Jude 1: 23 Snatching Them Out Of The Fire

                                          
Mat 12:17 ASV - that it might be fulfilled which was spoken through Isaiah the prophet, saying,
Mat 12:18 ASV - Behold, my servant whom I have chosen; My beloved in whom my soul is well pleased: I will put my Spirit upon him, And he shall declare judgment to the Gentiles.
Mat 12:19 ASV - He shall not strive, nor cry aloud; Neither shall any one hear his voice in the streets.    He was made to carry his own cross through the streets of the city ,  he was beaten  and abused physically and he wore a crown of thorns .  Yet he as the son of man could see all of mankind setting in darkness in fear of death bound to their earthly existence .  And the voices of Moses and Elijah on the mount of transfiguration  speaking to him of his cross and his mission .                     Luk 9:25 ASV - For what is a man profited, if he gain the whole world, and lose or forfeit his own self?   Own self Greek: heauton Our Own: is sometimes used as a reflexive pronoun of the 1st person plural, signifying "our own selves," translated "our own" in 1Th 2:8, lit., "(the souls) of ourselves."    We were born into a spiritual conflict from the very beginning of our birth . Born of the loins of Adam his blood and his flesh and even his will .
And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness ,  man was made into the spiritual image of  their creator .   Image of the relations between God the Father, Christ, and man   Jesus said that God is a spirit and those that worship him must worship him in Spirit and in truth .
Jhn 4:23 ASV - But the hour cometh, and now is, when the true worshippers shall worship the Father in spirit and truth: for such doth the Father seek to be his worshippers.
Jhn 4:24 ASV - God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship in spirit and truth.


Jesus speaks of bearing much fruit and the fruit he speaks of is spiritual fruit ,  now the fruit is Gods word that Jesus brought to this earth and he was casting the seed of Gods word into the hearts of earthy men born of the dust of the earth .   He said I am the bread of life coming down out of heaven if any man eat of the bread he will live forever and the true bread comes from the true seed of Gods word .     The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, Because he anointed me to preach good tidings to the poor: He hath sent me to proclaim release to the captives, And recovering of sight to the blind, To set at liberty them that are bruised .  Isaiah 61 was the prophetic word to come, and in Luke Jesus brought it to life the word made flesh .    Luk 4:18 ASV - The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, Because he anointed me to preach good tidings to the poor: He hath sent me to proclaim release to the captives, And recovering of sight to the blind, To set at liberty them that are bruised,
The poor here is the poor in spirit . Blessed are the poor in spirit for theirs is the kingdom of God .
Releasing the captives , captive to what .  For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh and the lust of the eyes and the vainglory of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world.    The carnal man is captive to his lust and his fleshly desires .  Jesus said if a man does not take up his cross and follow me he is not worthy of me.   Rom 6  We were buried therefore with him through baptism into death: that like as Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, so we also might walk in newness of life. For if we have become united with him in the likeness of his death, we shall be also in the likeness of his resurrection; knowing this, that our old man was crucified with him, that the body of sin might be done away, that so we should no longer be in bondage to sin;    for he that hath died is justified from sin.    To recovering of our sight! to see with the spirit of God , Jesus said the kingdom of God cannot be seen with our natural eyes it is a spiritual sight.  1Co 2:14 ASV - Now the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him; and he cannot know them, because they are spiritually judged.     Luke   17: 20   And being asked by the Pharisees, when the kingdom of God cometh, he answered them and said, The kingdom of God cometh not with observation:   21: neither shall they say, Lo, here! or, There! for lo, the kingdom of God is within you.   Col 1:26 ASV - even the mystery which hath been hid for ages and generations: but now hath it been manifested to his saints,
Col 1:27 ASV - to whom God was pleased to make known what is the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles, which is Christ in you, the hope of glory:    


