Good morning! How are we faithing? Godly love requires that we, servants of messiah Jesus, accept people and lead them to the saving grace of Jesus but it does not however require us to accept their sin. We all sin and forgiveness is offered for those sins by Jesus but that doesn't give us or others the right to sin in defiance of the Word of God. Once we find out a certain sin is against God's Word, that is when repentance starts. Now we can be so entrenched in a sin that it has become normal and we don't even recognize it as sin anymore to the extent that in our acceptance of people involved in sin are dismissed as normal. People, we need to take the Word of God in it's entirety and even if a sin is legal or culturally accepted we must still speak truth about that sin. The bible is specific about sins and there just is no way to rationalize it away. Excuses are what Eve gave God in the garden. If you find it in scripture that you are involved in a sin you cant escape or even disagree with it is wise to get some help from your Pastor or someone who can help. Some sins of the day are so accepted in today's society that we can fight such a battle simple because it's been ingrained in us our whole life. It's time to wake up and dump our selfish desires and truly seek God's face and it ain't gonna be easy but we can be assured we will only benefit from repentance. Think about your own life and search scripture. We either believe this book or we don't so fooling ourselves in order to continue in a sin is unwise and could be deadly.
Jud 1:1-25
From: Jude, a servant of Jesus the Messiah, and yet a brother of James. To: Those who have been called, who are loved by God the Father and kept safe by Jesus, the Messiah.
May mercy, peace, and love be yours in abundance!
Dear friends, although I was eager to write to you about the salvation we share, I found it necessary to write to you and urge you to continue your vigorous defense of the faith that was passed down to the saints once and for all. For some people have slipped in among you unnoticed. They were written about long ago as being deserving of this condemnation because they are ungodly. They turn the grace of our God into uncontrollable lust and deny our only Master and Lord, Jesus the Messiah.
Now I want to remind you, even though you are fully aware of these things, that the Lord who once saved his people from the land of Egypt later destroyed those who did not believe.
He has also held in eternal chains those angels who did not keep their own position but abandoned their assigned place. They are held in deepest darkness for judgment on the great day. Likewise, Sodom and Gomorrah and the cities near them, which like them committed sexual sins and pursued homosexual activities, serve as an example of the punishment of eternal fire. In a similar way, these dreamers also defile their flesh, reject the Lord's authority, and slander his glorious beings. Even the archangel Michael, when he argued with the devil and fought over the body of Moses, did not dare to bring a slanderous accusation against him. Instead, he said, "May the Lord rebuke you!" Whatever these people do not understand, they slander. Like irrational animals, they are destroyed by the very things they know by instinct. How terrible it will be for them! For they lived like Cain did, rushed headlong into Balaam's error to make a profit, and destroyed themselves, as happened in Korah's rebellion.
These people are stains on your love feasts. They feast with you without any sense of awe. They are shepherds who care only for themselves. They are waterless clouds blown about by the winds. They are autumn trees that are fruitless, totally dead, and uprooted. They are wild waves of the sea, churning up the foam of their own shame. They are wandering stars for whom the deepest darkness has been reserved forever.
Enoch, in the seventh generation from Adam, prophesied about these people when he said, "Look! The Lord has come with countless thousands of his holy ones.
He will judge all people and convict everyone of all the ungodly things that they have done in such an ungodly way, including all the harsh things that these ungodly sinners have said about him."
These people are complainers and faultfinders, following their own desires. They say arrogant things and flatter people in order to take advantage of them.
But you, dear friends, must remember the statements and predictions of the apostles of our Lord Jesus, the Messiah. They kept telling you, "In the last times there will be mockers, following their own ungodly desires." These are the people who cause divisions. They are worldly, devoid of the Spirit. But you, dear friends, must continue to build your most holy faith for your own benefit. Furthermore, continue to pray in the Holy Spirit.
Remain in God's love as you look for the mercy of our Lord Jesus the Messiah, which brings eternal life. Show mercy to those who have doubts. Save others by snatching them from the fire. To others, show mercy with fear, hating even the clothes stained by their sinful lives.
