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Sunday, December 16, 2007

the warning of ungodly teacher, remain in God's love

Jude 20But you, dear friends, build yourselves up in your most holy faith and pray in the Holy Spirit..this means we shouldnt pray jz for our own needs or wishes..but to pray with the most holy faith n guide from the holy spirit.do ask for forgiveness n give thanks to God=)
Jude 21..the mercy of Lord Jesus Christ will bring you eternal life.As you wait for his mercy, remain in God's love.

Although Jude was very eager to write to his readers about salvation, he felt that he must instead warn them about certain immoral men circulating among them who were perverting the grace of God . Apparently these false teachers were trying to convince believers that being saved by grace gave them license to sin since their sins would no longer be held against them. Jude thought it imperative that his readers be on guard against such men and be prepared to oppose their perverted teaching with the truth about God’s saving grace.

It has generally been assumed that these false teachers were Gnostics. Although this identification is no doubt correct, they must have been forerunners of fully developed, second-century Gnosticism

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