After a sharp rebuke of those who would teach false ideas in the church Jude goes on to show how believers can protect themselves against such men and their dangerous ideas.
2. Review:
• Jude- brother of Jesus & James
• Addressed false teachers/
teachings and their consequences.
• Warns of punishment.
3. 17 But
you, beloved, ought to remember the
words that were spoken beforehand by the
18 that they
apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ,
were saying to you, “In the last time there will
be mockers, following after their own
ungodly lusts.”
- Jude 17-18
4. 19 These
are the ones who cause divisions,
worldly-minded, devoid of the Spirit.
- Jude 19
6. 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.
- Jude 20-21
7. How to Avoid Danger
1. Heed the warnings
2. Build yourself up spiritually
8. 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.
- Jude 22-23
9. How to Avoid Danger
1. Heed the warnings
2. Build yourself up spiritually
3. Help the weak
10. 24 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,
- Jude 24
11. 25 to
the only God our Savior, through Jesus
Christ our Lord, be glory, majesty, dominion and
authority, before all time and now and forever.
Amen.
- Jude 25