1. North Buffalo Community Church, SBC
Presents
the Sermon Series from the Book of Jude called,
Don’t Let Your Guard Down, Keep it Up!.
Ever wondered what will happen to all those people who are wicked,
godless, and downright dirty? You know the Hitler’s the Stalin’s, the
slave traders and pimps? What will be their final end? Will they get justice or will
the get away with everything they have done?
When you read and dig into this little book called Jude, you will find
the answers you are looking for. The book is short with only one chapter made up
of only 25 verses and 649 words (NIV).
God has a future plan for us all. The righteous will spend all of eternity
with Him and all those who have trusted in Christ Jesus as Lord alone.
The unrighteous, past present and future will spend all of eternity in hell
separated from God, while suffering in torment and darkness.
The text for this sermon is
Jude 1:11-16:
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Woe to them! They have taken the way of Cain; they have rushed for profit into
Balaam’s error; they have been destroyed in Korah’s rebellion,12 These people are
blemishes at your love feasts, eating with you without the slightest qualm—
shepherds who feed only themselves. They are clouds without rain, blown along by
the wind; autumn trees, without fruit and uprooted—twice dead. 13 They are wild
waves of the sea, foaming up their shame; wandering stars, for whom blackest
darkness has been reserved forever.
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Enoch, the seventh from Adam, prophesied about them: “See, the Lord is
coming with thousands upon thousands of his holy ones 15 to judge everyone, and
to convict all of them of all the ungodly acts they have committed in their
ungodliness, and of all the defiant words ungodly sinners have spoken against
him.”16 These people are grumblers and faultfinders; they follow their own evil
desires; they boast about themselves and flatter others for their own advantage.
This outline is presented by
Pastor William H. Smith
of
North Buffalo Community Church, SBC
350 Kenmore Ave.
Buffalo, New York 14223
2. Don’t Let Your Guard Down, Keep it Up! (Sermon # 3)
“Judgment Day is Coming!”
Jude 1:11-16
11.
Woe to them! They have taken the way of Cain; they
have rushed for profit into Balaam’s error; they have
been destroyed in Korah’s rebellion. Jude 1:11
1. Let the Word to Wise Be Sufficient
What does this three-letter ____WOE___________ really mean? In this
context it means ___Aha__How Dreadful _______
_______________ (SLL) Stop, Look & Listen
(See “Woe” Examples in O.T. Habakkuk and N. T. Matthew)
The purpose of this literary device is to provide a concise and clear
Warning sign.
2. Let’s Learn from the Past
For the Bible to be Instructive We Must Know:
The Way of Cain shows us what happens when (Gen.4):
Our worship is SELF-CENTERED
Our Anger is OVERPOWERING
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The Error of Balaam shows us what happens when:
The high level of our GREED controls us.
Our head is hard and we want it our WAY ALL THE TIME
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12.
These people are blemishes at your love feasts,
eating with you without the slightest qualm—
shepherds who feed only themselves. Jude 1:12
3. 3. Look at How Ineffective Life is without God
Blemishes at your….
People so driven by selfish motivations they end up not
knowing how to SHARE with others.
Clouds without Rain…
People so driven by selfish motivations they end up not living a
PRODUCTIVE life, and not bringing any VALUE to others at all.
Wild waves of the Sea… living a life of SHAME with
only the prospects of a dark forever future of judgment.
The future of godless people has been PREDICTED from the ancient of
days of old: Be sure God will judge the ungodly!
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Remember for this Week
Make sure you have trusted in the
Lord Jesus Christ
Become an Intercessor (Someone who Prays for Others)
For Those that are lost
Be bold enough to share your faith with
Those who are not in Christ