Vs. 5-6 Jude reminds his readers of the bondage and slavery that God has rescued them from but warns that even though they have been rescued , Gods wrath will not escape them if they do not continue to be faithful to him!
What bondage and slavery has God set me free from? Think about the sin that God has saved me from!
Why would I ever want to turn away from God and go back to my worst days?
When I give temptation a foot hold in my heart and start desiring the things of this world, I have lost perspective and forgotten from what depths God has saved me!
Satan wants me to forget.
He wants me to think that my life was not that bad.
He wants me to think that sin is not as damaging as it really is.
Sin destroys relationships, it will wreck my marriage, harden my hearts and separates me from God.
Vs. 7 Jude use the worst example in history of sin and depravity in his reference to Sodom & Gomorrah. It is an example to me of how much God truly hates sexual sins and to what lengths he will go to remove it!
We have become a sexual explicit culture and the boundaries of what is descent and appropriate are being challenged by the world.
How am I separating my self from this world.
Am I compromising my convictions by what I allow myself to watch on tv or listen to on the radio?
Temptation leads to sin and sin in my life that goes unchecked and unrepented of only leads to more sin. Once I give my heart over to the desire of sin it is never enough. Eventually it separates me from God.
Judgment is coming and those who live like this (Galatians 5;19) will not inherit the kingdom of God!
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