Jared Millican // Jude 17-25
Four things that are necessary to faithfully contend for the faith.
1. Remember ‘them’
a. The Apostles’ words
b. Who they spoke about
2. Guard yourself
a. Build yourselves up
b. Pray in the Holy Spirit
c. Keep yourself in God’s love
d. Wait for Christ
3. Save Others
a. The doubters
b. The perishing
c. The corrupted
4. Worship God with your life

Jared Millican // Jude 14-16
Main idea: The Lord Will judge those whose teaching is ungodly.
Sounds of ungodly teaching:
1. Grumbling and Complaining
2. Promoting sinful desires
3. Boasting
4. Favoritism to gain advantage

Jared Millican // Jude 8-13
Main Idea: The irreverence of false teachers may be demonstrated by how they…
1. Make Claims of Authoritative Dreams (v.8)
2. Revile Divinity (v.8-9)
3. They are presumptuous and ignorant (v.10; 2 Pet. 2:10-13)
4. Design their own worship (v.11)
The danger of false teachers’ consequences illustrated (v.12-13):
They promise a lot but deliver nothing…

At the launch of the school year Jared explains Doxa's mission statement: A loving community where collegians can learn to declare Jesus Christ with their lives.

As in Hebrews 3, Jude takes the tone of warning and exhortation in Jude 5-7 to admonish believers to remember how God had judged past unbelief. As believers we must regularly exhort one another so that we are not taken captive by disbelief or deception. Contending for the faith is not only an offensive stance. It is defensive. All sin is rooted in disbelief, so we must contend to abandon disbelief before we abandon God.

Those who have been called by God have been entrusted with the saving Gospel of Jesus Christ. We can take hope as we contend for the faith because we are loved by God, and will be guarded by him until the day of glory. Today, contending is as necessary as ever, as false Christians represent a false gospel which denies Christ as Lord and gives allowance for godlessness and immorality. May God cause us to be faithful to contend, with love for the lost and love for his honor.

In the book of Jude we find a letter written to a small church, calling its members to contend for the faith. This ‘faith’ is the gospel ‘once for all delivered to the saints.’ Jude writes to warn of apostate false Christians who have made an allowance for sensuality and rebellion by distorting God’s Grace and denying the authority of Christ. In light of this, believers must contend with mercy, love, earnestness and prayerful confidence in God‘a word. Jump in with us as we see how appropriate this book is for today’s churches.

Topics include relativism, deconstruction of faith, sharing the gospel, defending the truth-claims of the Bible, the reliability of scripture, mormonism (latter-day saints), atonement for sins, church history, and more!

Dismantling nine arguments against the resurrection.

1. We as Christians have come to know him
2. Because Jesus’ time on earth met biblical requirements
3. Because the Old Testament predicted the nature of his life and death
4. Because he was visibly authenticated by the father
5. Because Jesus exhibited divine authority
6. Because he lived a life of sinless perfection
7. Because of the testimony of his friends and followers
8. Because of the church he promised to build