Are you In Love?

"Keep yourselves in the love of God, waiting anxiously for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ to eternal life."--Jude 21.  Jude, one of the shortest books of the Bible consisting of one solitary chapter of 24 verses. This passage is a piece of encouragement for the few of those who are faithful to remain faithful because the true faith is under attack by those who have slipped in among us, the ungodly, those who reject authority, the unbelievers and those who came in the same way as those of Sodom and Gomorrah and so many others whose end is destruction.  In response to this, Christians are urged to keep falling in love but with what or whom?

Remain in love, God's love.  Some hear the term "in love" and think romantic feelings and the emotional bond they have to their mate, husband/wife, boyfriend/girlfriend, etc.  Here Jude is indeed urging Christians to remain in love but with someone else, GOD!  Jude says we must keep ourselves in the love of God.

Remain in love, God's love. Jude shows us how to keep ourselves in the love of God. Jude 20-23 says we are to build ourselves up on our "most holy faith" and we must pray in the Holy Spirit. We must have mercy on those who are doubting and save others snatching them out of the fire, and on some have mercy with fear. According to The Bible Knowledge Commentary, fear here means caution due to the fact that even their garment is polluted by the flesh (this means we must exercise caution due to the severity of the sin in their lives that has produced the stench of death).

Remain in love, God's love.  Why does Jude urge us with such exaggerated language? Well we as Christians need to understand those who are wolves in sheep's clothing are among us even as you read this devo. And worse some of our own brethren are falling victim to what these ungodly people are teaching. This is why we must keep falling in love beginning by falling to our knees in prayer.

Remain in love, God's love. It's a scary thought that the people described in Jude have made their way into our numbers. As told in Jude 3, we must earnestly contend for the faith which was once for all handed down to the saints. Jude also tells us these ungodly men have slipped in unnoticed. We must be alert and most importantly we must remain in love, God's love.  Do so by putting His Word into practice. Remaining in God's love begins by obeying His commands. I will deal more with this tomorrow night.

DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT! PRAY ABOUT IT! LOVE Y'ALL! GOD BLESS!