Save Us From Ourselves.

Jud 1:14  And Enoch also, the seventh from Adam, prophesied of these, saying, Behold, the Lord cometh with ten thousands of his saints, 

Jud 1:15  To execute judgment upon all, and to convince all that are ungodly among them of all their ungodly deeds which they have ungodly committed, and of all their hard speeches which ungodly sinners have spoken against him. 

Jud 1:16  These are murmurers, complainers, walking after their own lusts; and their mouth speaketh great swelling words, having men's persons in admiration because of advantage. 

Do you do one or more of the following?

Murmur. Dict. a complaint made in a discreet or secretive way (secretively complaining, resentful, begrudging)

Complain. Dict. to express discontent or unhappiness about a situation (outwardly revealing your selfish discontent and unhappiness excessively)

Selfishly Lust.  Dict. to have a very strong desire to obtain something (selfishly motivated to act on your bases impulses to fulfil a desire you have for something in such a way you are putting your desires before God)

Brag. Dict. to talk with excessive pride about an achievement or possession (Selfishly promoting yourself, taking all the credit for things in place of glorifying God)

Sycophant (Flatter). Dict. a servile or obsequious person who flatters somebody powerful for personal gain (Being nice to those who can help you obtain things who you otherwise would not be nice to.)

We live in a world rife with murmuring, complaining, selfishness,  bragging, and flattery.  More so now than ever before we are surrounded by these things so much so they've become the norm. There is nothing thought wrong about a person voicing their displeasure constantly in any way they can. Being offended and offending others is non-stop. Self-importance has become our focus, our individual rights are our outcry. We want to force beliefs on others telling them they have to accept them or they are now haters. We fail to call wrongs wrong any more. We justify every single trait a person may have and ignore sin's degradation of mankind. Rather than allow a person to live in a state of remorse, a state of repentance for their many, and quite numerous flaws unique to themselves and shared with others- we tell them they've nothing to be repentant of, nothing at all. Every single thing they are - through no fault of their own is acceptable simply because they can't help the way they are, they just are. And before anyone who might be reading this thinks I'm talking specific traits I'm not, because ALL the flaws WE possess are in need of being surrendered to God. All our flaws and we all have many of them are to be recognized for what they are and rather than despair over our condition, we accept that we are flawed and strive to live to serve God and through God, serve others, not ourselves encouraging the flaws. We surrender every single part of ourselves to God. We may not comprehend why we were born with our flaws, I know I sure don't, we know we are encumbered by many, many years of existence in a sin tainted world where anything goes. Satan has used his evil influence to drag mankind into debauchery ever since the very first sin. Society has strived and failed over and over again to bring the love of God to the forefront, but they often have twisted God's love into something unrecognizable by God. Hate, fear, pain, all of this has been used through the years to oppress flaws of all kinds and this in turn is used by Satan to gain sympathy for the flaws so he can twist them into being good things, calling evil good and good evil.

Self.

We've put ourselves on a pedestal and proclaimed self is all that matters. Self above all is that standard raised high. Self above God has become more important than ever before in our world, and it's a lie that will destroy millions and millions of people.

God help us!

Keep us from the evil of self and all its many, many disguises.

Let us live in YOU, Jesus! You will return and prayerfully in my lifetime! You will come back to claim those who are Yours! You will reveal to every single person the truth, and reveal through Your judgment whether or not they've put You first, or themselves. You've warned us, You've let us know the truth beforehand and we make the choice to belong to You or not. Please, LORD, help us to see only the truth, please forgive us! Help us! Save us from ourselves! Please.

All in Your name, Jesus Christ, Lord and Savior, now and forever!