Jude 22-23
And have mercy on [and convince] some who are doubting; save others snatching them out of the fire; and on some have mercy with fear, hating even the garment polluted by the flesh.
What are we commanded to do here? Convincing the ones who are doubting and questioning, this is not hard to understand.
How do we snatch some out of the fire? This seems to involve violence.
Then on some to have mercy with fear--Zechariah's vision of Joshua the high priest depicted Joshua's sins as filthy garments. Is this hating the sin while loving the sinner?
We need our thinking clarified on these things, to see with God's eyes to have His perception and gain His understanding of these verses.
O my Father, how do I obey these commands? Please help me to perceive what You want me to do, and how to do it.
Enlighten my understanding, Father, to accomplish Your will according to Your plan for me.
Then You will receive all the credit, all the glory for all that You have accomplished, even in and through me.
Even so, come, Lord Jesus!
