Jude 25 ALONE IN MAJESTY In these last days of grace in which we live, the dangers of which Jude warned of in his epistle have not gone away. Apostasy and all its deception, has increased to the extent that the evil behavior and blasphemous teaching that was of such concern to Jude, has become acceptable even in so-called Christian churches. Those to whom he wrote were vulnerable to doctrinal heresy and an immoral lifestyle. So are we. There were evidences of departure among the people of God then. There are evidences of departure among the people of God today. If we only looked at the darkness around us and the potential dangers within, we would despair. But God is unchanging and "God is still on His throne, and He will remember His own."
We are anxious to be "faultless" in His presence and to experience ourselves and bring to our Lord, "exceeding joy." But faith still empowers and encourages us to live, holy, righteous lives here. Faith enables us to experience joy now in spite of all the falsehood and immorality around us. Our commission has not changed and divine power has not lost on iota of its strength. eternal life has infinite worth and does not deteriorate in any way. Believers today must continue "possessing our possessions." It is our prerogative to live in the good of what we are in Christ and what we have in Him no matter what goes on around us. It is our privilege to carry out the commission and commands of our Lord so that the light of truth does not lose its brightness in any way. By earnestly contending for the faith, our responsibility to our Lord is able to be done. As we reject that which is false and promote that which is truth, our faith is stabilized and we can be a blessing to others. The defense of the truth sanctifies and protects us. And - He is able to keep us from falling and present us unto God - accepted in the Beloved.
The concluding lines of this doxology remind us of who it is we have the awesome privilege of representing. God our Savior is infinite in His wisdom. The Person to whom we give praise is The Truth we are called upon to present to our generation and the one following us. In His wisdom He is able to teach us the truth about Himself, what His kingdom is like and how people can enter that kingdom. He is our Savior in whom we trust. By His blood as the purchase prince for our redemption, He had bought us. Our Savior is "the Wisdom of God" and in Him are hid all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge. We are not here in this world as helpless victims of the end times. We are here as heralds of a new day about to dawn.
Our Savior is unsurpassed in glory - His own personal glory and the glory that surrounds Him. There is the brightness of light that comes from Him for He is the Source of light of every kind - moral, physical and spiritual. There is an excellence in Him that is put on display for all to wonder at. The splendor of His majesty prompts praise, honor and worship at the mention of His name. The perfections of His divine nature set Him apart from all other glory and majesty that is only a dim reflection of Him who is alone in majesty. There is none who can compare with the only wise God our Savior. All power and authority, comes from Him who has the preeminence of all things. He is transcendent in His position and glory. There is absolute perfection in His Person. All honor is His and He is glorious in His nature.
Dominion belongs to Him who is before all things and before whom all nations are "as a drop in a bucket." His rule is supreme. He sets up and puts down who He chooses. Every government is subservient to His divine authority and will. Even the perversion of human government is allowed, and at times caused to fail as in times past to reveal the inability of mankind to survive for very long without being submissive to divine order. The power, the energy and capacity to function in any way, finds its source in God our Savior. With such a Person with whom we are identified, why would we be attracted to the vain words of vain men. Their pontifications are as useless as the howling of a dog at the moon to turn off its light.
All of these attributes of the only wise God our Savior who stands alone in His majesty, are eternal in their nature. They are unchanging now in spite of all the heresies being propagated and the apostasy that is taking place. He can keep us from stumbling and falling now while we are in this present state of being. He is with us unto the "end of the ages." Of even greater importance to us in a personal way and that motivates us to look beyond the pressures of falsehood, is the fact that He is unchanging forever. This One who fills our hearts and lives today is infinite in His being, eternal in His nature and is "the same yesterday, and today, and forever." Without ceasing His glory and majesty, His dominion and power still remain supreme.
So even though temptations may arise from time to time, our Savior is unchanging and the promises of God remain. When doctrinal error and willful departure from the truth increases, the One in whom we have placed our trust is able to meet every contingency. If we despair because our labor seems in vain, the promises of the "only wise God our Savior" remain fully intact. May we continue to earnestly contend for the faith, knowing that He will bring us into His own presence with exceeding joy that is everlasting in its duration. H e is God our Savior. He is infinite in wisdom. He is unsurpassed in glory. He stands alone in majesty. He is unchallenged in dominion. He is absolute in power. He is eternal in every attribute today and through the eternal ages.
The story is unfolding with each passing day The faith we must be holding, in spite of what others say God our Savior is unchanging, He still shows amazing grace In the future glory displaying, we the path of His life will trace.
We will see that grace abounding, was provided when grace was needed When joyful praises in heaven are sounding, we'll recall by faith we heeded The command to love and cherish, each soul for whom Christ died He will never let one perish, who in the True Vine did abide.
Our praises will all be given, to Him in whom now we live Our occupation up in heaven, will be a reflection on what He did give To redeem us and to keep us, so in that place we are able to stand There with all who in Him trust, we will give all glory in Emmanuel's land.
"Father, I praise Thee with great appreciation for giving us the warnings and challenges of the book of Jude. It seems so contemporary because what he wrote about is so real today. Give all of Thy people the purpose of faith the earnestly contend for the faith without reservation or trepidation. In the name of the Lord Jesus Christ, Amen."