  Mat 13:18 ASV - Hear then ye the parable of the sower.
Mat 13:19 ASV - When any one heareth the word of the kingdom, and understandeth it not, then cometh the evil one, and snatcheth away that which hath been sown in his heart. This is he that was sown by the way side.
Mat 13:23 ASV - And he that was sown upon the good ground, this is he that heareth the word, and understandeth it; who verily beareth fruit, and bringeth forth, some a hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty.   A man not repentant of his sinful nature ,   it is that man Jesus came to preach the good tidings to .  The bible says that many are called but few are chosen . God calls us to his salvation he brings light into our dark souls , and this is in the form of repentance .      2Co 7:10 ASV - For godly sorrow worketh repentance unto salvation, a repentance which bringeth no regret: but the sorrow of the world worketh death.  Repentance    In the NT the subject chiefly has reference to "repentance" from sin, and this change of mind involves both a turning from sin and a turning to God.   This is as the parable of the sower of the seed , God has to sow his seed in our hearts to bring about this repentance of a sinful nature.    We are saved by grace and given the gift of faith .   The number of man is six and the meaning of six , six , six is who we are in our flesh with out God our creator abiding in our life's .
 It sometimes suggests incompleteness, in comparison with the perfect number seven.         Rom 6:5 ASV - For if we have become united with him in the likeness of his death, we shall be also in the likeness of his resurrection;
Rom 6:6 ASV - knowing this, that our old man was crucified with him, that the body of sin might be done away, that so we should no longer be in bondage to sin;   Romans is the sixth book  and it is the sixth chapter and the sixth verse .   Putting to death the deeds of our flesh is to die spiritually to our carnal flesh . Jesus speaks of our cross to bear before he ever went to his and he told the two men disciples can you drink the cup that I am about to drink .   Mat 20:22 ASV - But Jesus answered and said, Ye know not what ye ask. Are ye able to drink the cup that I am about to drink? They say unto him, We are able.
Mat 20:23 ASV - He saith unto them, My cup indeed ye shall drink: but to sit on my right hand, and on my left hand, is not mine to give; but it is for them for whom it hath been prepared of my Father.     Cup    figurative, of one's lot or experience, joyous or sorrowful (frequent in the Psalms; cp. Psa 116:18, "cup of salvation"); in the NT it is used most frequently of the sufferings of Christ .        Col 2:6 ASV - As therefore ye received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk in him,
Rom 6:4 ASV - We were buried therefore with him through baptism unto death: that like as Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, so we also might walk in newness of life.
Rom 6:7 ASV - for he that hath died is justified from sin.  The only way we as children of God can overcome sin in our life is to lay it down own our cross just as Jesus laid down his life , he said yes you will drink of the cup that I am about to drink of , and those that will sat at my side in the here after will be the Called ,Chosen and Faithful .

Luk 14:28 ASV - For which of you, desiring to build a tower, doth not first sit down and count the cost, whether he have wherewith to complete it?   Jesus is saying here life eternal will cost you your fleshly carnal life in this earth.  Paul wrote in 1 Cor 15 that flesh and blood shall not enter the kingdom of God , man must shed this mortal life and put on the immortal life , which is Christ in you the hope of Glory .      Col 1:27 ASV - to whom God was pleased to make known what is the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles, which is Christ in you, the hope of glory:   And the mystery is to manifest the fruit of Christ , seeing Jesus in our self's as in the mirror darkly .  1Co 13:12 ASV - For now we see in a mirror, darkly; but then face to face: now I know in part; but then shall I know fully even as also I was fully known.            looking at 2 Cor 3:18 we see Jesus darkly
we do not see him fully but as we grow in his word and the understanding of his word we began to see a greater revelation of Jesus in our walk.   Darkly   is an obscure saying, enigma, riddle . But as we peruse his nature through his word we began to see him more clearly .  To solve a riddle is to reveal a truth hidden in the riddle.   Paul called it a mystery  ,   Eph 1:9 ASV - making known unto us the mystery of his will, according to his good pleasure which he purposed in him
Col 1:26 ASV - even the mystery which hath been hid for ages and generations: but now hath it been manifested to his saints,
Col 1:27 ASV - to whom God was pleased to make known what is the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles, which is Christ in you, the hope of glory:
Jesus said to those that hunger and thirst after righteousness they shall be filled.


