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Wednesday, October 4, 2023

Jude 1-16 Judgment on False Teachers = October 4

Judgment on False Teachers

Jude 1-16



Reminder: Pray to God to set your heart right as you engage His word. The text you are about to study was not written to you but is written for you. So, before applying we must ask the following questions:
  • What did it mean to the original reader or original audience?
READ THE SCRIPTURE (Multiple times & translations and notice the words that standout)
Biblegateway (NIV) (My choice of all-round site. It is a great app, better on computers or on a cellphone)
StepBible (ESV) (Great on phone or computer with good resources.)

Summarize the main story: Describe the events of the scriptural story in your own words.

  • Review and retell the story.



Hashtags:
#FalseTeaching
Topical Bible


Themes
Warning against false teachings
The judgment of the ungodly
God's deliverance of the righteous
Remembering the words of the Apostles
Exhortation to persevere in faith

Topics
Spiritual Deception
Divine Judgment
Righteousness and Unrighteousness
Memory and Prophecy
Perseverance and Faith


Potential Sermon Titles: ??

Intro Questions to get us thinking:
  • Who was your first boyfriend or girlfriend? Where is that person now? 
  • When was the last time someone "read you the riot act"? What had you done wrong? How did it feel to be soundly rebuked?


ESV Text with Highlights
#God =
#People = Jude, brother of James, Apostles of Jesus Christ, False teachers, Archangel Michael, Enoch, the seventh from Adam
#Time =
#Place = The book doesn't specify a geographical location but it's intended for the general Christian community.
#Obedient faith
#Sin
#Key Idea

Jude 1:1-16 ESV

Greeting

Jude, a servant of Jesus Christ and brother of James,

To those who are called, beloved in God the Father and kept for Jesus Christ:

May mercy, peace, and love be multiplied to you.

Judgment on False Teachers

Beloved, although I was very eager to write to you about our common salvation, I found it necessary to write appealing to you to contend for the faith that was once for all delivered to the saints. For certain people have crept in unnoticed who long ago were designated for this condemnation, ungodly people, who pervert the grace of our God into sensuality and deny our only Master and Lord, Jesus Christ.

Now I want to remind you, although you once fully knew it, that Jesus, who saved a people out of the land of Egypt, afterward destroyed those who did not believe. And the angels who did not stay within their own position of authority, but left their proper dwelling, he has kept in eternal chains under gloomy darkness until the judgment of the great day— just as Sodom and Gomorrah and the surrounding cities, which likewise indulged in sexual immorality and pursued unnatural desire, serve as an example by undergoing a punishment of eternal fire.

Yet in like manner these people also, relying on their dreams, defile the flesh, reject authority, and blaspheme the glorious ones. But when the archangel Michael, contending with the devil, was disputing about the body of Moses, he did not presume to pronounce a blasphemous judgment, but said, “The Lord rebuke you.” 10 But these people blaspheme all that they do not understand, and they are destroyed by all that they, like unreasoning animals, understand instinctively. 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. 12 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.

14 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.” 16 These are grumblers, malcontents, following their own sinful desires; they are loud-mouthed boasters, showing favoritism to gain advantage.

 





OBSERVATIONS (Reflect on the topic and build the concept the writer is trying to communicate to the original audience)
ebible (NLT) (Best for having Bible sections divided by "pericope" or sections by thought)
Thematic Bible (Books and Chapters Structure)
Bible Hub = Outline, Themes, Topics, People, Locations, and Questions




STUDY RESOURCES (This takes some work and here are more resources than you can go through completely)
NETBible (New English Translation) (Great for original text information)
BibleHub (HCSB) (Good on computer or app/phone with lots of well-organized information.)
BlueLetter  (KJV) (A variety of resources and good on Phones / better on Computers)
Literal Word  (NASB) (Works well on a smartphone or computer + for searching for words like a printed concordance)
Biblia.com (NCV) (Great on a computer especially if you have a logos account)
KnowingJesus (Phone / Computer and great for comparing translations)
  • God is ... What do we learn about God in this passage?
  • We are ... What do we learn about people in this passage?
  • What are your first impressions of Jude, the man and his letter? 
  • How does he describe himself and his fellow Christians (vv. 3-5)? From this description, what does it mean to be a Christian? 
  • What concerning these "godless men" (v. 4) is so godless? 
  • How do each of the examples from history (vv. 5-7, 11) relate to problems of unbelief, immorality, violence and rebellion? 
  • To someone who questions the certainty, severity or justice of God's judgment, what do these examples teach? How do the vivid images in verses 12-16 further condemn the skeptics? 


APPLICATION (God wants us all to arrive at action, life-changing faith)
Heartlight (Great for practical application of scripture)
The Message (MSG) (An easy-to-read paraphrase that helps some with application)
  • What can make a church vulnerable to false teachers today: (a) Boredom? (b) Lust? (c) Attraction to personalities? (d) Apathy? 
  • What "spiritual body-building" plan could help to keep you strong in God's love (vv. 20-21)? 
  • What goes on daily at your workplace, in your community or even in your church, which would fall within the range of Jude's indicting sermon? 
  • I will ... What has the Holy Spirit revealed to us in this passage? How can I apply it to my life this week?
  • What transformative move needs to be made?
  • You can ... Who do you know who needs to hear this? Feel free to share with others by social media links at the bottom of this.


Take Away Challenges

  • What has the Holy Spirit revealed to you in this passage? How will you apply it to your life this week?

  • Whom do you know who needs to hear this?

  • What is God bringing to your attention in this discussion? What beliefs, thoughts, or actions need to be addressed or changed?



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