Now unto Him that is able to keep you from falling, and to present you faultless before the presence of His gory with exceeding joy,  Jude 25

Cheap grace, a false doctrine sweeping Christendom today, isn’t a new problem.  In the beginning of his epistle, Jude charges believers to contend for the faith because some men are turning the grace of God into lasciviousness.  He goes on to describe the nature of those who prefer their own idea of grace over God’s definition of it: they are “filthy dreamers who defile the flesh, despise authority, complainers, walking after their own lusts.”  Their overall demeanor is rebellion—they hate the thought of submission, so they warp the grace of God into something that excuses their behavior while affording them the benefits of salvation.  When challenged by the commands of scripture, they cry, “We are not under the law!”  They call conviction condemnation.  They are offended by sermons on holiness and obedience; after all, that might bring some discomfort to the flesh.  God’s perfect law of liberty looks like oppression to them, and His demands seem impossible.  Yet in his conclusion of the epistle, Jude assures believers of the mighty working of God’s power in them.  Though some in the church are complaining against God and his hard commands, true believers are to trust in the grace of God to empower them to live blamelessly upon the earth.  “Now unto Him that is able to keep you from falling” is the supremacy of true grace.  God’s command comes with God’s ability, and those who say, “yes” to His law receive a flood of divine help to meet it’s demands.  No longer are we slaves to the flesh to do as it wills!  Sin has no more dominion over us!  Gone are the days of falling short of God’s glory—the spirit of grace has come, and it has come with a divine mandate: to present us faultless before the Holy One.  Cheap grace excuses sin, while true grace delivers from its snare.  The cheap version of grace promises liberty but grants bondage; the grace of our Lord Jesus frees men to please God.  Cheap grace appeals only to rebels, but divine grace can change a rebel into a bondservant.  Let us not cheapen something so marvelous.  Thank God for the activity of grace.