Active Participation

“But, beloved, remember ye the words which were spoken before of the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ; How that they told you there should be mockers in the last time, who should walk after their own ungodly lusts. These be they who separate themselves, sensual, having not the Spirit. But ye, beloved, building up yourselves on your most holy faith, praying in the Holy Ghost, Keep yourselves in the love of God, looking for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ unto eternal life” (Jude 17-21)

Remember what the Apostles of Jesus told you. There will be self-serving, lustful folks who will make fun of Christ and of your faith. Notice how these folks will not have the Spirit of Christ in them. They are not of the chosen, of the elect. They will freely choose to have nothing to do with God or you! Never forget, it is their choice to reject Christ and embrace sin!

But you choose differently. You choose to grow your faith. You choose to pray not by rote, but by Spirit!

Please note our active participation in all of this. We remember, we build our faith, we pray to God and keep ourselves in the love of God. We actively look for the mercy of our Lord and are searching for eternal life through Christ.

There is nothing passive or sedentary about our relationship and faith. God is nothing but a forward motion and we must keep up.

We are on His Holy Highway, the path of righteousness, judgment, and equity. This Holy Highway is the way, the truth and the life found in Jesus Christ.

God preserves His saints who travel His road and is a buckler to them that walk uprightly (Proverbs 2:8-9).

But there are evil men who leave the paths of uprightness, that walk in the ways of darkness; Who rejoice to do evil, and delight in the wicked (Proverbs 2:12-13).

But we are to take “hold of the paths of life. That thou mayest walk in the way of good men, and keep the paths of the righteous. For the upright shall dwell in the land, and the perfect shall remain in it. But the wicked shall be cut off from the earth, and the transgressors shall be rooted out of it.” (Proverbs 2: 19-22)

Just remember what the Apostles have already taught us in word and by example. Actively, diligently work to, “Keep yourselves in the love of God, looking for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ unto eternal life” and everything will alright.

Bill Hitchcock