Christian Devotional – April 27, 2025

Steadfast, Day 7

Beware of Scoffers and Dividers. Read Jude chapter 1, focusing on verses 17-19.

As followers of Jesus Christ, we are to be united through him. Unfortunately, those who don’t follow Christ often find themselves seeking to divide those people who do follow Christ. Jude points out that in the last days, there will be people whose goal and ambition is to create as much division and disharmony as possible.

The verse also says that these people will be following their own natural desires because they don’t have the Spirit in them. Well, obviously, if they’re not believers in Christ, they don’t have the spirit in them. Outside of Christ, our natural desires are sinful. If we rely on our natural instincts and natural desires, we will be wrong every single time.

We are naturally sinful. That’s why we needed a Savior. Our inclination is going to be to divide people more than anything else. We must fight against our nature and seek to stand firm in Christ. Christ must be the one who determines our desires. Only through him can we create unity and be pleasing to God?