“Dear friends, although I was very eager to write to you about the salvation we share, I felt I had to write and urge you to contend for the faith that was once for all entrusted to the saints.” (Jude 3 NIV).
What has been will be again, what has been done will be done…
The epistle of Jude opens with urgency: a call to defend the faith against corrupting influences cloaked in spiritual disguise. Verses 1–13 outline a sobering picture of false teachers who twist grace into license and worship into selfservice. Jude’s words remain a vital blueprint for discernment and spiritual readiness for any church striving for holiness…
“So I’ll cherish the old rugged cross, Till my trophies at last I lay down; I will cling to the old rugged cross, And exchange it someday for a crown.” (Baptist Hymnal 93, 1956 Edition)
The refrain of the Hymn “The Old Rugged Cross” challenges us to embrace the significance of the cross and be…
“So then, let us not be like others, who are asleep, but let us be alert and self-controlled.” (1 Thessalonians 5:6 NIV).
Paul exhorts the Thessalonian church, “So then, let us not be like others, who are asleep, but let us be awake and sober” (1 Thessalonians 5:6). Readiness begins with spiritual alertness, a posture…
“for you know very well that the day of the Lord will come like a thief in the night.” (1 Thessalonians 5:2 NIV).
Paul uses the metaphor of a thief in the night to emphasise the unexpected nature of Christ’s return. It won’t be announced or predictable. This verse is a wake-up call, an urgent…
“Finally, brothers, we instructed you how to live in order to please God, as in fact you are living. Now we ask you and urge you in the Lord Jesus to do this more and more.” (1 Thessalonians 4:1 NIV).
Having commended the Thessalonian believers for their progressive growth in the Lord (1 Thess. 1:1-10),…