They are wild, not having a peaceful spirit. They reject the quiet waters of Shiloah in favor of the tumult they produce by their own selfish ambitions.

The things they say and do are shameful, yet their followers are blind to their words and actions. There are so many of these today!

They are wandering stars because they have not become part of the one Morning Star. They are self-willed religionists, causing confusion wherever they go.

Although they have been very active in the Christian religion, sometimes leading thousands of believers, Christ does not know them. They walk in the light of the sparks they have kindled by their self-seeking, their personal ambition.

Their end is eternal darkness although they profess to be ministers and servants of Jesus Christ.

The above is true of many Christians leaders and people of our day.

And Enoch also, the seventh from Adam, prophesied of these, saying, Behold, the Lord cometh with ten thousands of his saints, To execute judgment upon all, and to convince all that are ungodly among them of all their ungodly deeds which they have ungodly committed, and of all their hard speeches which ungodly sinners have spoken against him. (Jude 1:14,15)

The coming of the Lord will be against all wickedness in the earth, both spiritual and human. Christ will appear with an army of saints to whom has been given the authority and power of judgment.

Judgment will begin with these sinners in the churches. This is why we are blowing the trumpet in Zion today. We Christians are not nearly ready for the appearing of Christ and His saints and holy angels.

These are murmurers, complainers, walking after their own lusts; and their mouth speaketh great swelling words, having men's persons in admiration because of advantage. (Jude 1:16)

There is so much grumbling and faultfinding in the churches of our day, so much gossiping and slander, so much criticizing, that we have come to accept this sort of behavior as normal.

It is not normal even though it is commonplace in our churches. It is not acceptable. Those who do such things are worthy of death. It was because of grumbling and faultfinding that Israel was turned back into the wilderness until the grumblers had died.

We Christians become exercised about drunkenness, rape, and murder. We indeed should be outraged about the immorality and abuse of infants and children that is occurring in the United States.

But the root of the problem is in the Christian churches. We are supposed to be the moral light of the world. Instead we show by our behavior that we are not different from the world. The same malice, self-seeking, lying, and stealing that occur in the world occur in the churches.

We are too occupied with the unscriptural "rapture" and not occupied enough with the light of good works which is supposed to be shining from us.

We follow our own evil desires instead of presenting our body a living sacrifice to God.

We boast about how great our church is. We bring people to see how wonderful we are and show them the parking lot and the fellowship hall. But when the people attend they hear backbiting and criticism. Then they know God is not on our parking lot or eating pie in our fellowship hall.

To be continued.