Remember that one of the signs of the last days is scoffers

[parousia70]

Our ideology is rife with expectations of purity, that men do not practice.

But the Lord turns them away, that His Song not diminish.

Christ's Ideology is more rife with expectations of humility and service, than with expectations of personal piety and purity.

Remember, the merely pious and pure who refuse to be servants to the least of His, wind up turned away with the Goats (Matthew 25:41-46) and their personal purity is powerless to save them. Meanwhile the humble, fallible, wretched servant who tends to Christ in prison, in the hospital, who feeds Him when He is hungry, who Clothes Him when He is naked and who weclomes Him to their shores with open arms when He is a foreigner, Shall be granted everlasting life.

 

[keras]

Of this, they are willfully ignorant of…. 2 Peter 3:5.

This is in regard to the forthcoming worldwide judgement by fire, but it applies to all people who want to be free of any hindrance to their own will, to do the things they want to do regardless of what is found in the Word of God. This willingness to be ignorant of the things of God is a willful choice based on a selfish desire rather than a desire to please God.

It is not that they cannot grasp the truth; or that they cannot understand it. The fact is that they do not want the truth because the truth of God's word would mean changing their cozy lifestyle. This also applies to those who have chosen to believe false teachings, so as to think they can avoid the testing times to come.

Look at Acts 7:51-60….Then they cried out with a loud voice and stopped their ears. Why? They did not want to know the truth about the crucifixion of Jesus Christ.

This is true in our day as well. There are multitudes of people who do not want to know the things of God because they do not want to be beholden to God. They are willfully ignorant. Paul said something similar to that in 1 Corinthians 14:38.
But if any man be ignorant, let him remain ignorant. Isaiah 29:9-12

Until a person is willing to receive the truth with an open mind and thereby become mentally renewed, he or she will remain in the dark about salvation and for Christians about the great future God has planned for us.

 

[jacks]

If we would all just slow down and chew our food thoroughly, that may solve the problem.

 

[BillCody]

Paul said something similar to that in 1 Corinthians 14:38.
But if any man be ignorant, let him remain ignorant.

Here keras you forgot this verse. 1 Corinthians 14:37 If any man think himself to be a prophet, or spiritual, let him acknowledge that the things that I write unto you are the commandments of the Lord.

 

[claninja]

Since you keep saying first century church.

Yes, Jude was written to and about events occurring in the first century church. Great job on providing Jude 1 in the OP

 

[keras]

Here keras you forgot this verse. 1 Corinthians 14:37 If any man think himself to be a prophet, or spiritual, let him acknowledge that the things that I write unto you are the commandments of the Lord.

Well then, it's just as well that I do not think of myself as a Prophet, or as a Spiritual being.
I am just a messenger, I promote what the Prophets said and I do acknowledge the Commandments of the Lord.

If what I have posted conflicts with your beliefs, refute me with scriptural proofs, If you can't, then reconsider your beliefs.