The Great Fight-Part I
There has never been a more needful hour than this, to write of the common salvation. Jude 3 states Beloved, when I gave all diligence to write unto you of the common salvation, it was needful for me to write unto you, and exhort you that ye should earnestly contend for the faith which was once delivered unto the saints.
The revisers of this portion of scripture handle the expression "it was needful", by saying," I was constrained" [ASV]. What was the urgency? What seemed to be the problem? What was all the fuss about? The answer, truth was under attack, and something had to be done. Jude says it’s time to "earnestly contend". Let's you and I say, as one commentator puts it, wage a real fight for the faith. Ready, set, let's go, go, go!!!
The faith was once delivered to the saints. It's not going to be redelivered. It's not going to become more relevant. It's not going to change in any way whatsoever than how it was once delivered to the saints. If you find yourself in any way, shape, or form whatsoever compromising on THE FAITH, I urge you to turn and join in the fight, stand up for right, be a soldier for Jesus.
Let me make myself a little clearer on what the war/fight is. It is this, John 3:5 is under attack, not to mention the entire word of God, but to undermine the essentialities of salvation, and the truth. Will we stand idly by as THE FAITH is under attack? Sure the war had already began in the book of Jude, and if apostasy had become so prevalent in Jude's hour, how much more should apostasy be noticed in this hour?
Jesus stated, Verily, Verily, or truly, truly, or amen, amen. Jesus said this is truth. "Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God". This means exactly what it says. You must be baptized [baptizo] means to immerse in water. We are "buried with him by baptism into death" Rom. 6:4.
Rom. 6:3 Know ye not that so many of us as were baptized into Jesus Christ were baptized into his death? That breaks up the trinity baptism. That breaks up infant baptism. That breaks up the doctrine of "no water baptism", as if that could even make sense. When you get baptized, it has to be in Jesus name, not titles/trinity, but in the name; Acts 2:38 "in the name of Jesus Christ". If I baptize you in the Father, according to Rom. 6:3 the Father would have had to die. The only problem with this is, the Father is eternal, He can't die. Why would I baptize you into a death that never occurred? Same goes for the Holy Ghost, the Holy Ghost is eternal. It cannot die, it has no beginning nor ending.
Everybody who was, is, and will be saved since the day of Pentecost, has and will be saved, by having been baptized in the name of Jesus Christ.
Let's earnestly contend for the faith. Let's fight for the truth. Let's stand for that which is right.
Vertically minded,
Rev. Tony Spell
The revisers of this portion of scripture handle the expression "it was needful", by saying," I was constrained" [ASV]. What was the urgency? What seemed to be the problem? What was all the fuss about? The answer, truth was under attack, and something had to be done. Jude says it’s time to "earnestly contend". Let's you and I say, as one commentator puts it, wage a real fight for the faith. Ready, set, let's go, go, go!!!
The faith was once delivered to the saints. It's not going to be redelivered. It's not going to become more relevant. It's not going to change in any way whatsoever than how it was once delivered to the saints. If you find yourself in any way, shape, or form whatsoever compromising on THE FAITH, I urge you to turn and join in the fight, stand up for right, be a soldier for Jesus.
Let me make myself a little clearer on what the war/fight is. It is this, John 3:5 is under attack, not to mention the entire word of God, but to undermine the essentialities of salvation, and the truth. Will we stand idly by as THE FAITH is under attack? Sure the war had already began in the book of Jude, and if apostasy had become so prevalent in Jude's hour, how much more should apostasy be noticed in this hour?
Jesus stated, Verily, Verily, or truly, truly, or amen, amen. Jesus said this is truth. "Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God". This means exactly what it says. You must be baptized [baptizo] means to immerse in water. We are "buried with him by baptism into death" Rom. 6:4.
Rom. 6:3 Know ye not that so many of us as were baptized into Jesus Christ were baptized into his death? That breaks up the trinity baptism. That breaks up infant baptism. That breaks up the doctrine of "no water baptism", as if that could even make sense. When you get baptized, it has to be in Jesus name, not titles/trinity, but in the name; Acts 2:38 "in the name of Jesus Christ". If I baptize you in the Father, according to Rom. 6:3 the Father would have had to die. The only problem with this is, the Father is eternal, He can't die. Why would I baptize you into a death that never occurred? Same goes for the Holy Ghost, the Holy Ghost is eternal. It cannot die, it has no beginning nor ending.
Everybody who was, is, and will be saved since the day of Pentecost, has and will be saved, by having been baptized in the name of Jesus Christ.
Let's earnestly contend for the faith. Let's fight for the truth. Let's stand for that which is right.
Vertically minded,
Rev. Tony Spell
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