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Judge Them by Their Fruit
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For works of darkness, but instead expose them, for it is shameful even to speak of the things that they do in secret. But when anything is exposed by the light, it becomes visible. For anything that comes visible is light. Therefore it says, awake, oh sleeper, and arise from the dead, and Christ will shine on you. Our culture says, that's mean and nasty, that's judgmental, that's not Christian. The Bible says, test the spirit, beware of false prophets, expose the deeds of darkness, refute those who contradict sound teaching. And now I will expose myself as a liar, because there's one more passage of scripture. And I said that was the last one. But I already told you that I am awake and frail and fragile individual Jude. Jude gives us this. He says, while I was making every effort to write you concerning our common salvation, I felt the need to write you and urge you to contend earnestly for the faith. To etbiego nidzamai to agonize greatly. To wrestle. The term is used in classical Greek for wrestlers who are engaged in combat. He says, I want you to engage in combat, to agonize greatly the faith that was once for all handed down to the saints. Why becau
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For works of darkness, but instead expose them, for it is shameful even to speak of the things that they do in secret. But when anything is exposed by the light, it becomes visible. For anything that comes visible is light. Therefore it says, awake, oh sleeper, and arise from the dead, and Christ will shine on you. Our culture says, that's mean and nasty, that's judgmental, that's not Christian. The Bible says, test the spirit, beware of false prophets, expose the deeds of darkness, refute those who contradict sound teaching. And now I will expose myself as a liar, because there's one more passage of scripture. And I said that was the last one. But I already told you that I am awake and frail and fragile individual Jude. Jude gives us this. He says, while I was making every effort to write you concerning our common salvation, I felt the need to write you and urge you to contend earnestly for the faith. To etbiego nidzamai to agonize greatly. To wrestle. The term is used in classical Greek for wrestlers who are engaged in combat. He says, I want you to engage in combat, to agonize greatly the faith that was once for all handed down to the saints. Why because certain persons have crept in unnoticed, those who were long beforehand marked out for this condemnation, ungodly persons who do two things. One turn the grace of God into lawlessness. That's bad living. And number two, deny our only Master and Lord Jesus Christ. That's bad teaching. Jude says, agonized greatly against false teachers. War with them, those who turn grace into lawlessness, and those who deny the essential truths of the Gospel. Agonize greatly in that field of combat. Wage war in that field of combat, refute those who contradict, expose their dark deeds, and hold firmly to that which is true. Why because we delight in the combat. No, because we delight in the truth. And there is a major difference between those two. Let us delight in the truth and beware of false prophets, and when you find them, show them much love, but no quarter. Let's pray