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irreverence

Jude 1:11-13

Jude 1:11 Tragedy to them! For they have gone the way of Cain, have plunged into Balaam’s error for profit, and have destroyed themselves by Korah’s rebellion.
Jude 1:12 These people are dangerous reefs at your care feasts as they eat with you without reverence. They are shepherds who only look after themselves. They are waterless clouds carried along by winds; trees in late autumn — fruitless, twice dead and uprooted.
Jude 1:13 They are wild waves of the sea, foaming up their shameful deeds; wandering stars for whom the blackness of darkness is reserved permanently.

irreverence

Jude pours on metaphor after metaphor to explain how dangerous it is to have these false teachers among the congregations. They are lost themselves, and being among Christians gives others the impression that this is what being a Christian is. Their missing ingredient: reverence. They do not fear the God they claim to believe in. They have no respect for the holy things of God.

LORD, forgive us for our past irreverence. We resolve to discipline our lives so that the reverence you deserve is clearly manifested in them.