QT 18 Apr 19, Jude 12, These false teachers in our churches are deadly

Jude 12 (ESV) — These are hidden reefs at your love feasts, as they feast with you without fear, shepherds feeding themselves; waterless clouds, swept along by winds; fruitless trees in late autumn, twice dead, uprooted;

NOTE: Wow, hidden reefs at their fellowship meals--hidden reefs will destroy the hull of a ship and could sink the ship. Lookouts and low draft ships were very important when sailing near the coast. These people can sink your faith. They don't even fear. That is sad, because they may even think they know God, but they are not concerned that what they are teaching is wrong. That is extremely sad. I have to doubt the veracity of a person's salvation if there is no fear in what they teach. They are waterless clouds. They get your hopes up thinking that rain is near, but nothing comes. They do not water the crops. They do not nourish the faith, they are a desert masquerading as an oasis. And finally, fruitless trees in late autumn--during the time of year that you most look for fruit, they give nothing. Even worse, they are dead, in fact twice dead. Wow, these people are in our churches and they are destroying the faith of the elect.

PRAYER: Father, expose these false teachers. Root them out. Show them their error. I pray that they would truly repent and come to know the real Jesus.