Prov. 14:14¹⁴The backslider in heart shall be filled with his own ways: and a good man shall be satisfied from himself. (Proverbs 14:14), where it is general. This sin is common, alas, amongst Christians also, and is figuratively alluded to in other words (Rev. 2:4⁴Nevertheless I have somewhat against thee, because thou hast left thy first love. (Revelation 2:4), &c.). A backslider is a child of God who has left Mm in heart (Prov. 14:14¹⁴The backslider in heart shall be filled with his own ways: and a good man shall be satisfied from himself. (Proverbs 14:14)) or in ways, but does not, cease to be a child (Jer. 3:14; 31¹⁴Turn, O backsliding children, saith the Lord; for I am married unto you: and I will take you one of a city, and two of a family, and I will bring you to Zion: (Jeremiah 3:14)
¹⁴And I will satiate the soul of the priests with fatness, and my people shall be satisfied with my goodness, saith the Lord. (Jeremiah 31:14). 22). The name is often erroneously applied to those who have never been, and therefore are not, God’s children at all. The path of restoration is marked out in 1 John 1 and 2.

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A Dictionary of Biblical Words and Phrases

• Baptism of Fire

• Bride (the)

• Bread of Life

• Babylon or Babel

• Book of Life

• Backslider, -ing

• Bondage, Under

• Breast, The Wave

• Basket of First-Fruits

• Birth, The New

• Build -ing, -er

• Bread, Unleavened

• Circumcision

• Corn of the Land (Old)

• Coming, The Second

• Calling, Heavenly

• Camp, Outside the