“For certain men whose condemnation was written about long ago have secretly slipped in among you. They are godless men, who change the grace of our God into a license for immorality and deny Jesus Christ our only Sovereign and Lord.” Jude 1:4
First, as you read this, do not limit your definition of immorality to sexual immorality. Lying and stealing are immoral too. In our world that is trending towards being “value free” we are like the proverbial “frog in the kettle”. Our definitions and values are changed slowly and we are cooked before we know it. The two words in this verse that jump out at me are grace and change. The verse says godless men change grace into license. The liberty and freedom that grace gives us is not a license that leads to licentiousness or anything else immoral. All disobedience begins with compromise. The values of the Ten Commandments and the teaching of Jesus do not need to evolve to adapt to the erosion of cultural values. Since they shouldn’t in a rapidly degrading society we will find ourselves in conflict with cultural norms. So what is o.k. or acceptable in our culture, even by law may be wrong for us. Our values are not changing. Grace does not expand, it covers, but it does not condone. Something to consider.
Prayerfully,
Pastor Fred
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