Day 3 - Jude 1:17-25

17 But, dear friends, remember what the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ foretold.18 They said to you, “In the last times there will be scoffers who will follow their own ungodly desires.” 19 These are the people who divide you, who follow mere natural instincts and do not have the Spirit.
20 But you, dear friends, by building yourselves up in your most holy faith and praying in the Holy Spirit, 21 keep yourselves in God’s love as you wait for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ to bring you to eternal life.
22 Be merciful to those who doubt; 23 save others by snatching them from the fire;to others show mercy, mixed with fear—hating even the clothing stained by corrupted flesh.24 To him who is able to keep you from stumbling and to present you before his glorious presence without fault and with great joy— 25 to the only God our Savior be glory, majesty, power and authority, through Jesus Christ our Lord, before all ages, now and forevermore! Amen. 

Tori's Comments: 

"keep yourselves in God's love" interesting phrasing! Also a reminder that a relationship is two-sided, and that we should constantly be seeking to mature in the faith and grow closer to God.

"be merciful to those who doubt" Even in this God is loving and calls us to coat our actions in love! This whole paragraph reminds me that our brothers and sisters shouldn't be treated as a lost cause when they stumble.... they are family, and we should encourage them like Christ has been patient and loving to us.

Terrie's Comments:

When we are led by the Holy Spirit we will want to do things that promote unity in the Body of Jesus Christ.  We will be led by the Spirit and pray in the Holy Spirit.  We are to guard ourselves to be sure we keep our only hope fixed on Jesus Christ.  BUT there is good news... Jesus is able to keep us from stumbling.  He is able to present us before our glorious God without fault and WITH GREAT JOY.  He is the only God, Our savior... He gets all glory, all majesty, all power and ALL AUTHORITY through Jesus Christ our Lord before all time, NOW and FOREVERMORE!

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Day 2 - Jude 1:11-16

11 Woe to them! They have taken the way of Cain; they have rushed for profit into Balaam’s error; they have been destroyed in Korah’s rebellion.12 These people are blemishes at your love feasts, eating with you without the slightest qualm—shepherds who feed only themselves. They are clouds without rain, blown along by the wind; autumn trees, without fruit and uprooted—twice dead. 13 They are wild waves of the sea, foaming up their shame; wandering stars, for whom blackest darkness has been reserved forever.
14 Enoch, the seventh from Adam, prophesied about them: “See, the Lord is coming with thousands upon thousands of his holy ones 15 to judge everyone, and to convict all of them of all the ungodly acts they have committed in their ungodliness, and of all the defiant words ungodly sinners have spoken against him.” 16 These people are grumblers and faultfinders; they follow their own evil desires; they boast about themselves and flatter others for their own advantage.

Terrie's Comments:

We are saved by believing in Jesus Christ alone.  It is by grace we have been saved through faith, not of works so no man can boast.  We on our own are going to be judged and condemned... but there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus who do not follow their flesh but follow the Holy Spirit's leading in their lives.  

Tori's Comments:

We should be careful about those who we let speak into our lives, ensuring that they themselves are standing on the truth! 

This condemnation of selfishness has me so thankful for what Christ has done on the cross for us!

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Day 1 - Jude 1:1-10

1 Jude, a servant of Jesus Christ and a brother of James,To those who have been called, who are loved in God the Father and kept for Jesus Christ:2 Mercy, peace and love be yours in abundance.3 Dear friends, although I was very eager to write to you about the salvation we share, I felt compelled to write and urge you to contend for the faith that was once for all entrusted to God’s holy people. 4 For certain individuals whose condemnation was written about long ago have secretly slipped in among you.They are ungodly people, who pervert the grace of our God into a license for immorality and deny Jesus Christ our only Sovereign and Lord.5 Though you already know all this, I want to remind you that the Lord at one time delivered his people out of Egypt, but later destroyed those who did not believe.6 And the angels who did not keep their positions of authority but abandoned their proper dwelling—these he has kept in darkness, bound with everlasting chains for judgment on the great Day. 7 In a similar way, Sodom and Gomorrah and the surrounding towns gave themselves up to sexual immorality and perversion. They serve as an example of those who suffer the punishment of eternal fire.
8 In the very same way, on the strength of their dreams these ungodly people pollute their own bodies, reject authority and heap abuse on celestial beings. 9 But even the archangel Michael, when he was disputing with the devil about the body of Moses, did not himself dare to condemn him for slander but said, “The Lord rebuke you!” 10 Yet these people slander whatever they do not understand, and the very things they do understand by instinct—as irrational animals do—will destroy them.

Terrie's Comments:

Contend for the faith!  It is totally worth it all.  Don't forget that Jesus Christ is our only way to eternal life!  The grace that was provided through Jesus Christ at the time of his death and resurrection is only available with Jesus Christ.  It is a package deal.  You cannot separate what Jesus did from Grace... they go together.  We have unmerited favour with God because of what Jesus did at Calvary.  Do we sometimes want the benefits and blessings that are provided to us through Jesus Christ but forget then forget why we have access to them in the first place?

Tori's Comments:

Wow, lots of interesting stuff in here. My main takeaway is to be faithful and stand on the truth! The battle is already won, we just need to remember that :)

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