The Book of Jude warns the Church of the impending danger from within, the Liberalism

1. Keep yourselves …
looking for the mercy
of our Lord Jesus
Christ
Jude 1: 21

2. This is
one of the promises
given to the Church
this year
2014

6. Jesus’ family hadn’t believed Jesus as the
Messiah ref. Mark 3: 20-31
Jesus’ disciples hadn’t believed Jesus really
• Peter - Mark 14: 66-72;
• Thomas - John 20:24-25
• Judas Iscariot - Matthew 26:15

7. BUT
Notice the dramatic changes
1. in the disciples. They went from a group of men
frightened and in hiding to strong, courageous
witnesses sharing the gospel throughout the world.
2. in the life of the apostle Paul. What changed him
from being a persecutor of the church into an
apostle for the church?
3. in his own family. Jude calling himself the bond
servant of Jesus
4. In you and me & in every Christian

9. It’s Jesus’
DEATH
BURIAL &
RESURRECTION

10. It’s through the RISEN LORD you & I will
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be raised to eternal life just as He was
have the power to live victoriously over sin
receive the resurrection body
have ultimate victory over death
(1 Corinthians 15: 20-58)
This the blessed hope of a Christian

11. 1.God reaches down to man in
Jesus because you can’t
reach up to Him through your
own efforts.
2.God proposes a relationship
with him but not a system of
do’s and don’ts to appease
God
3.God offers the singular
source of Truth in the Bible
4.God offers eternal life
through the most amazing
event in all of human
history—the resurrection.

12. Now look at what
Jude says
here verse 21

13. But ye, beloved, 1building
up yourselves on your
most holy faith, 2praying
in the Holy Ghost, 3Keep
yourselves in the love of
God, 4looking for the
mercy of our Lord Jesus
Christ unto eternal life.

14. But God had to deal with these people severely:
Israel in the wilderness
For disobedience & idolatry (Exodus 32)
Even angels in heaven
For disturbing God’s order of life
People in Sodom & Gomorrah
For sexual immorality & perversion (Genesis 19)
Cain, Adam’s son
For jealousy & anger (Genesis 4)
Korah, Moses’ cousin
For rebellion & ambition (Numbers 16)
Balaam, the prophet
For greed & love of money (Numbers 22)

16. If your creed (what you believe) is
corrupted, your conduct will go haywire
(they took the grace of God lightly)
determines
Creed
determines
Character
Destiny
(they became
arrogant, rebellious, selfish, greed
y and what-not)
(God’s judgment was upon them)

17. What is your view of God?
• Sentimental view or Scriptural View?
God does not simply overlook our sin and
say, ‘that’s OK’ He actually
deals with it.
How? Jesus fully took OUR sin on Himself
and paid for our sin by His death on the
cross. Our sin is serious and
it cost Jesus
incredible suffering.

18. So,
‘dear friends, if we
deliberately continue
sinning after we have
received knowledge of
the truth,
there is no longer any
sacrifice that will cover
these sins.’
Hebrews 10:26

19. However, ‘my dear children, I write
this to you so that you will not sin. But if
anybody does sin, we have ONE who
speaks to the Father in our defense–
Jesus Christ, the Righteous One. He is
the atoning sacrifice for our sins, and
not only for ours but also for the sins of
the whole world.’
1John 2:1,2

20. Forgiveness. What’s it?
Some people say you cannot sin anymore
In fact you have to follow certain do’s and don’ts
Legalism
Some say that you can sin because there is
forgiveness always. All that you need to say is ‘Sorry Lord’
Liberalism
But the actual fact is
You are FREE not to sin

21. What is your view of Jesus?
•
Syncretistic view or Scriptural View?
Jesus claims, ‘I am the way and the truth
and the life. No one comes to the Father
except through me’ (John 14:6)and
‘Salvation is found in no one else, for there
is no other name under heaven given
to men by which we must be saved’ (Acts
4:12).
It’s an exclusive claim not
inclusive of other options

22. So your view of God i.e.
determines
Your Creed
determines
Your Character determines Your
Conversation
Your Destiny
Grumbling & fault-finding
Boasting & flattering
Jude 1:16

25. 1
2
Hear, O Israel: The Lord our
God, the Lord is one. You
shall love the Lord your
God with all your heart and
with all your soul and with
all your might. And these
words that I command you
today shall be on your
heart.
You shall teach them
diligently to your
children, and shall talk of
them when you sit in your
house, and when you walk
by the way, and when you
lie down, and when you
rise.

26. Be ready to rescue
3
1. Wavering brothers
2. Backslidden ones
3. Defiled brothers