No doctrine of the Bible thrills my soul more than that of the Security of the Believer, that we are saved through Jesus Christ, atoned ONLY by His blood. In other Words, a person is saved only by and because of, Jesus plus NOTHING on our part. (1Co 1:7) “So that ye come behind in no gift; waiting for the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ: (8) Who shall also confirm you unto the end, that ye may be blameless in the day of our Lord Jesus Christ.”

(Rom 1:1) “Paul, a servant of Jesus Christ, called to be an apostle, separated unto the gospel of God,  (2)  (Which he had promised afore by his prophets in the holy scriptures,)”  How I wish that men and women looked upon the Word of God as Holy! If we saw the Scriptures as Holy, would we toss our Bibles around? Would men and women deal loosely in translating? Would preachers quit seeking a verse in various versions to support what they wish to teach? Both in the Old Testament and in the New it warns us regarding adding or subtracting from God’s Words. The Word of God IS Holy!

(1Jn 5:20) “And we know that the Son of God is come, and hath given us an understanding, that we may know him that is true,….” To know Him in truth, or  “Him that is true” is to know Him as He really is, not as we would like Him to be. So many who claim to know Him today really know Him as the god of their imagination. What they would say of Him is not to be trusted.  If you want to know Him, you must seek Him in His Word and accept Him as He is!

(1Jn 5:20) “And we know that the Son of God is come, and hath given us an understanding, that we may know him that is true,….” To know our God in TRUTH is to first be saved (which is to know Him as Father) and second to grow in the personal knowledge of Him through His Word – Jesus “Thy Word IS truth”.

(1Jn 5:20) “And we know that the Son of God is come, and hath given us an understanding, that we may know him that is true,….” Oh, to KNOW God – Him that is true – true in life (He is the living God) and true in Person (He does and says always that which is true)! One can only know Him through Jesus “….even in His Son Jesus Christ”! THAT is truth!

(Joh 20:6) “Then cometh Simon Peter following him, and went into the sepulchre, and seeth the linen clothes lie, (7) And the napkin, that was about his head, not lying with the linen clothes, but wrapped together in a place by itself. (8) Then went in also that other disciple, which came first to the sepulchre, and he saw, and believed.” Yet, we are told in Luke, (24:11)  “And their words seemed to them as idle tales, and they believed them not.”  So, what was it Peter and John believed? That He was no longer in the tomb! There’s a difference also between believing, the embracing of a fact –  He rose again from the dead – and being willing to turn from your sin and embrace the Savior as your only means of salvation! One results in being Born Again and the other does not! I had the one for seven years and was lost. Then I embraced the other – praise God!

Jude tells us to be “built up” in our “most holy faith”. The fourth way listed is, “… looking for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ unto eternal life.”Out strength is NOT ourselves, but the Lord. Look to Him. By the way, “mercy” is not needed by those without sin; but by sinners. My righteousness is not my own; but that of my merciful Savior! He applied it to me on the day of Salvation Experience.

Church attendance: can you be spiritual without it? Not if you have the power to get there! Attendance is not voluntary, but demanded: (Heb 10:24) “And let us consider one another to provoke unto love and to good works: (25)  Not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as the manner of some is; but exhorting one another: and so much the more, as ye see the day approaching.”  No person is spiritual who is disobedient to God.

Today we come back to Jude, verses 20-21 to see the ways we are to be “built up” in the Faith. The third way listed is, (Jud 1:21) “Keep yourselves in the love of God,”. How do we do this? Let the Lord Jesus answer: (Joh_14:21) “He that hath my commandments, and keepeth them, he it is that loveth me: and he that loveth me shall be loved of my Father, and I will love him, and will manifest myself to him.”

Jude verses 20-21 teach us how to be built up “…on our most holy faith”. The second way listed is, “ praying in the Holy Ghost,…” Only a saved person can do this. The Holy Spirit dwells within and seals the Born Again Child of God (Eph 1:13). We pray, and the Holy Spirit carries that message to the Father, through the Son: Rom 8:26  Likewise the Spirit also helpeth our infirmities: for we know not what we should pray for as we ought: but the Spirit itself maketh intercession for us with groanings which cannot be uttered”  Walk and talk with the Lord. Look how near He is to you all the time!