Today’s Thought “Defection Within” G. Ward

 

Jude 1:4 “For certain persons have crept in unnoticed, those who were long beforehand marked out for this condemnation, ungodly persons who turn the grace of our God into licentiousness and deny our only Master and Lord, Jesus Christ.”

 

Christians seek to carry the good news of redemption regardless of a past unworthy of presentation. Moreover, theirs inspire any to “wait on the Lord” that enjoins them onto a peace misunderstood by most. Our spiritual institutions welcome every category of mankind to often forget the dissolution of worldly concepts is the accompaniment soon obscured by the best authoritative path (cf. Jn.14:6). Prior thoughts of success involves an aptitude for tasks embracing worship (cf.1 Cor.2:1-2), while forgetting that every progenitor of faith occupied sole reliance with Holy God operating through them, only requiring their availability, not talent or presumed giftedness.

Most places of worship rely on proficiency exemplified in secular work that designates these individuals leaders, while others are subject to humiliation as they endeavor the yardwork, cleaning and kitchen responsibilities. The “common salvation” mentioned by Jude (vs.3) sought promoting unity and fellowship without distinction. The vulnerability of man pursuant to the unadulterated words from God, extinguish ideas of vain philosophy proposed by many infiltrators that maintain frequency in most congregations. Real joy exists in an unrelenting demand to trust in the written guide that delivers eternal satisfaction vs. the next great party that corrupts.