Jude 5

Jude tells the church with a few Old Testament examples, that not all church members are actually Christians.

The first example is in verse 5. When Israel left Egypt, they left as a group, an ethnic group of oppressed people. Everyone was ready to leave. Egyptians were practically begging them to go, throwing their expensive jewelry at them. But many proved later to not be people of God, with their deceit and idoltry, and God wiped them out.

Is this the same God for the New Testament Church? Yes! Is He the same God today? Yes!

My friend Lois and I were confessing yesterday that our prayer life looks like that of people who don't really believe God will answer prayer, or that He will do whatever He will do without our prayers. So many years go by and we don't see anything happening that we lose heart. But God IS the same God! We should always be expectant.