Jude

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The Book of Jude may be the most relevant of the books of the New Testament concerning the present condition of the culture of America and perhaps of many of the unwitting Christian churches. By unwitting I mean the Christians may be somewhat unaware of the tremendous slide down into moral filth that is taking place and of the role that current Evangelical doctrine is playing in this degradation.

(11/6/2005) I had a heavy burden Sunday morning concerning the deterioration of the American culture, particularly concerning sexual indulgence. It is incredible that children in the primary grades are being introduced to the idea of sexual activity. This instruction is given because of the notion that somehow this will enable the children to have a normal, healthy life. However, the opposite is true. It will lead the youngsters into early experimentation with sexual intercourse in its various perverted forms. The result will not be psychological health but unwanted pregnancies, abortion, and venereal disease.

As a former public-school teacher and administrator I witnessed firsthand the early sex-education classes. The ridiculous aspect of such "education" was that the youngsters already knew where babies come from, so the money spent on such instruction was wasted, from my point of view. It did, however, elicit an interest in sexual activity, as suggested by the girl’s underwear draped around the girls’ restroom in the school.

As I see it, the overwhelming emphasis on sexual activity now filling our country is of Satan. Why? Because he and his demons cannot express their lusts in the spirit world. Unclean spirits must enter human beings, even children, and use people as vehicles through which they can express their uncontrollable lusts We know that abortion is murder in the sight of God. Abortion is the reason why the United States shall be visited with severe judgments in the coming days.

The desire for wealth, for power, and for sexual indulgence are chains that bind human beings, preventing them from finding God’s will for their life. Binding people with the chains of physical lust accomplishes Satan’s goals. He is inspiring American people to plunge into the cesspool of sexual indulgence. Young and old, pastors and congregations, stare at the pornographic spectacles on the Internet, not realizing that they are being hindered from entering the Kingdom of God.

I am under the impression that by the expression "many who are last shall be first," the Lord Jesus meant that in the days in which we are living there shall be many saints who will press forward until they attain to their predestined position on one of the thrones that will govern the works of God’s hands for eternity.

Two factors are making it possible for the development of such kings in our day: the bloodstained record of the saints who have gone before us and have laid the foundations of Christian doctrine, in preparation for the Gospel of the Kingdom that now is going forth. The second factor that is a necessary part of the development of God’s kings is the character that is being built as diligent disciples are fiercely resisting the demonic pressures in the areas of the pursuit of money, the pursuit of power, and especially in the area of sexual indulgence.

I have said in time past that the day would come when the temptations to sin would be so powerful we no longer could resist them, unless we truly are leading a sanctified, consecrated life. This day may well be here, as we see the drive to place pornographic filth on cell phones, thus making the most debased antics of adults visible to children.

Why are the Christian churches unable to stop the flood of moral degradation? The reason is, we are doing what Jude warned against. We have made Divine grace an excuse for immorality. We have emphasized, emphasized, emphasized that justification and our works, whether good or evil, are unrelated. So pastors and their congregations when they visit a motel check out the vilest films to watch in the privacy of their rooms (not to mention what they are doing in their homes in the midnight hours).

What a mighty, sustained effort is required if we are to resist Satan and his demons as they parade objects of lust in front of us! How many believers will be able to stand when they can gorge themselves on most perverted sexual behaviour—made readily available on their cell phones at all times and in all places. The resolve of people to resist the barrage of explicit sexual material is destroyed as the pulpits of America thunder that it does not matter how we behave because our behavior can never interfere with our free trip to Heaven.

No civilization has sunk into moral depravity, as is happening in America today, without being destroyed by the Lord. It may be we have gone past the point where our prayers will save our nation. Perhaps all we can do now is to save ourselves and our loved ones by turning away from the continual invitation to engage in sexual indulgence.

The demons of lust are powerful and murderous. This is why we witness the violence that is exhibited when homosexuals believe their agenda is being threatened. However the Lord Jesus Christ is more powerful than the demons. When we are tempted to succumb to inappropriate sexual activity we must call on Jesus for help. He will send His Spirit and strong angels until we are able to turn away from the chains of sexual indulgence.

In the evening service the suggestion was made that we pray for God to make a population of people our inheritance along with a designated area of the earth. These are the inheritance of our Lord Jesus Christ, and we ar coheirs with Him.

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