Jude 12

Recap

Written by Jude the faithful servant of the Lord

Stand faithful midst of apostacy and overwhelming amount of false teaching

Jude 11

Way of Cain - Wrong method

Error of Baalam - Wrong motives

Perished with Kora - Wrong man

Describing the dangers associated with these men who crept in

Jude 12

Uses three pictures to describe to paint a picture of those that were out to destroy the church

He ueses

Spots

Clouds

Trees

Waves of the sea

Wandering stars

To illustrate the characteristics of those bent on destruction

Spots- blemishes, imperfections staining an otherwise pure work

2 Peter 2:13

Share meals together often

Always be edging and calculating for profit

Pretending to be full of love, but they were full of their own lusts

Did it without any signs of remorce or regret

Ezek 34:2

Ezek 34:8

Claimed the ability to lead the flock, but it was always in a direction of self gain

They used their position to comfort themselves instead of comforting the flock.

Clouds without water - they don’t meet expectations. Expectations as leaders and teachers. To be a help, not a hurt, to do as they preach. Total let down of appearance.

Dissapointment

Israel rains about 20” in the north and 1” in the south

Great anticipation when the clouds would roll in for the much needed rain for the crops… and they would just pass by leaving nothing but dissappointment.

Trees with no fruit - They produce nothing, really dead. twice dead. Nothing they say produces anything and nothing they do produces anything

Waves of the sea - they come in and rage and go back out, come in and go back out. Usually only time around is when they can cause damage

Wandering stars - they are just all over the place. North star you can see it, you can track it. Sun a star, you see it depend on it, know where it is, even on a cloudy day you know that sun is there. Wandering stars, never in the same place twice, can’t depend on them, can’t predict where they are going to be. Swayed by every wind of doctrine just all over the place.

Conclusion

There eternal reservation is hell, described as blackness and darkness forever.