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Ref: [Jude 1:3KJVS]

Beloved, when I gave all diligence to write unto you of the common salvation,(Jude is saying, Im writing to you about the common salvation, which is important but) 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.

Jude saw it necessary to emphasize that they(and in extension us) CONTEND. The Greek word there is epagōnizomai which literally means to struggle like one entering into a gymnastics contest. To contend with adversaries, fight, to fight fervently.

To endeavor with strenuous zeal, strive: to obtain something.

So there is a necessity not just to get yourself saved but now, to contend for the faith which was once delivered to the saints, why? Because of perversion.

Jude addresses an example of such in the people who began to turn grace to lasciviousness and denying the only Lord God, and our Lord Jesus Christ. So it’s your responsibility to strive to establish the truth of your faith before those who aim to pervert it.

In Christ we discern the exact character of God and what he is like. Not just in the work of salvation but also in the actions Jesus took.

He is the closest we would come to seeing and Understanding God.

As we see the need to defend the deity of Christ, we must see the importance of the humanity of Christ.

It’s important to see that Jesus was also a man. God took on flesh.

My goal at the end of this teaching :

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Pst Nelson Iheagwam is the lead, Nelson Iheagwam Ministries. 

Joel prophesied about our day in Joel 2:28.

Ref: [Joel 2:28 KJV]

And it shall come to pass afterward,

that I will pour out my spirit upon all flesh;

and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy,

your old men shall dream dreams,

your young men shall see visions:

What Moses wished those days is available today.

1 Corinthians 14:1 KJVS] [1] Follow after charity, and desire spiritual gifts, but rather that ye may prophesy.

The word Desire used there is the Greek word zēloō. It means to burn with zeal. To be zealously affected.

Desire spiritual gift. Burn with zeal for it.

It’s not a luxury

It’s not youthful exuberance.

You’re wrong if you don’t desire it.

It's an instruction in the word.

Scriptures complete and furnish the believer unto all good works. The teachings you get have to find expression in your works.

When we see you we should see the evidence of all you have been taught. This is actual spiritual growth.

You can learn all the things and have so much knowledge but we wouldn’t consider you to have grown of the word of God doesn’t have this impact in your works. If it doesn’t find expression in your life.

Insecurity is uncertainty or anxiety about oneself; lack of confidence.

Nothing solves insecurity better than an increased consciousness of who you are in Christ Jesus. The feeling of not being enough would be solved when you understand better who you are in Christ.

There is an unhealthy comparison the world has made many of us get used to. Insecurity rises from there.

God has a track record of using people who seemed incapable and turns them to mighty men in his hands. There are examples of people in scriptures.