Scripture Reading: Jude 1
Focus verse Jude 1:4 "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." and (Acts 20:30) “From among yourselves men will rise up, speaking perverse things, to draw away [followers] after themselves”.
Some people today think that because of God's grace and forgiveness they can go and sin all they want. Some people during Jude's time also thought that was their freedom. If you call yourself a Christian (which means Christ follower) but you live in opposition to His teaching, then you are following Satan. If you continue to live in sin, knowing it's a sin, without remorse or repentance, you should consider that you may not have been born again of the Spirit and were never saved to be called a child of God. Also see John 14:15-24 , 1 John 5:3 and 1 John 3:10.
God takes sin very seriously. After all, He allowed His only Son to be murdered on a cross because of sin. In the Old Testament, God destroyed whole cities because of sin and the love of perversion. Jude warns in verse 12 that there are people coming into the churches teaching that Christians can sin all they want, because they are forgiven. Jude says they are like a reef waiting to shipwreck us. Yes God has extended grace and forgiveness to us as Christians when we stumble on the trail of following Christ. However, when you are engaged in habitual sin let's not forget what Jude said in verse 7. "Sodom and Gomorrah and their neighboring towns, which were filled with immorality and every kind of sexual perversion. Those cities were destroyed by fire and serve as a warning of the eternal fire of God’s judgment."
Read the Bible to know what God says so that you won't be led astray. Forgiveness gives us freedom to follow Christ and his burdens aren't heavy.
Bobby Johnson
Interlocking Ministries
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