Not Having the Spirit

Mockers in the last time.

Jud 1:17 But, beloved, remember ye the words which were spoken before of the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ;

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.

A mocker is one who scorns and has contempt for others. A mocker is someone who makes fun of others. A mocker walking after their own ungodly lusts are those who separate themselves from the godly, they are sensual and they do NOT have the Spirit.

This world is FILLED to the brim with mockers. You can hardly turn around without someone mocking someone else. The scorn for religion is so great I can honestly sit here and say that it's worse than it's ever been in my life time of 56 years.

Living to please yourself and nothing else is high on the list of life lessons today. The sensual -  those who relate to the physical over the spiritual far outnumber the later. We have entire education systems geared towards promoting the physical over the spiritual. Our children are taught that they need to have their feelings validated- without a concept of any feeling being right or wrong. The thing is, our feelings often stem from our thoughts and surely everyone will agree we can have wrong thoughts, right? RIGHT? If a murderer is contemplating murder would you agree they are having thoughts that are wrong to have? You would NOT encourage a murderer to validate their feelings by continuing on with them, embracing them, letting them direct their future actions. If we can cite one instance of a wrong thought leading to wrong feelings, or vice versa- surely it has to be agreed there can be many more instances of this same thing.  Yet we have stopped dead in our tracks the idea of anyone's  sensual feelings being wrong, they think in a certain way and as a result feel in a certain way and we don't care if it is right or wrong any longer. We say it doesn't matter, it is the way it is, no one can help what they are, think, feel and we've taken away any standard of right and wrong to accommodate everything. This is the world we are living in. A very, very sensually focused world that could care less about the Holy Spirit.

People are pained because of injustice. People are horrified by the way some people have been allowed to be beaten and abused because of their sensuality. You know what? I'm horrified and pained too. VIOLENCE in any form is never acceptable. However, you don't do away with the root cause of wrongness because of the wrongness heaped upon top of it. The wrong shouldn't turn into right because the wrong has been wronged. Yet that is what we've done. Instead of keeping the truth of the original wrong and punishing the ones who wrong the wrong, we have labeled the wrong right and it's allowed the wrong of the wrong to be the only wrong.  Yes, a bit of a tongue twisted and a concept that is a touch convoluted but it's truth.

If you stop a murderer from murdering in a way that is purely humane and just without wronging towards them in the process, would that be considered a bad thing? If you abuse the murderer to stop them, your abuse is wrong. However your abuse of the murderer did not make the murderer suddenly right in their actions of murder. 

I know I'm using murder as an example but there are many, many things that are sensual and by that I mean pleasing to mankind in some way that is not spiritual. Pleasing self is NOT our primary life's goal. Not if you comprehend that the life you are living now is temporary to eternity.

Too many people do not comprehend this fact, they believe in the lies of Satan which have convinced the masses they automatically go to heaven when they die. Lies. Lies that are believed by many. People live unconcerned with eternity. Those who do not believe in heaven often believe in no God at all, no eternity and they solely concern themselves with living for their own self-pleasing. They want to be content now, happy now, feel good now, and to this end they indulge in self-focused living- not Spiritual living.

Ecc_12:13  Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter: Fear God, and keep his commandments: for this is the whole duty of man.

Tit 2:11  For the grace of God that bringeth salvation hath appeared to all men, 

Tit 2:12  Teaching us that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live soberly, righteously, and godly, in this present world; 

Tit 2:13  Looking for that blessed hope, and the glorious appearing of the great God and our Saviour Jesus Christ

Right now we need to live SOBERLY, RIGHTEOUSHLY, GODLY and to do that we live for GOD, not for self. We live for God's will. We hold fast to God's commandments for our lives. We live spiritually not sensually.

We have to build ourselves up on our most holy faith. We need to pray in the Holy Spirit. We need to keep ourselves in the love of God. We have to look for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ. All by HIS love!

Jud 1:17 But, beloved, remember ye the words which were spoken before of the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ;

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.

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.

Jud 1:24 Now unto him that is able to keep you from falling, and to present you faultless before the presence of his glory with exceeding joy,

Jud 1:25 To the only wise God our Saviour, be glory and majesty, dominion and power, both now and ever. Amen.