| 'Contend earnestly for the faith.' Jude 3:1 |
| The Bible says: 'We must give the more earnest heed to the things we have heard, lest we drift away' (Hebrews 2:1 NKJV). The word 'drift' should set off alarm bells. Jesus pointed out that while the harvesters slept an enemy sowed weeds among the wheat. When they finally awoke they said, 'An enemy has done this' (Matthew 13:28 NKJV). Cancer begins with one unidentified, unchecked cell, and if left un-dealt with it can destroy your whole body. Hence Jude writes: 'Contend earnestly for the faith which was once for all delivered to the saints. For certain men have crept in unnoticed, who long ago were marked out for this condemnation, ungodly men, who turn the grace of our God into lewdness and deny the only Lord God and our Lord Jesus Christ' (Jude 3-4 NKJV). Note the words 'the faith which was once for all delivered to the saints.' Our methods may change, but our message never changes. Paul writes: 'The time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine' (2 Timothy 4:3 NKJV). Study the progression in the lives of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. Abraham's blessings came through a personal relationship with God. Isaac inherited his father's blessings. Not until the Philistines attacked him, did he go back and dig again the wells of his father Abraham and build an altar to the Lord. Finally Jacob, the third generation, came along and tried schemes and shortcuts to obtain God's blessing. Only when he had a life-changing encounter with God at Peniel, did he re-establish his life on the foundations laid by Abraham and Isaac. Let's keep the faith; let's give our children 'the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth.' |
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Bible in a Year: 2 Cor 1-4; Luke 22:63-71; Ps 39; Pr 21:9-13 | |
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