Twice Dead

This title of the study comes from the letter of Jude. He was the step brother of Jesus. As Jesus was conceived not of flesh and blood; but by the everlasting spirit of God. By the end of the second century this book was accepted widely by believers. It is almost a duplicate of 2 Peter chapter 2. Though many believe Jude was written first in 66 AD. He cried out for all to return to the old ways and landmarks, of the faith once given to the early church. God showed him that a great falling away had just started and would continue under the guise (external appearance) of Christianity. It was during this time and afterwards when false brethern came in unawares who began to write spurious letters (Lacking authenticity or validity in essence or origin; not genuine; false.) or fictional ones. Such as the Didache (Written shortly thereafter in 90-140?). It neither agrees with the scriptures or Apostles teachings. It is seen by Catholics as a pious fraud, they admit this openly. Later on we have many letters from so called church fathers. A Pharisee today is known as a outwardly clean person who inwardly is a ravening wolf. Such men existed in the time of Jesus and today in many "Christian" churches. Isaiah 4:1 And in that day seven women shall take hold of one man, saying, We will eat our own bread, and wear our own apparel: only let us be called by thy name, to take away our reproach. This sounds like many churches in this lukewarm age. Anyone who claims to be Christ's must apply the name of Jesus in baptism and Godhead. As he alones is the way, truth, and the life; no man can come unto the father but by him. He's the door to almighty God. Unless we use his name in baptism we are none of his. Matthew 28;18 states Jesus has all power. Acts 4:12 says he alone (Without trinity titles of God needed, saves). Colossians 3:17 states do all in Jesus name. Both words and deeds. Baptism is both. And it is required by Jesus (Luke 24:47, Mark 16:16, and John 3:5) and enacted by his faithful Apostles. See Acts 2:38 through 22:16. Every apostle baptized in the name of Jesus. This includes Paul who not only did so (Acts 16:15/33, 18:8, and 19:15.) but was so in Acts 9:18/22:16. Paul wrote many times (Galatians 3:27, Romans 6:1-4, and Colossians 2:12) to do it that way. In fact Jesus is both the only wise God (Jude 25) with all wisdom and power. This is found in 1 Corinthians 1:24 But unto them which are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God, and the wisdom of God. So, if your are not called of God to his truth, you will neither baptize in the wisdom nor power of God. Which is in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ. Your walking after your own vanity by having only a form of Godliness. Either there is one all power filled God or one of three entities that has it all. Trinity is not mentioned in the word of God. It was taken in by Catholics in 325 AD. Tertullian first spoken of a trinity by the works of Pagan Plato and his Timaeus in 197 AD. Even he only believed in the father and the son. It took until 381 AD for the trinity as it stands today to be formulated by men. And Justin Martyr 145 AD was the first recorded to baptize in a trinity. He departed from the Acts 2:38 model of the disciples and Apostles of Christ Jesus. Who exclusively used Jesus (As Paul and all the Apostles commanded because Jesus is the name of the family of God. In Ephesians 3:15, John 5:43/14:26, and Matthew 1:21.) He used an extended trinity with Jesus still at it's center. it took Tertullian to further change it simply into the titles of God. And thus, many now have made the word of God to none effect. Baptism was seen as when it was done by faith forgiving sin ( Even as the scriptures teach. By the death, burial, and rising of Christ are we baptized to in Romans 6:4 and Colossians 2:12.) until Zwingli who altered that in Luther's time. Now Luther himself believed baptism was for the forgiveness of sins. Today it is modified to a extenal act. The trinity will not save anyone! Matthew 7:21-27 restates this vividly. Now Jude 3-6 said these words. Beloved, when I gave all diligence to write unto you of the common salvation, it was needful for me to write unto you, and exhort you that ye should earnestly contend for the faith which was once delivered unto the saints. For there are certain men crept in unawares, who were before of old ordained to this condemnation, ungodly men, turning the grace of our God into lasciviousness, and denying the only Lord God, and our Lord Jesus Christ. I will therefore put you in remembrance, though ye once knew this, how that the Lord, having saved the people out of the land of

