INTRODUCTION AND SALUTATION: A BELIEVER KEPT SECURELY IN THE STATE OF HIS CHOICE _Text_ 1. Jude, a servant of Jesus Christ, and brother of James to them that are called, beloved in God the Father, and kept for Jesus Christ: 2. Mercy unto you and peace and love be multiplied. _Queries_ 1. Who... [ Continue Reading ]
_A BELIEVER WHO KEEPS HIMSELF BY CONTENDING FOR A GROWING FAITH_ Jude 1:3 _Text_ 3. Beloved, while I was giving all diligence to write unto you of our common salvation, I was constrained to write unto you exhorting you to contend earnestly for the faith which was once for all delivered unto the... [ Continue Reading ]
_A WRITTEN WARNING OF APOSTASY_ Jude 1:4 _Text_ 4. For there are certain men crept in privily, even they who were of old written of beforehand unto this condemnation, ungodly men, turning the grace of our God into lasciviousness, and denying our only Master and Lord, Jesus Christ. _Queries_ 9.... [ Continue Reading ]
_TEACHING ON APOSTASY FROM OLD TESTAMENT HISTORY_ Jude 1:5-8 _Text_ 5. Now I desire to put you in remembrance, though ye know all things once for all, that the Lord, having saved a people out of the land of Egypt, afterward destroyed them that believed not. 6. And angels that kept not their ow... [ Continue Reading ]
_A METAPHORE FROM THE SPIRITUAL WORLD THAT ILLUSTRATES APOSTASY_ Jude 1:9-10 _Text_ 9. But Michael the archangel, when contending with the devil he disputed about the body of Moses, durst not bring against him a railing judgment, but said, The Lord rebuke thee. 10. But these rail at whatsoever... [ Continue Reading ]
_A TRILOGY OF WOE_ Jude 1:11 _Text_ 11. Woe unto them! for they went in the way of Cain, and ran riotously in the error of Balaam for hire, and perished in the gainsaying of Korah. _Queries_ 55. Three examples of punishment are given in this verse. What are they? 56. What was Cain's sin? (s... [ Continue Reading ]
_METAPHORES FROM NATURE THAT ILLUSTRATE APOSTASY_ Jude 1:12-13 _Text_ 12. These are they who are hidden rocks in your love-feasts when they feast with you, shepherds that without fear feed themselves; clouds without water, carried along by winds; autumn trees without roots; 13. wild waves of t... [ Continue Reading ]
_TEACHING ON APOSTASY FROM OLD TESTAMENT PROPHECY_ Jude 1:14-16 _Text_ 14. And to these also Enoch, the seventh from Adam, prophesied, saying, Behold, the Lord came with ten thousands of his holy ones. 15. to execute judgment upon all, and to convict all the ungodly of all their works of ungod... [ Continue Reading ]
_A SPOKEN WARNING OF APOSTASY_ Jude 1:17-19 _Text_ 17. But ye, beloved, remember ye the words which have been spoken before by the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ; 18. that they said to you, In the last time there shall be mockers, walking after their own ungodly lusts. 19. These are they... [ Continue Reading ]
_A BELIEVER WHO GUARDS HIMSELF BY BUILDING UP A GROWING FAITH_ Jude 1:20-23 _Text_ 20. But ye, beloved, building up yourselves on your most holy faith, praying in the Holy Spirit, 21. keep yourselves in the love of God, looking for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ unto eternal life. 22. An... [ Continue Reading ]
_CONCLUSION: A BELIEVER GUARDED SECURELY IN THE STATE OF HIS CHOICE_ Jude 1:24-25 _Text_ 24. Now unto him that is able to guard you from stumbling, and to set you before the presence of his glory without blemish in exceeding joy, 25. to the only God our Savior, through Jesus Christ our Lord, b... [ Continue Reading ]