Do you to contend earnestly for the faith?

God's Judgment on the Ungodly

(Genesis 4:1-7; Romans 2:1-16)

3Beloved, although I made every effort to write you about the salvation we share, I felt it necessary to write and urge you to contend earnestly for the faith entrusted once for all to the saints. 4For certain men have crept in among you unnoticed—ungodly ones who were designated long ago for condemnation. They turn the grace of our God into a license for immorality, and they deny our only Master and Lord, Jesus Christ.

From Enduring Word:

“Upon other matters there are distinctions among believers, but yet there is a common salvation enjoyed by the Arminian as well as by the Calvinist, possessed by the Presbyterian as well as by the Episcopalian, prized by the Quaker as well as by the Baptist. Those who are in Christ are more near of kin than they know of, and their intense unity in deep essential truth is a greater force than most of them imagine: only give it scope and it will work wonders.” (Spurgeon)

Obviously, faithful missionaries and evangelists contend earnestly for the faith. But so does the Sunday School teacher or the home group leaders, who is faithful to the Scriptures. People like this contend for the faith just as much as a front-line missionary does, and each one of us should contend for the gospel wherever God puts us. (Guzik)

 “There is no other gospel, there will be none. Its content will be more fully understood, its implications will be developed, its predictions will be fulfilled; but it will never be supplemented or succeeded or supplanted.” (Erdman)

Cecilia and I belong to a Life Group. These are small group bible studies set up by our church in the homes of a group leader. The study questions are given out at church during Sunday services and the questions are based on that Sunday’s sermon.

Our Life group is run by a godly couple and we are blessed they open their home to the group. They are versed in the Bible and are very good teachers. 

I thank God for them being in our lives.

Do you to contend earnestly for the faith?

Blessings, David