STEADFASTNESS-INSTABILITY
STEADFASTNESS-INSTABILITY
(A) STEADFASTNESS
(1) Exhortations to
Jos 23:7; Jos 23:8; 1Sa 12:21; Job 11:14; Job 11:15; Act 11:23; 1Co 15:58
Gal 5:1; Eph 4:14; Phi 1:27; Phi 4:1; 2Th 2:2; 2Th 2:15; 1Pe 5:9; 2Pe 3:17
–SEE Hold Fast, SPECIAL
(2) Seven Notable Examples of
A Man of God, in Refusing a Reward
1Ki 13:8; 2Ki 18:6
Josiah, in his Duties as a King
2Ki22:2
Job, in his Religious Life
Job 23:11; Job 27:6; Isa 50:7
Three Hebrew Captives
Dan 3:18
Christ, in going to the Cross
Luk 9:51; Act 2:42
Peter and John
Act 4:19; Act 4:20
Paul, in finishing his Course
Act 20:24; Heb 10:39
–SEE Fidelity, BUSINESS LIFE
Covenant-keepers, FAITHFULNESS
(3) In Enduring Hardship
Mat 10:22; Mar 13:13; Heb 12:7; Jam 1:12; Jam 5:11; 1Pe 2:19
–SEE Hold Fast, SPECIAL
(4) In Persevering to the End
Job 17:9; Joh 15:9; Act 13:43; Rom 2:7; Gal 6:9; 2Ti 3:14
Heb 12:1; 1Pe 1:13; Rev 3:11
(5) In Moving Forward toward the Goal
Deu 5:32; Jos 1:7; Pro 4:27; Eze 1:12; Luk 9:62; Phi 3:13
(B) INSTABILITY
(1) Warnings Against
Pro 24:21; Jer 2:36; Hos 6:4; Eph 4:14; Heb 13:9; Jam 1:6
–SEE Backsliding, DETERIORATION
Inconstancy, FRIENDLESSNESS
Wanderers, ESTRANGEMENT
(2) Examples of
Psa 106:13; Mat 13:6; Act 13:13; Gal 1:6; Gal 2:12
–SEE Forsaking God, UNFAITHFULNESS
Apostates, UNFAITHFULNESS
Backsliding, DETERIORATION
Inconstancy, FRIENDLESSNESS
(C) DOUBLEMINDEDNESS, warnings against
2Ki17:33; 1Ch 12:33; Zep 1:4; Zep 1:5; Luk 16:13; 1Co 10:21
Jam 1:8; Jam 4:8
–SEE Half-heartedness, INDIFFERENCE
(D) INDECISION, the folly of
1Ki 18:21; 2Ki 17:41; Hos 10:2; Mat 6:24; Luk 9:62
Jam 1:8; Jam 4:8
–SEE No Neutrality, NO NEUTRALITY
Half-heartedness, INDIFFERENCE