1 Jude, a servant of Jesus Christ and brother of James,
To those who are called, beloved in God the Father and kept for Jesus Christ:
2 May mercy, peace, and love be multiplied to you. (Jude 1–2, RSV2CE)
I am called. I am beloved to God the Father. I am Kept for Jesus Christ by the Power of God. The Trinity wants to give me Mercy Peace and Love in abundance.
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For admission has been secretly gained by some who long ago were designated for this condemnation, ungodly persons who pervert the grace of our God into licentiousness and deny our only Master and Lord, Jesus Christ. (Jude 4, RSV2CE)
Depraved vile souls who choose to be ungodly (against God) They do not want His law, love, or design for them.
These people are Mocking, perverting, and distorting the Grace given (freedom from legalism) as a license to sin, immoral, living a life without thought of God and a life of excesses
They have sneaked in secretly and infiltrated the whole church (all denominations everywhere)
They are Designated for condemnation (will go to hell)
They Deny the Master and Lord, refuse to accept Lordship of Christ
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These are grumblers, malcontents, following their own passions, loud-mouthed boasters, flattering people to gain advantage. 18 they said to you, “In the last time there will be scoffers, following their own ungodly passions.” 19 It is these who set up divisions, worldly people, devoid of the Spirit. (Jude 16, 18-19 RSV2CE)
Grumblers: complaining in a bad tempered way
Malcontents: dissatisfied and rebellious
Follow their ungodly passions: let sin rule their mind heart and body
Loud mouthed boasters: exhorting their excessive pride, self satisfaction, in their perceived achievements, possessions and abilities.
Scoffers: scornfully mock those who love God and want to obey Him
Flatter people to gain advantage: do not care about others, they use others and manipulate to get their circumstances their way.
Worldly: divisive people that do not have the Spirit and cannot live by the Spirit.
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20 But you, beloved, build yourselves up on your most holy faith; pray in the Holy Spirit; 21 keep yourselves in the love of God; wait for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ unto eternal life. 22 And convince some, who doubt; 23 save some, by snatching them out of the fire; on some have mercy with fear, hating even the garment spotted by the flesh. (Jude 18–23, RSV2CE)
Build yourself on the Holy Faith
(Know it and choose to do it: communal faith of the People of God (liturgy), rooted in the sacraments, sustained by constant prayer and the Word, and expressed in love and service. It is the faith that makes us members of the Church of Christ and that calls us to build up the Body of Christ through our daily discipleship and obedience which is the fruit of transformation into holiness.)
Pray in the Holy Spirit
(Always submitted pray for help)
Keep in the Love of God
(Love God and love others in obedience to commands, which is love of God)
Wait for the Mercy of Christ
(Know he is coming back to get you)
Be witness
(convince, testify, have mercy on those with fear they could change you into f you are not careful, hating the flesh.)
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24 Now to him who is able to keep you from falling and to present you without blemish before the presence of his glory with rejoicing, 25 to the only God, our Savior through Jesus Christ our Lord, be glory, majesty, dominion, and authority, before all time and now and for ever. Amen. (Jude 24–25, RSV2CE)
God can keep me from falling
God can present me without blemish
I will be before the presence of His Glory
I will rejoice
To Jesus
The only God
The only Savior
The only Lord
The Christ
Be GLORY, MAJESTY, DOMINION, & AUTHORITY
Before all time, Now, and Forever!! ♾️ ETERNAL
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