Contend For The Faith - Part 1

~ Walking In The Light ~

If you ever want a powerful defense for the Christian Faith, Jude is an excellent book of the Bible to refer too. Jude is one of the earthly brothers of Christ Jesus. He urges the importance of defending the faith.
This is not something new. There was much apostasy around the early Church, due to the many false teachers. Jude teaches and expounds the importance of not compromising the Word of God.
There are a lot of worldly influences that from the very beginning, have tried to twist the Bible and its teachings. Many have been deceived. This is still the case today. In addition, many worldly ways, concepts, and methods have crept into the Church. Some places of worship are looking just like the world. Their leadership, organizational structure, and what occurs during worship. If we closely examine the practices of many of our places of worship today, here are some of the things we will find:

• Jesus is not given the pre-eminence, but rather the leader of the group is reverenced more than the Lord.
• A deep reverence for the Lord is lacking.
• Many leaders focus on "building buildings". Little emphasis on building up the faith.
• Repentance doesn't seem to be primary, but rather making people feel comfortable in their sin.
• Denominational beliefs take precedence over the Word of God.
• Excessive focus on "giving money", or "planting seeds(money)" in their ministry, with a promise the giver will be blessed with more.
• Seeking God for His blessings, not worshipping Him because of who He is.

Jude urges us to "Contend For The Faith". What does this mean? "Contend" means to strive against difficulties, to be persistent and assert yourself.
Know that we are in the perilous "Last Days". Just look around you and see that God's Word is being fulfilled. Don't fear, but draw nigh to Him, and He will draw nigh to you.
In this Episode we begin to explore information about Jude, his epistle, and his reasons for why we must Contend For The Faith.
We will expand on this in Part 2.

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