(September 1, 2013)
This reading provided an interesting set of bookends to a particular topic. On the one hand, we had John teaching us that when evil appears before us we should not encourage it will so much as “God speed,” for by so doing we become partakers of the evil deed. This demonstrates to me that I am often too conciliatory in dealing with those around me with an evil intent.
On the other hand, we have Jude who operates as the other side of the bookend, warning us against speaking evil of anyone. So while we should be cautious not to forward evil in any way, we should likewise be cautious to avoid condemning any in their struggles to return to God (because we cannot possibly know where they are on that path, and Heaven help us if we condemn that which God has justified).
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