Spiritual Entitlement III
Jude 1:7 In a similar way, Sodom and Gormorah, and all the surrounding towns gave themselves up to sexual immorality and perversion. They serve as an example of those who suffer the punishment of eternal fire.
Remember that is relating these three examples to those godless men who have slipped in among the church and teach that the grace of God excludes a Christian from the penalty of sinning... grace is a license for immorality. This verse refers to the time when the men of Sodom would do the most heinous acts to fulfill their most depraved sexual desires. It had become so perverted and deviant, that God destroyed them with an unquenchable fire. They became an example of what will happen to those who are not only are debase but those who are arrogant enough to think that perverting God's way with corrupted lustful desires makes no difference if you have been once "saved". Eternal torment is their end, the Lord says.
K and A. know that you must be a follower of Christ, not just a believer. You must walk in the footsteps of Christ and carry your cross as he did. The decision to be saved is a daily working out of your salvation. Your "success" as a Christian is measured by how you void your being, (mind, soul, and body) of self and put on Christ. Never become arrogant in your position and think that you cannot fall away. Be careful lest you fall, for the power of the evil one is real and he looks to devour you. My prayer is that you overcome each day by the blood of the Lamb - Jesus, and by the word of your testimony.
~Dad
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