Now All Glory to God

Meditations on

Staying In the Grace for Today 

June 26, 2025

Now All Glory to God

All glory, majesty, power, and authority are his before all time,

and in the present, and beyond all time! Amen.

Jude 1:25b

Jude’s given name was Judah, and it is believed he was Jesus’ brother. His name was shortened to Jude by the Bible translators to help distinguish him from the other Judah’s in the Bible.

Jude’s little letter is quite transparent on the condition of some first century churches. In her first generation, there were church splits and disputes. Some of the disputes were quite simple; it was then, and is now, always about control. The nature of our fallen flesh makes it inevitable that there will be disputes. Jude cautioned us to not accept that this is the norm for the church. Christ calls us to rise above the norm of our humanity and to accept God’s call for the church to strive for holiness.

Jude stressed how important it is for every Christian to have a solid foundation for their faith. This foundation is built upon an understanding of the nature of Jesus, His mission, His resurrection, and His ascension. Simply put, a Christian has been born into the family of God, and this is made possible by the forgiveness of our sins and the infilling of God’s Holy Spirit. It is Jesus who came in the flesh, who was crucified and raised to life again, who makes it possible for us to call upon the name of God and be saved.

Even with the church disputes, Jude is overwhelmed by the grace of God who has called us into a loving intimate relationship through our faith in Christ Jesus. Jude crowns his little letter with one of the most magnificent benedictions in the entire Bible:

Now all glory to God,

who is able to keep you from falling away

and will bring you with great joy

into his glorious presence

without a single fault.

All glory to him who alone is God,

our Savior

through Jesus Christ our Lord.

All glory, majesty, power, and authority

are his before all time, and in the present,

and beyond all time!

Amen.

Jude 1:24-25 

My Takeaway: I see Jude’s benediction as a glorious affirmation of these two affirmations of Saint Paul:

For God is working in you, giving you the desire and the power to do what pleases him.

Philippians 2:13 

And I am certain that God, who began the good work within you, will continue his work until it is finally finished on the day when Christ Jesus returns.

Philippians 1:6

Sē’lah

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(Selah is a word that appears in the Book of Psalms that I often use as the Complimentary Closing in my correspondence. Its meaning, as I use the word, is to pause and think about these things.)

 

These meditations are written by Alex M. Knight as he seeks the life in Christ as his way of life.  The meditations are published on the BLOG, http://seekingthelifeinchrist.blogspot.com/ and they are also distributed on the Constant Contact email server. You may subscribe to this email service by sending an email to: amkrom812@gmail.com.

 

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