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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. |
Subject: Scandal of the Catholic Priesthood |
Bible Note: Brian, Your metaphor of the scandal in the Catholic Church being a mirror of today's society may be accurate to some extent, but it strikes me as being a terribly weak argument -- a weak attempt at rationalization and an even weaker attempt to justify it in any way, if that is what the purpose of your metaphor is. The role of the church is nothing if it is to be an organism that does nothing more than reflect back on society its own godless worth view. Jesus commands us to be salt and light, leading the world to Him; it is to be a beacon, not a mirror. --Hank |