Once we have experienced a touch of God and have become followers of Jesus, most of us do not ever doubt who He is; The Son of The Living God. But many of us have doubts about what we can actually do in His name. We must read the Bible.
The most important thing we can do is live by what we read in the Bible, by taking daily readings to heart, using them during the day. In order to live by the Word of God we have to have it in our memories, we must know what it says.
We each can have that close personal relationship with Jesus that each disciple had. Sometimes when we read of His conversations with His disciples, we can feel the challenges they are sensing. Jesus brought to them a totally different way of thinking. He does the same for us today.
We must have leaders led by the Holy Spirit in our churches, be they small or mega churches. If the leaders are not hearing from Holy Spirit and teaching what is clear in The Bible, then someone must speak out, not to create division, but to seek the truth together.
Yesterday we talked about the effect satan is having on society. Peter says the same thing in a different way. Jude and Peter were both very close to Jesus, and their messages are similar. This verse from Peter, gives advice on how to keep the enemy out of our lives.
In one of my Bibles, these verses are titled A Call to Persevere. That in itself is a good message. We all need to be amongst those who persevere. Nowhere in the Bible does anyone indicate that Christianity is a smooth ride to Heaven. Rather, it is a constant battle.
If you have been a believer for any length of time you will have heard that the word church in the original Greek is ecclesia and means a body of people. It was never meant to refer to a building as it tends to for much of the world today.
Do you know people who fit this description? Those who are always ready to criticise, but deny that it is criticism? They will say it is not fault finding, but it is frustration at people not doing things correctly, or not taking the time to get things right!
The part of the book of Enoch quoted for us by Jude suggests it was included in the Hebrew scriptures. Enoch obviously had visions of the end times, and as I read this verse I am aware that there are many ungodly people planning horrific things in our world today.
We praise God that when Holy Spirit comes in power once more on the earth in the revival which has already begun, many of those churches will be delivered of their religious spirit. And their members will know they have been deceived and will turn to The Truth.
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