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Ellen Gould White über: "The connection between immorality and contempt for authority in Jude 1:7-8"
Answer
The biblical context in Jude 1:7-8 shows that sexual immorality and fleshly desires directly lead to a contempt for divine and lawful authority. As illustrated by the example of Sodom and Gomorrah, those who indulge in unnatural lusts not only defile their own bodies, but consistently reject every rule of authority and slander heavenly powers. This rebellion stems from a corrupt heart that regards God's law as an obstacle to the satisfaction of its own passions.
Immorality and the contempt of authority
»“Just as Sodom and Gomorrah and the surrounding cities, which likewise practiced prostitution and pursued foreign flesh, have been set as an example and suffer the punishment of the eternal fire. Likewise these dreamers also defile the flesh, despise authority and slander the majesties. ... Yet they slander what they do not know; what they do know by nature, like irrational animals, they ruin themselves in it.”«
The consequences of lawlessness for society
»Whoever refuses to submit to God's government is completely incapable of governing themselves. Through their corrupt teachings, the spirit of lawlessness is planted in the hearts of children and youth... a lawless, unrestrained condition of society is the result. While they mock the piety of those who obey God's demands, the masses eagerly accept Satan's deceptions. They give free rein to lust and practice the sins that have invoked judgment upon the Gentiles.«
Corruption of the spirit through sensual passions
»Debauchery is increasing in our world. ... These portrayals are of such a kind that they incite the lowest passions of the human heart through corrupt notions. These corrupt notions are followed by defiling practices, as the sodomites used to indulge in. But the most dreadful part of the evil is that it is practiced under the guise of holiness.«
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