August 8, 2009 - Contend For The Faith

Meditation on Jude

In this short letter by Jude, the brother of James, he warned the Christians in his day that they must contend for the faith because some people who slipped into the church were using the grace of God as license for immorality yet they actually denied the sovereign Lord Jesus in reality. He described these people in details for the church to identify them as follows:

They were like the unbelievers who were destroyed in the wilderness after Exodus, like angels who rebelled against God's authority, and like the perverted people in Sodom and Gomorrah. They did not respect any authority, took spiritual matters lightly, and utilize spiritual matter to make money. They participated in Christian banquet and fellowship, yet they were the bad apples who contributed no good influence except false promises and images.

They were unstable like comets wondering in darkness waiting to perish. They were grumblers and fault finders, scoffers, boastful but flattering others for their own advantages. They follow their own evil desires and natural instinct. They divided Christians.

We should all learn from Jude's warning and study to deal with people like that in the church.