I (Jude) am writing to all who have been
called by God the Father, who loves you and keeps you safe in the care of Jesus
Christ. May God give you more and more mercy, peace, and love. Dear friends, I
had been eagerly planning to write to you about the salvation we all share. But
now I find that I must write about something else, urging you to defend the
faith that God has entrusted once for all time to His holy people. I say this
because some ungodly people have wormed their way into your churches, saying
that God's marvelous grace allows us to live immoral lives. The condemnation of
such people was recorded long ago, for they have denied our only Master and
Lord, Jesus Christ. Jude 1:1-4
Immoral lives. Image that happening 2000
years ago. Things have not changed much. There were ungodly people then…and
there are ungodly people now misusing God’s word…stretching it to say that we
can do anything and be forgiven. True, God will forgive us, but that doesn’t
mean we can deliberately sin. Paul states it clearly in his letter to the church
at Rome.
Sin is no longer your master, for you no
longer live under the requirements of the law. Instead, you live under the
freedom of God's grace. Well then, since God's grace has set us free from the
law, does that mean we can go on sinning? Of course not! Romans 6:14-15.
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There is no wisdom in continuing to sin. May God give you more and more mercy, peace,
and love. Jude was trying to encourage believers not to let immoral
people influence them into living sinful lives. Where do you stand with the
Lord? Have you been saved? Do you rely on Him to help you keep your life holy
and pure? Or have you been influenced by immoral people in your church to keep
on sinning?
There
is wisdom in obedience and in defending the faith that God has given to His
people—Jews and Gentiles.
Prayer
~ Dear God, please give us more and more
mercy, peace, and love. Fill us with Your wisdom that we would be able to
defend the faith that You have given us…and live in a godly way, righteous,
that is pleasing to You and brings glory to Christ Jesus our Lord.
© 2016 by Mickey M. Hunacek. All rights reserved.
All scripture quoted from the New Living Translation (NLT)
unless otherwise noted.
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