Friday, October 7, 2016
False teachers
That there is false teaching in the world around us should come as no surprise. Since “the world around us” is generally understood to mean that which is apart from Christ and the community of believers is clear enough, so apart from Him what kind of teaching would we expect to find? The thing that has Jude writing a letter of this sort, is that these false teachers are within the Body of believers, passing themselves off as followers of Christ, while teaching people to rebel against Him.
Jesus died for all our sins
Jesus died for the sins of all Christians past, present and future sins. 1 Peter 2:24 says and He Himself bore our sins in his body on the cross so that we might die to sin and live to rightouness; for by His wounds were ye healed. Every sin you committed you were aware of as well as unaware of has been paid for by the Lord Jesus. God knows every sin you will commit in the future 1 John 3:20. In order for you to be saved every sin that you willl commit has been paid for by Jesus on the cross. 1 Peter 1: 9 says whosoever lacks these qualities is so nearsighted that he is blind, having forgotton that he was cleansed of his former sins. This means, if a man does not have a sufficient knowledge of God in him, he is blind concerning the kingdom of God. He cannot see heavenly things. 1 Peter 5-8 describes these qualities as virtue, knowledge,self control, steadfastness, godliness with brotherly affection, and love. If these are qualities of yours and are increasing in you they will keep you from being ineffective or unfruitful in the knowledge of the Lord Jesus.
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