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Henry: Welcome To Immerse: The
Daily Bible Reading Experience.
Day 50.
the letter to Jude.
This letter is from Jude, a slave of
Jesus Christ and a brother of James.
I am writing to all who have been called
by God the Father who loves you and keeps
you safe in the care of Jesus Christ.
May God give you more and
more mercy, peace and love.
Dear friends, I had been eagerly
planning to write to you about
the salvation we all share.
But now I find that I must write about
something else urging you to defend
the faith that God has entrusted
once for all time to his holy people.
I say this because some ungodly
people have warmed their way into your
churches saying that God's marvelous
grace allows us to live immoral lives.
The condemnation of such people was
recorded long ago for they have denied
our only master and Lord Jesus Christ.
So I want to remind you though you
already know these things, that Jesus
first rescued the nation of Israel
from Egypt, but later he destroyed
those who did not remain faithful.
And I remind you of the angels who
did not stay within the limits of
authority God gave them, but left
the place where they belonged.
God has kept them securely chained
in prisons of darkness, waiting
for the great day of judgment.
And don't forget Sodom and Gomorrah
and their neighboring towns, which
were filled with immorality in
every kind of sexual perversion.
Those cities were destroyed by
fire and serve as a warning of the
eternal fire of God's judgment.
In the same way, these people who
claim authority from their dreams
live immoral lives, defy authority
and scoff at supernatural beings.
But even Michael, one of the
mightiest of the angels did not dare
accuse the devil of blasphemy, but
simply said, the Lord rebuke you.
This took place when Michael was arguing
with the devil about Moses' body.
But these people scoff at
things they do not understand.
Like unthinking animals, they do whatever
their instincts tell them, and so they
bring about their own destruction.
What sorrow awaits them for,
they follow in the footsteps
of Kane who killed his brother.
Like Balaam, they deceive people
for money and like Cora, they
perish in their rebellion.
When these people eat with you in
your fellowship meals commemorating
the Lord's love, they are like
dangerous reefs that can shipwreck you.
They're like shameless shepherds
who care only for themselves.
They're like clouds blowing over
the land without giving any rain.
They're like trees and autumn that
are doubly dead for they bear no fruit
and have been pulled up by the roots.
They're like wild waves of
the sea churning up the foam
of their shameful deeds.
They're like wandering stars doomed
forever to blackest darkness.
Enoch who lived in the seventh
generation after Adam prophesied
about these people, he said, listen,
the Lord is coming with countless
thousands of his holy ones to execute
judgment on the people of the world.
He will convict every person of all
the ungodly things they have done,
and for all the insults that ungodly
sinners have spoken against him.
These people are grumbler and complainers
living only to satisfy their desires.
They brag loudly about themselves and
they flatter others to get what they want.
But you, my dear friends, must
remember what the apostles of
our Lord Jesus Christ predicted.
They told you that in the last times
there would be scoffers, whose purpose in
life is to satisfy their ungodly desires.
These people are the ones who
are creating divisions among you.
They follow their natural
instincts because they do not
have God's spirit in them.
But you dear friends, must build each
other up in your most holy faith.
Pray in the power of the Holy Spirit
and await the mercy of our Lord Jesus
Christ, who will bring you eternal life.
In this way, you will keep yourselves
safe in God's love, and you must show
mercy to those whose faith is wavering.
Rescue others by snatching them
from the flames of judgment.
Show Mercy to still others, but do
so with great caution, hating the
sins that contaminate their lives.
Now, all glory to God, who is able to
keep you from falling away and will
bring you with great joy into his
glorious presence without a single fault.
All glory to him.
Who alone is God our Savior,
through Jesus Christ, our Lord.
All Glory, majesty, power and authority
are his before all time, and in
the present and beyond all time.
Amen.
This concludes today's
Immer reading experience.
Thank you for joining us.