Jude 1:4

4 I say this because some godless people have wormed their way in among you, saying that God's forgiveness allows us to live immoral lives. The fate of such people was determined long ago, for they have turned against our only Master and Lord, Jesus Christ.


Notice Jude mentions a subject that many church establishments have issue with today.  The occurrence of people coming into the church and stir up trouble.  This is a way the enemy works.  These people get in and twist the word of the Bible to fit their own mission or to hide their own sins.  There is a small thread of doubt weaved into a persons mind and faith is tested. 

Look in Proverbs 6 starting on verse 16, there is a listing of things the Lord hates.  Verse 19 says a "false witness who pours out lies" is one of those things. 

Remedy?  Well, Prayer is always good.  God has promised to answer and give direction, David the psalmist knew that.

Psalm 116:1 NLT

I love the LORD because he hears and answers my prayers.

Ask the Holy Spirit for direction.

Seek advice from the elders.  They will need to know this is happening so they can address the issue.  Can these people be helped?  There is always Gods grace and mercy for those who seek it.  The problem here is these persons are not seeking that, they are looking for a "cover up".  These persons have fallen from grace.

Go directly to your own Bible and read and study.  The Bible mentions persons who have fallen from grace, who have wanted to continue in their sin and deny the grace and mercy:

Lucifer is number one in this category!  Followed closely by Adam and Eve.  We don't know of Adam and Eve's salvation, nothing is ever mentioned concerning that.

Saul fell from grace, (see 1Sam. 31:1-6 and 1 Chr. 10:13-14).  He committed suicide and died out of God's grace.

There are others as well….READ, study, pray.  Get into the Word for guidance.

There are 3 Chief Sins of the Ungodly, this is one of them.

God is a God of forgiveness and second chances.  No "but"s about that.  However,  there are persons who do not seek God who come into Gods grace and mercy only to "cover up" their sins, not for forgiveness or repentance.  

Let's stop here for now.

Blessings on all till next time!


Calabash

Jude back again!

Jude was probably written around 66 A.D. It was written by Jude. No one is really sure where.  

In verse 3 we find the purpose of the book which we will get to.

Jude is the only book in the Bible that has only one chapter.

Plus:

25 verses

no questions

1 verse of fulfilled prophecy

2 verses of unfulfilled prophecy

22 verses of history

Lets continue in the book:

Jude 1:2Mercy, peace and love be yours in abundance.3

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1Dear friends, although I was very eager to write to you about the salvation we share, I felt compelled to write and urge you to contend for the faith that was once for all entrusted to God’s holy people.

Verse 2 is giving us blessings.  

Verse 3 talks about the blessings we share, meaning the Gentiles and the Jews alike, of salvation. 

Now, following is the purpose of the book:

the urge for us to "contend for the faith".

The Greek word here is epagonizomai.  It means to contend against others.  What has happened is false teachers have come onto the scene and now is a really good time to stay true to the original gospel.

Think, dear friends, of what is happening today!  The message is still very strong from John.  We are still urged to hold fast to the true gospel. To defend our beliefs with the Word.

My advice is to continually be in the Word, to question what is told you (even in my blog) to check things out for yourself. 

And the most important thing, PRAY.  Pray for wisdom, knowledge and answers.  Our God is a faithful God and will answer you.

Blessings on all till next time,

Calabash

Reference from the Dake's Annotated Reference Bible