Jude 1:24-25
Able to Keep You From Stumbling
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24Now to Him who is able to keep you from stumbling and to present you unblemished in His glorious presence, with great joy—
25to the only God our Savior be glory, majesty, dominion, and authority through Jesus Christ our Lord before all time, and now, and for all eternity. Amen.
Berean Standard Bible
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Jude ends with praise to God, who is able to keep His people from stumbling and present them unblemished in His glorious presence with great joy. After a letter full of danger and warning, he directs their confidence to God’s saving power.
The believers have been told to contend for the faith, remember the apostles’ words, pray and show mercy. These responsibilities remain. Yet their hope does not rest on being strong enough to preserve themselves apart from God. The One who calls them is able to bring them safely into His presence.
Being presented unblemished is more than escaping trouble for another day. Jude looks toward the joy of standing before God without the defilement he has warned against. The Savior is able to accomplish what His people cannot secure by self-confidence.
Glory, majesty, dominion and authority belong to the only God our Savior through Jesus Christ our Lord. Jude names every age: before all time, now and forever. The present threat is serious, but it cannot make God less glorious or less able to save. His people can end their prayers with praise because their Lord’s authority endures.
Questions
1 What is God able to keep His people from?
AnswerHe is able to keep them from stumbling. Jude directs believers facing deception and sin to God’s preserving power.
2 How is He able to present them before Himself?
AnswerHe is able to present them unblemished in His glorious presence with great joy. Their final hope rests in His saving work.
3 Through whom is this praise offered?
AnswerGlory, majesty, dominion and authority are ascribed to God our Savior through Jesus Christ our Lord.
4 Does confidence in God cancel Jude’s earlier commands?
AnswerNo. Believers still contend, pray and show mercy. They fulfill those responsibilities depending on the God who is able to keep them.
What This Means for Us
Bring a real danger to your faith before God, and ask Him to keep you. Take the obedient step the situation requires while depending on His strength.
End with praise as Jude does. Name God’s authority and saving power, letting His greatness have the final word in your prayer rather than the size of the threat.
Prayer
God our Savior, keep us from stumbling and bring us into Your glorious presence with joy. Help us obey in dependence on You. Glory, majesty, dominion and authority belong to You through Jesus Christ, now and forever. Amen.