Who is Jude? How does he describe himself? How does James' and Jude's self-images help believers in their view of themselves?

2. 1 Jude, a bondservant of Jesus Christ,
and brother of James, To those who
are called, sanctified by God the
Father, and preserved in Jesus Christ:
2Mercy, peace, and love be multiplied
to you.

3. 3Beloved, while I was very diligent to
write to you concerning our common
salvation, I found it necessary to write
to you exhorting you to contend
earnestly for the faith which was once
for all delivered to the saints.

4. Bondservant:
(doulos)
1. One who is solely committed
to another, completed under
their control
2. A male slave
Galatians 4:8
But then, indeed, when you did not know
God, you served those which by nature are
not gods.

5. Bondservant
Of Jesus Christ
“To call Jesus the Christ, therefore, is to make a
theological claim ~ that He is the Messiah long
expected by the Jews.”
Stephen Prothero
Chair, Boston University Religion Department
“Christos”
“Messiah”
“Annointed One”

6. Brother: James

7. Historians (Josephus,
etc.) record that
James was martyred
in 62 AD by being
thrown from the top
of the temple and
then stoned. His
coffin was found in
1955.

8. Coffin of
James

9. Name: Jude (Judas) =
• “praise YHWH”
Brother: James
• 8 men named “Judas” in NT
• 2 associated with James
(1) Apostle Jude (Lk. 6:16;
Acts 1:13; Jude 17)
(2) Jude, half-brother of Jesus (Mt. 13:55)

10. Jesus had half-brothers
Galatians 1:19
But I saw none of the other apostles except James,
the Lord’s brother.
Matthew 13:55
Is this not the carpenter’s son? Is not His mother
called Mary? And His brothers James, Joses,
Simon, and Judas?
I Corinthians 15:7
7 After that He was seen by James, then by all the
apostles.

11. John 7:3-5
3His brothers therefore said to Him, “Depart
from here and go into Judea, that Your disciples
also may see the works that You are doing. 4For
no one does anything in secret while he himself
seeks to be known openly. If You do these
things, show Yourself to the world.” 5For even
His brothers did not believe in Him.

12. Called:
Sanctified:
Preserved:

14. “TO THOSE WHO ARE THE CALLED”
I Corinthians 1:23-24
but we preach Christ crucified, to the Jews a stumb-
ling block and to the Greeks foolishness, 24but to
those who are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ
the power of God and the wisdom of God.
II Peter 1:3
as His divine power has given to us all things that
pertain to life and godliness, through the know-
ledge of Him who called us by glory and virtue,

15. “TO THOSE WHO ARE THE CALLED”
Romans 8:30
Moreover whom He predestined, these He also
called; whom He called, these He also justified; and
whom He justified, these He also glorified.
Ephesians 4:4
There is one body and one Spirit, just as you were
called in one hope of your calling;

16. “TO THOSE WHO ARE THE CALLED”

17. “TO THOSE WHO ARE THE CALLED”

18. “BELOVED IN GOD THE FATHER”
Deuteronomy 7:7-8
The LORD did not set His love on you nor choose
you because you were more in number than any
other people, for you were the least of all
peoples; 8 but because the LORD loves you, and
because He would keep the oath which He swore
to your fathers, the LORD has brought you out
with a mighty hand, and redeemed you from the
house of bondage, from the hand of Pharaoh
king of Egypt.

19. “BELOVED IN GOD THE FATHER”
Ephesians 1:3-6
Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus
Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual
blessing in the heavenly places in Christ, 4just as
He chose us in Him before the foundation of the
world, that we should be holy and without
blame before Him in love, 5having predestined us
to adoption as sons by Jesus Christ to Himself,
according to the good pleasure of His will, 6 to
the praise of the glory of His grace, by which He
made us accepted in the Beloved.

20. “BELOVED IN GOD THE FATHER”
Romans 8:31-39
What then shall we say to these things? If God is
for us, who can be against us? 32He who did not
spare His own Son, but delivered Him up for us
all, how shall He not with Him also freely give us
all things? 33Who shall bring a charge against
God’s elect? It is God who justifies. 34Who is he
who condemns? It is Christ who died, and
furthermore is also risen, who is even at the
right hand of God, who also makes intercession
for us.

21. “BELOVED IN GOD THE FATHER”
Romans 8:31-39
35Who shall separate us from the love of Christ?
Shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or
famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword? 36As it
is written: “For Your sake we are killed all day
long; We are accounted as sheep for the
slaughter.” 37Yet in all these things we are more
than conquerors through Him who loved us.

22. “BELOVED IN GOD THE FATHER”
Romans 8:31-39
38For I am persuaded that neither death nor life,
nor angels nor principalities nor powers, nor
things present nor things to come, 39nor height
nor depth, nor any other created thing, shall be
able to separate us from the love of God which is
in Christ Jesus our Lord.

23. “AND KEPT FOR JESUS CHRIST”
John 10:27-29
My sheep hear My voice, and I know them, and
they follow Me. 28And I give them eternal life,
and they shall never perish; neither shall anyone
snatch them out of My hand. 29My Father, who
has given them to Me, is greater than all; and no
one is able to snatch them out of My Father’s
hand.

24. “AND KEPT FOR JESUS CHRIST”
Romans 11:29
For the gifts and the calling of God are
irrevocable.

25. “AND KEPT FOR JESUS CHRIST”
I know you’ve washed me white
Turned my darkness into light
I need your peace to get me through
To get me through this night
I can’t live by what I feel
But by the truth Your word reveals
I’m not holding on to You
But You’re holding on to me
You’re holding on to me
~ “East to West”, Casting Crowns

26. “AND KEPT FOR JESUS CHRIST”
Translation: “Jude, a bondslave of Jesus
Christ and brother of James, to those who
by God the Father
.”
~ Kenneth Wuest,
Wuest’s Word Studies in the Greek NT

27. Mercy:
Peace:
Love:
(eleos) kindness or concern expressed
for someone in need
~ relief from the of sin
(eirene) a state of harmony
~ relief from the of sin
(agape) sacrifical giving of one’s self for
the benefit of another
~ relief from the of sin

28. Communicate: “was very diligent to
write to you concerning our common
salvation”

29. “Common Salvation”
Acts 4:12
Nor is there salvation in any other, for there is
no other name under heaven given among men
by which we must be saved.”
Romans 1:16
For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ,
for it is the power of God to salvation for
everyone who believes, for the Jew first and
also for the Greek.

30. Contend:
(epagonizomai)
1. Exert intense effort
2. Rivalry

31. “But when I perceived that the fury of certain bad
men had risen to such a height in your realm, that
there was no place in it for sound doctrine, I
thought it might be of service if I were in the
same work both to give instruction to my
countrymen, and also lay before your majesty a
confession from which you may learn what the
doctrine is that so inflames the rage of those
madmen who are this day with fire and sword,
troubling your kingdom.”
~ John Calvin to King Francis (1536)
Prefatory address The Institutes of the Christian Religion

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