Due to the real authority everywhere in the world and beyond the Lord Jesus has now that God has given Him to power-share God's throne it is truly amis to refuse His teaching. He said this, that, in view of all authority being given Him, we can go everywhere to make every creature - every human - a recipient of the gospel of His teachngs and a disciple of His commands to obey them. And He follows up with His power demonstrations. The Spirit of Truth testifies but we also testify of what we too have seen and heard and touched of Lord Jesus in following Him. So backslidng is denial of the authority of His Name.
