Monday, December 8, 2014

Compassion and Fear

Jud 1:20  But ye, beloved, building up yourselves on your most holy faith, praying in the Holy Ghost,
Jud 1:21  Keep yourselves in the love of God, looking for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ unto eternal life.
Jud 1:22  And of some have compassion, making a difference:
Jud 1:23  And others save with fear, pulling them out of the fire; hating even the garment spotted by the flesh.

 Building ourselves UP.

No, not stroking our own egos, but building ourselves up on our MOST HOLY FAITH.

We must build our faith, the most holy faith we are given by our SAVIOR.  We must build ourselves up on our most holy faith PRAYING in the Holy Ghost.  It is ONLY through the Holy Spirit we have a way to pray to our God the Father, and our God the Son.

Remember this--

Rom_8:26  Likewise the Spirit also helpeth our infirmities: for we know not what we should pray for as we ought: but the Spirit itself maketh intercession for us with groanings which cannot be uttered.

Is it any wonder we should be praying in the Holy Spirit? The Spirit makes INTERCESSION for us.

We must KEEP ourselves in the love of God.
We must LOOK for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ-  all the way to eternal life!

We need to have compassion on people- and it will make a difference. Even for those who seem least grateful to have our compassion there is a difference made. The difference is between God and them, it's not for us to question or worry about. 

With others, they ned MORE than compassion, they need fear- they need the reality of eternal life- the fact that NOT EVERYONE WILL OBTAIN eternal life, but only those who are Jesus'.  

When we read about 'pulling them out of the fire- hating even the garment spotted by the flesh'   we have to realize that the fire is the fate of NOT receiving eternal life. We have to PULL them out of that fire, that awful future of being burned to non-existence.  We have to HATE anything of the flesh that keep us from the SPIRIT.  There is a war between the flesh and the Spirit in each of us. 

Gal_5:17  For the flesh lusteth against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh: and these are contrary the one to the other: so that ye cannot do the things that ye would.

There is a fight between the Spirit and the flesh so is there any wonder we are to HATE even the garment spotted by the flesh?  Clothed in things of the flesh spiritually, kills us spiritually.   We cannot give sway to ANYTHING of the flesh!

Yet we do.

We need to REPENT.

We need to be CONVERTED.

We need the HOLY SPIRIT.

Please FATHER help us, save us and help us to bring YOUR truth to others.  If there are any we can give Your truth to, help us to do that, speak through us, let the Spirit live in us all by YOUR GRACE and MERCY, YOUR LOVE!


Help us!

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