Now to the one who is able to keep you from falling and to make you stand joyful and faultless in his glorious presence,
to the only God, our Savior, through Jesus the Messiah, our Lord, be glory, majesty, power, and authority before all time and for all eternity! Amen.
Remember Christy and Layla....remember Tony B....
Heavenly Father,
Open our eyes to your truth and let us not be deceived. Lord we want to do your work in your way but sometimes it gets hard. Lord we fight against culture and upbringing and struggle with those things. Help us overcome influences that are not from you. Help us see truth and recognize the enemies lies. We lift those mentioned to you. Heal them and show them you love them in Jesus name, amen
Jud 1:1-25
From: Jude, a servant of Jesus the Messiah, and yet a brother of James. To: Those who have been called, who are loved by God the Father and kept safe by Jesus, the Messiah.
May mercy, peace, and love be yours in abundance!
Dear friends, although I was eager to write to you about the salvation we share, I found it necessary to write to you and urge you to continue your vigorous defense of the faith that was passed down to the saints once and for all. For some people have slipped in among you unnoticed. They were written about long ago as being deserving of this condemnation because they are ungodly. They turn the grace of our God into uncontrollable lust and deny our only Master and Lord, Jesus the Messiah.
Now I want to remind you, even though you are fully aware of these things, that the Lord who once saved his people from the land of Egypt later destroyed those who did not believe.
He has also held in eternal chains those angels who did not keep their own position but abandoned their assigned place. They are held in deepest darkness for judgment on the great day. Likewise, Sodom and Gomorrah and the cities near them, which like them committed sexual sins and pursued homosexual activities, serve as an example of the punishment of eternal fire. In a similar way, these dreamers also defile their flesh, reject the Lord's authority, and slander his glorious beings. Even the archangel Michael, when he argued with the devil and fought over the body of Moses, did not dare to bring a slanderous accusation against him. Instead, he said, "May the Lord rebuke you!" Whatever these people do not understand, they slander. Like irrational animals, they are destroyed by the very things they know by instinct. How terrible it will be for them! For they lived like Cain did, rushed headlong into Balaam's error to make a profit, and destroyed themselves, as happened in Korah's rebellion.
These people are stains on your love feasts. They feast with you without any sense of awe. They are shepherds who care only for themselves. They are waterless clouds blown about by the winds. They are autumn trees that are fruitless, totally dead, and uprooted. They are wild waves of the sea, churning up the foam of their own shame. They are wandering stars for whom the deepest darkness has been reserved forever.
Enoch, in the seventh generation from Adam, prophesied about these people when he said, "Look! The Lord has come with countless thousands of his holy ones.
He will judge all people and convict everyone of all the ungodly things that they have done in such an ungodly way, including all the harsh things that these ungodly sinners have said about him."
These people are complainers and faultfinders, following their own desires. They say arrogant things and flatter people in order to take advantage of them.
But you, dear friends, must remember the statements and predictions of the apostles of our Lord Jesus, the Messiah. They kept telling you, "In the last times there will be mockers, following their own ungodly desires." These are the people who cause divisions. They are worldly, devoid of the Spirit. But you, dear friends, must continue to build your most holy faith for your own benefit. Furthermore, continue to pray in the Holy Spirit.
Remain in God's love as you look for the mercy of our Lord Jesus the Messiah, which brings eternal life. Show mercy to those who have doubts. Save others by snatching them from the fire. To others, show mercy with fear, hating even the clothes stained by their sinful lives.
Now to the one who is able to keep you from falling and to make you stand joyful and faultless in his glorious presence,
to the only God, our Savior, through Jesus the Messiah, our Lord, be glory, majesty, power, and authority before all time and for all eternity! Amen.
Remember Christy and Layla....remember Tony B....
Heavenly Father,
Open our eyes to your truth and let us not be deceived. Lord we want to do your work in your way but sometimes it gets hard. Lord we fight against culture and upbringing and struggle with those things. Help us overcome influences that are not from you. Help us see truth and recognize the enemies lies. We lift those mentioned to you. Heal them and show them you love them in Jesus name, amen
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