Keep ourselves...

Jud 1:18  How that they told you there should be mockers in the last time, who should walk after their own ungodly lusts. 

Jud 1:19  These be they who separate themselves, sensual, having not the Spirit. 

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. 

KEEP OURSELVES!

We can take ourselves OUT of the love of God make NO mistake. If we are told to keep ourselves IN the love of God, surely that means we can keep ourselves out of the love of God.

We have to look for the MERCY of our LORD JESUS CHRIST UNTO ETERNAL LIFE.

Does this mean we have the choice NOT to look for the mercy of our Savior unto eternal life?

We do. We have the choice to keep ourselves out of God's love, to keep ourselves from the mercy of our Savior.

Our Savior wants us to stay in His mercy, but He will never force us.

When Jesus Christ walked the earth people came to Him but many left Him as well.

Joh 6:60  Many therefore of his disciples, when they had heard this, said, This is an hard saying; who can hear it? 

Joh 6:66  From that time many of his disciples went back, and walked no more with him. 

Joh 6:67  Then said Jesus unto the twelve, Will ye also go away? 

Jesus was imparting truth to people, only truth and many could not bear to hear it. Outwardly they wanted to follow the 'Miracle Man' but inwardly when it came time to truly believe they left rather than stayed with Him. 

Jesus asked the twelve - 'Will ye also go away?' 

We know they didn't- well, all but Judas Iscariot did, but the rest did not.  They heard the words and believed on the One who gave those words to them. Did they fully comprehend it all? I don't believe they did, but they stayed, they trusted, they believed.

We need to choose to stay and if we aren't choosing CONSTANTLY to stay in Christ's mercy then we AREN'T in Christ's mercy. Satan will deceive us if we aren't vigilant-- to believe otherwise is to allow ourselves to get caught up in deception, the greatest deception that will steal eternal life from millions. Being deceived will be no excuse-

Mat 7:21  Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven. 

Mat 7:22  Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name? and in thy name have cast out devils? and in thy name done many wonderful works? 

Mat 7:23  And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity. 

The many were DECEIVED into believing they were the Lord's.

Please, Lord, please we do NOT want to be deceived! Save us from that deception, let us NOT be numbered among those you don't know!

Please, help us keep ourselves in YOUR LOVE looking for the MERCY of our LORD and SAVIOR, JESUS CHRIST, now and forever!