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Insights about Christ from the epistle of Jude

• We are kept by Christ (v.1)
• Yet there is a threat: godless men have infiltrated the church (v.4).
• They go beyond the faith that has been delivered to the saints (v.3), otherwise Jude would not have felt compelled to modify his agenda.
• There are Old Testament and other Jewish precedents for false prophets; moreover, the apostles warned us about these persons (vv.5-16, 17).
• We are to keep ourselves in God's love (v.21).
  • We must make the effort to build ourselves up in our faith.
  • We are to pray in the Holy Spirit (spiritually -- with holy lives that correspond to our faith, unlike the false teachers).
  • V.21 also helps us to correctly interpret Romans 8:39.
• We are to look after one another, lest anyone be trapped by these false teachers (vv.22-23).

Conclusion

• We must do our part, and he will keep us safe.
• Am I sure I'm honoring Christ as my Lord, or is my theology a license for me to do what I would have done anyway, only supposedly in the name of the Lord?
• He is more than capable. Jesus is Christ our Lord, before all ages, now and forevermore (vv.24-25)!

Next lesson: Revelation--King of Kings and Lord of Lords.