Jude 4: They are godless men, who change the grace of our God into a license for immorality and deny Jesus Christ our only Sovereign and Lord.
Jude told his readers that some have claimed the grace of God as something it is not – a license for immorality. That is the danger in grace, that mankind will corrupt the freedom it brings into a license to do whatever they want.
I once heard a man incorporate grace into the equation while trying to justify leaving his wife for another woman. He could do what he wanted now and always repent later on and God would give grace and forgiveness. I bet there have been occasions when you have heard similar twisted logic.
The men Jude warned about were apostates. They were renouncers or defectors from the faith—if they ever had faith to begin with.
I cannot see how those who pervert grace ever really experienced it.
The grace of God sets us free from bondage, free from sin. It carries forgiveness on its wings. It flows from the Father’s heart, through the work of Jesus Christ. It operates in us in the power of the Holy Spirit. To experience grace that way, in truth, is an experience that is never forgotten, can never be trivialized.
Each day grace reminds me of the love of the Father. It reminds me even of the pit from which I have been dug. It holds me close to Christ Jesus, my Sovereign Lord. That grace makes me want to do anything He might ask. I may falter at times in my obedience, but grace always draws me back to God’s love.
I cannot think or write about it enough. Amen!
