Ye Should Earnestly Contend For The Faith Which Was Once Delivered Unto The Saints

[Walter and Deborah]

Tuesday 3-9-21 Adar 24, 5781 3rd. day of the weekly cycle, 79th. Winter Day

 

Greetings from Jude

 

◄ Jude One ►

 

King James Bible  Par ▾ 

 

James 1:1-1)

 

1Jude, the servant of Jesus Christ, and brother of James, to them that are sanctified by God the Father, and preserved in Jesus Christ, and called: 2Mercy unto you, and peace, and love, be multiplied.

Genesis 4:1-7; Romans 2:1-16)

3Beloved, when I gave all diligence to write unto you of the common salvation, it was needful for me to write unto you, and exhort you that ye should earnestly contend for the faith which was once delivered unto the saints. 4For there are certain men crept in unawares, who were before of old ordained to this condemnation, ungodly men, turning the grace of our God into lasciviousness, and denying the only Lord God, and our Lord Jesus Christ.

 

5I will therefore put you in remembrance, though ye once knew this, how that the Lord, having saved the people out of the land of Egypt, afterward destroyed them that believed not. 6And the angels which kept not their first estate, but left their own habitation, he hath reserved in everlasting chains under darkness unto the judgment of the great day. 7Even as Sodom and Gomorrha, and the cities about them in like manner, giving themselves over to fornication, and going after strange flesh, are set forth for an example, suffering the vengeance of eternal fire.

 

8Likewise also these filthy dreamers defile the flesh, despise dominion, and speak evil of dignities. 9Yet Michael the archangel, when contending with the devil he disputed about the body of Moses, durst not bring against him a railing accusation, but said, The Lord rebuke thee. 10But these speak evil of those things which they know not: but what they know naturally, as brute beasts, in those things they corrupt themselves. 11Woe unto them! for they have gone in the way of Cain, and ran greedily after the error of Balaam for reward, and perished in the gainsaying of Core. 12These are spots in your feasts of charity, when they feast with you, feeding themselves without fear: clouds they are without water, carried about of winds; trees whose fruit withereth, without fruit, twice dead, plucked up by the roots; 13Raging waves of the sea, foaming out their own shame; wandering stars, to whom is reserved the blackness of darkness for ever.

 

14And Enoch also, the seventh from Adam, prophesied of these, saying, Behold, the Lord cometh with ten thousands of his saints, 15To 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. 16These are murmurers, complainers, walking after their own lusts; and their mouth speaketh great swelling words, having men's persons in admiration because of advantage.

Hebrews 10:19-39)

17But, beloved, remember ye the words which were spoken before of the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ; 18How that they told you there should be mockers in the last time, who should walk after their own ungodly lusts. 19These be they who separate themselves, sensual, having not the Spirit. 20But ye, beloved, building up yourselves on your most holy faith, praying in the Holy Ghost, 21Keep yourselves in the love of God, looking for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ unto eternal life. 22And of some have compassion, making a difference: 23And others save with fear, pulling them out of the fire; hating even the garment spotted by the flesh.

Romans 11:33-36; Romans 16:25-27)

24Now unto him that is able to keep you from falling, and to present you faultless before the presence of his glory with exceeding joy, 25To the only wise God our Saviour, be glory and majesty, dominion and power, both now and ever. Amen.

 

Love always, Walter and Debbie

Edited March 9, 2021 by Walter and Deborah

[Worship Warriors]

15 hours ago, Walter and Deborah said:

Tuesday 3-9-21 Adar 24, 5781 3rd. day of the weekly cycle, 79th. Winter Day

 

Greetings from Jude

 

◄ Jude One ►

 

King James Bible  Par ▾ 

 

James 1:1-1)

 

1Jude, the servant of Jesus Christ, and brother of James, to them that are sanctified by God the Father, and preserved in Jesus Christ, and called: 2Mercy unto you, and peace, and love, be multiplied.

Genesis 4:1-7; Romans 2:1-16)

3Beloved, when I gave all diligence to write unto you of the common salvation, it was needful for me to write unto you, and exhort you that ye should earnestly contend for the faith which was once delivered unto the saints. 4For there are certain men crept in unawares, who were before of old ordained to this condemnation, ungodly men, turning the grace of our God into lasciviousness, and denying the only Lord God, and our Lord Jesus Christ.

 

5I will therefore put you in remembrance, though ye once knew this, how that the Lord, having saved the people out of the land of Egypt, afterward destroyed them that believed not. 6And the angels which kept not their first estate, but left their own habitation, he hath reserved in everlasting chains under darkness unto the judgment of the great day. 7Even as Sodom and Gomorrha, and the cities about them in like manner, giving themselves over to fornication, and going after strange flesh, are set forth for an example, suffering the vengeance of eternal fire.

