In a similar way, Sodom and Gomorrah and the surrounding towns gave themselves up to sexual immorality and perversion. They serve as an example of those who suffer the punishment of eternal fire.
Jude 1:7 NIV
Immorality
According to a 2020 poll, Moral concepts have risen and fallen throughout history. Religion, culture and convenience often play a role in deciding what is right or just, and what is unacceptable or implorable. A new study from the non-profit Angus Reid Institute looks into these moral concepts, finding some fascinating modern evaluations of morality. For example, more Canadians – 46% –say sharing a streaming account without paying is morally wrong while only 20% of Canadians say this of assisted dying and only 26% of abortion.
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If you’re like the rest of us, when we say something, or think something, or have an attitude that doesn’t reflect Christ, we immediately feel shame and regret. That’s actually a good thing that should immediately lead to repentance and the return of Jesus’ peace. The genuine follower of Jesus must never allow our souls to get immune from God’s conviction. In his epistle, the apostle Jude writes to a group of Jesus followers who obviously had a Jewish background. Much of his short letter uses examples from the Jewish scriptures to drive home his point. In Jude 1:7 he speaks of those who, calling themselves Christians, were living lives of immorality and perversion and acting as if this was admissible in the fellowship. Jude says this: “In a similar way, Sodom and Gomorrah and the surrounding towns gave themselves up to sexual immorality and perversion. They serve as an example of those who suffer the punishment of eternal fire.” We who follow Christ have been brought from the kingdom of darkness into the Kingdom of God, the Kingdom of light. Those things that represent the darkness have no place in our lives as lovers of the light that is Jesus.
These have been words from the heart.
Bob Beasley