17/07/2025
Okay... In the book of Jude verses 22&23, we are instructed to reach out to the unsaved by 👇🏽👇🏽
Showing mercy toward those who have doubts, saving others by sn**ching them out of the fire; and to others show mercy mixed with fear, but hate their very clothes, stained by their sinful lusts.
This portion categories the unsaved into 3 groups and gives separate instructions on how to reach out to them. Let's identify the 3 groups in our present time and understand how to reach out to them.
TO GROUP #1, We are to show mercy (patience, love, tolerance, long suffering, humility).
TO GROUP #2, We are to sn**ch them out of the fire.
TO GROUP #3, We are to show mercy mixed with fear. While hating their cloths that've been stained by sinful lust.
Group #1 refers to people of other religion, they're a little stressful to get saved. Just as we believe they need to be saved, they also believe we need to be saved. They also have spiritual experiences and believes just like us. ONLY THROUGH LOVE, PATIENCE, LONG SUFFERING, BEING TOLERANT AND INTENTIONAL CAN WE GET THEM SAVED. Trust me, it is sometimes a painful process that can break relationships.
Group #2 refers to people that the devil has lead on a destructive or self destructive part and are about to be destroyed. For example, drug addicts whose case have become critical, people that doctors have given weeks or months to live, those that have been sentenced to death or life in prison, those that've joined Occultic groups, and so on... Getting those in Group #2 saved is the easiest of them all. They're usually, already seeking a way out of their dilemma. To get them saved, we only need to know what we are doing as adults in the Christian faith.
Group #3 Is the most difficult group. These are people that don't care about religion or spirituality. They believe religion is an ancient concept and not fit for these times. They call religious people fools, they think that pastors started churches as a last result after failing financially, they say boldly that they is no GOD. What makes Group #3 the most difficult is that while you're trying to get them saved, they're trying to get you unsaved. They are armed with points to argue you into submission if your not well rooted in Christianity. This is why we must add fear to mercy when dealing with them.
Example - If you're trying to save a womanizer, the more you stay with them the more you begin to get used to them flirting and the more they flirt in your presence. If you're not careful, you begin to lust after women as well. We therefore have to be merciful towards them but also watchful not get trapped in their web.
In conclusion, every Christian is given the work of reconciliation. Therefore, as you evangelize and try to get those around you saved, classify them accordingly and apply a befitting strategy.
The End.