 It is Jesus in you the seed of Gods word bring about this glorious mystery of godliness .  We are called to be sons of God and Jesus is that pattern we must build our foundation on .   This mystery is not a topical ointment that we put on our flesh to heal our fleshly sins , This mystery is God sent his son unto you to bring about his life of surrender to his cross his cup of suffering for the many that would believe in his name and become sons just as he was faithful to his cross and is today seated at the right hand of the father.   Religion is an enemy to the cross of Christ .  It has no time to live in holiness to walk a righteous life to peruse that relationship with Jesus and learn from him this mystery.  Friend the mystery is that Jesus said he must go to his cross so that the Holy Spirit would come unto to you and if he be lifted up on his cross he would draw all men unto him through  their cross.  
Jhn 16:7 ASV - Nevertheless I tell you the truth: It is expedient for you that I go away; for if I go not away, the Comforter will not come unto you; but if I go, I will send him unto you.   Comforter   Comfort, Comforter, Comfortless:  Greek: parakletos
lit., "called to one's side," i.e., to one's aid is primarily a verbal adjective, and suggests the capability or adaptability for giving aid. It was used in a court of justice to denote a legal assistant, counsel for the defense, an advocate; then, generally, one who pleads another's cause, an intercessor, advocate, as in 1Jo 2:1, of the Lord Jesus. In the widest sense, it signifies a "succorer, comforter." Christ was this to His disciples, by the implication of His word "another (allos, "another of the same sort," not heteros, "different") Comforter," when speaking of the Holy Spirit, Jhn 14:16. In Jhn 14:26; 15:26; 16:7 He calls Him "the Comforter." "Comforter" or "Consoler" corresponds to the name "Menahem," given by the Hebrews to the Messiah.

Jhn 16:13 ASV - Howbeit when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he shall guide you into all the truth: for he shall not speak from himself; but what things soever he shall hear, these shall he speak: and he shall declare unto you the things that are to come.  Seeing that the spirit of God is out teacher and spiritual guide.  Just as in the book of Acts 2 the same Holy Spirit that disciples received on that day is the same Holy Spirit that Jesus is speaking of here , being filled with his spirit to teach us and guide us in this holy walk with Jesus.             Mar 16:14 ASV - And afterward he was manifested unto the eleven themselves as they sat at meat; and he upbraided them with their unbelief and hardness of heart, because they believed not them that had seen him after he was risen.
Mar 16:15 ASV - And he said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to the whole creation.   To the whole creation that is you and I until the end of all things Jesus returns to receive his children being born of God not Adam .          John 1:12-13        But as many as received him, to them gave he the right to become children of God, even to them that believe on his NAME:   Believing on his name is to walk in the power of his name Onoma Greek   the character the nature the whole authority given to Christ as he came in his fathers name  so we come in the name of Jesus Christ with all the power and authority he has given us in his own name . Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to the whole creation.    And the gospel is Mark 16 and the word that Jesus spoke .    v 13  Who were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God.   This is where we through obedience to Gods word and taking on the very life of Christ    through his example of living on this earth .

Mar 16:16 ASV - He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved; but he that disbelieveth shall be condemned.   Baptized  , we believe in his name so therefore we die to our carnal flesh the nature of our flesh of Adam ,  the only we we are to become a son of God according to John 1;12-13 is to die to ourself our old man of sin. 
Rom 6:3 ASV - Or are ye ignorant that all we who were baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into his death?
Rom 6:4 ASV - We were buried therefore with him through baptism unto death: that like as Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, so we also might walk in newness of life.
Rom 6:5 ASV - For if we have become united with him in the likeness of his death, we shall be also in the likeness of his resurrection;
Rom 6:6 ASV - knowing this, that our old man was crucified with him, that the body of sin might be done away, that so we should no longer be in bondage to sin;
Rom 6:7 ASV - for he that hath died is justified from sin.   Looking now at the words of Jesus to the world at that moment ,   - - He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved; but he that disbelieveth shall be condemned shall be saved; but he that disbelieveth shall be condemned . If you lose you life in this world getting on your cross of humility and suffering the death of you carnal flesh by obedience to his word of grace.    - He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved; but he that disbelieveth shall be condemned.

1Jo 2:15 ASV - Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him.      Jesus said if you find your life in this world as to the verse below you will lose your live .       Luk 17:33 ASV - Whosoever shall seek to gain his life shall lose it: but whosoever shall lose his life shall preserve it.
Luk 14:26 ASV - If any man cometh unto me, and hateth not his own father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brethren, and sisters, yea, and his own life also, he cannot be my disciple.  We know God is love and we must love one another with the love of Christ.  This hate in this verse is to hate the sin of our flesh and to hate this sinful world and all that is in it .    Jde 1:20 ASV - But ye, beloved, building up yourselves on your most holy faith, praying in the Holy Spirit,
Jde 1:21 ASV - keep yourselves in the love of God, looking for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ unto eternal life.
Jde 1:22 ASV - And on some have mercy, who are in doubt;
Jde 1:23 ASV - and some save, snatching them out of the fire; and on some have mercy with fear; hating even the garment spotted by the flesh.     Remembering the man at the wedding feast     Mat 22:11 ASV - But when the king came in to behold the guests, he saw there a man who had not on a wedding-garment:
Mat 22:12 ASV - and he saith unto him, Friend, how camest thou in hither not having a wedding-garment? And he was speechless.   He was found naked not having on a wedding garment ,  the righteous acts of the saints.  Jesus is saying here there is only one way unto the father and it is through him he is that door of righteousness we walk through ,  he is the way the truth and the life .

