June 26
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JUDE
8 Yet in like manner these people also, relying on their dreams, defile the flesh, reject authority, and blaspheme the glorious ones. 9 But when the archangel Michael, contending with the devil, was disputing about the body of Moses, he did not presume to pronounce a blasphemous judgment, but said, “The Lord rebuke you.” 10 But these people blaspheme all that they do not understand, and they are destroyed by all that they, like unreasoning animals, understand instinctively. 11 Woe to them! For they walked in the way of Cain and abandoned themselves for the sake of gain to Balaam’s error and perished in Korah’s rebellion. 12 These are hidden reefs at your love feasts, as they feast with you without fear, shepherds feeding themselves; waterless clouds, swept along by winds; fruitless trees in late autumn, twice dead, uprooted; 13 wild waves of the sea, casting up the foam of their own shame; wandering stars, for whom the gloom of utter darkness has been reserved forever. – Jude 8-13
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JUDE – THE FATE OF BLASPHEMERS
A poem inspired by these verses by ILMA
All those who do not know and serve the Lord
All they care about are the things of this world
They love to rely on their dreams and desires
They reject authority and blaspheme Jesus Christ
Because of their defiance and rejection of the Lord
God left them on their own cravings and love for the world.
Like animals, who do not know reason and follow their own instincts
These godless people will be punished and live in utter darkness
Because they don’t know God, they are easily swept by deceptions
They are fruitless and are superficial and blinded by delusions
They will forever live in shame and always wandering about
There is no stability in the way of the wicked for they reject God.
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REFLECTION
• Why do you think Jude warns us about blasphemy in these verses?
• What are some examples of blasphemy in our present days?