Like Unthinking Animals….

You wonder why people, who disregard God, act and behave in a manner that goes against simple common sense. Their minds are darkened. If you read Romans chapter one, you’ll get a good idea. Here in Jude, we read that people who don’t understand God’s ways or His word, act like unthinking animals. They do whatever their instincts tell them. If you give this some deep thought, people who think like animals, having no morality, or sense of right and wrong, must behave like animals because “they know not what they do”. Have you ever witnessed an animal apologizing to his owner for chewing up his shoe? Or a lion apologizing to the baby gazelle’s mother for eating it? Of course not. Animals behave like animals because they are unthinking. They are not human. Animals act out of instinct, not conscience. God haters do the same thing. They are only concerned about one thing, oneself. When someone takes the Bible and uses it for selfish gain, they are a false teacher, a deceiver; someone who needs to be exposed with the truth. It’s our job to expose counterfeits in the world, especially in the church. We do it by knowing the Real Thing. Being spiritually blind is a choice, you either want to know God, or you don’t. Your belief system drives your behavior. You can’t be something you’re not, at least not for very long. You will know a tree by the fruit it bears. By understanding why people do what they do, helps us treat them more kindly. But when they oppose God and truth, and spread false beliefs within the church, they need to be pruned, called out, and kicked out.

10 But these people scoff at things they do not understand. Like unthinking animals, they do whatever their instincts tell them, and so they bring about their own destruction. 11 What sorrow awaits them! For they follow in the footsteps of Cain, who killed his brother. Like Balaam, they deceive people for money. And like Korah, they perish in their rebellion. Jude 1:10-11