"OVERVIEW OF JUDE"
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Background info –
Author – Jude brother of James and half brother of Jesus –
16 Judas the son of James, and Judas Iscariot, who became a traitor.
13 When they had entered the city, they went up to the upper room where they were staying; that is, Peter and John and James and Andrew, Philip and Thomas, Bartholomew and Matthew, James the son of Alphaeus, and Simon the Zealot, and Judas the son of James.
55 “Is not this the carpenter’s son? Is not His mother called Mary, and His brothers, James and Joseph and Simon and Judas?
Date – 70 AD
Audience – General Letter (Believers)
Theme – “Beware of the Pretenders”
Chapters - 1
Verses - 25
Words - 459
By the grace of God we will come to see how the theme is see throughout the book of Jude –
1. Call to contend for the faith – vs. 3
1. Call to contend for the faith – vs. 3
3 Beloved, while I was making every effort to write you about our common salvation, I felt the necessity to write to you appealing that you contend earnestly for the faith which was once for all handed down to the saints.
Wanted to right about Salvation
Jude said it is necessary – obligation or inevitable
Appealing – strongly encouraging you (Active V)
Contend for – struggle for (this is the only place that it is used in all of Scripture)
Faith – what you believe in, Christian faith, or doctrine
27 Only conduct yourselves in a manner worthy of the gospel of Christ, so that whether I come and see you or remain absent, I will hear of you that you are standing firm in one spirit, with one mind striving together for the faith of the gospel;
12 Fight the good fight of faith; take hold of the eternal life to which you were called, and you made the good confession in the presence of many witnesses.
7 I have fought the good fight, I have finished the course, I have kept the faith;
4 To Titus, my true child in a common faith: Grace and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Savior.
2. Reasons to contend for the faith – 4 – 16
2. Reasons to contend for the faith – 4 – 16
The Description of these people – 4
4 For certain persons have crept in unnoticed, those who were long beforehand marked out for this condemnation, ungodly persons who turn the grace of our God into licentiousness and deny our only Master and Lord, Jesus Christ.
Crept in unnoticed - sneak in and begin to cause problems (Active Verb)
Ungodly people – irreverent, and unholy
Pervert the grace of God – depart, or change – (Active Verb)
Changed the grace of God to Sensuality – enjoying selfish pleasures (sexual)
Deny the only Master – Refuse to follow
Description of the these people – 8
8 Yet in the same way these men, also by dreaming, defile the flesh, and reject authority, and revile angelic majesties.
Relying on their dreams – Metaphor – they are being deceived with sensual images and carried away to a life style that dishonors God.
Defile the flesh – contaminate it
Reject authority – dominion, and lordship (Reject is Active verb)
Blaspheme the glorious ones –
Slander, refuse to show reverence for God – vs. 10
10 But these men revile the things which they do not understand; and the things which they know by instinct, like unreasoning animals, by these things they are destroyed.
Description of these people – 16
Jude 14–16 (NASB95)
14 It was also about these men that Enoch, in the seventh generation from Adam, prophesied, saying, “Behold, the Lord came with many thousands of His holy ones, 15 to execute judgment upon all, and to convict all the ungodly of all their ungodly deeds which they have done in an ungodly way, and of all the harsh things which ungodly sinners have spoken against Him.”
16 These are grumblers, finding fault, following after their own lusts; they speak arrogantly, flattering people for the sake of gaining an advantage.
Grumblers – complainers
Malcontents – lamenting one’s lost, blaming
Sinful desires – sinful cravings
Loud mouth boasters – use sharp speech
Showing favoritism – amazement
Outcome of rebellion towards God (3 examples) - 5-7
Jude 5–7 (NASB95)
5 Now I desire to remind you, though you know all things once for all, that the Lord, after saving a people out of the land of Egypt, subsequently destroyed those who did not believe.
6 And angels who did not keep their own domain, but abandoned their proper abode, He has kept in eternal bonds under darkness for the judgment of the great day,
7 just as Sodom and Gomorrah and the cities around them, since they in the same way as these indulged in gross immorality and went after strange flesh, are exhibited as an example in undergoing the punishment of eternal fire.
Destroyed those who did not believe
Angels who did not obey
Sodom and Gomorrah
God deals with the sin not man - 9
9 But Michael the archangel, when he disputed with the devil and argued about the body of Moses, did not dare pronounce against him a railing judgment, but said, “The Lord rebuke you!”
3. How to contend for the faith – 20-23
3. How to contend for the faith – 20-23
Reminder about the false prophets - 17-19
17 But you, beloved, ought to remember the words that were spoken beforehand by the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ, 18 that they were saying to you, “In the last time there will be mockers, following after their own ungodly lusts.” 19 These are the ones who cause divisions, worldly-minded, devoid of the Spirit.
How to contend for the faith - Vs. 20 – 23
Jude 20–23 (NASB95)
20 But you, beloved, building yourselves up on your most holy faith, praying in the Holy Spirit, 21 keep yourselves in the love of God, waiting anxiously for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ to eternal life.
22 And have mercy on some, who are doubting; 23 save others, snatching them out of the fire; and on some have mercy with fear, hating even the garment polluted by the flesh.
First you must persevere in your walk with the Lord
Building yourselves up in your most holy faith – continue to edify one another b/c you are part of God’s family
Praying – is not just having knowledge
Keep yourselves in the Love of God –
keep obeying
Save others – by sharing the Gospel of Jesus Christ
Show mercy – have compassion
SO WHAT?
Dever - “Faith comes from God. Faith will be judged by God. And our faith persists today because of God.”
Discussion Question -
How are you contending for the faith?