This is one of the brothers of Jesus. He lived with love and did not know it. He thought Jesus was crazy (Matthew 12:46-50) and gave him "family" treatment (John 7:1-8). Jesus knows of of family trouble... He has gone through the same troubles as we have with our own family. But now Jude acknowledges Jesus as the Christ and this book is what he has to say: "Keep yourselves in God's love." Turn to God and draw near to Him...and God will draw near to you. If you love God, you will keep His commands. One who does not keep His commands, cannot love God. Why? Because if we love Him, we will pay attention to what He says. Period. But this does mean read your bibles everyday. People in those days didn't have bibles... So the best interpretation should be to live our lives in faith... "I know God wants me to do this, so I'm going to do this." Obey...for there is no other way. Faith acts. Faith moves. This is how faith grows. We should respond to God in faith. This is not necessarily a call to study. It is a call to do so we will know. We want to know before we do. Want to build up your faith? Use what God has given you and God will give you more. Love does not stay where it is...it keeps moving outward. So if you wish to stay in God's love, we must keep moving out. God's love does not grow stagnant.
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