You could call this Bunyan's 9 Stages of Backsliding: Christian: Well, I think it is like this: First they withdraw their thoughts as much as possible.
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MT9 Several sects claim apostolic succession, and if any possess it, the Baptists are the most likely, since they practise the ordinances as they were delivered; but we do not even care to trace our pedigree through the long line of martyrs, and of men abhorred by ecclesiatics. Those who contend for the fiction may monopolize it if they will. But if I mentioned that subject to him,—and sometimes I did,—he was not long before he began to sing, and he asked me to join with him, which I gladly did. For my part, I am going to run no risks, and therefore I take the whole passage just as it stands.
There is little virtue in the beauty which calls attention to itself; modest beauty is the last to extol its own charms. AM As for beauty, one of its most potent charms lies in its modest unconsciousness; it is greatly marred when accompanied by vanity. You sing of your beloveds so white and ruddy; think of what they will come to by-and-by. Leave it to itself. Is there anything fouler or more putrid than flesh when God calls back the spirit which quickeneth it? Believing is a matter of the will.
A man does not believe without being willing to believe. The greatest argument against the Bible is an unholy life; and when a man will give that up, he will convince himself.
How to Backslide in 9 Easy Steps
Reproaches from those who have been intimate with us, and trusted by us, cut us to the quick; and they are usually so well acquainted with our peculiar weaknesses that they know how to touch us where we are most sensitive, and to speak so as to do us most damage. They have no veils of ignorance or prejudice to darken their sight in heaven. Those of us who most candidly endeavour to learn the truth are nevertheless in some degree biased and warped by education. Let us struggle as we may, yet still our surroundings will not permit us to see things as they are. There is a deflection in our vision, a refraction in the air, a something everywhere which casts the beam of light out of its straight line so that we see rather the appearance than the reality of truth.
Nine Steps to Backsliding
Every man is more or less affected by his age, and we are obliged, as we read history, to make continual allowances, for we all admit that it would not be fair to judge the men of former times by the standard of the nineteenth century. There is a great expectation from us that comes through repentance. As God makes a total commitment to us, we must make a total commitment to Him.
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