Spiritual Leaders Crisis/Dr Pat Holliday/Dr Sabrina Sessions/Marshall Perot

 Spiritual Leaders Crisis in Faith

Call for Backslidden Spiritual Leaders To Return to Jesus!

 Mk 14:27 Jesus tells His disciples, “You will all fall away.” What He meant was that, when He was arrested, they would experience a crisis of faith, a life event so shocking that they would run from Jesus and question the very core of their beliefs. It was a night of offense, a night of stumbling for them was a temporary condition. Three days later, Jesus rose from the dead and appeared to the disciples. Their faith and hope were restored, stronger than ever. The apostle Paul tells us how to handle a fellow believer who is backsliding: “Brothers and sisters, if someone is caught in a sin, you who live by the Spirit should restore that person gently. But watch yourselves, or you also may be tempted” (Gal 6:1). James concurs: “My brothers and sisters, if one of you should wander from the truth . . . someone should bring that person back” (Jam 5:19). The backslider has wandered from where he should be and is “stuck” in sin, but the church will work to restore him and set him back on the path of righteousness.

There are events in life, such as the death of a loved one, that may cause us to question God. This is okay, as long as we go to God with those questions rather than using them as excuses to stay in sin. The result of a crisis of faith is often that we come to know God more intimately than before. In times of trial, we should delve into the Word, pray with persistence (Lk 18:1), and surround ourselves with those whose faith is strong.