Jude 8-12 (NASB)

8 Yet in the same way these people also, dreaming, defile the flesh, reject authority, and speak abusively of angelic majesties. 9 But Michael the archangel, when he disputed with the devil and argued about the body of Moses, did not dare pronounce against him an abusive judgment, but said, “The Lord rebuke you!” 10 But these people disparage all the things that they do not understand; and all the things that they know by instinct, like unreasoning animals, by these things they are destroyed. 11 Woe to them! For they have gone the way of Cain, and for pay they have given themselves up to the error of Balaam, and perished in the rebellion of Korah. 12 These are the ones who are hidden reefs in your love feasts when they feast with you without fear, like shepherds caring only for themselves; clouds without water, carried along by winds; autumn trees without fruit, doubly dead, uprooted.

Theme: Believers in the Church must be on the lookout for what false teachers do and what they are like.

1. They Scorn Supernatural Beings (v. 8d-10)
2. They’re Marked by Murder, Money, and Mutiny (v. 11)
3. They Deceive to Destroy (v. 12a)

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Jude 5-8 (NASB)

5 Now I want to remind you, though you know everything once and 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 dwelling place, these He has kept in eternal restraints 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 angels indulged in sexual perversion and went after strange flesh, are exhibited as an example in undergoing the punishment of eternal fire.

8 Yet in the same way these people also, dreaming, defile the flesh, reject authority, and speak abusively of angelic majesties.

Theme: Deceptive, immoral false teachers are headed for God’s eternal judgment, and true believers in the Church must be alerted not to follow or fall for them.

Three examples of arrogance and immorality that bring God’s wrath and condemnation.

1. Unbelieving Israel (v. 5)
2. Arrogant Angels (v. 6)
3. Sordid Sodomites (v. 7)

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Jude 1-4 (NASB)

1 Jude, a bond-servant of Jesus Christ and brother of James,

To those who are the called, beloved in God the Father, and kept for Jesus Christ: 2 May mercy, peace, and love be multiplied to you.

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 that was once for all time handed down to the saints. 4 For certain people have crept in unnoticed, those who were long beforehand marked out for this condemnation, ungodly persons who turn the grace of our God into indecent behavior and deny our only Master and Lord, Jesus Christ.

Sermon Theme: In light of immoral false teachers creeping into the Church, we as true Christians must earnestly contend for the faith found in God’s Word.

Outline:

Intro – Greetings & Benediction (vv. 1-2)

1. You are called to contend for the faith (v. 3)
2. Why you are called to contend for the faith (v. 4)

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Sermon20130623

Jude 1:24-25 (NASB)
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,
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.

Introduction:

Chiastic Structure of Jude

A: Desire to Glorify God (1-2)
B: Defend Doctrine ! (3)
C: Description of Spiritual Terrorists (4-16)
B’: Defend Doctrine ! (17-23)
A’: Doxology-Glorify God (24-25)

Review:
1. Recognition of the Desires of Jude (1-2)
2. Recognition of the Directive for the Church (3)
3. Recognition of the Dangers of False Teachers (4)
4. Recognition of the Damnation of Sin and Apostates (5-7)
5. Recognition of the Description of Apostates (6-16)
6. Recognition of the Defense of the Faith (17-23)
7. Recognition of Doxology in Giving God the Glory for all things (24-26)

There are two(2) activities of God the Father that provide absolute assurance to all true believers so that they will be able to glorify God as they defend doctrine

I. The recipient of praise
1. Preservation
2. Presentation

II. The bestowing of honor
1. Glory
2. Majesty
3. Dominion
4. Authority

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Sermon20120715

Jude 1:17-23
Keep Yourselves in the Love of God
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.
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.

Introduction: Chiastic Structure of Jude

A

Desire

to Glorify God (1-2)
B

Defend

Doctrine! (3)
C

Description

of Spiritual Terrorists (4-16)
B’

Defend

Doctrine! (17-23)
A’

Doxology

(25-25)

Review:
1. Recognition of the Desires of Jude (1-2)
2. Recognition of the Directive for the Church (3)
3. Recognition of the Dangers of False Teachers (4)
4. Recognition of the Damnation of Sin and Apostates (5-7)
5. Recognition of the Description of Apostates (6-16)
6. Recognition of the Defense of the Faith (17-23)

There are three (3) absolute duties of the defender of the faith so that we are able to contend earnestly for the faith and protect the purity of the church.

1 Remember

2 Remain

A. Keep yourselves in the love of God
B. Pray
C. Wait anxiously

3 Rescue

A. Confused
B. Convinced
C. Haters / Filth mongers

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Jude 1:14-16
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.

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Sermon20111002

Jude 1:11-16
11 Woe to them! For they have gone the way of Cain, and for pay they have rushed headlong into the error of Balaam, and perished in the rebellion of Korah.
12 These are the men who are hidden reefs in your love feasts when they feast with you without fear, caring for themselves; clouds without water, carried along by winds; autumn trees without fruit, doubly dead, uprooted;
13 wild waves of the sea, casting up their own shame like foam; wandering stars, for whom the black darkness has been reserved forever.
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.

Character profiles of past spiritual terrorists.

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Sermon20110904

Jude 1:8-16

8 Yet in the same way these men, also by dreaming, defile the flesh, and reject authority, and revile angelic majesties.

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!

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.

11 Woe to them! For they have gone the way of Cain, and for pay they have rushed headlong into the error of Balaam, and perished in the rebellion of Korah.

12 These are the men who are hidden reefs in your love feasts when they feast with you without fear, caring for themselves; clouds without water, carried along by winds; autumn trees without fruit, doubly dead, uprooted;

13 wild waves of the sea, casting up their own shame like foam; wandering stars, for whom the black darkness has been reserved forever.

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.

Six distinctive traits that must be seen so that we will be able to recognize heresy and defend the the truth:

1. Recognition of the Desires of Jude – Triplets of Called, Beloved, Kept whoever experience mercy, peace, and love (vv. 1-2)

2. Recognition of the Directive for the Church – Defend Doctrine ! (v.3)

3. Recognition of the Dangers of False Teachers (v.4)

3 Attributes;

Ungodly (Godless)

Antinomian (Licentious)

Insubordinate (Nonsubmissive, Rejecting the Messiah)

Ireverent

4. Recognition of the Damnation of Sin and Apostates

3 Illustrations:

Apostate Israel

Apostate Angels

Apostate Gentiles

5. Recognition of the Description of Apostates

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