Strangers In-Charge

Strangers are not neccessarily people you have never met before, they are people who hold opinions and beliefs contrary to yours, they are people who have set up strange alters and worship strange gods. They are people who hide in close places. They are foreigners to the things of God. They are authors of wickedness. They are people who do not belong to the household of God and who are neither privy nor party to your convenant in Christ.

In the world today, we are surrounded by 'strangers' and they try to intrude into our lives. Often times, they come pretending to be friends, and this is why Jude says in Jude verse 3 " Beloved, when I gave all diligence to write unto you of the common salvation, it was needful for me to write unto you, and exhort you, that you should earnestly contend for the faith which was once delivered unto the saints".

The faith we claim we have in God is one that will be tested by these so called 'strangers'. It is our responsibility to contend for the faith and hold on to the only living God because a little walk away from God, no matter how little, is still a walk away from him!. You need not bow down to their gods. They need to hear of your God!  Psalm 18 verse 44- 45 says " As soon as they hear of me, they shall obey me, the strangers shall submit themselves unto me; The strangers shall fade away, and they shall be afraid out of their close places. (You will find this same scripture in 2 Samuel 18, verse 44-45).

The truth is this, everytime you submit to the counsel of 'strangers', you put them in-charge of your affairs. Painfully, there is so much at stake when you do that. The price is one you cannot afford to pay, because they will demand your home, your children, your garners, your supplies, your property, your investments, your peace, your security, your business, your reputation, your happiness, your prosperity, even your salvation! Psalm 144 verse 11-15 says "Rid me, and deliver me from the hand of strange children, whose mouth speaketh vanity, and their right hand is a right hand of falsehood". Right hand signifies strength, and the bible says here, clearly, that their right hand is a right hand of falsehood, they come under different veils, so much deceit and pretense, the picture they show you is what they want you to see, it is not a representation of the truth, it is false, and where their strength lies.

Verse 12-15 says "That our sons may be as plants grown up in their youth, that our daughters may be as corner stones, polished after the similtude of a palace. That our garners may be full, affording all manners of store, that our sheep may bring forth thousands and ten thousands in our streets. That our oxen may be strong to labour, that there be no breaking in, nor going out; that there may be no complaining in our streets. Happy is that people, that is in such a case; yea, happy is that people, whose God is the Lord".

God is not impressed with our unbelief. Jude verse 5 " I will therefore put you in remembrance, though you once knew this, how the Lord, having saved the people out of the land of Egypt, afterward destoyed them that believed not". You see, even though the children of Israel were dwelling in Egypt for many years, they did not belong there. The time came for thier deliverance and the Almighty God brought them out of the land of Egypt. As good as the story sounds, doubt set in and the people who once believed stopped believing, and Jude accounts that God destroyed them for believing him not.

Jude verse 7 says " Even as Sodom and Gomorrah, and the cities about them in like manner, giving themselves over to fornication, and going after strange flesh, are set forth for an example, suffering the vengeance of eternal fire". When it comes to the salvation of our souls, there is no way in-between. There are only 2 paths, one that leads to eternal life and one that leads to eternal death.

Joshua 24 verse 15 says " And if it seem evil unto you to serve the Lord, choose you this day whom you will serve; whether the gods which your fathers served, that were on the other side of the flood, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land you dwell; but as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.