Jude had this to say:
Beloved, while I was giving 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. For there are certain men who have crept in unawares, who were foreordained of old for this condemnation, ungodly men, turning the grace of our God into lasciviousness, and denying the only Lord God and our Lord Jesus Christ. ~JUDE 3,4
When Jude said, "For there are certain men who have crept in unawares..." he was echoing the very words of Jesus when he said to the religious leaders when he said, "Very truly I tell you Pharisees, anyone who does not enter the sheep pen by the gate, but climbs in by some other way, is a thief and a robber."
What can be more talk-worthy, more urgent, something that requires immediate action or given more attention than that of the salvation we share as believers? Will Jude found one_Apostasy, in all its forms, ideologies, and lifestyles.
Warnings that Peter echoed in 2 Peter 2, 2 Peter 3:14-18 by John in 1 John 4:1-6 and in 2 John 1:6-8, 3 John, Acts 20:28-30. By Paul 2 Timothy 4:1-5
and by Jesus himself in Luke 6:26, Matthew 7:15-20, Matthew 16:11-12, Matthew 23, Matthew 24:11-27. And even the prophets of old Ezekiel 13, Jeremiah 14:14, Jeremiah 23
So why is this prevalent, persistent, pervasive perversion not being spoken about? And why are leaders silent about it, even though it speaks loudly? And why would leaders throw stones at those who see the urgency to talk about and reveal these false prophets, preachers, and pastors? Why would they just be satisfied talking about and inviting people into this great salvation? Does anyone remember when we wanted our friend to come over as a child, our parents told us, "You better make sure my house is clean before you invite any of your friends over. This is not to say we are perfect because teaching perfection is as much a false teaching as any false ideology. But for sure, just as Jesus, Jude, and the other apostles and prophets did back then, today's church leaders, now more than ever, should see the urgency and be unequivocally clear about who lives and leads there and who doesn't, who is of us and who is not of us, who climbed in by another way or who entered in through the door, who is the Christ and who is the anti-Christ, who is the thief and who is the I Am. This is the Judeic Urgency.
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