DCLM Daily Manna 14 December 2021

Topic:  No Turning Back

TEXT: Galatians 4:1-11 

KEY VERSE:
“But now, after that ye have known God, or rather are known of God, how turn ye again to the weak and beggarly elements, whereunto ye desire again to be in bondage?” – (Galatians 4:9)

Robert Robinson was a wild young man who came to repentance after listening to George Whitefield’s sermon. He later became a pastor and composed a couple of hymns, particularly the famous, “Come Thou Fount of Every Blessing”, which was written in 1757. Later in life, Robinson wandered from the Lord and apparently felt he could not return; but years later, he was riding in a stage-couch with a young woman who did not know who he was but quoted the hymn “Come Thou Fount,” to him.

He replied, “Madam, I am the poor unhappy man who wrote that hymn many years ago and I would give a thousand worlds, if I had them, to enjoy the feelings I had then”. It is said that she responded by telling him “Sir, the streams of mercy are still flowing”.

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From the text, Paul the apostle warned the Galatian believers of the folly of turning back to the superstitions and sinful traditions and beliefs of their society. He reminded them of the benefits of the new birth and the privileges it confers. They stood the danger of losing everything should they wilfully return to the observance of days, months, times and years of the heathen life.

The devil uses the tools of persecution and persuasion to bring back the unsuspecting believer into his old life; especially those who just came into the faith. The traditionalists and the nominal Christians are the preferred tools used by the devil to pull down the true believers. They tell them to relax their Christian convictions and add some unnecessary and unbiblical traditions and superstitions to their faith. Sooner or later, believers who fall victim to their whims and caprices return to worldly and pagan ceremonies, lust of the flesh and worldliness.

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