For October 20, 2026
The Cure For Backsliding by Greg Holmes, D.MIN – Director of Missions serving 17 churches
THE AUTHOR OF HEBREWS deals with a very difficult subject as he says, “It is impossible for those who have once been enlightened, who have tasted the heavenly gift, who have shared in the Holy Spirit, who have tasted the goodness of the word of God and the powers of the coming age, if they fall away, to be brought back to repentance, because to their loss they are crucifying the Son of God all over again and subjecting him to public disgrace.” (Heb. 6:4-6) Many a heart has quaked upon reading the words that begin this passage, which carries such a disturbing sentence of indictment. There are a number of other scriptures that reinforce this same idea. It is all-too-common for even good Christian folk, people who have gladly accepted Jesus as Savior and professed him as Lord, to fall away for a period of time when under prolonged assault and duress. To backslide, as Jeremiah states, invites a very heavy discipline from God, and he stringently cautions “Return, faithless people; I will cure you of your backsliding.” (Jer. 3:22)