Making A Difference (2)
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20 But you, beloved, building yourselves up on your most holy faith, praying in the Holy Spirit,
21 keep yourselves in the love of God, looking for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ unto eternal life.
22 And on some have compassion, making a distinction;
23 but others save with fear, pulling them out of the fire, hating even the garment defiled by the flesh.
24 Now to Him who is able to keep you from stumbling, And to present you faultless Before the presence of His glory with exceeding joy,
25 To God our Savior, Who alone is wise, Be glory and majesty, Dominion and power, Both now and forever. Amen.
The Book of Jude
The Book of Jude
The Author
The Author
Jude was
++A servant of Jesus Christ
++The brother of James
The Purpose
The Purpose
Jude declares
++What we have
++What we must do
3 Beloved, 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.
A Common Salvation
A Common Salvation
This Salvation Declares
++God’s Faithfulness
God’s Faithfulness
God’s Faithfulness
9 “Therefore know that the Lord your God, He is God, the faithful God who keeps covenant and mercy for a thousand generations with those who love Him and keep His commandments;
9 God is faithful, by whom you were called into the fellowship of His Son, Jesus Christ our Lord.
This Salvation Declares
God’s Faithfulness
++God’s Forgiveness
God’s Forgiveness
God’s Forgiveness
36 “For David, after he had served his own generation by the will of God, fell asleep, was buried with his fathers, and saw corruption;
37 but He whom God raised up saw no corruption.
38 Therefore let it be known to you, brethren, that through this Man is preached to you the forgiveness of sins;
39 and by Him everyone who believes is justified from all things from which you could not be justified by the law of Moses.
7 In Him we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of His grace
8 which He made to abound toward us in all wisdom and prudence,
9 having made known to us the mystery of His will, according to His good pleasure which He purposed in Himself,
10 that in the dispensation of the fullness of the times He might gather together in one all things in Christ, both which are in heaven and which are on earth—in Him.
This Salvation Declares
God’s Faithfulness
God’s Forgiveness
++God’s Favor
God’s Favor -Grace
God’s Favor -Grace
13 Now therefore, I pray, if I have found grace in Your sight, show me now Your way, that I may know You and that I may find grace in Your sight. And consider that this nation is Your people.”
10 Of this salvation the prophets have inquired and searched carefully, who prophesied of the grace that would come to you,
13 Therefore gird up the loins of your mind, be sober, and rest your hope fully upon the grace that is to be brought to you at the revelation of Jesus Christ;
We must Contend for the Faith
We must Contend for the Faith
4 Adulterers and adulteresses! Do you not know that friendship with the world is enmity with God? Whoever therefore wants to be a friend of the world makes himself an enemy of God.
5 Or do you think that the Scripture says in vain, “The Spirit who dwells in us yearns jealously”?
6 But He gives more grace. Therefore He says: “God resists the proud, But gives grace to the humble.”
7 Therefore submit to God. Resist the devil and he will flee from you.
Submit yourself to God
Submit yourself to God
Submitting to God
++Requires Confidence
16 Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-Nego answered and said to the king, “O Nebuchadnezzar, we have no need to answer you in this matter.
17 If that is the case, our God whom we serve is able to deliver us from the burning fiery furnace, and He will deliver us from your hand, O king.
18 But if not, let it be known to you, O king, that we do not serve your gods, nor will we worship the gold image which you have set up.”
Submitting to God
Requires Confidence
++Takes Courage
35 Therefore do not cast away your confidence, which has great reward.
36 For you have need of endurance, so that after you have done the will of God, you may receive the promise:
Submitting to God
Requires Confidence
Takes Courage
++Is a choice
15 And if it seems evil to you to serve the Lord, choose for yourselves this day whom you will serve, whether the gods which your fathers served that were on the other side of the River, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land you dwell. But as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.”
Submitting to God
Requires Confidence
Takes Courage
Is a choice
++Is a chance
11 I returned and saw under the sun that— The race is not to the swift, Nor the battle to the strong, Nor bread to the wise, Nor riches to men of understanding, Nor favor to men of skill; But time and chance happen to them all.
4 I must work the works of Him who sent Me while it is day; the night is coming when no one can work.
Join the resistance
Join the resistance
6 But He gives more grace. Therefore He says: “God resists the proud, But gives grace to the humble.”
7 Therefore submit to God. Resist the devil and he will flee from you.
62 But Jesus said to him, “No one, having put his hand to the plow, and looking back, is fit for the kingdom of God.”
The Lord will come with the saints
++To execute judgement
++To call for internal purity
14 Now Enoch, the seventh from Adam, prophesied about these men also, saying, “Behold, the Lord comes with ten thousands of His saints,
15 to execute judgment on all, to convict all who are ungodly among them of all their ungodly deeds which they have committed in an ungodly way, and of all the harsh things which ungodly sinners have spoken against Him.”
The Fight of Faith
The Fight of Faith
In the fight of faith addresses
++The presence of the ungodly
++The deeds of the ungodly
++The conversation of the ungodly
16 These are grumblers, complainers, walking according to their own lusts; and they mouth great swelling words, flattering people to gain advantage.
How do we Fight this Fight?
How do we Fight this Fight?
We must remember
++The Promises of God
++The Provision of God
++The Purpose of God
++The Power of God
19 So shall they fear The name of the Lord from the west, And His glory from the rising of the sun; When the enemy comes in like a flood, The Spirit of the Lord will lift up a standard against him.
God is Greater
God is Greater
Build yourself
Build yourself
20 But you, beloved, building yourselves up on your most holy faith, praying in the Holy Spirit,
Build yourself
++In faith
++In Prayer
++In the power of the Holy Spirit
6 So he answered and said to me: “This is the word of the Lord to Zerubbabel: ‘Not by might nor by power, but by My Spirit,’ Says the Lord of hosts.
21 keep yourselves in the love of God, looking for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ unto eternal life.
Keep Yourself
Keep Yourself
Keep yourself
++In the Love of God
++Looking for God’s Mercy
22 And on some have compassion, making a distinction;
23 but others save with fear, pulling them out of the fire, hating even the garment defiled by the flesh.
Bring Somebody with you
Bring Somebody with you
Whatever It Takes
++By Compassion
++By Fear
9 And a vision appeared to Paul in the night. A man of Macedonia stood and pleaded with him, saying, “Come over to Macedonia and help us.”