Jude's letter is written with a sense of urgency. The church must be warned about attacks on the faith. This is a warning the entire church must heed, and therefore, the entire church is to be contending for the faith. As the church faithfully contends for truth, it does so with the assurance that the truth will prevail. Jesus Christ will build his church.

Jude writes this epistle to encourage the whole church to contend for the faith against an onslaught of false teaching. In his greeting, Jude reminds the church of who they are; they are called, loved, and kept.

In 3rd John, we see the change the gospel brings to a life, as well as what it looks like when a person is ruled by pride. John's confrontation of Diotrophes warns us of the danger of pride in the church and how we can deny the truth of the gospel with our actions.

In his third epistle, John uses the testimony of a man named Gaius to help us see what a person whose life has been changed by the gospel looks like. Those changed by the gospel are bound together with other Christians, walk faithfully in the truth they have believed, love others in word and deed, and support gospel proclamation.

How do we know the resurrection of Jesus Christ really happened? On what basis do you believe that it happened? In John 20, we see Thomas, one of Jesus' twelve disciples, refuse to believe that Jesus had risen. He demanded his own evidence, rather than accepting the testimony given. God wants to be believed, and he has given all the evidence we need.

In his second epistle, John exhorts Christians to be vigilant in watching out for false teachers. The church should be marked by discernment: "For many deceivers have gone out into the world." However, a church will not survive the onslaught of spiritual warfare through false teachers if she neglects the truth of God's Word, fails to love the saints, and disobeys the commands of the Lord.

Christians face the continual temptation to trust in ourselves, other people, or institutions, rather than God. Psalm 146 helps reorient us so we see that only God is worthy of our trust.

In this session, Pastor Jess Miller wraps up the first section of our confession of faith, which explains what we believe about the Bible. Subjects covered in this lecture: the internal witness of the Holy Spirit as the chief evidence of the Bible being the Word of God and the Doctrine of Inspiration.

Second John, though the shortest of all the New Testament books, reminds Christians of the three inseparable elements found at the core of Biblical Christianity: a committment to the truth, love for other Christians, and obedience to God's commands.

In Philemon, we see how the gospel changes relationships, especially when we have been wronged by someone else.