Larry the Lubber

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Judas (Jude), the brother of James and slave of Jesus the Anointed One warns, “Certain individuals whose condemnation was written about long ago have secretly slipped in among you. They are ungodly people, who pervert the grace of our Father into a license to practice immorality and deny our blessed Anointed One, our only Sovereign and Lord. I remind you that at one time our Father delivered his people, but later 250 Israelite men, well-known community leaders, were appointed members of the council. They rose up and came as a group to oppose Moses and Aaron. ‘The whole community is holy,’ they said, ‘every one of us. The Lord is with us!’

But our Maker replied, ‘The Lord will show who belongs to me and who is holy. Separate yourselves from this assembly so I can put an end to them.’

Though you already know this, I remind you of a most sobering historical event—when fire issued forth from the Lord and consumed the 250 men involved in Korah’s rebellion. This cataclysmic judgment serves as an enduring warning.

For the spirit of Korah, that audacious spirit of rebellion, lurks among us even now. Indeed, there are those who partake in our love feasts, our Lord’s table, with an untroubled conscience. They are blemishes upon our gatherings—self-serving shepherds who care only for their own gratification.

If our Father could command the earth to open and swallow whole families—men, women, children, and infants—how, I ask, will He regard those among us who show such flagrant contempt for His holiness? Should we not distance ourselves from those who, with no fear or reverence for our Father, amass followers to challenge His authority?

Thus, in firm concord with Judas, the brother of our Lord, and the esteemed Apostle Paul, let us extricate ourselves from these rebellious elements who distort the grace of our Father into a mere pretext for immorality. Let us strive to be holy, as our Lord Jesus is holy.

Jude 1:4-11, Numbers 16:5, 20, 35, Corinthians 6:17, Isaiah 52:11