Twice dead

These are spots in your love feasts, while they feast with you without fear, serving only themselves. They are clouds without water, carried about by the winds; late autumn trees without fruit, twice dead, pulled up by the roots; - Jude 1v12

It is rare that I would spend this many days on one verse, but there is a lot here about false teachers that should warn us about the dangers of getting involved with them and the need to stand up for the truth.

Here we find another tragic truth. The false teachers are twice dead. We are Christians are twice born, physically and spiritually. The false teachers are twice dead. Their physical death is assured, but the sad thing is that their spiritual death is also certain. Not only will their bodies one day die, but their spirits are also doomed to death.

False teachers may have their attraction. Their reasoning and their ideals come along and make us think that maybe there is another way. When we get discouraged we tend to look for something else, but really, why would we depart from the truth of ‘twice born’ for the error of teachers who are ‘twice dead?’