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===Biblical examples===

===Biblical examples===

The Bible, containing extensive historical narratives, provides many personal and corporate examples of spiritual and moral development declension, otherwise know as ''backsliding''.<ref>http://www.biblegateway.com/topical/Backsliders/Nave</ref> [[Israel]] was provided much grace by way of superior laws and leaders such as Moses and Joshua in the, and enjoyed blessings of obedience, as recorded in the [[Torah]] (and in such overviews as Psalms 105), but soon they overall "dealt proudly, and hardened their necks, and hearkened not" to God's commandments, as succinctly rehearsed by Nehemiah (cp. 9) and Psalms 78, 105, 107,  Acts 7, and [[Old Testament]] prophets such as Hosea. b  In the [[New Testament]] the [[apostle Paul]]'s letters to the [[Corinthians]] reveals the most manifest example of corporate backsliding of a Christian church. The grace given to men such as Kings Saul, David, Solomon, Asa and Hezekiah, and their subsequent failures, provide examples of souls who whose walked in disobedience, to their and Israel's hurt, though in such examples as David, earnest repentance enabled more usefulness. In the New Testament, a higher plane of holiness is exhorted and enabled, (Rm. 8:4), with 1 John delineating what manner of faith is efficacious to salvation. Examples of backsliding (which presumes a period of growth first) are more incidental, such as Peter's denial of Christ, (Mk. 14:66-72) and of Gentile equality, under pressure, (Gal. 2:9-14) but are offset by overall holy lives. Men such as Demas (who "hath forsaken me [Paul], having loved this present world": 2 Tim. 4:10) indicate a more willful spiritual and moral departure.

The Bible, containing extensive historical narratives, provides many personal and corporate examples of spiritual and moral development declension, otherwise know as ''backsliding''.<ref>http://www.biblegateway.com/topical/Backsliders/Nave</ref> [[Israel]] was provided much grace by way of superior laws, and leaders such as Moses and Joshua, and enjoyed blessings of obedience, as recorded in the [[Torah]] (and in such overviews as Psalms 105). But soon they overall "dealt proudly, and hardened their necks, and hearkened not" to God's commandments, as succinctly rehearsed by Nehemiah (cp. 9) and Psalms 78, 105, 107,  Acts 7, and [[Old Testament]] prophets such as Hosea. The grace given to men such as King Saul, David, Solomon, Asa and Hezekiah, and their subsequent failures, provide examples of souls who walked in disobedience, to their and Israel's hurt, though in such examples as David, earnest repentance enabled continued usefulness. In the New Testament, a higher plane of holiness is exhorted and enabled, (Rm. 8:4), with 1 John delineating what manner of faith is efficacious to salvation. Most individual examples of backsliding (which presumes a period of growth first) are more incidental, such as Peter's denial of Christ, (Mk. 14:66-72) and of Gentile equality, under pressure, (Gal. 2:9-14) but are offset by overall holy lives. Other souls, such as Demas (who "hath forsaken me [Paul], having loved this present world", (2 Tim. 4:10) indicate a more willful spiritual and moral departure. The [[apostle Paul]]'s letters to the [[Corinthians]] reveal the most detailed example of corporate backsliding of a Christian church.

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