Little book of Jude & Triage

Jude - half brother of James (half brother of Jesus), self-described as Jesus' bond servant.

- written 30 y after Christ's return to heaven, end of the Church Age, deals with apostasy 

Past sanctification = "I HAVE been sanctified" upon accepting Jesus

Present sanctification - "I AM BEING sanctified - Christian growth and maturity, never ends in this life.

Future sanctification - "I WILL YET be sanctified" - second coming of Christ, when everything is complete.

v 21-24

Keep yourselves in the love of God, waiting anxiously for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ to eternal life. And have mercy on some, who are doubting; save others, snatching them out of the fire; and on some have mercy with fear, hating even the garment polluted by the flesh. Now to Him who is able to keep you from stumbling, and to make you stand in the presence of His glory blameless with great joy, to the only God our Saviour, through Jesus Christ our Lord, be glory, majesty, dominion and authority, before all time and now and forever. Amen. 

The possibility of being "blameless with great joy" when Christ returns - such an awesome thought. Jude starkly warns against the false prophets, the possibility to stumble and stray during our present sanctification, and so his encouragement to us, and advice of how to overcome, is to keep in the love of God, because surely he will keep me on the right path. 

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Triage: a humanitarian dilemma

- documentary about Dr. James Orbinski's experiences with MSF in Somalia and Rwanda 

- 1999 nobel peace prize winner

- president MSF
- ER doc in Toronto

- Humanitarian wars are an oxymoron. "I am writing with a view to reclaim that language and my understanding of what humanitarianism is about...."

- 3:34 - "One cannot be so afraid of dying, that you miss living."

- 15:46 - when he was sharing about his friend in somalia - On meaning of humanitarianism: after paying $500 to the gangs to save a fellow MSF manager, he reflects: "that creates a relationship, a bond, a mutual understanding... something that is very real.. and extremely human, and immutable. That is root. It's not about creating a perfect future, it is about responding to another human who is suffering in a very particular way and responding in a very particular way, with an expectation that that is a starting point of who we are as human beings."

- 73:19 - speaking with medical students who had survived the Rwandan genocide: "It's a delusion to believe you must be well in order to treat a person who is sick, or is suffering in some way. You are more than a physician, you are a human being. And human beings, the nature of life, the nature of daily life, is to suffer and to understand that, and also to seek and live happiness. But suffering is part of life. If you know that, and you experience it, and you're not afraid of it, it makes you a better doctor. It makes you a better doctor."