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Help I’ve Fallen And Can’t Get Up!
(Wan)
24 Now, to the one with enough power to prevent you from stumbling into sin and bring you faultless before his glorious presence to stand before him with ecstatic delight,
25 to the only God our Savior, through our Lord Jesus Christ, be endless glory and majesty, great power and authority—from before he created time, now, and throughout all the ages of eternity. Amen!
24 Now unto him that is able to keep you from falling, and to present you faultless before the presence of his glory with exceeding joy,
25 To the only wise God our Saviour, be glory and majesty, dominion and power, both now and ever. Amen.
The Passion Translation (About Jude (Judah))
ABOUT JUDE (JUDAH)The name of this book from the Greek text is Judas, which is taken from the Hebrew/Aramaic name Judah. The is the actual name of this book is Judah! One of the most neglected letters in the New Testament, Judah carries a message for every believer today: There is a truth worth fighting for. It is not only written to you, as one who loves the truth; it is also entrusted to you—to preserve, defend, contend, and struggle for.
Though Judah wrote to a specific community who had been influenced by false teachers and foreign ideas to the gospel, his warning to persevere in both believing in our faith and living out our faith is timeless—for the church has always had to contend with false teachers who have tried to pervert the message of God’s grace and distort the nature of our salvation.
How Can A Christian Avoid Falling?
Contend For The Faith
Jude 3 (AV)
3 Beloved, when I gave all diligence to write unto you of the common salvation, it was needful for me to write unto you, and exhort you that ye should earnestly contend for the faith which was once delivered unto the saints.
The International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, Revised (Contend; Contender; Contention; Contentious)
The Revised International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, (Contend; Contender; Contention; Contentious)
CONTEND; CONTENDER; In the OT “contend” usually translates Heb. rîḇ, “dispute” or “quarrel” (AV also “plead,” “strive,”“debate,” “chide”; NEB also “dispute,” “defy,” “fight,” “accuse,” etc.),
The International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, Revised (Contend; Contender; Contention; Contentious)
The word in Daniel 10:21 is a form of ḥāzaq,
“Be strong,” “take courage.”
21 But I will tell you what is inscribed in the writing of truth or the Book of Truth. There is no one who holds with me and strengthens himself against these [hostile spirit forces] except Michael, your prince [national guardian angel].
(Rob)
Fighting For Your Faith By any Means Necessary
2. Learn How To Identify Ungodly Christians
Take 3 Min on each Scripture
4 Some people have slipped in among you unnoticed. Not long ago they were condemned in writing for the following reason: They are people to whom God means nothing. They use God’s kindnessas an excuse for sexual freedom and deny our only Master and Lord, Jesus Christ.
8 Yet, in a similar way, the people who slipped in among you are dreamers. They contaminate their bodies with sin, reject the Lord’s authority, and insult his glory.
9 When the archangel Michael argued with the devil, they were arguing over the body of Moses. But Michael didn’t dare to hand down a judgment against the devil. Instead, Michael said, “May the Lord reprimand you!”
10 Whatever these people don’t understand, they insult. Like animals, which are creatures of instinct, they use whatever they know to destroy themselves.
16 These people complain, find fault, follow their own desires, say arrogant things, and flatter people in order to take advantage of them.
(WAN)
3. Remember The Words Of The Apostles
17 But remember, dear friends, that the apostles of our Master, Jesus Christ, told us this would happen:
18 “In the last days there will be people who don’t take these things seriously anymore. They’ll treat them like a joke, and make a religion of their own whims and lusts.”
19 These are the ones who split churches, thinking only of themselves. There’s nothing to them, no sign of the Spirit!
4. Build Yourselves Up In Your Most Holy Faith
(ROB)
20 But you, dear friends, carefully build yourselves up in this most holy faith by praying in the Holy Spirit,
21 staying right at the center of God’s love, keeping your arms open and outstretched, ready for the mercy of our Master, Jesus Christ. This is the unending life, the real life!
22 Go easy on those who hesitate in the faith.
23 Go after those who take the wrong way. Be tender with sinners, but not soft on sin. The sin itself stinks to high heaven.
The Holy Bible: King James Version Chapter 1
23 And others save with fear, pulling them out of the fire; hating even the garment spotted by the flesh
(WAN)
5. You can’t pull anyone out of what you haven’t been Built for!
Tell Your brother or sister
You’ve Been Built For This
24 Now unto him that is able to keep you from falling, and to present you faultless before the presence of his glory with exceeding joy,
25 To the only wise God our Saviour, be glory and majesty, dominion and power, both now and ever. Amen.
25 Now to him that is of power to stablish you according to my gospel, and the preaching of Jesus Christ, according to the revelation of the mystery, which was kept secret since the world began,
26 But now is made manifest, and by the scriptures of the prophets, according to the commandment of the everlasting God, made known to all nations for the obedience of faith:
27 To God only wise, be glory through Jesus Christ for ever. Amen.
20 Now unto him that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that worketh in us,
21 Unto him be glory in the church by Christ Jesus throughout all ages, world without end. Amen.
The point of these comparisons of scriptures thats known as Paul’s doxologies is to give us a deeper understanding that: We are to acknowledge God is able to keep us from falling.
In Jude 24–25 the prayer embedded in the praise of God’s ability is just what is needed to support the faithful who have been urged to expose themselves to the dangers of the heresy for the sake of mission
2 Peter & Jude (The Needs of Embattled Christians (24))
The needs of embattled Christians (24) Among the many things we could think of to pray for in the case of missionaries or ministers, Jude concentrates on two. But let us remember that his prayers are not just for professional ministers; rather, he envisions all faithful believers among his audience as called to deliver a missional ministry in dangerous surroundings.
(ROB) Final Point
We have A Need For Embattled Christians
First on Jude’s prayer agenda is the pressing need for the present: they must be “guarded from stumbling” (NIV: keep you from falling).
The language is metaphorical, transferring the vivid imagery of one traversing a precarious path, filled with pitfalls and dangerous obstacles to the life of faith with its peculiar hazards.
I Wonder if theres anyone besides me thats experienced some pitfalls in life that could have had you laying around still filling sorry for yourself!!!
57 But thanks be to God, which giveth us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.
14 Now thanks be unto God, which always causeth us to triumph in Christ, and maketh manifest the savour of his knowledge by us in every place.
2 Peter & Jude (The Needs of Embattled Christians (24))
The embedded prayer asks God to keep (or “guard”; the believer upright, safe and moving steadily along the path toward the goal.
2 Peter & Jude (The Needs of Embattled Christians (24))
to present you before his glorious presence without fault and with great joy. The language of “presentation” and “blamelessness” comes from the sphere of sacrifice.
The acceptable sacrificial animal was to be “blameless” The Lamb Of God..
Now we Know Ain’t none of us Blameless, there is fault, sin, weights etc.. in all of us. So how can we be presented blameless?
Tell Somebody its working Together for good
28 And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.
29 For whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brethren.
30 Moreover whom he did predestinate, them he also called: and whom he called, them he also justified: and whom he justified, them he also glorified.
Foreknow: To Have Previous knowledge
Predestinate: to foreordain a destiny
Conformed: to be similar or identical
Called: request to come & be present
Justified: Just as It never Happened
Glorified: to make glorius by bestowing honor, praise & admiration.
24 Now unto him that is able to keep you from falling, and to present you faultless before the presence of his glory with exceeding joy,
25 To the only wise God our Saviour, be glory and majesty, dominion and power, both now and ever. Amen.