 This parable is for the church today being clothed upon by obedience to this word , putting on the garments of salvation   Isa 61:10 ASV - I will greatly rejoice in Jehovah, my soul shall be joyful in my God; for he hath clothed me with the garments of salvation, he hath covered me with the robe of righteousness, as a bridegroom decketh himself with a garland, and as a bride adorneth herself with her jewels.    Jesus is coming back for his bride and her Jewels are her righteous acts ,    Rev 19:7 ASV - Let us rejoice and be exceeding glad, and let us give the glory unto him: for the marriage of the Lamb is come, and his wife hath made herself ready.
Rev 19:8 ASV - And it was given unto her that she should array herself in fine linen, bright and pure: for the fine linen is the righteous acts of the saints.    Being clothed upon
 2Co 5:4 ASV - For indeed we that are in this tabernacle do groan, being burdened; not for that we would be unclothed, but that we would be clothed upon, that what is mortal may be swallowed up of life.     
2Co 5:1 ASV - For we know that if the earthly house of our tabernacle be dissolved, we have a building from God, a house not made with hands, eternal, in the heavens.
2Co 5:2 ASV - For verily in this we groan, longing to be clothed upon with our habitation which is from heaven:
2Co 5:3 ASV - if so be that being clothed we shall not be found naked.
2Co 5:4 ASV - For indeed we that are in this tabernacle do groan, being burdened; not for that we would be unclothed, but that we would be clothed upon, that what is mortal may be swallowed up of life.   We lose our identity to this world and our flesh and take on the very nature of Jesus himself ,  as you have received the lord Jesus Christ so walk in him
Jde 1:24 ASV - Now unto him that is able to guard you from stumbling, and to set you before the presence of his glory without blemish in exceeding joy,
Jde 1:25 ASV - to the only God our Savior, through Jesus Christ our Lord, be glory, majesty, dominion and power, before all time, and now, and for evermore. Amen.

Luk 14:27 ASV - Whosoever doth not bear his own cross, and come after me, cannot be my disciple.  He that is baptized and puts to death this carnal old man and the works of his flesh shall be saved.
1Jo 2:16 ASV - For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh and the lust of the eyes and the vain glory of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world.
1Jo 2:17 ASV - And the world passeth away, and the lust thereof: but he that doeth the will of God abideth for ever.
Mar 16:17 ASV - And these signs shall accompany them that believe: in my name shall they cast out demons; they shall speak with new tongues;
Mar 16:18 ASV - they shall take up serpents, and if they drink any deadly thing, it shall in no wise hurt them; they shall lay hands on the sick, and they shall recover.
Mar 16:19 ASV - So then the Lord Jesus, after he had spoken unto them, was received up into heaven, and sat down at the right hand of God.     How can man over look this commandant of Jesus Christ ,  to the ends of the earth shall this gospel be preached . 

 You must be born of the spirit just as in the days of the hundred and twenty disciples on the day of Pentecost .   This promise is to you and your children and your children's children to as many as the Lord our God shall CALL !
Jesus said when he the Holy Ghost has come he will guide you into all truth. 
Jhn 16:14 ASV - He shall glorify me: for he shall take of mine, and shall declare it unto you.Jhn 16:8 ASV - And he, when he is come, will convict the world in respect of sin, and of righteousness, and of judgment:     The three verse's below is why you must be born again as Jesus spoke to Nicodemus , of the water and the spirit .  The washing water of the word and the Spirit of truth
Jhn 14:17 ASV - even the Spirit of truth: whom the world cannot receive; for it beholdeth him not, neither knoweth him: ye know him; for he abideth with you, and shall be in you.
Jhn 15:26 ASV - But when the Comforter is come, whom I will send unto you from the Father, even the Spirit of truth, which proceedeth from the Father, he shall bear witness of me:
Jhn 16:13 ASV - Howbeit when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he shall guide you into all the truth: for he shall not speak from himself; but what things soever he shall hear, these shall he speak: and he shall declare unto you the things that are to come.

