The Book of Jude‏

Hello Friends!

Today, we live and serve in a culture that determines what is true by asking, "How do you feel about it?" As a result, the church is under attack for its stand on biblical truth. Sadly, many believers and even pastors are ready to lay aside doctrinal differences in order to build an ecumenical Tower of Babel. 

 

Wait! Truth matters to God – and it must matter to us as well! Jesus Christ is The Truth…

 

The Book of Jude

We must defend the faith that has been passed down to us through the Word of God! Jude encouraged his readers to earnestly contend for the faith and warned about immoral teachers and doctrines which were endangering the faith of the believers.

 

Jude's words challenge us – especially in today’s post-modern culture/church. He wrote:

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 – Jude 3

The book of Acts is known as the “Acts of the Apostles” – The book of Jude could be considered as the “Acts of the Apostates” as it is the only Epistle written with the expressed purpose of exposing false teachers, their false doctrines and their heresies that were leading believers away from the Biblical Gospel of Jesus Christ.

 

These words should awaken us today to the importance of spiritual discernment and of the need to know and embrace the core doctrines of our Christian faith. That's what the book of Jude is all about! 

 

Outline of the book of Jude:

Desires of Jude (1-2)

 

Declaration of War Against Apostates (3-4)

Damnable Outcome of Apostates (5-7)

Denunciation of Apostates (8-16)

Defenses Against Apostates (17-23)

Doxology of Jude (24-25)

My prayer is that you may read these Scriptures with a fresh commitment to stand in the gap, to defend the faith, and to protect the church from the many false teaching and doctrines of the day. May our Lord Jesus be glorified and His kingdom expanded!

 

Keep looking up and sharing the Gospel while there is still time… Hallelujah and Maranatha – come quickly Lord Jesus!

We are not guaranteed tomorrow – tomorrow may be too late! If you haven't yet made that most important decision of your life, won't you make Jesus Christ your personal Lord and Savior today - before it's too late? Today is the day of Salvation!

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