Jude 24-25: “Now to Him who is able to keep you from stumbling, and to present you faultless before the presence of His glory with exceeding joy, to God our Savior, who alone is wise, be glory and majesty, dominion and power, both now and forever. Amen.” When it says “faultless,” don’t get that wrong. It doesn’t say you are faultless, but that He is able to present you that way, by the work of Jesus Christ. And it will be “with exceeding joy,” not with trembling. It’s not a case of “Boy, I hope I’m going to make it! Verse 21 says, “Keep yourselves in the love of God” and verse 24 says, “He is able to keep you from stumbling.” You might say, “That sounds contradictory.” No, it’s not. Here’s the truth and the balance: He is able to keep you, but you have to be willing to be kept. If you’re not willing to be kept, if you’re not willing to cooperate, you’re not going to be kept. If you want to stumble, you’ll stumble! God has given you a free will. If you want to, you can continually disobey, and fall flat on your face and have to get picked up again and get brushed off and get forgiven again… Hey that’s no way to live and certainly no way to grow! But if you want to be kept, He’ll keep you
Posted on: Sun, 15 Sep 2013 14:22:21 +0000
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