Recovery Devotional 282 Doom Awaits the Ungodly

JMD Devotional 282 Jude 1:5-7 Doom Awaits the Ungodly

Now I want to remind you, though you were fully informed once for all, that though the Lord [at one time] delivered a people out of the land of Egypt, He subsequently destroyed those [of them] who did not believe [who refused to adhere to, trust in, and rely upon Him]. And angels who did not keep (care for, guard, and hold to) their own first place of power but abandoned their proper dwelling place--these He has reserved in custody in eternal chains (bonds) under the thick gloom of utter darkness until the judgment and doom of the great day. [The wicked are sentenced to suffer] just as Sodom and Gomorrah and the adjacent towns--which likewise gave themselves over to impurity and indulged in unnatural vice and sensual perversity--are laid out [in plain sight] as an exhibit of perpetual punishment [to warn] of everlasting fire.

Doom awaits the ungodly! This message is not heard clearly from a Church trying to be politically correct, or from moderate clergy trying to avoid offense or from you and I when ensnared by the ‘fear of man.’ God had every opportunity when He took a million Jews out of bondage in Egypt to set a precedent that would excuse people persisting in sin as long as they were a part of ‘His team’; such a notion appeals to our base judgment; but He slew most of that population! The Promised Land is for the faithful, God is not mocked! Jude was astounded that such false brethren would enter the Church, and worse, seek positions of leadership and teaching, leading many astray. In their liberal pride they twist doctrine as if it was child’s play; having no concept that what they are handling is more deadly and powerful than nitro.

Dear God,

It is so hard not to recast my ‘image’ of You into something more palatable to 21^st Century Christians: help me to abandon the image in favor of the Living God. You are Holy, unchanging, uncompromising: restore a proper fear and reverence in Your people; separate and purify us for Your service. I praise You because Your compassion, mercy and love is as immovable as Your righteous and holiness: may we never take that for granted. Give us the message that is appropriate for our day according to Your will and counsel; and give us the courage to speak it clearly, so that sinners be warned and that some may escape the wrath to come.

Amen

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