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.
Jud 1:6 And the angels which kept not their first
estate, but left their own habitation, he hath reserved in everlasting chains
under darkness unto the judgment of the great day.
Jud 1:7 Even as Sodom and Gomorrha, and the cities
about them in like manner, giving themselves over to fornication, and going
after strange flesh, are set forth for an example, suffering the vengeance of
eternal fire.
Jud 1:8 Likewise also these filthy dreamers defile
the flesh, despise dominion, and speak evil of dignities.
We can NEVER believe
that God does not punish evil. We are taught all about forgiveness and love,
but we can't forget that the forgiveness came with a HUGE price! That forgiveness wasn't free, that
forgiveness was bought with the BLOOD of GOD the Son. To think something so
incredibly costly was paid without a reason is ridiculous. Our Savior had to die to repair the breach
made by sin. Sin SEPARATES us from
God. Every act of sin separates us from
God.
God saved the slaves
out of Egypt but that did NOT mean they were all His. Some CHOSE to not believe in God's goodness.
Some chose not to believe that this world is temporary to eternity and all it's
anguish and heartache, all its insidious pain is momentary to eternity with
God. These people chose not to believe
in God even though they were SAVED by Him. Did they live? No. There is NO life after rejecting God, not for
any of us!
The angels who
rejected God are reserved for a final destruction, a final end. THE ANGELS who
rejected God have separated themselves from their Creator and there is NO real
life separate from God.
Sodom and Gomorrah-
cities of sin were completely and utterly destroyed without a trace of life
left. Truly an example of the annihilation in store for all those who choose
sin and separation from God.
Filthy dreamers
defiling flesh, despising dominion, speaking evil of dignitaries …. All SIN.
SIN separates us
from God. We cannot live unrepentant and sinning and expect to be God's.
We cannot embrace
sin willfully- excusing it, renaming it, calling it good. Our God is a
consuming fire and all sin will be wiped out by that fire. We cannot afford to ignore this part of God
in favor of love because this IS all a part of that LOVE.
Please Father help
us to realize the cost for You to reunite with us, to allow us to be
YOURS. The price You paid so we could
know love is more than we can fathom. We
need to understand that sin separates us from You and all sin will be done away
with. We need to fully realize Your
hatred for sin for the thing that separates us from YOU.
Help us. Save us.
All in YOUR LOVE.
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