Our Daily Homily - Jude
The sermon emphasizes the importance of staying in God's love, building on our most holy faith, praying in the Holy Spirit, and looking for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ.
F.B. Meyer emphasizes the importance of keeping ourselves in the love of God, urging believers to remain anchored in their faith amidst the distractions of life. He encourages building on the solid foundation of the faith delivered to the saints, rather than on personal emotions or experiences. Meyer highlights the necessity of praying in the Holy Spirit, allowing divine guidance in our prayers, and maintaining a vigilant anticipation for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ. By doing so, believers can experience the fullness of God's love and eternal life.
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Keep yourselves in the love of God - Jude 1:21
There is a strong current running. If you keep in its main stream, it will bear you gently but irresistibly forward; but there are so many side-currents, that we must be very careful not to be swept out of it. You are in it by grace, now keep in it.
Build yourselves on your most holy faith. Build, not on your emotions; not on your conceptions of what may be right or wrong; not on your experience--but on the strong and massive outlines of the faith once delivered to the saints (Jud 1:3). We may well contend for it, if it is to yield the foundation of our spiritual upbuilding. In other words, you must come back, again and yet again, to the teachings of the Word of God, and specially of the life of Jesus.
Pray in the Holy Spirit.--Wait at the Divine footstool until your prayers are indicted by Him, and the spring arises from the depths of God. And whensoever you feel the inward movement of God's Spirit, yield to it. He will correct and prune from your prayers all that should not be in them. He will lead you out in intercession for others, and for the glory of Christ, of which you did not know yourself capable. To pray in the Holy Spirit is to let the Holy Spirit pray in you.
Look for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ. - Always be on the outlook. Let your soul stand on tiptoe in anticipation of His coming. Let yours be the words of the Canticles, "I sleep, but my heart waketh; it is the voice of my Beloved, that knocketh, saying, Open to me, my sister; my love, my undefiled." The heart that waits for Jesus, will not have to wait in vain. And even in the act of waiting, it will be kept in the love of God, which is also eternal life.
Sermon Outline
- Keep in the Love of God
- Build on Your Most Holy Faith
- Pray in the Holy Spirit
- Look for the Mercy of Our Lord Jesus Christ
- The Importance of Staying in God's Love
- The Dangers of Side-Currents
- The Foundation of Spiritual Upbuilding
- Returning to the Teachings of the Word
- Waiting at the Divine Footstool
- Yielding to the Inward Movement of God's Spirit
- Anticipating His Coming
- The Heart that Waits Will Not Have to Wait in Vain
Key Quotes
“You are in it by grace, now keep in it.” — F.B. Meyer
“To pray in the Holy Spirit is to let the Holy Spirit pray in you.” — F.B. Meyer
“The heart that waits for Jesus, will not have to wait in vain.” — F.B. Meyer
Application Points
- Make a conscious effort to stay in a state of grace and be mindful of God's presence in your life.
- Return to the teachings of the Word of God and the life of Jesus as the foundation of your spiritual upbuilding.
- Pray in the Holy Spirit and yield to His inward movement to guide your prayers and intercession.