05/29/23 CHOOSE WISELY

05/29/23 CHOOSE WISELY

The fully convinced pagan follows his god fully, eagerly exterminating the children of the Living God.

The fully convinced Christian follows the True and Living God fully, 'til the extinguishing of his own life, in serving God and loving our enemies.

Then there are the people who love themselves, love pleasure, love the praise of men, love worldly position and honor, love the world and the things of the world but do not love God.

Jude refers to them as...
Jude 1:12-14
12 ... spots in your love feasts, while they feast with you without fear, serving only themselves. They are clouds without water, carried about by the winds; late autumn trees without fruit, twice dead, pulled up by the roots;
13 raging waves of the sea, foaming up their own shame; wandering stars for whom is reserved the blackness of darkness forever.

Jude tell us that Enoch, in the days before the world wide flood, prophesied of the people with misplaced love:
Jude 1:14-16
14 Now Enoch, the seventh from Adam, prophesied about these men also, saying, "Behold, the Lord comes with ten thousands of His saints,
15 to execute judgment on all, to convict all who are ungodly among them of all their ungodly deeds which they have committed in an ungodly way, and of all the harsh things which ungodly sinners have spoken against Him."
16 These are grumblers, complainers, walking according to their own lusts; and they mouth great swelling words, flattering people to gain advantage.

We have a choice today. We will either be committed to the god of this world or committed to our own advancement or committed to the will and work of God.

Choose ye this day whom you will serve, but as for me and my house, will serve the the Lord.