Jude : 3-7

The sin and doom of Godless men



3Dear 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. 4For certain men whose condemnation was written about[b] long ago have secretly slipped in among you. They are godless men, who change the grace of our God into a license for immorality and deny Jesus Christ our only Sovereign and Lord.
5Though you already know all this, I want to remind you that the Lord[c] delivered his people out of Egypt, but later destroyed those who did not believe. 6And the angels who did not keep their positions of authority but abandoned their own home—these he has kept in darkness, bound with everlasting chains for judgment on the great Day. 7In a similar way, Sodom and Gomorrah and the surrounding towns gave themselves up to sexual immorality and perversion. They serve as an example of those who suffer the punishment of eternal fire.





The 100 revs have also forgotten how seriously the writer of Jude speaks against all forms of immorality that will secretly slip in amongst us - but specifically mentions the sin of Sodom and Gomorrah as an example. We all know that the sin of Sodom was homosexuality and other immoral acts - but this is a direct reference to the result of this - punishment by eternal fire. The passage also warns us that people will try and get some form of licence to practice their immorality in the church by changing the grace of God..... yep that would be right! The 100 revs seem to think that God's grace allows sexual immorality into church. Sorry, not so! God is very careful to tell us to keep ourselves pure.