Continuing our study of Jude' letter, which he wrote to Christians at the time and to us alike, we saw that Jude began the letter by reminding us that we are loved by God the Father, and kept by Jesus Christ to inherit eternal life. Yet he exhorts us not to forsake the faith given to us, and also to keep ourselves holy, bearing in mind that many ungodly men have risen up as "priests", and these such seek to convert the Grace of God into dissolution. Jude is referring to false teachers, ungodly men, who infiltrated God's people and made themselves priests. Jude says that these people are "spiritually asleep" and that their doctrines are the fruit of their imaginations and fantasies. These such not only convert the Grace of God into dissolution but also "reject domination", that is, they refuse to live according to the Word of God, and prefer to manufacture their own religion. These do not recognize the Lord Jesus Christ as the only Lord and Ruler, and still reproach the heavenly authorities, mocking, taunting, and insulting the true believers, speaking ill of what they do not understand. Woe to them! The day of reward will come.
