Downfall of a Disciple | Colossians 4:14; Philemon 1:24; 2 Timothy 4:10

Colossians 4:14; Philemon 1:24; 2 Timothy 4:10

Dangers of Spiritual Drift

1. Successful Start

Fellow Worker

2. Subtle Temptation

1 John 2:15-17

Lust of the Eyes

Lust of the Flesh

Pride of Life

Path Away from God

1. Dryness
2. Discouragement
3. Disillusioned
4. Desertion

3. Shocking Betrayal

“forsaken” to desert, abandon

Moral

Doctrinal

2 Timothy 4:10

Internal Apathy before Apostasy Turns External Temptation into Catastrophe

4. Simple Hope

Not everyone becomes a deserter

Diagnosis of a Demas Heart

It is not that it can happen that it will happen

Long before there is a desertion publicly, there is a desert privately.