To live is Christ, to die is gain.

Doxology: God our Savior is able to keep us from falling and to keep us standing and to jeep us blamess with exceeding gladness.

Contending for the faith is a community mission that requires a missional community. We need to think ourselves as members of a fight club, fighting for the faith, for one another, all for one and one for all.

Jude examines the false teachers through the lens of culture. He uses the appcryphal Book of Enoch to make his point that false teachers are fraudulent troublemakers worthy of judgment.

Jude uses several natural analogies to describe the false teachers. They are like unreasoning animals, hidden reefs, shepherds feeding themselves, waterless clouds, fruitless trees, wild waves of the sea, and wandering stars. These things are natural born fighters in the theatre of God's glory.

Like a covenant prosecutor Jude critiques the false teachers through the lens of Scripture and condemns them for denying the Lord, defiling the flesh, and despising authority.

Contend for the faith means agonize deeply and fight intensely for the gospel of God's grace delivered by the apostles and received by the church.