June 25
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JUDE
1 Jude, a servant of Jesus Christ and brother of James. To those who are called, beloved in God the Father and kept for Jesus Christ:2 May mercy, peace, and love be multiplied to you.3 Beloved, although I was very eager to write to you about our common salvation, I found it necessary to write appealing to you to contend for the faith that was once for all delivered to the saints. 4 For certain people have crept in unnoticed who long ago were designated for this condemnation, ungodly people, who pervert the grace of our God into sensuality and deny our only Master and Lord, Jesus Christ.5 Now I want to remind you, although you once fully knew it, that Jesus, who saved a people out of the land of Egypt, afterward destroyed those who did not believe. 6 And the angels who did not stay within their own position of authority, but left their proper dwelling, he has kept in eternal chains under gloomy darkness until the judgment of the great day— 7 just as Sodom and Gomorrah and the surrounding cities, which likewise indulged in sexual immorality and pursued unnatural desire, serve as an example by undergoing a punishment of eternal fire. – Jude 1-7
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JUDE – A CALL TO DEFEND THE TRUTH THAT YOU RECEIVED
A poem inspired by these verses by ILMA
To all who have been called to serve the Lord Jesus Christ
May the grace of God and his blessings be doubly showered in your life
Remember the first time you have committed to receive God’s call?
You were diligent to follow him and persistent to respond to what is asked
The Lord renewed you and transformed your life when you heard the truth
Let us listen and act on his word so it will immediately take root.
Watch out for the many false teachings creeping into the body of Christ
Be ready to defend the truth that you received when you committed your life
The truth is the only thing that will set you free and keep you faithful to the Lord
Seek it first so that his kingdom will come and you can overcome this world
Expose any teaching that deviates from the gospel that you have first heard
Pursue your growth in your faith so you will have the confidence to defend it.
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REFLECTION
• Why do you think some Christians cannot even defend their faith?