Contending for the Faith

The Holy Spirit will Dwell in You

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Jude 3-4, — “Beloved, when I gave all diligence to write unto you of the common salvation, it was needful for me to write unto you, and exhort you that ye should earnestly contend for the faith which was once delivered unto the saints. 4 For there are certain men crept in unawares, who were before of old ordained to this condemnation, ungodly men, turning the grace of our God into lasciviousness, and denying the only Lord God, and our Lord Jesus Christ.”

There is an intensified state of apostasy with men and women’s blasphemous denial of the Lord Jesus Christ by the globalist. They deny His Deity; virgin birth; vicarious death; victorious resurrection; glorious reign at the right hand of God and His coming again for His church.

The Bible tells us to earnestly “content for the faith which was once delivered unto the saints.” You must challenge false prophets and literally struggle for the truth of Jesus and the faith revealed unto the Apostles holding to the fundamental truths of God’s Word.

Rom 10:17, — “So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.”

Heb 11:6, — “But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him.”

The Apostle Jude cautions that certain ungodly men have crept in unawares turning the grace of God into lasciviousness; showing a desire for, or unseemly interest in, erotic sex, provoking lust. This is being done by their denials of Jesus and mocking His divine holiness.

2 Peter 2:1-3, “But there were false prophets also among the people, even as there shall be false teachers among you, who privily shall bring in damnable heresies, even denying the Lord that bought them, and bring upon themselves swift destruction.2 And many shall follow their pernicious ways; by reason of whom the way of truth shall be evil spoken of. 3 And through covetousness shall they with feigned words make merchandise of you: whose judgment now of a long time lingereth not, and their damnation slumbereth not.”

Peter describes the ungodly men revealed in Jude that operate in the last days. They will promote a religious system denial of the blood sacrifice of Jesus.

  • They will go the way of Cain.
  • They run greedily the way of Balaam, Numbers 22;
  • the way of the hireling, after rewards of men.
  • Perishing in the gainsaying of Core;
  • insurrection against God and His man Moses Numbers 16:10

Hebrew 5:4-6, “But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him. 5 So also Christ glorified not himself to be made an high priest; but he that said unto him, Thou art my Son, today have I begotten thee. 6 As he saith also in another place, Thou art a priest for ever after the order of Melchisedec.”