MY Devotional: Daily Biblical Encouragement & Prayer from Leading The Way

Deniers Are Destined for Destruction

Episode Summary

False teachers may look harmless, but Jude says they’re hidden reefs—quietly wrecking faith beneath the surface. Dr. Michael Youssef explains Jude’s vivid warnings and reminds believers: the milquetoast Jesus of apostates is not the Jesus of Scripture—King Jesus is coming to judge.

Episode Notes

Scripture is unmistakably clear: Jesus will return in glory to judge the nations, separating those who received Him from those who rejected Him (Matthew 25:31–32). Yet false teachers deny or dilute this reality, replacing repentance and holiness with a softened message that cannot save.

In today’s episode of the MY Devotional Podcast, Dr. Michael Youssef unpacks Jude’s urgent imagery for apostate teachers—portraits designed to help believers recognize danger before spiritual shipwreck occurs:

• “Hidden reefs” at your love feasts (Jude 1:12): beneath-the-surface threats that damage the church while “feeding only themselves.”
• “Clouds without rain” (v. 12): loud, trend-driven voices that promise refreshment but deliver only disappointment.
• “Autumn trees… without fruit and uprooted” (v. 12): spiritually barren leaders who leave others malnourished and are ultimately “twice dead.”
• “Wild waves” and “wandering stars” (vv. 13): chaotic influences that produce wreckage and provide no true direction—drifting farther from biblical Truth.

Jude then lifts our eyes to the certainty apostates try to erase: the Lord is coming with holy ones to judge everyone (Jude 1:14–15). For the unrepentant, that day will bring terror. But for believers who long for His appearing, it will be a day of joy—when we see the signs of His return and “lift up [our] heads” with expectation (Luke 21:28).

Prayer: Lord, may I pursue Your Truth revealed in Your Word with confidence and joyfully prepare for the day of Your return. I pray in the name of Jesus. Amen. 

“They are wild waves of the sea, foaming up their shame; wandering stars, for whom blackest darkness has been reserved forever” (Jude 1:13).

Learn more in Dr. Michael A. Youssef’s sermon series Contend for the Faith: WATCH NOW|LISTEN NOW