Jude 1:1-5

Jud 1:1 Jude, the servant of Jesus Christ, and brother of James, to them that are sanctified by God the Father, and preserved in Jesus Christ, and called


To them that are sanctified by God the Father.
To them that are preserved in Jesus Christ.
To them that are called.


Made holy by God the Father
Preserved by God the Son
Called.


We ALL need to be made holy by God the Father, don't we? Is there any one at all that doesn't need this? We cannot make ourselves holy it's impossible. We can submit to God and He will make us holy. Jesus Christ will preserve us. We need preservation, don't we? How great would it be if we could be preserved say- like something frozen. Frozen in Christ, made holy by God the Father never changing, forever kept holy by God, forever preserved by Christ. It sounds so wonderful and it really is the only way. We can't make ourselves holy and we can't preserve ourselves- we can't save ourselves. We can only choose to be saved. People make choices every day- many who are ill make choices that affect whether or not their lives are prolonged. A person with a damaged heart can op to allow a surgeon to repair their heart- or they can choose not to allow that surgeon to do surgery. That choice may determine whether they live or die. They choose. We choose often - making decisions that affect our lives, the quality of our lives- our eternal life.


I want to be among THEM who are sanctified by God the Father, and preserved in Jesus Christ, and called.


Jud 1:1 Jude, the servant of Jesus Christ, and brother of James, to them that are sanctified by God the Father, and preserved in Jesus Christ, and called
Jud 1:2 Mercy unto you, and peace, and love, be multiplied.
Jud 1:3 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.


EARNESTLY contend for the faith which was once delivered to the saints.
We need to do this- contend for the faith. Fight for the faith, struggle for the faith. Living in the world we live in today even more so we need to contend for the faith that was GIVEN to the saints. Satan works diligently , untiringly using any and all he can.


Jud 1:4 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.


Jud 1:5 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.


We CANNOT forget that the people God saved--- were destroyed later for unbelief!


The Lord saved people from slavery to the Egyptians, He freed them from bondage. The Lord saves us from bondage to sin. Just as a lot of those who benefitted from being freed by God from Slavery were later DESTROYED because they chose not to believe in the God that saved them, all those who are freed from the bondage of sin and are given salvation and then go on to believe no longer will be destroyed.


People don’t want to hear that! People don't want to be alarmed, people don't want to listen to those they consider doomsayers. Yet, all through the Bible there are warnings, many, many warnings so is it any wonder we are to pay attention to these warnings, that we are to HEAR and TALK about these warnings? With the warnings comes the hope. The doomsayers are only proclaiming the doom in the hope of avoiding it, of having others avoid the doom. We must not forget those God freed were LATER destroyed because they lacked faith.


May God help us to heed the words He's given to us! May we learn and take His words to heart, trusting in Him to guide us, having faith forever in Him, always, only in Him!


Amen