A Warning and a Call to Holiness: A study on Jude Verses 7&8

 In verses 7–8, Jude reminds the saints of God’s judgment on Sodom, Gomorrah, and the surrounding cities. He explicitly states why God annihilated them: 

1.  Gross Immorality: Pervasive sexual sin, dishonesty, corruption, violence, and deception (Ezekiel 16:49–50). 
2.  Perversion of God’s Design: They pursued “strange flesh”—a reference to homosexual acts, angelic-human relations (Genesis 19:1–11), and other violations of God’s created order. 

Jude emphasizes that these cities serve as an example (v. 7), enduring the punishment of eternal fire. This was recorded for our instruction: if we embrace the same sins, we invite the same judgment. Scripture is clear: “No immoral, impure, or greedy person… has any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and of God” (Ephesians 5:5). 

You may profess faith in Christ, yet if you walk in darkness—defiling your body, rejecting authority, or reviling God’s ordained order—do not presume upon grace. Jesus warned: “Not everyone who says to Me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only the one who does the will of My Father” (Matthew 7:21). 

Grace is not a license to sin (Romans 6:1–2). Christ’s sacrifice paid your debt—but it calls you to live as light (Ephesians 5:8–10). If you have treated His mercy as permission to indulge the flesh, repent now. The Kingdom is near; the time to turn is today. 

God’s response to genuine repentance is life, not fire. As you turn from wickedness, He promises: 

> “I will forgive their wickedness and remember their sins no more” (Jeremiah 31:34).

If you are weary of bondage to sin, pray this with a surrendered heart:

> “Lord, have mercy on me. Forgive my immorality, my perversion of Your design, and every rebellion against Your holiness. Cleanse me, renew me, and empower me to live for Your glory. Amen.”

If you prayed this, you are forgiven! Now live no longer for yourself, but for Christ who died for you and rose again (2 Corinthians 5:15). Walk in His freedom, His truth, and His light. 

Come, Lord Jesus! Amen.

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Silas Oriokot