Possible Reasons He Walked Away From The Christian Faith

1. His Weakness
Our weakness is the reason we are away from God. Notice how I didn't first say it is one reason we walk away from the Christian faith. Our weakness is the very reason we’ve been away from God in the first place. But he brought us to himself in spite of it. This reminds us of our condition and God's heart through it. Salvation, however, does not take this reminder away, it reinforces it. We are weak in many areas. I am weak, just as you are. Although some people would like to think of weakness as something we ought not have or involve God, God thinks of it as something He can use to reveal himself. When Paul prayed about his weakness in second Corinthians, God showed him the sufficiency of his grace. How's that? What has God showed you through your weakness? This question is one of paying attention to God and not your weakness. Some people walk away from the faith because they paid too much attention to their weakness and little to God. Our weakness can consume what God's revealing to us when we pay too much attention to it. His revelation, however, is what draws us, knowing very well that we are weak.

2. The problem of suffering
Suffering can be one reason someone would walk away from the Christian faith. It's really a matter of not setting your eyes on what God has revealed of himself, especially about your suffering. ‘I know my redeemer lives,’ Job said even before God revealed himself in his suffering. We Christians have an even greater advantage over Job, because of the full revelation of God in Christ. That revelation is evident enough for God’s presence in our suffering. His relationship with us in suffering is made certain through the person of Jesus Christ. But oftentimes, we feel that relationship is broken because of what we're going through. It is not, and the Gospels give us that assurance. Ravi Zacharias, at the age of 17 wanted to take his own life. He was on a bed of suicide when a bible was brought to him, and the book of John was read to him. He's still alive as I'm writing this article, and my prayer is that he lives longer because of how he's blessed my life with his Let My People Think podcast. It doesn't, however, mean that he wouldn't suffer anymore. In fact, according to him, he has two metal rods at his back. There was one time his doctor told him to sit at one place, (he said, he chose to sit on a chair), for four good days! It isn't that he doesn't suffer, but he knows that even though he still suffers, his relationship with God is never broken.

3. The life of fellow Christians
Most people are reliant on the life of Christians, in general, for the gospel. According to Ravi Zacharias, Muslims specifically rely on that as well as dreams. Fellow Christians also count on the life of their brothers and sisters in Christ for the gospel. The Pharisees knew how people would count on them so much that they pretended to have a life that's in keeping with the law, when in fact they don't. Jesus calls that hypocrisy and warned us seriously against its spirit. It was one of my prayer topics. Essentially, our lives matter. Our relationship with God should reflect in our life as a whole, not just parts of it. Paul asks of us to have a character that's in keeping with our calling. And he's right. We can't be working in our calling and not work on our character. The two must be united, in order to reach people with the gospel. I've heard many stories of people walking away from the church, because one way or the other, someone in it did them wrong. Eventually, they turn away from God. If something which happened in the church can go a long way to affect your personal relationship with God, then having a Christlike character must really be that important. But I think also that we expect too much from our Christian brothers and sisters, and are too sensitive to noticing wrong. If that's the case, then we need to first watch our lives and work on it.