Jude 1, 2 Peter 1 – 3
Verse 4 from Jude is a stark warning:
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.
This is critical and why we must read our Bibles outside of church. How can we be certain about if we are getting the full story or Gospel unless we know. Don’t let other pollute you thoughts that the Bible has been edited for an agenda. I look at words and meanings, but it’s not there to fool us, but rather so we will know better.
I can’t say enough how important it is to be on guard for false teachings especially today. If we see this happening we are turning an eye from them and not pointing out inconsistencies. We need to be vigilant and ensure the body of Christ is not being fooled or lead astray. We cannot rely on someone else, but we have to do it ourselves! So read, pray and be attentive.
Verses 1:5 – 7 in 2 Peter is important to understand fully:
5 For this very reason, make every effort to supplement your faith with virtue, and virtue with knowledge, 6 and knowledge with self-control, and self-control with steadfastness, and steadfastness with godliness, 7 and godliness with brotherly affection, and brotherly affection with love.
To become full in Christ it comes in stages we cannot rely on one of these alone. One example is without virtue; John would say we are without God. We need to look at being whole with God, and that requires more than just going to church once a week. If we strive to follow this list we will be more closely connected with God and His will.
Verse 2:2 in 2 Peter gives us another warning of false teachers:
And many will follow their sensuality, and because of them the way of truth will be blasphemed.
I cannot stress how important it is NOT to follow false teachers or drift into what feels good. If we live on feelings alone we can quickly get lost down a rabbit trail of deceit. Use sex as an example, if feels good. If we follow feelings that the logic of it feels right creeps in and suddenly you are in an adulterous affair, because of feelings and not God’s will. The prosperity gospel is another one where our feelings cloud out the true will of God.
This of all things should be the most compelling reason to pick up your Bible each and every day to learn the Truth. Don’t fall into false teachings who have you following feelings more than the Holy Spirit. This is something that is today an onslaught on the church. More than ever ones are trying to cloud the meaning of God’s word to force an agenda of evil. Don’t believe me just look at the idea Jesus is fictional and not real. This crept in around the 1700’s. Honestly if He was not real don’t you thing the Jewish Rabbis or the Romans who were there would have exposed this lie? It’s evil creeping into our faith. Also, notice the date and what Luciferian cult started around that time.