Jude 14-15

Intro

No Exit

Book of Enoch

Apocalypse

Conspiracy theories

The longing for justice

Tension

Hell is real, but I don’t want to admit it.

God wouldn’t judge me.

Why is God so bent on judgment?

Life is ultimately good, but sin ruins it.

Sin is always optional, and people choose it.

God must purge sin.

Taking kids on a road trip to somewhere great. One of them gets mad at you along the way. They don’t get to enjoy the trip, but neither do you. At the end of the trip, you and your grateful children get to enjoy ice cream together.

Truth

The judgment has been coming for a long time.

The New International Version Chapter 2

You are free to eat from any tree in the garden;n 17 but you must not eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil,o for when you eat from it you will certainly die.”p

Before the flood of Noah, the law of Moses, the destruction of Israel, or the coming of Christ.

The judgment is powerful

The New International Version (Chapter 14)

10 You, then, why do you judge your brother or sistera? Or why do you treat them with contempt?w For we will all stand before God’s judgment seat.x 11 It is written:“ ‘As surely as I live,’y says the Lord,‘every knee will bow before me;every tongue will acknowledge God.’ ”b z12 So then, each of us will give an account of ourselves to God.

Tes

Against all ungodliness

all the ungodly people

all the ungodly acts

all the ungodly attitudes (in their ungodliness)

all ungodly speech (defiant words ungodly sinners have spoken)

These acts stand in opposition to God’s requirement of humanity

The New International Version Chapter 22

Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.’

Heart

Soul

Mind

The New International Version Chapter 1

18 The wrath of Godo is being revealed from heaven against all the godlessness and wickedness of people, who suppress the truth by their wickedness, 19 since what may be known about God is plain to them, because God has made it plain to them.p

Application

Love the Lord your God

Trust Him at His Word

Closing