Sermon Tone Analysis

28 references to Peter in Jude and 24 are in 2 Peter - false teachers are coming, it’s going to get worse Jude is saying they are here

key words - know 14x’s gnosis epinosis (true knlwledge) fuller experintal knowledge

through are relationship we have this fuller knowledge, thru their relationship that they have this fuller knowledge

lord 14

righteos 12

day 12

god 9

glory 9

godly 8

love 8

judgment 7

destruction 3 different words appeloumi 7 chapter 3:5 earth and world (cosmos human beings) earth is a different word (gay) destroyed what existed on the face of the earth devistate

catostophe 2

phth 5

lou 4 3:10 to completely come apart annihilate

bear carry 7 the wy or raoad 6 savior 6 prophet heaven 6 promise rember diligence 5

3:1-2 Purpose statement 1:3 thru true knowledge from Jesus gnostics say they have some special knowledge

2:9 he knows how to take care and rescue you and he knows how to keep the unrighteous (don’t listen to the false teachers or you will end up like them

Ch. 1 remeber wher the true knowledge come from

Ch 2warning of thecharacter teaching and false tactics of the false teachers (ungodly destruction judgment

ch. 3 deal with the false teachers and what will happen with the unrighteous and righteous (promises of Godwill be fullfilled)

what it means to be godly contrast between godly and the unrighteous false teachers

faith=trust= 1:8 , trust in what god has said 2:19 slaves of corruption 2:15 forsake the right way they dont have trust in the right way they forsake the right slaves of their own corruption

1:5 moral excellence contrast 1:14 false teachers revile in thier sin

1:6 knowledge build our foundation from contrast 2:12 they talk about hings they don’t know

self control 2:14 never cease lack of self control 2:19 slves of corruption not self control

perseverance - wrestle to do mwhat is right 2:13 they enjpy it and don’t care whpo sees it they surely aren’t persevering in self control knowledge moral excellence and faith

godliness - pure piety follwing the lovely love the wagesd of 2:13

brotherly kindness contrast 2:14,18 they don’t love theori brothers they are fish to be caught they are bait look for the weak ones if we love the brethren we guard the weak ones they are easy to abuse and misuse

love - self sacrificing love 2:19 lead them to corruption they don’t love themat all they try to enslave them to the same corruption they are in

bondservant - voluntary slaves of Jesus Christ in addition to his apostleship he is voluntary slave to jesus (slap to gnostics) they despise authority 2:10 LOrdship they want to be in charge and nobody to be above them at the beginning Peter says I follow jesus.

watch the pronoun

those who have recieved a faith as the same kind as ours (apostles) gnostics claimed a completely different type of faith physical issues acetiscsm feed your flesh appraoch

same kind - temei preciousness blodd of christ cornerstone precious for women to have a certain behavior same preciousness and value as ours (james desired outcome of our faith faith reached its designed end when it works that shows how you live its perfected

the faith of these false teachers have no value.

where did this faith come from God Savior Jesus Christ - came thru the righteousness of Jesus, he did what was right and we follow what he taught and do what he did and what the apostles taught and did since it was based on Jesus righteousness v.17 transfiguration put your faith on Jesus who is the savior he is God and he is roghteous

di your knowledge come from jesus christ if not then it is false knowledge

God - theos - the God of Heaven

Savior -

Christ - anointed one the chosen messiah, long awaited for

false teachers are not leading you to Christ

unmerited favor and calmness in heart and spirt reassurance be multipled gowing exponentially in the knowldge of God not these false teachers you wont find grace and peace in the false teachers teaching

v. 2 true knowledge - epiginosis - fuller more complet knowledge not in any knowledge outside of God and Jesus God Jesus and Lord our faith centered around Jesus.

Jesus is our master why?

v.3 us = apostles they have the true knowledge that came from Jesus

granted = gifted to the apostles who then shared that )where did they get that) Holy Spirit they they have been gifted those things God divine power gave thme this.

if you wnat to live godly life you have to follow their teachings

given to us apotles so that we can get believe through their teaching

given everything regarding life and how to live it

glory - unchanging essence and his excellence - character worhty of great praise

it was by God’s will that he gave this knowledge to the apostles to pass it onto us.

v. 4 for by these - his glory and exclellnce - characteristics of God

granted to us - gifted to us - his plan his faith his righteousness his glory and excleelnce that he has gifted these promises (precious and magnificent)

precious - value - Gods promises are valuable

megasis - great magnitude and enormity of his promise (mega large and powerful that come from almighty God

you may become - it is up to you whether you become or not, we have been given the knowledge the instruction book its up to us

how to escape the corruption - deteriation thorus lust (which is in men) thru the true knowledge and apply that in living in a godly way 2:10 2:18 3:3 they love corruption not escape which we must if we want to partake of the divne nature of God

for this reason - promises

diligence applies to everything on the list - our job to supply - work effort, time, energy, labor

(2 epignosis 3, 8)

v. 5 diligence v. 10 practice these things v. 15 diligent, these things

v.5 we supply and v.11 god will supply you

faith in the tue knowledge of Jesus same as the faith in verse 1 its the cornerstone on which you build everything.

moral excllence - megasis - not enough just to belive we must have outstanf=ding character - people of profound character - the highest quality of a person (courage belief and desire or courage to act) courage to live out the faith leads us to supply excellence of character worthy of great praise

knowledge - telss us how to live, how to live out our faith is found in the true knowledge work and building knowledge experintial how do we know that becauew we have seen it played out in our life or others before oida - factual experintial knowledge - gnosis see it and experience (skydiving know how but know nothing than actually doing it)

self control - as knowledge of what this gosdly walk is all about we will practice self control not give in to the flesh and the lust of the flesh- control over the lust

perseverence - endurance - hupomeneo for thelong hall they have self control false teachers don’t they are tossed to and fro go from one thought to another.

being unwilling to move no giving ground

godliness - the goal piety reverence - looks in two directions at the same time look to God and his will and treats man they way God wants us to treat others Love the lord your god...

godly - seing things thru gods eyes see the way god sees

brotherly kindness (reconnection ) (2:14-15 don’t demonstrate brotherly kindness)

love - others mor imprtant agape love self sacrificing love

yours and increasing

y9u are not useless

nor unfruitful - they help us have the true knowledge - experiental knowledge, if we are going to reach true knowledge we have to acquire them.

not by osmosis (diligent and personal)

growth 3:18 your growth is more dependant on you than anyone else

LOrd - 2:10 despise lordship/authority

short sighted and blind - don’t see whats beyond the here and now.

not looking at eternal consequences and looking at material pleasures sensualities lust

practice - making these happen diligence