Jude 8–16. We have a terrible tendency in the modern world to think that God is controllable or subservient to us. If we are honest, we might think he has to answer to us. We might even say, “He will have to explain this to me when we meet.” Such talk reveals a critical problem. It is the problem of playing God. We put ourselves in the position of God. We can do this in numerous ways. 

This is precisely what the false teachers are doing. They have gone their own way. They have set their own standards, and in doing so, they have placed themselves over God. They are not submitting to him or his Word. They are a lesson for us to keep submitting to God’s Word, to not chart our own path, but instead to return to Scripture. Sermon for September 20, 2020.

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