Second Helpings Jude 12 25 Power to Stand

Second Helpings: Jude 12 -25 Power to Stand! (Part 3) SCCL BIBLE STUDY CLUB NOV. 05, 2020 THURSDAY, 6: 307: 30 PM WITH DR. FLOYD ELMORE, TEACHER

Jude 1 -4 Power to Stand! (Review: Part 1) Jude 3 -4. . . I found it necessary to write appealing to you to contend for the faith that was once for all delivered to the saints. 4 For certain people have crept in unnoticed who long ago were designated for this condemnation (#1), ungodly people (#2), who pervert the grace of our God into sensuality and deny (#3) our only Master and Lord, Jesus Christ

Jude 5 -11 Power to Stand! (Review: Part 2) Jude 5 -7 Three O. T. Examples of Sin & Punishment v. 5 “saved a people out of the land of Egypt, afterward destroyed those who did not believe. v. 6 “angels who. . . left their proper dwelling, he has kept. . . until the judgment of the great day” v. 7 “Sodom and Gomorrah. . . indulged in. . . immorality . . . serve as an example. . . punishment of eternal fire. ”

Jude 5 -11 Power to Stand! (Review: Part 2) Jude 8 -10 Three Similar Sins of Apostates v. 8 Yet in like manner these people also, relying on their dreams, defile the flesh, reject authority, and blaspheme the glorious ones. (1) “their dreams” => unbelief, rejecting God (2) “defile the flesh”=> like Sodom and Gomorrah (3) “reject authority. . . blaspheme” => left position

Jude 5 -11 Power to Stand! (Review: Part 2) The Grand Finale: The Tale of Three Turncoats! Jude 11 Woe to them! For they walked in the way of Cain and abandoned themselves for the sake of gain to Balaam's error and perished in Korah's rebellion. *Three ‘Pro-types’ of Apostates!

Jude 12 -25 Power to Stand! (Part 3) Jude 12 -13 These are hidden reefs at your love feasts, as they feast with you without fear, shepherds feeding themselves; waterless clouds, swept along by winds; fruitless trees in late autumn, twice dead, uprooted; 13 wild waves of the sea, casting up the foam of their own shame; wandering stars, for whom the gloom of utter darkness has been reserved forever

Jude 12 -25 Power to Stand! (Part 3) Jude 14 -15 It was also about these that Enoch, the seventh from Adam, prophesied, saying, “Behold, the Lord comes with ten thousands of his holy ones, 15 to execute judgment on all and to convict all the ungodly of all their deeds of ungodliness that they have committed in such an ungodly way, and of all the harsh things that ungodly sinners have spoken against him. ”

Jude 12 -25 Power to Stand! (Part 3) Jude 16 These are grumblers, malcontents, following their own sinful desires; they are loudmouthed boasters, showing favoritism to gain advantage. Note: v. 12 “These are. . . ” v. 16 “These are. . . ” Jude denounces apostates: Character Counts!

Jude 12 -25 Power to Stand! (Part 3) Jude 17 -18 17 But you must remember, beloved, the predictions of the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ. 18 They said to you, “In the last time there will be scoffers, following their own ungodly passions. ” 2 Pet 3: 2 “You should remember the predictions of the holy prophets. . . scoffers will come. . . ”

Jude 12 -25 Power to Stand! (Part 3) Jude 19 -21 19 It is these who cause divisions, worldly people [‘sensual’, ‘soulish’], devoid of the Spirit. 20 But you, beloved, building yourselves up in your most holy faith and praying in the Holy Spirit, 21 keep yourselves in the love of God, waiting for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ that leads to eternal life.

Jude 12 -25 Power to Stand! (Part 3) Jude 22 -23 22 And have mercy on those who doubt; 23 save others by snatching them out of the fire; to others show mercy with fear, hating even the garment stained by the flesh. Dealing with those who stumble. . . Pity for some. . . urgency for others. . . mercy to all

Jude 12 -25 Power to Stand! (Part 3) Vice is a monster of so frightful mien, As to be hated needs but to be seen; Yet seen too oft, familiar with her face, We first endure, then pity, then embrace. Alexander Pope, An Essay on Man (2. 217)

Jude 12 -25 Power to Stand! (Part 3) Jude 24 -25 24 Now to him who is able to keep you from stumbling and to present you blameless before the presence of his glory 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.

Jude 12 -25 Power to Stand! (Part 3) Lessons to live by, from Jude to us. . . (1) We need to stay in the Book, in prayer, and in God’s love to avoid the errors of the apostates! (2) We need discernment to help rescue those who might stumble and fail in the journey! (3) We need to praise our God who is our Savior, through Jesus Christ our Lord!

Second Helpings: Studies in the Short Letters of the NT See you next week! Thursday, 6: 30 pm, November 12, 2020 Beginning 2 Timothy. . . Encouraging Words for the Last Days!