Jude 1:1-2 Jude, the servant of Jesus Christ, and brother of James, to them that are sanctified by God the Father, and preserved in Jesus Christ… 1. Grace whereby we are changed, much excels grace whereby we are only curbed. 2. This sanctification changes not the substance and faculties of soul and body, but only the corruption, disorder, and sinfulness thereof. 3. The people of God even in this life are saints. 4. Holiness cannot be hid. 5. How great the change that is wrought upon a person when God comes with sanctifying grace! 6. The holiness of a sanctified person is not purely negative. We are not content with half happiness, why should we be with half holiness? 7. Sanctification admits no coalition between the new and the old man. 8. As a sanctified person allows no mixtures with grace, so he puts no limits to grace. 9. Outside, superstitious mortification is but a shadow of the true. 10. The Lord estimates His people by the better part, their bent and strain, not their defects. 11. How causelessly the world complains of those who are truly sanctified! (W. Jenkyn, M. A.) Parallel Verses KJV: Jude, the servant of Jesus Christ, and brother of James, to them that are sanctified by God the Father, and preserved in Jesus Christ, and called: |
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