Doctrine of Rebound

Doctrine of Rebound

1. Rebound is the grace provision for the carnal believer to recover spirituality, the filling of the Holy Spirit, through naming sins privately to God the Father. This is the only method of restoring the believer’s fellowship with God and resuming the spiritual life (Prov. 1:23; Eph. 5:14; cf. 5:18).
2. The basis for rebound is the efficacious death of Christ on the cross where He was judged for our sins (2 Cor. 5:21; 1 Pet. 2:24; 1 John 1:7).
3. Rebound must be understood in the light of relationship with God (Jer. 3:13), illustrated by the top circle (Rom. 8:1).
4. The believer sins after salvation, but such sin is categorized as carnality, not loss of salvation (Rom. 8:38–39; 1 Cor. 3:1–3; 1 John 1:8, 10).
5. The mechanics of the rebound technique: Confess the sin (1 John 1:9), isolate it (Heb. 12:15), and forget it (Phil. 3:13–14).
6. The alternative to rebound is divine discipline (1 Cor. 11:31; Heb. 12:6).
7. The discouragement to rebound: legalism and other Christians (Luke 15:11–32).
8. The grace provision of rebound includes the following:
   1. The mechanics (Gal. 6:1).
   2. A mental attitude of grace (Matt. 18:23–35).
   3. Grace orientation (Col. 3:13).
   4. Reward for assisting others (James 5:19–20).
9. Biblical synonyms for rebound:
   1. Confess (1 John 1:9).
   2. Judge self (1 Cor. 11:31).
   3. Yield (Rom. 6:13; 12:1).
   4. Lay aside every weight (Heb. 12:1).
   5. Be in subjection to the Father (Heb. 12:9).
   6. Lift up the hands that hang down (Heb. 12:12).
   7. Make straight paths (Matt. 3:3; Heb. 12:13).
   8. Arise from the dead, or literally, “stand up again out from deaths” (Eph. 5:14).
   9. Put off the old man (Eph. 4:22).
   10. Acknowledge thine iniquity (Jer. 3:13).
10. Old Testament rebound commands are found in Psalms 32:5; 38:18; 51:3–4; Proverbs 28:13.