STEADFASTNESS-INSTABILITY

(A) STEADFASTNESS (1) Exhortations to Jos 23:7,8; 1Sa 12:21; Job 11:14,15; Ac 11:23; 1Co 15:58 Ga 5:1; Eph 4:14; Php 1:27; 4:1; 2Th 2:2,15; 1Pe 5:9; 2Pe 3:17 --SEE Hold 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; 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 4:19,20 Paul, in finishing his Course Ac 20:24; Heb 10:39 --SEE Fidelity, BUSINESS LIFE Covenant-keepers, FAITHFULNESS (3) In Enduring Hardship Mt 10:22; Mr 13:13; Heb 12:7; Jas 1:12; 5:11; 1Pe 2:19 --SEE Hold 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 --SEE Backsliding, DETERIORATION Inconstancy, FRIENDLESSNESS Wanderers, ESTRANGEMENT (2) Examples of Ps 106:13; Mt 13:6; Ac 13:13; Ga 1:6; 2:12 --SEE Forsaking God, UNFAITHFULNESS Apostates, UNFAITHFULNESS Backsliding, DETERIORATION Inconstancy, FRIENDLESSNESS (C) DOUBLEMINDEDNESS, warnings against 2Ki 17:33; 1Ch 12:33; Zep 1:4,5; Lu 16:13; 1Co 10:21 Jas 1:8; 4:8 --SEE Half-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; 4:8 --SEE No Neutrality, NO NEUTRALITY Half-heartedness, INDIFFERENCE