Backsliding & Restoration

A scarce topic for believers today is the priesthood and advocacy of Christ, which is an integral part of backsliding and restoration. In particular, the author looks at the cause of backsliding and at how God in grace restores a backslider.



It’s also important to understand when taking up this subject that there are two kinds of departures from God; one is backsliding and the other is apostasy. We don’t want to confuse the two. Both are bad, but one is infinitely worse.



These two kinds of departures are illustrated in Matthew 26 in two of the Lord’s disciples—Peter and Judas. Peter backslid and was restored through the mercy of God (Luke 24:34; John 21:15-19). Judas apostatized, and ended up in a lost eternity (Psalm 109:7; Acts 1:25).