 

8Likewise also these filthy dreamers defile the flesh, despise dominion, and speak evil of dignities. 9Yet Michael the archangel, when contending with the devil he disputed about the body of Moses, durst not bring against him a railing accusation, but said, The Lord rebuke thee. 10But these speak evil of those things which they know not: but what they know naturally, as brute beasts, in those things they corrupt themselves. 11Woe unto them! for they have gone in the way of Cain, and ran greedily after the error of Balaam for reward, and perished in the gainsaying of Core. 12These are spots in your feasts of charity, when they feast with you, feeding themselves without fear: clouds they are without water, carried about of winds; trees whose fruit withereth, without fruit, twice dead, plucked up by the roots; 13Raging waves of the sea, foaming out their own shame; wandering stars, to whom is reserved the blackness of darkness for ever.

 

14And Enoch also, the seventh from Adam, prophesied of these, saying, Behold, the Lord cometh with ten thousands of his saints, 15To 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. 16These are murmurers, complainers, walking after their own lusts; and their mouth speaketh great swelling words, having men's persons in admiration because of advantage.

Hebrews 10:19-39)

17But, beloved, remember ye the words which were spoken before of the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ; 18How that they told you there should be mockers in the last time, who should walk after their own ungodly lusts. 19These be they who separate themselves, sensual, having not the Spirit. 20But ye, beloved, building up yourselves on your most holy faith, praying in the Holy Ghost, 21Keep yourselves in the love of God, looking for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ unto eternal life. 22And of some have compassion, making a difference: 23And others save with fear, pulling them out of the fire; hating even the garment spotted by the flesh.

Romans 11:33-36; Romans 16:25-27)

24Now unto him that is able to keep you from falling, and to present you faultless before the presence of his glory with exceeding joy, 25To the only wise God our Saviour, be glory and majesty, dominion and power, both now and ever. Amen.

 

Love always, Walter and Debbie

Contending for the faith

The Christian life is not passive. Love for God does not automatically grow.Rather it diminishes unless we contend for it. Jesus said :seek to enter the narrow road. Hunger and thirst for righteousness. Paul said: press towards the prize of the high calling of God. Fight the good fight of faith. 

Jude now tells us giving all diligence. earnestly contend for the faith.

If we don't we may find ourselves going in the way of Cain. Cain allowed a root of offense to grow in his heart until it became wickedness and manifest itself into murder. or we may find ourself in the error of balaam who loved the wages of unrighteousness or perish in the rebellion of Korah.

But you beloved,  building up yourself in your most holy faith praying in the holy ghost, 

Keep yourself in the love of God

PRAY KEEP Looking longing for his return.

 

 

 

[Starise]

On 3/9/2021 at 10:45 AM, Walter and Deborah said:

3Beloved, when I gave all diligence to write unto you of the common salvation, it was needful for me to write unto you, and exhort you that ye should earnestly contend for the faith which was once delivered unto the saints. 4For there are certain men crept in unawares, who were before of old ordained to this condemnation, ungodly men, turning the grace of our God into lasciviousness, and denying the only Lord God, and our Lord Jesus Christ.

Later verses re enforce WHY we are to contend. Because false beliefs, false teachers and mockers abound, especially in the last days.

Contend- To struggle for is probably the closest translation used here in this context. If we believe and have faith why must we contend? Because our faith reaches out to the world. We are salt and light. Light shows the truth in a dark world. There are many lies in the world. One of our functions here is to REVEAL sin and false teaching. We must struggle to maintain truth. 

What happens if we stop contending? If viewed similar to a garden you must keep weeding for crops to grow. If we stop weeding the garden eventually the weeds will take over the good crops.

[Waggles]

1Corinthians 14:1  Follow after love; yet desire earnestly the spirituals, but rather that ye prophesy. 
14:2  For who speaketh in a tongue speaketh not to men, but to God; for no one heareth; but in spirit he speaketh mysteries. 
2 For one who speaks in a tongue speaks not to men but to God; for no one understands him, but he utters mysteries in the Spirit. 

Praying in the Spirit what a joy. 

[Worship Warriors]

On 3/15/2021 at 10:25 AM, Starise said:

Later verses re enforce WHY we are to contend. Because false beliefs, false teachers and mockers abound, especially in the last days.

Contend- To struggle for is probably the closest translation used here in this context. If we believe and have faith why must we contend? Because our faith reaches out to the world. We are salt and light. Light shows the truth in a dark world. There are many lies in the world. One of our functions here is to REVEAL sin and false teaching. We must struggle to maintain truth. 

What happens if we stop contending? If viewed similar to a garden you must keep weeding for crops to grow. If we stop weeding the garden eventually the weeds will take over the good crops.

False belief false teachers mockers in the last days.  Jesus said if it were possible they would deceive even the very elect.

So we must contend by building up yourself in the most Holy faith. The issue in the last days: we must grow in the intimate knowledge of Jesus and we must be able to rightly divide the worth of truth. Or else we will be deceived as darkness becomes darker.

[Unit 11]

Two things that come to my mind: Meditate on the word day & night, and pray without ceasing. (From the 1st Psalm and 1st Thessalonians 5)

 

[AnOrangeCat]

II Timothy 2:14-26 deals with contending and false teachers. It's lengthy so I won't copy/paste but it's really a good code of conduct to keep in mind when contending.