Sounds Familiar

Jude 1:10

But these people blaspheme all that they do not understand, and they are destroyed by all that they, like unreasoning animals, understand instinctively.

Jude 1:16

These are grumblers, malcontents, following their own sinful desires; they are loud-mouthed boasters, showing favoritism to gain advantage.

Along with an onslaught of mixed metaphors there are words that sound eerily familiar.

I know nothing about the surrounding cities of Sodom and Gomorrah but it sounds like Los Angeles and New York City.

I don’t know what hidden reefs means or how a fruit tree can die twice but I can see other behaviors that sound familiar with what is going on in the world right now.

With God’s help perhaps I can do this; building yourselves up in your most holy faith and praying in the Holy Spirit, keep yourselves in the love of God, waiting for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ that leads to eternal life. And have mercy on those who doubt; 

Warning

1 John 2:19

They went out from us, but they were not of us; for if they had been of us, they would have continued with us. But they went out, that it might become plain that they all are not of us.

Are all in apostasy if their language and demeanor indicates they have an improper understanding of Christ?

Hebrews 10:30-31 English Standard Version

For we know him who said, “Vengeance is mine; I will repay.” And again, “The Lord will judge his people.” It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God.

Romans 11:23

And even they, if they do not continue in their unbelief, will be grafted in, for God has the power to graft them in again.

It is not for us to judge others and declare anyone unworthy of God’s gracious gift.

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