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July 15, 2013
What are the greatest threats the church faces today? Atheism? Postmodernity? No, argues Alistair Begg—the greatest threat facing the church is the weakening of its own will. The church which stands on the truth of the Gospel can withstand any challenge. If, however, Christians bend the Gospel to satisfy our desires or the desires of a secular culture, we will inevitably crumble and fall. The church’s resolve to live and proclaim the Gospel makes all the difference.
1Jude, a servant1 of Jesus Christ and brother of James,
aTo those who are called, bbeloved in God the Father and ckept for2 Jesus Christ:
2May dmercy, epeace, and love be multiplied to you.
3Beloved, although I was very eager to write to you about our fcommon salvation, I found it necessary to write appealing to you gto contend for the faith that was once for all delivered to the saints. 4For hcertain people ihave crept in unnoticed jwho long ago were designated for this condemnation, ungodly people, who pervert kthe grace of our God into sensuality and ldeny our only Master and Lord, Jesus Christ.
5Now I want mto remind you, although you once fully knew it, that nJesus, who saved3 a people out of the land of Egypt, oafterward destroyed those who did not believe. 6And pthe angels who did not stay within their own position of authority, but left their proper dwelling, he has kept in eternal chains under gloomy darkness until the judgment of the great day— 7just as qSodom and Gomorrah and rthe surrounding cities, which likewise indulged in sexual immorality and spursued unnatural desire,4 serve as an example by undergoing a punishment of eternal fire.
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