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NASB | Jude 1:4 For certain persons have crept in unnoticed, those who were long beforehand marked out for this condemnation, ungodly persons who turn the grace of our God into licentiousness and deny our only Master and Lord, Jesus Christ. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Jude 1:4 For certain people have crept in unnoticed [just as if they were sneaking in by a side door]. They are ungodly persons whose condemnation was predicted long ago, for they distort the grace of our God into decadence and immoral freedom [viewing it as an opportunity to do whatever they want], and deny and disown our only Master and Lord, Jesus Christ. |
Bible Question:
The Scandal of the Catholic Priesthood http://www.biblebb.com/files/MAC/catholicscandal.htm What did you think of this sermon? |
Bible Answer: While we are all deeply saddened and disturbed by the acts of immorality performed over the past 25 years by 250 of our 14,000 priests, we must also recognize this more so as a mirror reflecting the image of today’s society. Our society has grown comfortable and accepting of these attacks against the dignity of mankind. The Supreme Court proclaimed the constitutional right to create and freely distribute photograph-quality images of small children performing sexual acts. Through a children’s television station, gay parenting and homosexual marriages are being taught as natural and normal to a target group of 8-13 year old children. Our libraries have decided that an adults right to view Internet pornography over the libraries computers are more important than protecting our children from web sites which promote and glorify every form of sin and perversion possible and some, even beyond normal human imagination. In today’s world, these acts blend into the fabric of our everyday life so invisibly, that most are no longer noticed. And worse yet, the effect that they have upon our children (our future leaders) is being overlooked. But, when shown against the backdrop of the Catholic Church, we see this immorality for what it truly is and the world has justifiably cried out in anger, disgust and horror. Parents are the moral role models and the protectors of our children. Society cannot have morally strong adults (including religious leaders) if they are not given proper guidance from childhood on. We, the parents of today, will determine the moral fabric of this country for tomorrow and each day after. If we, the parents of today, abdicate our responsibility as the moral leaders of our children by not teaching our children to reject sin, then we must not be critical when our future leaders, also lack moral standards. Jesus taught us how. Brian |