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  FALLING AWAY FROM THE LORD STARTS WITH SMALL THINGS
  by Shane Idleman
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Summary: This sermon emphasizes the danger of idolatry for believers,
highlighting how even small distractions can lead to a drift away from
God. It warns about the gradual nature of falling into sin, where
seemingly insignificant choices can eventually lead to major
consequences, such as moral failures like infidelity. The message
underscores the vulnerability of all individuals to making detrimental
decisions that can have lasting impacts on their faith and relationship
with God.

Topics: "Idolatry", "Consequences of Distraction"
Scripture References: 1 Corinthians 10:14, 1 John 5:21, Galatians 5:19, Proverbs 4:23, James 4:7

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DESCRIPTION
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This sermon emphasizes the danger of idolatry for believers,
highlighting how even small distractions can lead to a drift away from
God. It warns about the gradual nature of falling into sin, where
seemingly insignificant choices can eventually lead to major
consequences, such as moral failures like infidelity. The message
underscores the vulnerability of all individuals to making detrimental
decisions that can have lasting impacts on their faith and relationship
with God.

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CONTENT
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But if I start focusing on this too much, and I want to focus on this
too much, and that's basically what idolatry at its core for a believer
is, it's anything that begins to take you away from God. Anything. And
it will begin to creep in.

And that's why even little things can become big things. Because if you
look back, all these guys, and I read books on a lot of these men that
fell, in ministry, I've known people that have fallen. All of us are
susceptible of falling.

Absolutely, we're one bad choice away from falling. But if you look
back, it doesn't start out huge. Somebody said, you know, I woke up
today, and I don't know how I had an affair tonight.

I have, how did that happen?

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Video: https://sermonindex2.b-cdn.net/sFCw79BeNdQ.mp4
Source: https://sermonindex.net/speakers/shane-idleman/falling-away-from-the-lord-starts-with-small-things/
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