Avoiding Spiritual Blight (6 of 6)
Series: Jude
Robert Dawson
Jude 17-25
During a 5-6-year span in the mid 1800s Ireland's population saw a precipitous decline of nearly 2,000,000 people due to a famine that brought disease and death to 1,000,000 people and saw another 1,000,000 immigrate to other places. The population of Ireland today is still almost 50% less than it was in 1840.
What is interesting is how the famine occurred. It was not because of drought or other inclement weather. At the time, Ireland's staple crop was the potato. It was also a mainstay in the diets of the people, especially the poor. It is estimated that the potato made up 80% of the diet in Ireland.
The potato could grow and yield a hardy crop even in adverse soil conditions but in 1844 a clipper ship arrived in Europe/Ireland with a group of Americans who had brought potatoes to sustain them during their voyage. There was only one problem; the potatoes were diseased. They were infected with what is known as the blight.
This one ship brought a disease that would destroy 90% of Ireland's potato crop and send that island into a famine that would lead to disease and death. One small shipment of diseased potatoes forever altered the history and health of that island.
It's amazing that something so small and seemingly insignificant could do such catastrophic damage. That is true in so many ways and on so many levels, even in the spiritual realm.
- Jude warns us that something we believe to be small and insignificant or fail to discern as a threat can do unthinkable damage to the church, the church's mission and the lives of individuals within the church.
- Jude knew that counterfeit Christianity, with its systematic dismantling of orthodox doctrine and decaying morality, would be a blight that would eventually lead to the spiritual death and destruction of those who bought into the lies.
The false teaching that flooded some of the churches in the first century are st ...
Series: Jude
Robert Dawson
Jude 17-25
During a 5-6-year span in the mid 1800s Ireland's population saw a precipitous decline of nearly 2,000,000 people due to a famine that brought disease and death to 1,000,000 people and saw another 1,000,000 immigrate to other places. The population of Ireland today is still almost 50% less than it was in 1840.
What is interesting is how the famine occurred. It was not because of drought or other inclement weather. At the time, Ireland's staple crop was the potato. It was also a mainstay in the diets of the people, especially the poor. It is estimated that the potato made up 80% of the diet in Ireland.
The potato could grow and yield a hardy crop even in adverse soil conditions but in 1844 a clipper ship arrived in Europe/Ireland with a group of Americans who had brought potatoes to sustain them during their voyage. There was only one problem; the potatoes were diseased. They were infected with what is known as the blight.
This one ship brought a disease that would destroy 90% of Ireland's potato crop and send that island into a famine that would lead to disease and death. One small shipment of diseased potatoes forever altered the history and health of that island.
It's amazing that something so small and seemingly insignificant could do such catastrophic damage. That is true in so many ways and on so many levels, even in the spiritual realm.
- Jude warns us that something we believe to be small and insignificant or fail to discern as a threat can do unthinkable damage to the church, the church's mission and the lives of individuals within the church.
- Jude knew that counterfeit Christianity, with its systematic dismantling of orthodox doctrine and decaying morality, would be a blight that would eventually lead to the spiritual death and destruction of those who bought into the lies.
The false teaching that flooded some of the churches in the first century are st ...
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