January 12, 2020

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Leaning into Jesus this year

• Beware, there will be those who slither in to your churches who have their own personal agendas.

• We need to be weary, but not "judge-y".

• We need to be about loving one another and loving the Lord.

• We need to forgive.

• The world will do what the world is supposed to be doing. Are we doing what we are supposed to?

• Part of our responsibility is to snatch the unsaved from the life of the world.

• Pray for the lost; tell those that will listen, about Jesus.

• We need to be prepared to tell others what the Lord has done for us. That is why our testimonies are so important.

• Nothing is going to change unless we decide to change and follow the orders the Lord has given us.

• Love the Lord your God with all your heart, mind, soul, and strength, and love others better than yourself, love one another, and share the gospel with those that need it.

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Today's Scriptures:

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​Jude 1:4-21

For some people, who were designated for this judgment long ago,[a] have come in by stealth; they are ungodly, turning the grace of our God into sensuality and denying Jesus Christ, our only Master and Lord.

Apostates: Past and Present

5 Now I want to remind you, although you came to know all these things once and for all, that Jesus[b] saved a people out of Egypt and later destroyed those who did not believe; 6 and the angels who did not keep their own position but abandoned their proper dwelling, he has kept in eternal chains in deep darkness for the judgment on the great day. 7 Likewise, Sodom and Gomorrah and the surrounding towns committed sexual immorality and perversions,[c] and serve as an example by undergoing the punishment of eternal fire.

8 In the same way these people—relying on their dreams—defile their flesh, reject authority, and slander glorious ones. 9 Yet when Michael the archangel was disputing with the devil in an argument about Moses’s body, he did not dare utter a slanderous condemnation against him but said, “The Lord rebuke you!” 10 But these people blaspheme anything they do not understand. And what they do understand by instinct—like irrational animals—by these things they are destroyed. 11 Woe to them! For they have gone the way of Cain, have plunged into Balaam’s error for profit, and have perished in Korah’s rebellion.

The Apostates’ Doom

12 These people are dangerous reefs[d] at your love feasts as they eat with you without reverence. They are shepherds who only look after themselves. They are waterless clouds carried along by winds; trees in late autumn—fruitless, twice dead and uprooted. 13 They are wild waves of the sea, foaming up their shameful deeds; wandering stars for whom the blackness of darkness is reserved forever.

14 It was about these that Enoch, in the seventh generation from Adam, prophesied: “Look! The Lord comes with tens of thousands of his holy ones 15 to execute judgment on all and to convict all the ungodly concerning all the ungodly acts that they have done in an ungodly way, and concerning all the harsh things ungodly sinners have said against him.” 16 These people are discontented grumblers, living according to their desires; their mouths utter arrogant words, flattering people for their own advantage.

17 But you, dear friends, remember what was predicted by the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ. 18 They told you, “In the end time there will be scoffers living according to their own ungodly desires.” 19 These people create divisions and are worldly, not having the Spirit.

Exhortation and Benediction

20 But you, dear friends, as you build yourselves up in your most holy faith, praying in the Holy Spirit, 21 keep yourselves in the love of God, waiting expectantly for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ for eternal life.