HEY JUDE!

Hey Jude has been coming to my mind all week. I just finished reading the New Testament and decided to reread Revelation using my Fire Bible this time. There is a lot of deep stuff in Revelation.

So why Hey Jude? It is a really good Beatles song from way back in case you did not know. The Lord has put it in my mind every day this week, so I shared a little this morning on my Facebook page and felt led to re read Jude and then go back and read my journal.

So here is what I have decided I will just share my journal writing with you, which is probably just the Chapter written in my own words of sorts. Jude is only 1 Chapter, filled with powerful instructions if we will follow them.

The book of Jude was written by one of the half brothers of Jesus in case you did not know or were wondering. This is the general opinion. He never says he is a brother of Christs, but a slave. He does not claim to be an apostle either. Anyhoo, it does seem that he is in fact the half brother of Jesus. Enough of that here are my notes.

God’s truth does not change, we are to live holy lives. We should not continue to live immoral lives just because Christ has forgiven us of sin and will. We are to turn from our sin because he love us enough to lay down his life for ours.

He rescued the whole nation of Israel from Egypt, but destroyed everyone who did not remain faithful.

We must remember the Lord warned us of all the things that are happening around us now. Self indulgence, all kinds of perversion, bad becoming good and good becoming bad.

We are to continue to build our lives on the foundation of Christ. We are to be faithful, show mercy to others when their faith is wavering, rescue others from the fire(witness to them), but do not be contaminated by their sin.

I am reminded of the words from the ladies conference I attended this past weekend. I wrote the above notes at the end of March and had forgotten about them. Our Speaker told us to be careful of only being with other Christians, they do not need us to witness to them. The Lord came to heal the world. All the world. We must show God’s love to all. I do not believe that he would mistreat others when they did not agree with him. He would lovingly witness to them. That is our job to be a witness of Christ not to condemn, others that do not have the same beliefs as our selves. I do believe each one of us will answer for what we have and have not done.

I think that we are all guilty of being self centered at times. I am trying to be more aware of others and how I represent Christ to them. This does not mean I agree with their choices , it means I will love them with the love of Christ and pray for them. I will also pray that they will not try to conform me to their beliefs. I wish we did not live in a world with all the sins that are turning into normal. It will be this way with the world, but we who belong to Christ should remain faithful. In my mind that means certain things should not be allowed in church, as in certain behaviors but all people should be welcomed.

I pray that we who follow Christ, do so whole heartedly not just half way. I pray we can reach out to those around us without judgement and without temptation. I pray that if you are not a believer, that you know it is ok with me. It is not my job to force you to believe anything you don’t want to. Please treat everyone with kindness, the world would be a better place if we all stopped fighting to force are on way on each other and just be kind.

TAKE A SAD SONG AND MAKE IT BETTER!!!