BACKSLIDING
No fewer than thirteen times, the prophet Jeremiah rebuked ancient Israel for her backsliding ways (Jer. 2:19; 3:6; cf. Hos. 4:16 KJV; 11:7). It is useless to argue, as Calvinists do, that backsliding is inconsequential in terms of one's eternal salvation. Apostasy results in "destruction" (2 Pet. 2:2).
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