Backsliding Believer

Lamentations 5

Nation of Israel is perfect picture of Backsliding Believer.

Tragic (1-15) (God gets their attention)

Three things I would like to point out about sin.

1. The Results of Sin are Always Negative

2. The Results Reach Into the Future

3. Results of Sin should be a Reminder to Return to God.

(Sin can turn us bitter or make us better.)

Transgression (16-18) (Confession)

1. The Lose of Crown (Neither Prince nor Priest)

2. Faint Courage and Lost Vision

3. Lost Ground.

The Truth that Endures (19)

1. God is Still God

2. God Still Rules

Trust (20-22)

1. Israel knew that the broken fellowship would be restored V. 20 is a rhetorical question