“And I remind you of the angels who did not stay within the limits of authority God gave them but left the place where they belonged. God has kept them securely chained in prisons of darkness, waiting for the great day of judgment.” Jude 1:6 NLT
The second sign of the “secret-slipper-inner” is that they are like “the angels who did not stay within the limits of authority.”
This verse is referring to Satan and the angels who followed him in rebellion against God. The Bible indicates that those beings we refer to as demons today were once angels who chose to declare war on God in hopes of deposing Him. Satan himself was an angel called Lucifer…“How art thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, son of the morning! [how] art thou cut down to the ground, which didst weaken the nations! For thou hast said in thine heart, I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God: I will sit also upon the mount of the congregation, in the sides of the north: I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will be like the most High. Yet thou shalt be brought down to hell, to the sides of the pit.” Isaiah 14: 12-15 KJV
I cannot imagine being likened to the devil but God says the “secret-slipper-inners” are like Satan in that they emulate his rebellion against authority.
I once worked briefly with a young man who made it his habit to undermine our manager by not following through with his responsibilities and then reporting our manager for dereliction of duty. The rest of us could easily see the fatal flaw in the young man’s plan but for some reason he thought he had the clout to take on people above his pay grade. He was soon displaced.
Secret-slipper-inners are men or women who are constantly trying to destroy the authority of their church leadership. They are not just complainers they are underminers. The saddest truth though is that they are often good at building consensus and wherever they go division seems to ride their wake. I wonder how many church splits could have been avoided if Jude verse 6 had been committed to memory.
Lord in our days make us discerning!
If you missed the first parts of this study:
https://jelillie.wordpress.com/2012/09/01/pastor-wrinkles-hey-jude-pt-1/
https://jelillie.wordpress.com/2012/09/02/pastor-wrinkles-hey-jude-pt-2/
https://jelillie.wordpress.com/2012/09/06/pastor-wrinkles-hey-jude-pt-3/
https://jelillie.wordpress.com/2012/09/07/pastor-wrinkles-hey-jude-pt-4/
https://jelillie.wordpress.com/2012/09/08/pastor-wrinkles-hey-jude-pt-5/
https://jelillie.wordpress.com/2012/09/12/pastor-wrinkles-hey-jude-pt-6/
https://jelillie.wordpress.com/2012/09/13/pastor-wrinkles-hey-jude-pt-7/
https://jelillie.wordpress.com/2012/09/15/pastor-wrinkles-hey-jude-pt-8/
https://jelillie.wordpress.com/2012/09/16/pastor-wrinkles-hey-jude-pt-9/
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