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篇幅短短的犹大书所针对的人，是那些虽然归属于教会，却误把神的恩典当做放纵情欲的机会。犹大指出，这些人用他们的行动否认了耶稣是他们的生命之主。如果他们所侍奉的不是耶稣，那么他们在侍奉的又是谁呢？

许多罪在当下看来似乎还不错。我们常常忘记问的问题是：“这究竟对我有什么益处？”或者，如果我们果真问了这个问题，我们可能只是满足于一个肤浅的答案。有时，我们可能不确定按照神的旨意做事会带来多少益处，又或者，神加给我们的益处在相当长的一段时间内不会显明。

真正跟随基督意味着要效法祂那样的生活。这意味着不把祂的恩典当作犯罪的机会，而是当作远离罪的机会。

犹大清楚地陈明，我们常常不知道那些不思悔改的罪人是怎么“偷着进来”混迹在我们中间的。我们很容易感到困惑，因为尽管我们努力要活在基督的自由里，远离罪恶，却还是会经常犯错。所有的基督徒都会犯罪，耶稣赦免了我们的罪。但如果我们活得好像我们的罪是无关紧要的，就会给他人和自己带来巨大的伤害和痛苦。

所以我们不要自欺——真正的自由属于那些选择跟随基督的人。

The small book of Jude is about people who are part of the church but mistake the grace of God for a license to do whatever they want. Jude points out that by their actions these people deny that Jesus is the Lord of their lives. If they are not serving Jesus, whom are they serving?

Many sins seem good in the moment. The question we often fail to ask is, "How does this actually benefit me?" Or if we do ask that question, we settle for a superficial answer. Sometimes we may not feel sure that doing things God’s way will bring much of a benefit—or perhaps the benefit God offers won’t come about for a long time.

To truly follow Christ means to live as he lived. It means treating his grace not as a license to sin but as a license to grow away from sin.

Jude makes clear that we often can’t tell when people who sin without remorse have "slipped in among" us. It’s easy to be confused because although we try to live into Christ’s freedom from sin, we often mess up too. All Christians sin, and Jesus forgives us for that. But living as if our sins don’t matter in this world can cause tremendous hurt and pain to others and ourselves.

So let’s not be fooled—real freedom belongs to those who choose to follow Christ.