Staying Saved

Fear, Trembling and Enduring to the End

Christians are falling from the faith at a pace I haven’t seen in my fifty plus years on the earth. From disillusionment to deconstruction to buying into false-grace theologies and Universalism to surrendering to habitual sin, people are giving up on God (or completely redefining Him).

The slow fade from being wildly alive in Jesus to abandonment of faith is a strange and usually methodical process. The enemy knows how to hit, where to hit and when to hit to bring the most destruction to someone’s relationship with Jesus.

We need an awakening to holiness, the fear of the Lord, freedom in Jesus and the tangible love of the Father.

While it would seem the answer would be clear, to burn hot for Jesus day and night, it’s not as simple as that.

I’ve known many on-fire, radically devoted, Holy Spirit-driven, tongue-talking, compassionate, loving, zealots for Jesus who ended up falling away. It’s stunning.

Deconstruction. Disillusionment. Apathy. Anger. Surrender.

Here’s the question: For those who are currently burning for Jesus, how will you ensure you aren’t the next casualty?