LETTER OF JUDE (Part 4)

[Leonardo Von]

LETTER OF JUDE (Part 4)

a)    They corrupt the things that they know (like dumb beasts) and blaspheme what they don’t know (replace them for what they can, supposedly, control):

•    Jud 1:10 -> “But these men blaspheme whatever things they know not: and what things soever they naturally know, like dumb beasts, in these they are corrupted.”.

b)    As Cain, they follow the way of the selfish worship. 
Understand: Cain craved for being blessed apart his family and, even, apart the own Creator. He yearned for His boons, but not for His presence.
Cain’s path is the way of the proud. It is the man claiming his own justice, based on his good works. It is the man rebelling against the authority of the Creator in determining how to receive justice and salvation (Rom 10:1-4; Phil 3:3-12), replacing this for his own religion.
c)    As Balaam, loving the award of the injustice, they hasten toward their greed, to the point of straining to the extreme until find a way of cursing those who are a hindrance to the coveted award.
d)    As Core, they perish rebelling against those who Jesus put in their way to point out the right path to follow (see Hosea 2:7; Isa 5:5), denying their authority (deputized by Creator) and trying to take over their authority.

•    Jud 1:11 -> “Woe unto them! For they have gone in the way of Cain: and after the error of Balaam they have for reward poured out themselves and have perished in the contradiction of Core.”

e)    They are spots or hidden reefs in the love feasts:
I.    Spots -> they taint the love feast, caring only about getting pleasure instead of focusing on increasing their communion with the members of the Church and helping the needy;
II.    Hidden reefs -> instead of serving as rock to support the oppressed (Isa 14:32), they hid themselves under the tribulation of the brethren, serving only to make them sink more and more in their sins, using their needs only to make money.
f)    They feed only themselves (Isa 56:11; Eze 34:2,3);
g)    They are waterless clouds, swept by winds. They go around the world preaching, but nobody has their thirst (of love, justice, peace, etc.) sated;
h)    They are tree twice dead:
I.    They don’t bear fruit;
II.    They are uprooted (don’t receive any nutrition);

•    Jud 1:12 -> “These are hidden reefs at your love feasts, as they feast with you without fear, shepherds feeding themselves; waterless clouds, swept along by winds; fruitless trees in late autumn, twice dead, uprooted”.

Have a good day. Tomorrow we will carry on.