Aspects of The Perverse: (vss. 4,7)
Are among the church; even leaders in the church
Deny Jesus' sovereignty and Lordship over them
Twist God's grace into a license for immorality
Are strongly motivated by their ungodly imagination
Reject authority and pollute their bodies
Slander the spiritual realm even though they don't understand it
Do understand their animal instincts
Lash out at the rebuke of God rather than learn and change
Pursue influence among God's people for financial gain
Are jealous of God's leaders and resist following them
Are self-absorbed, without blessing, dead in sin
Uncontrollable, shameful, lost
Are grumblers, faultfinders, scoffers, braggarts and flatterers
Pursue their evil desires
Aspects of The Persevering: (v. 21)
Are God's holy people; called, loved and kept
Defend Biblical doctrine
Build each other up in a faith that features holiness
Pray in the presence and with the help of the Holy Spirit
Center their lives on loving as God loved
Anticipate Christ's mercy will bring them eternal life
Are merciful to unbelievers
Take action to share Christ with at-risk people
Are careful and discerning when engaging the ungodly
Find their greatest joy in Him ...
"... who is able to keep [them]from stumbling and to present [them]before His glorious presence without fault"
And they ascribe glory, majesty, power and authority to the only God, their Savior through the Lord Jesus Christ.
Jesus, in whom there is no perversion, will persevere in His glory, majesty, power and authority forevermore!
Amen?
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