Downfall of a Disciple | Colossians 4:14; Philemon 1:24; 2 Timothy 4:10
Colossians 4:14; Philemon 1:24; 2 Timothy 4:10
Dangers of Spiritual Drift
1. Successful Start
Fellow Worker
2. Subtle Temptation
1 John 2:15-17
Lust of the Eyes
Lust of the Flesh
Pride of Life
Path Away from God
Dryness
Discouragement
Disillusioned
Desertion
3. Shocking Betrayal
“forsaken” to desert, abandon
Moral
Doctrinal
2 Timothy 4:10
Internal Apathy before Apostasy Turns External Temptation into Catastrophe
4. Simple Hope
Not everyone becomes a deserter
Diagnosis of a Demas Heart
It is not that it can happen that it will happen
Long before there is a desertion publicly, there is a desert privately.