Backslider means “rebel”.
Only a Christian can become a backslider.
Rebellion against any words from Jesus Christ starts the process of sliding back to Satan as your god whom you serve and the lord of power over your heart. This is where the term back-slider comes from. To rebel is to “knowingly refuse to obey” the one who has authority over you after promising Him your repentance and your life to call Him your Lord. Obeying Christ’s words in His New Testament and through His chosen preachers is His life and bond with us.
Once repeated attempts have been made to convert you back to Jesus Christ and you have continued to choose not to return, you are in a condition called “backslidden”. You have returned to Satan as your lord and master. Jesus reveals His heart wanting you to come back to Him in a parable of the “prodigal” son. Luke
James 5:19-20
19 Brethren, if any of you do err from the truth, and one convert him;
20 Let him know, that he which converteth the sinner from the error of his way shall save a soul from death, and shall hide a multitude of sins.
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