1Jo 4:6 ASV - We are of God: he that knoweth God heareth us; he who is not of God heareth us not. By this we know the spirit of truth, and the spirit of error.
Only by Gods spirit living in us can he bring conviction in us of sin in our life's ,  And of living a righteous life before him convicting us by his word of grace.  And lastly the worldly church has no fear of God no fear of his judgement coming to this earth . He did not spare Sodom and he will not spare this evil generation .   Matt 24 is coming my friend and I pray we be not found naked at his coming having NOT ON a garment of flesh but being clothed upon by garments of salvation . And it was given unto her that she should array herself in fine linen, bright and pure: for the fine linen is the Righteous Acts of the saints
Jhn 16:9 ASV - of sin, because they believe not on me;  Many are called but few are chosen
Jhn 16:10 ASV - of righteousness, because I go to the Father, and ye behold me no more;  We must now walk in this great word of salvation ,  John  said make your paths straight the one coming after me is greater than I
Jhn 16:11 ASV - of judgment, because the prince of this world hath been judged.
Luk 3:16 ASV - John answered, saying unto them all, I indeed baptize you with water; but there cometh he that is mightier than I, the latchet of whose shoes I am not worthy to unloose: he shall baptize you in the Holy Spirit and in fire:    Fire:   Greek: pur
   of the holiness of God, which consumes all that is inconsistent therewith, Hbr 10:27; 12:29; cp. Rev 1:14; 2:18; 10:1; 15:2; 19:12; similarly of the holy angels as His ministers, Hbr 1:7; in Rev 3:18 it is symbolic of that which tries the faith of saints, producing what will glorify the Lord;        And by his Spirit living in us can he convict us and purge us of all unrighteous . The fire is what burns away the carnal deeds of the flesh ,  and will bring us into a righteous relationship with Christ Jesus.  And the cross is our altar of sacrifice .

Looking at baptism once again and Romans 6 , John came preaching repentance by water baptism . Rom 6:4 ASV - We were buried therefore with him through baptism unto death: that like as Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, so we also might walk in newness of life.
Rom 6:5 ASV - For if we have become united with him in the likeness of his death, we shall be also in the likeness of his resurrection;
Rom 6:6 ASV - knowing this, that our old man was crucified with him, that the body of sin might be done away, that so we should no longer be in bondage to sin;

1Pe 3:18 ASV - Because Christ also suffered for sins once, the righteous for the unrighteous, that he might bring us to God; being put to death in the flesh, but made alive in the spirit;
1Pe 3:19 ASV - in which also he went and preached unto the spirits in prison,
1Pe 3:20 ASV - that aforetime were disobedient, when the longsuffering of God waited in the days of Noah, while the ark was a preparing, wherein few, that is, eight souls, were saved through water:  The number eight in bible numeric's is Resurrection , new beginnings and Jesus

Water baptism is not symbolic nor the religious thing to do.  To take it lightly is error .
And according to the word of God a man must be baptized in water unto the remission of his sins ,

Act 2:37 ASV - Now when they heard this, they were pricked in their heart, and said unto Peter and the rest of the apostles, Brethren, what shall we do?  How shall we be saved from this sin
Act 2:38 ASV - And Peter said unto them, Repent ye, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ unto the remission of your sins; and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.     Jhn 16:7 ASV - Nevertheless I tell you the truth: It is expedient for you that I go away; for if I go not away, the Comforter will not come unto you; but if I go, I will send him unto you.
Jhn 16:8 ASV - And he, when he is come, will convict the world in respect of sin, and of righteousness, and of judgment:  

Act 2:39 ASV - For to you is the promise, and to your children, and to all that are afar off, even as many as the Lord our God shall call unto him.   This promise is for you and all that ask in faith
ask the Lord to fill you with his spirit .           Luk 11:13 ASV - If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children, how much more shall your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to them that ask him?       Friend you need the in filling of the spirit of God , the full experience of the baptism of the Holy Spirit . Trust no mans doctrine no mans word concerning this promise .  Jesus died for this promise .  Trust the whole word of God and obey the Gospel of Christ his fathers word to you.


1Pe 3:21 ASV - which also after a true likeness doth now save you, even baptism, not the putting away of the filth of the flesh, but the interrogation of a good conscience toward God, through the resurrection of Jesus Christ;
1Pe 3:22 ASV - who is one the right hand of God, having gone into heaven; angels and authorities and powers being made subject unto him.
Tit 3:5 ASV - not by works done in righteousness, which we did ourselves, but according to his mercy he saved us, through the washing of regeneration and renewing of the Holy Spirit,     Born of God