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INTRODUCTION:
I- A COMMON SALVATION (Jude 3 a).
A- A common Savior
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There is no other Savior.
(John 14:6)
(Acts 4:12)
2. There is no other gospel.
(Galatians 1:6 – 9)
B- A common experience.
1- there is only one experience that imparts eternal life.
(John 3:7)
Long ago, there was a greatly disappointed young man at West Point.
He came all the way from Wisconsin to enter the military Academy, and when, on arrival, he found that several documents with large seals were needed to permit him entry, he felt very badly indeed.
He was born and reared in a little town in Wisconsin.
He had dreamed of being a soldier and determined to come to West Point for military education.
He had a long, hard trip from Wisconsin to the Hudson.
He spent 2 months walking and riding on freight trains in making the journey.
A sentinel stopped him when he tried to enter the barracks and explained the necessary requirements to get in therON The boy was heartbroken, then cried like a child.
The Savior says there will be some deceived like that at the last judgment.
People who imagined they were going to get into heaven, and yet, have made no preparation for it and will be turned away at last.
Heaven is a prepared place for a prepared people.
C- A common goal.
There is only one goal that the Lord has in mind for all believers.
That goal is to glorify God.
(1 Corinthians 6:19-20)
In body (that which others see).
Jesus living through you.
(Galatians 2:20)
Song: “let others see Jesus in you”
by Tony Weeks
Verse 1
While passing thro' this world of sin, and others your life shall view.
Be clean and pure without, within;Let others see Jesus in you.
Verse 2
Your life's a book before their eyes, They're reading it thro' and thro' Say, does it point them to the skies, Do others see Jesus in you?
Verse 3
Then live for Christ both day and night, Be faithful, be brave and true, and lead the lost to life and Christ.
Let others see Jesus in you.
Verse 4
While passing thro' this world of sin, and others your life shall view.
Be clean and pure without, within; Let others see Jesus in you.
Chorus
Let others see Jesus in you, Let others see Jesus in you.
Keep telling the story, be faithful and true; Let others see Jesus in you.
in spirit (that which God alone sees
worship in spirit and in truth
(John 4:23 – 24)
Richard Foster stated “if worship does not change us, it has not been worship.”
Gordon Dahl once observed, “our problem is that we worship our work, work at our play, and play at our worship.”
II- CONTENDING FOR THE FAITH (Jude 3 b)
A- There is a clear reason.
It is THE faith.
There is only one true faith.
(Ephesians 4:4 – 6)
It is the faith delivered “once for all.”
a.
The truth does not change with the times.
(Malachi 3:6)
B- It is a continual fight.
It is an intense fight.
(ἐπαγωνίζεσθαι= to exert intense effort on behalf of something—‘to struggle for.’
They are known as the 40 martyrs of Sebaste.
In the famed 12th Legion of Rome’s Imperial Army there were 40 soldiers who profess their faith in Jesus Christ.
One day the captain informed them that Emperor Licinius had sent out an edict commanding all soldiers to offer a sacrifice to pagan gods.
These Christian warriors said, “you can have our armor and even our bodies, but our hearts allegiance belongs to Jesus Christ.”
Because of their stance they were marched onto the frozen lake in the midwinter of 320 and stripped of their clothes.
At any time they could renounce Christ and be spared from death.
Instead, they huddled close together and saying their song of victory.
“40 martyrs for Christ.”
That freezing nights all 39 men fall in their icy graves.
when there was but one man left he stumbled onto the shore and renounced Christ.
The officer in charge of guarding these men had secretly come to believe in Christ.
He then replaced the man who had broken right and walked out onto the ice.
He threw off his clothes and confessed his faith in Christ.
At sunrise the soldiers found 40 men who gave their all for the cause of Christ.
It is an unending fight (earnestly defend is in the present tense).
(Ephesians 6:10 – 17)
We are not to stop until we go to be with Jesus.
III- A CREEPING THREAT (JUDE 4)
A- The source of that threat:
People who are ungodly (ἀσεβεῖς= “impious, ungodly,” “without reverence for God,” not merely irreligious, but acting in contravention of God’s demands)
(Romans 3:11-18)
People who forsake holiness for worldliness.
(ἀσέλγειαν= “wantonness, licentiousness, lasciviousness, that which is characterized by moral impurity.”
The idea conveyed is someone who turns from obedience to the fulfillment of unholy personal whims and desires.
(Romans 1:23).
People who deny (ἀρνούμενοι) Christ by their lifestyles.
It is possible to deny Christ through our actions and be active in church.
B- The seriousness of the threat:
It leads to corruption of biblical truth.
Attempts to justify sinful actions bringing about the perversion of biblical truth.
(Acts 13:10) (Galatians 1:7)
It leads to judgment .
(κρίμα= denotes “the sentence pronounced, a verdict, a condemnation, the decision resulting from an investigation.”
Judgement through a destroyed life.
Judgment through the loss of rewards at the judgment Seat of Christ.
(2 Corinthians 5:10).
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