Living In Denial - Week 4

What do I have that the devil wants?

 

 

What should I be fighting for?

 

 

Who should I be fighting for?

 

 

Have I lost my fight?

 

 

 

 

Jude 1  

 

1 This letter is from Jude, a brother of James. I am a servant owned by Jesus Christ. I am writing to you who have been chosen by God the Father. You are kept for Jesus Christ. 

 

2 May you have much of God’s loving-kindness and peace and love.

 

3 Dear friends, I have been trying to write to you about what God did for us when He saved us from the punishment of sin. Now I must write to you and tell you to fight hard for the faith which was once and for all given to the holy people of God. 

 

4 Some sinful men have come into your church without anyone knowing it. They are living in sin and they speak of the loving-favor of God to cover up their sins. They have turned against our only Leader and Lord, Jesus Christ. Long ago it was written that these people would die in their sins.

 

8 In the same way, these men go on dreaming and sinning against their bodies. They respect no leaders. They speak bad against those who live in the heavens.

 

16 These men complain and are never happy with anything. They let their desires lead them into sin. When they talk about themselves, they make it sound as if they are great people. They show respect to people only to get something out of them.

 

17 Dear friends, you must remember the words spoken by the missionaries of our Lord Jesus Christ. 

 

18 They said, “In the last days there will be men who will laugh at the truth and will be led by their own sinful desires.” 

 

19 They are men who will make trouble by dividing people into groups against each other. Their minds are on the things of the world because they do not have the Holy Spirit.

 

20 Dear friends, you must become strong in your most holy faith. Let the Holy Spirit lead you as you pray. 

 

21 Keep yourselves in the love of God. Wait for life that lasts forever through the loving-kindness of our Lord Jesus Christ. 

 

22 Have loving-kindness for those who doubt. 

 

23 Save some by pulling them out of the fire. Have loving-kindness for others but also fear them. Be afraid of being led into doing their sins. Hate even the clothes that have touched sinful bodies.

 

24 There is One Who can keep you from falling and can bring you before Himself free from all sin. He can give you great joy as you stand before Him in His shining-greatness. 

 

 

 

 

Instead 

 

 

 

Wants  /  Needs 

 

 

 

Sin will take you farther than you ever expected to go; it will keep you longer than you ever intended to stay, and it will cost you more than you ever expected to pay.

 

 

 

One great power of sin is that it blinds men so that they do not recognize its true character.

— Andrew Murray

 

 

 

What do I need to hear right now?

 

 

 

His Anointing  /  His Approval 

 

 

 

Who has slipped into your circle? 

 

 

 

Most of us will never have an issue with the LOVE of God. Our issues will be with the LORDSHIP and LEADERSHIP of God. 

 

 

 

Faith

 

2 Timothy 4:7 — I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith.

 

 

 

Family 

 

Nehemiah 4:14 — And I looked and arose and said to the nobles and to the officials and to the rest of the people, “Do not be afraid of them. Remember the Lord, who is great and awesome, and fight for your brothers, your sons, your daughters, your wives, and your homes.”

 

 

 

The Church 

 

 

 

Them

 

 

 

You