(A) STEADFASTNESS
(1) Exhortations to
Jos 8; 1Sa 12:21; Job 15; Ac 11:23; 1Co 15:58
Ga 5:1; Eph 4:14; Php 1:27; Php 4:1; 2Th 15; 1Pe 5:9; 2Pe 3:17
--SEEHold 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
2Ki 22:2
Job, in his Religious Life
Job 23:11; Job 27:6; Isa 50:7
Three Hebrew Captives
Da 3:18
Christ, in going to the Cross
Lu 9:51; Ac 2:42
Peter and John
Ac 20
Paul, in finishing his Course
Ac 20:24; Heb 10:39
--SEEFidelity,BUSINESS LIFE
Covenant-keepers,FAITHFULNESS
(3) In Enduring Hardship
Mt 10:22; Mr 13:13; Heb 12:7; Jas 1:12; Jas 5:11; 1Pe 2:19
--SEEHold Fast,SPECIAL
(4) In Persevering to the End
Job 17:9; Joh 15:9; Ac 13:43; Ro 2:7; Ga 6:9; 2Ti 3:14
Heb 12:1; 1Pe 1:13; Re 3:11
(5) In Moving Forward toward the Goal
De 5:32; Jos 1:7; Pr 4:27; Eze 1:12; Lu 9:62; Php 3:13
(B) INSTABILITY
(1) Warnings Against
Pr 24:21; Jer 2:36; Ho 6:4; Eph 4:14; Heb 13:9; Jas 1:6
--SEEBacksliding,DETERIORATION
Inconstancy,FRIENDLESSNESS
Wanderers,ESTRANGEMENT
(2) Examples of
Ps 106:13; Mt 13:6; Ac 13:13; Ga 1:6; Ga 2:12
--SEEForsaking God,UNFAITHFULNESS
Apostates,UNFAITHFULNESS
Backsliding,DETERIORATION
Inconstancy,FRIENDLESSNESS
(C) DOUBLEMINDEDNESS,warnings against
2Ki 17:33; 1Ch 12:33; Zep 5; Lu 16:13; 1Co 10:21
Jas 1:8; Jas 4:8
--SEEHalf-heartedness,INDIFFERENCE
(D) INDECISION,the folly of
1Ki 18:21; 2Ki 17:41; Ho 10:2; Mt 6:24; Lu 9:62
Jas 1:8; Jas 4:8
--SEENo Neutrality,NO NEUTRALITY
Half-heartedness,INDIFFERENCE