Sermon Tone Analysis

Who Is Jude?

Jude was the half-brother of Jesus, but was not converted until after the death and resurrection of Christ, perhaps during the 40 days when Jesus showed himself alive with many infallible proofs.

Jude was the half-brother of Jesus, but was not converted until after the death and resurrection of Christ, perhaps during the 40 days when Jesus showed himself alive with many infallible proofs.

Yet here Jude refers to Jesus as Lord, not big brother.

If anyone could see through your public personna, it would be your brother.

Jude became a disciple of his brother and did not mind playing second fiddle to his other brother James.

What a humble man.

Yet here Jude refers to Jesus as Lord, not big brother.

If anyone could see through your public personna, it would be your brother.

Jude became a disciple of his brother and did not mind playing second fiddle to his other brother James.

What a humble man.

Statistics

Author: Jude, there are seven mentioned in the Bible

Date: 69 A.D.

Key Verses: 3

Key Verses: 3

Key Words: ungodly - 6 times 1 chapter, 25 verses, 613 words

Key Words: ungodly - 6 times

1 chapter, 25 verses, 613 words

I’d like to look at four questions:

As we outline this book that talks about contending for the faith, four questions will be answered:

As we outline this book that talks about contending for the faith, four questions will be answered:

Who? (Verses 1-2)

1. Who? (Verses 1-2)

What? (Verses 3-4)

2. What? (Verses 3-4)

Why? (Verses 5-19)

3. Why? (Verses 5-19)

How? (Verses 20-25)

4. How? (Verses 20-25)

Who?

Then, verses 5-19 will answer the question, why is it necessary for him to write this letter?

That is the bulk of the message.

Then we will close out the message by looking at verses 20-25, and answer the question, how do we contend for the faith?

There are some helpful thoughts in those last verses of Jude’s letter that will actually help you and I contend for the faith.

Who?

He is writing to the called, to the beloved, and to the kept.

So he identifies his audience three ways, as the called, the beloved, and the kept.

have had the Holy Spirit of God use the gospel to effectually call them to salvation in Jesus Christ.

It was not just merely to invite them to receive something, but to command them to a life of repentance and faith in Christ Jesus.

They have not only been called, but they have been loved in God the Father.

Wow! Scripture just will not let us forget this.

You and I have had God the Father set His covenant love upon each one of us, and at this moment, we are being preserved, guarded, and kept by Jesus Christ.

In this introduction, you see the work of God the Father, the work of God the Son, and the work of God the Holy Spirit in you and me, being who we are.

The Bible is clear that it is not man who takes the initiative in salvation, but it is God.

He is writing to a group of people who have had the Holy Spirit of God use the gospel to effectually call them to salvation in Jesus Christ.

It was not just merely to invite them to receive something, but to command them to a life of repentance and faith in Christ Jesus.

They have not only been called, but they have been loved in God the Father.

Wow!

You and I have had God the Father set His covenant love upon each one of us, and at this moment, we are being preserved, guarded, and kept by Jesus Christ.

In this introduction, you see the work of God the Father, the work of God the Son, and the work of God the Holy Spirit in you and me, being who we are.

What?

His purpose is clear.

He said, “…although I was very eager to write to you about our common salvation (that we have in Christ), I found it necessary to write appealing to you to contend for the faith that was once for all delivered to the saints.”

As much as we, in the church, love to talk about the salvation we have in Christ, there is something even more important than that.

And Jude said it is a need for us who are called, loved, and kept to contend for the faith that was once for all delivered to the saints.

The word, “contend,” is where we get the English word, ‘agony.’

In the Greek, it has words on the end and at the beginning that intensify the meaning.

Therefore, it is used in Greek society to picture someone who goes off on a military conquest.

It is also used of someone who has dedicated himself to an athletic endeavor.

This word came to mean ‘to wrestle or fight.’