Creepers

For certain men have crept in unnoticed, who long ago were marked out for this condemnation, ungodly men, who turn the grace of our God into lewdness and deny the only Lord God and our Lord Jesus Christ.  Jude 1:4

As the congregations and meetings open up once more, we praise God for the many who are returning to the flock, finding their way there for the first time, or are simply seeking answers to what turned the world upside down at this time. Along with this rush of persons with good reasons to be in the church, we must watch for the creepers; those who come with nefarious intent. As Jude warns us, they seek to turn grace to lewdness and to deny the Lord our God and His Son, Jesus Christ. Can this be? Surely the Lord is on the lookout for such persons as this? 

The Lord is always aware and in control, but we have this test, the same one Adam and Eve faced way back in the garden. The first thing used against Eve was a denial of what the Lord God had said to Adam about the forbidden fruit. In that moment, the Lord did not pop in and argue with the Serpent, nor did He reach out and stop Eve's hand from making that awful decision. We have always had this freedom to choose, and like Eve we have often used it to decide to sin. The creepers would like to help us sin, and this is a time when with many new or even much changed faces in the group or congregation, we might be vulnerable to an infiltrator. 

Be aware and be awake, and pray constantly to the Lord our God,

Bucky