Jude 4 “For certain persons have crept in unnoticed, those who were long beforehand marked out for this condemnation, ungodly persons who turn the grace of our God into licentiousness and deny our only Master and Lord, Jesus Christ.” We have liberty in our faith. Yet, we are bound by the Ten Commandments, God’s Love and the lordship of Christ. That being said, we do have great freedom. Yet, those in today’s passage have abused it and turned it into licentiousness. Jude further says this denies our Master and Lord. We have freedom in Christ. 1 Corinthians 10:23 says, “All things are lawful, but not all things are profitable. All things are lawful, but not all things edify.” This is an amazing truth. It remainds me of the freedom given to responsible teenagers. We know they won’t get into bad things, so a list of rules isn’t necessary. This freedom is so vast, it takes a while to comprehend. We do have limits. The Ten Commandments apply, so Jesus gave the law of love. The verse after the Corinthian passage above says, “Let no one seek his own good, but that of his neighbor.” Chapter 10 expounds on the balance between freedom and love. We aren’t to seek our own good. Paul gave the example of eating meat offered to idols. He gave us freedom to do it. However, it may wound the conscience of a friend or neighbor. This may cause them to stumble and do something they don’t have the freedom to do. Thus incurring condemnation. So, we don’t exercise our freedom in front of them. The people in Jude 4 aren’t applying the law of love and it appears they are crossing moral boundaries. Licentiousness is living with moral restraints. Paul speaks of the deeds of the flesh in Galatians 5:19-21 “Now the deeds of the flesh are evident, which are: immorality, impurity, sensuality, idolatry, sorcery, enmities, strife, jealousy, outbursts of anger, disputes, dissensions, factions, envying, drunkenness, carousing, and things like these, of which I forewarn you, just as I have forewarned you, that those who practice such things will not inherit the kingdom of God.” Much of this list is people pursuing pleasures without thought of how others are affected. That is what Jude is talking about. God gave us much to enjoy, but it can be overdone. They are denying the Lordship of Christ. We bow the knee to Him when we accept Him and His gift of eternal life. He works through promptings and hunches all surrounding our knowledge of scripture. He also will use our conscience. Jude speaks of the person who doesn’t submit to those things. Paul says this person will not inherit the Kingdom of God. Lord, thank You that You give us great freedom. Help us to enjoy You in that. Help us to apply the law of love to help govern them.