Jude 20 - 24
"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.
A Prayer of Praise
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."
The final few verses of Jude contain some incredible grace truths.
The Bible is God’s love letter to us, his words of affection, commitment and reassurance.
Scripture’s truth is timeless, once we break free of legalism and see the goodness of God’s heart anointing our lives as we feast on its fullness.
Here in the last few words of the letter, the writer paints a portrait of all we have in Christ.
It is a vast, gracious expanse that cascades over the reader.
1 . Pray in the power of the Holy Spirit – The power of the Holy Spirit lives and works in every believer. We are united into the electricity supply of heaven. All the revitalizing energy of heaven is flowing into our spirit and permeating into our earthly bodies.
2. Show mercy to everyone – God in his mercy has showered us with every spiritual blessing in Christ. As we let his life work in us, we can rest in his goodness and mercy will flow out of our lives into everyone around us. This is not a work of the flesh but an overflow of the spirits wonderful life.
3. God is able to keep you – God is totally committed to us. We are his prized possession that he gave everything to purchase. His heart is abounding in loving-kindness and he has provided everything we need by his unmerited favour. He will keep us and never let us go.
4. He sees us without a single fault – Every moment of every day God looks at us and sees us as righteous. He sees Christ in us and we are holy and perfect in his sight.
5. He is the God of the past, the present and the future – There is nothing outside the scope of God’s abounding wonderful love. He holds time in his hands and Christ’s sacrifice on the cross, dealt with sin, once and forever. All sin, past, present and future sin was paid for at the cross and we are eternally forgiven.
Christ is a wonderful, majestic, glorious, victorious, gracious king and we are united with him, seated in heavenly places with him and the fullness of him dwells and lives in us.
It is hard to believe, totally incredible and it is all given to us freely by grace.
All we have to do is believe and receive the truth.
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