Saturday – January 20, 2024, Sh’vat 10, 5784
Greetings dear saints of God, brothers and sisters in Christ and welcome back to the study of the Bible Book of Jude. Please take a moment and share all of these teachings as widely as possible by every means available to you. Thank you so much for sharing. I have been urging us to reflect upon 2023 and whether or not we did the will of God for our lives. Have you done that? If we truly love the Lord we have an obligation, a stewardship responsibility to use our time optimally.
Ephesians 5:15-17 (KJV)
15 See then that ye walk circumspectly, not as fools, but as wise,
16 Redeeming the time, because the days are evil.
17 Wherefore be ye not unwise, but understanding what the will of the Lord is.
The word redeeming in this text has to do with the best use of time. We are to be vigilant and wise. The Word of God is Wisdom. We are to be on alert to prevent deception, traditions of men and doctrines of demons from our thinking. To be unwise is to not be vigilant and treat our Christian walk as part of our life, not our life. When we believe a lie, we do not know the will of God. Do we test all that we see and all that we hear as to if it is the Truth? As we come to understand the will of God are we quick to do it being both willing and obedient?
Isaiah 1:19-20 (KJV)
19 If ye be willing and obedient, ye shall eat the good of the land:
20 But if ye refuse and rebel, ye shall be devoured with the sword: for the mouth of the LORD hath spoken it.
What is the condition of our heart as we go about the business of the Kingdom? Which verse applies to me, to you, nineteen or twenty? This Book of Jude deals with our faith, meaning not only believing but what we believe. It also deals with the much debated, divisive, and toxic idea of once saved always saved.
Now, let’s delve into our primary Bible text in the Book of Jude. Be sure you are reading out loud, yes, out loud, you know why.
Jude 1:3-5 (KJV)
3 Beloved, when I gave all diligence to write unto you of the common salvation, it was needful for me to write unto you, and exhort you that ye should earnestly contend for the faith which was once delivered unto the saints.
4 For there are certain men crept in unawares, who were before of old ordained to this condemnation, ungodly men, turning the grace of our God into lasciviousness, and denying the only Lord God, and our Lord Jesus Christ.
5 I will therefore put you in remembrance, though ye once knew this, how that the Lord, having saved the people out of the land of Egypt, afterward destroyed them that believed not.
I want to return to verse four again and the denying of our Lord. It appears on the surface that these men would convince others to actually deny the Lord and of course that has happened with false faiths like Jehovah Witnesses and the Mormons. In addition, the word “deny” can mean to contradict, disavow, reject, abnegate, deny, or refuse according to Strong’s Talking Greek & Hebrew Dictionary. So, what in the world does abnegate mean? It means to give up (rights or a claim); renounce or to deny (something) to oneself. Many contradict the Word of God with believing that God is orchestrating everything in everyone’s lives, what I often refer to as the God in control myth. Many believe that we must ask God to do His will and then wait for Him to do it. That contradicts Scripture. Those are two huge false doctrines in the body of Christ that accounts for massive failure in the Church as a whole and individual lives. You can see why Jude is adamant in exhorting the Church to earnestly contend for the faith, the Truth.
Lord willing, I will pick up right here next week. The Lord is good, very good, He is just and He cannot lie.
By: Dr. David R. Wood, Author, Bible Teacher, and Prophetic Voice
2 Chronicles 20:20 b (KJV)
20 … Believe in the LORD your God, so shall ye be established; believe his prophets, so shall ye prosper. (Bold added)
Ecclesiastes 12:13-14 (KJV)
13 Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter: Fear God, and keep his commandments: for this is the whole duty of man. (Bold added)
14 For God shall bring every work into judgment, with every secret thing, whether it be good, or whether it be evil.
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