Matthew Henry Commentary Jude 1:24-25

Matthew Henry Commentary

Jude 1:24-25

1662–1714
Presbyterian
Matthew Henry
Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry Commentary

Jude 1:24-25

1662–1714
Presbyterian
SCRIPTURE

"Now unto him that is able to guard you from stumbling, and to set you before the presence of his glory without blemish in exceeding joy, to the only God our Saviour, through Jesus Christ our Lord, [be] glory, majesty, dominion and power, before all time, and now, and for evermore. Amen." — Jude 1:24-25 (ASV)

God is able, and as willing as he is able, to keep us from falling and to present us faultless before the presence of his glory. Not as those who have never been faulty, but as those who, but for God's mercy and a Savior's sufferings and merits, might most justly have been condemned long ago. All sincere believers were given to him by the Father; and of all those so given to him, he has lost none, nor will he lose any one.

Now, our faults fill us with fears, doubts, and sorrows; but the Redeemer has undertaken for his people that they will be presented faultless. Where there is no sin, there will be no sorrow; where there is the perfection of holiness, there will be the perfection of joy. Let us more often look up to Him who is able to keep us from falling, to improve as well as maintain the work he has worked in us, until we are presented blameless before the presence of his glory.

Then our hearts will know a joy beyond what earth can afford; then God will also rejoice over us, and the joy of our compassionate Savior will be completed. To Him who has so wisely formed the plan, and will faithfully and perfectly accomplish it, be glory and majesty, dominion and power, both now and forever. Amen.