Jude 23
New International Version
23 save others by snatching them from the fire; to others show mercy, mixed with fear—hating even the clothing stained by corrupted flesh.
In Bible study last night we went over what is sacred and what God sees as sacred.
We used a thought experiment if your house was about to flood what would you be willing to risk your life to save?
What is so important that you would be willing to die for?
What is sacred? The things of God are sacred.
I wrote a few weeks ago about how God sees life as sacred. God created us in His image as spiritual beings.
Jesus was sent on our behalf to snatch us from the fire of Hell that we all deserved due to our sins and crimes against the King of kings. His people lived as adulterers going after foreign gods and selfish ambition. The covenant made through Abraham trampled and was forgotten by the people of promise.
But God is faithful and throughout the ages, He always went after His bride (His chosen people or the lineage line to bring about the Messiah). God saved and forgave His people time and time again until the time was perfect for the Messiah. History was perfect to write His-story.
From Roman roads to a universal language in Greek, moderate religious freedom under Rome, the advancement in writing, and the timing of prophetic predictions, all made the task of spreading the gospel perfectly to ignite the epicenter of the world that would then spread to every continent.
An epicenter marked by a literal earthquake on the day of Jesus's crucifixion.
Jesus sacrificed Himself to be the atonement for our sins. He paid our debt that required a holy standard. A perfect standard in order to be in the presence of a holy perfect God.
God snatched us from the fire. He reached down in His incarnated form of the flesh and dwelt amongst us. His hand reaches out like in the midst of the storm as Peter began to slip beneath the sea.
God reaches out to save us but it requires a response. Peter understood he could not save himself even being a professional fisherman of the sea. He lapsed in faith and began to sink but in fear, he cries out “Lord, save me!” Immediately Jesus reaches out and saves Him.
Peter believed that Jesus could save him from the depths of the sea just as we should believe He can save us from the pit of Hell.
We are sacred in the eyes of God who gave His one and only Son to die and take our place on the cross. He has provided an escape from the fire. We must simply respond. If at all possible those who are perishing may we help save those within the fire as well by pointing them to the Savior.
New International Version
23 save others by snatching them from the fire; to others show mercy, mixed with fear—hating even the clothing stained by corrupted flesh.
In Bible study last night we went over what is sacred and what God sees as sacred.
We used a thought experiment if your house was about to flood what would you be willing to risk your life to save?
What is so important that you would be willing to die for?
What is sacred? The things of God are sacred.
I wrote a few weeks ago about how God sees life as sacred. God created us in His image as spiritual beings.
Jesus was sent on our behalf to snatch us from the fire of Hell that we all deserved due to our sins and crimes against the King of kings. His people lived as adulterers going after foreign gods and selfish ambition. The covenant made through Abraham trampled and was forgotten by the people of promise.
But God is faithful and throughout the ages, He always went after His bride (His chosen people or the lineage line to bring about the Messiah). God saved and forgave His people time and time again until the time was perfect for the Messiah. History was perfect to write His-story.
From Roman roads to a universal language in Greek, moderate religious freedom under Rome, the advancement in writing, and the timing of prophetic predictions, all made the task of spreading the gospel perfectly to ignite the epicenter of the world that would then spread to every continent.
An epicenter marked by a literal earthquake on the day of Jesus's crucifixion.
Jesus sacrificed Himself to be the atonement for our sins. He paid our debt that required a holy standard. A perfect standard in order to be in the presence of a holy perfect God.
God snatched us from the fire. He reached down in His incarnated form of the flesh and dwelt amongst us. His hand reaches out like in the midst of the storm as Peter began to slip beneath the sea.
God reaches out to save us but it requires a response. Peter understood he could not save himself even being a professional fisherman of the sea. He lapsed in faith and began to sink but in fear, he cries out “Lord, save me!” Immediately Jesus reaches out and saves Him.
Peter believed that Jesus could save him from the depths of the sea just as we should believe He can save us from the pit of Hell.
We are sacred in the eyes of God who gave His one and only Son to die and take our place on the cross. He has provided an escape from the fire. We must simply respond. If at all possible those who are perishing may we help save those within the fire as well by pointing them to the Savior.
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