Ministry Anointing Isaiah 50:1-9, Isaiah 61:1-4, Jeremiah 1:4-12
Saturday – June 29, 2024, Sivan 23, 5784
JUDE – PART FORTY-TWO
Video link: https://youtu.be/6SWEquRplkc
Greetings dear ones and welcome back to this instructive study of the Bible Book of Jude. Although this Book is short it is full of instruction for the wise.
Proverbs 9:9 (KJV)
9 Give instruction to a wise man, and he will be yet wiser: teach a just man, and he will increase in learning.
The main purpose in the mind of Jude when he sat down to write this letter (Epistle) was to impress upon them and us the importance of “earnestly” contending for and adhering to the faith (the Truth we are to believe) as it was delivered to and for us from the beginning. He goes into some detail of the dangers of not clinging to the faith as it was once delivered. Now we come to a most encouraging part of this Book of Jude and Scripture in general. He is giving us insight how to maintain our faith as given in the beginning and how to help others.
Now, let’s pick up with our primary Bible text for today. Please continue to read out loud.
Jude 1:20-25 (KJV)
20 But ye, beloved, building up yourselves on your most holy faith, praying in the Holy Ghost,
21 Keep yourselves in the love of God, looking for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ unto eternal life.
22 And of some have compassion, making a difference:
23 And others save with fear, pulling them out of the fire; hating even the garment spotted by the flesh.
24 Now unto him that is able to keep you from falling, and to present you faultless before the presence of his glory with exceeding joy,
25 To the only wise God our Saviour, be glory and majesty, dominion and power, both now and ever. Amen.
We are commanded in verse twenty-one to “keep yourselves in the love of God”. The word transliterated from Greek to English here is agapē. The way we keep ourselves in the love of God is to walk in love.
John 14:21 (KJV)
21 He that hath my commandments, and keepeth them, he it is that loveth me: and he that loveth me shall be loved of my Father, and I will love him, and will manifest myself to him.
Do you see how this works? When we love Him, that triggers an expression of His love back to us. Remember this love is at its core doing the Word of God, the commandments of God.
John 14:15 (KJV)
15 If ye love me, keep my commandments.
So, when we do according to the Word of God then God will do His part according to His very own Words. God will not violate His Word and work independent of us doing our part. That is a huge flaw in teaching today, that God is just going around doing things according to His own will as He pleases. Not true, period. We have the authority and He has the Power. Authority expressed according to the will of God in faith from our mouths will bring the response from God to accomplish whatever it is we have spoken. Each of us determine the course of our lives with our thoughts and the words of our mouths. God has a wonderful plan for everyone. Have we chosen and followed His plan or gone off His plan according to our own reasonings and lusts?
Lord willing, I will pick up right here next week. The Lord is good and He cannot lie!
By: Dr. David R. Wood, Author, Bible Teacher, and Prophetic Voice
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