Egypt, afterward destroyed them that believed not. And the angels which kept not their first estate, but left their own habitation, he hath reserved in everlasting chains under darkness unto the judgment of the great day. Also we read in 11-19. Woe unto them! for they have gone in the way of Cain, and ran greedily after the error of Balaam for reward, and perished in the gainsaying of Core. These are spots in your feasts of charity, when they feast with you, feeding themselves without fear: clouds they are without water, carried about of winds; trees whose fruit withereth, without fruit, twice dead, plucked up by the roots; Raging waves of the sea, foaming out their own shame; wandering stars, to whom is reserved the blackness of darkness for ever. And Enoch also, the seventh from Adam, prophesied of these, saying, Behold, the Lord cometh with ten thousands of his saints, To execute judgment upon all, and to convince all that are ungodly among them of all their ungodly deeds which they have ungodly committed, and of all their hard speeches which ungodly sinners have spoken against him. These are murmurers, complainers, walking after their own lusts; and their mouth speaketh great swelling words, having men's persons in admiration because of advantage. But, beloved, remember ye the words which were spoken before of the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ; How that they told you there should be mockers in the last time, who should walk after their own ungodly lusts. These be they who separate themselves, sensual, having not the Spirit. These men once were dead spiritually. Repented, believed the message were baptized in the name of Jesus and then fell away to crucify Christ again. God departed from them, as he did King Saul after his disobedience, and only the evil spirits inhabited in them. How do we know that we are in Christ; after our baptism and reception of his spirit? We have the Holy One of Israel in our hearts and minds. He continues to teach us all things and reveal unto us his secrets of old. 1 John 1:5-10 This then is the message which we have heard of him, and declare unto you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all. If we say that we have fellowship with him, and walk in darkness, we lie, and do not the truth: But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin. If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. If we say that we have not sinned, we make him a liar, and his word is not in us. We continue to yeild ourselves to God walking in his spirit as it leads us. We do not continue in sin because what ever you sow you will also reap. While righteousness leads to eternal life and sin to corruption. Ezekiel 33 states of if a righteous man departs from God and dies in that state, he will no longer been seen as righteous and die the death of the wicked. Where a tree falls, it lies there. There is either torments or Abraham's bosom after death; and the great gulf between such means there is no change of status. But if the wicked depart and follow him instead, they will no longer be seen that way. This reiterates Jude's words. 1 John 2:19-20 They went out from us, but they were not of us; for if they had been of us, they would no doubt have continued with us: but they went out, that they might be made manifest that they were not all of us. But ye have an unction from the Holy One, and ye know all things. I will finish with the 1 John 3:1-24. We know that God has not departed from us, and still lives and moves in us, by even by his spirit within us. We feel the Holy Ghost inside us. He motivates all; but especially his chosen ones to serve him in spirit and in truth. God bless you richly in Jesus name. Here are those scriptures. Behold, what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us, that we should be called the sons of God: therefore the world knoweth us not, because it knew him not. Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be: but we know that, when he shall appear, we shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is. And every man that hath this hope in him purifieth himself, even as he is pure. Whosoever committeth sin transgresseth also the law: for sin is the transgression of the law. And ye know that he was manifested to take away our sins; and in him is no sin. Whosoever abideth in him sinneth not: whosoever sinneth hath not seen him, neither known

him. Little children, let no man deceive you: he that doeth righteousness is righteous, even as he is righteous. He that committeth sin is of the devil; for the devil sinneth from the beginning. For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that he might destroy the works of the devil. Whosoever is born of God doth not commit sin; for his seed remaineth in him: and he cannot sin, because he is born of God. In this the children of God are manifest, and the children of the devil: whosoever doeth not righteousness is not of God, neither he that loveth not his brother. For this is the message that ye heard from the beginning, that we should love one another. Not as Cain, who was of that wicked one, and slew his brother. And wherefore slew he him? Because his own works were evil, and his brother's righteous. Marvel not, my brethren, if the world hate you. We know that we have passed from death unto life, because we love the brethren. He that loveth not his brother abideth in death. Whosoever hateth his brother is a murderer: and ye know that no murderer hath eternal life abiding in him. Hereby perceive we the love of God, because he laid down his life for us: and we ought to lay down our lives for the brethren. But whoso hath this world's good, and seeth his brother have need, and shutteth up his bowels of compassion from him, how dwelleth the love of God in him? My little children, let us not love in word, neither in tongue; but in deed and in truth. And hereby we know that we are of the truth, and shall assure our hearts before him. For if our heart condemn us, God is greater than our heart, and knoweth all things. Beloved, if our heart condemn us not, then have we confidence toward God. And whatsoever we ask, we receive of him, because we keep his commandments, and do those things that are pleasing in his sight. And this is his commandment, That we should believe on the name of his Son Jesus Christ, and love one another, as he gave us commandment. And he that keepeth his commandments dwelleth in him, and he in him. And hereby we know that he abideth in us, by the Spirit which he hath given us.