Building Yourselves Up

Building Yourselves Up, opposite of the world’s take -kingdom view / God’s way / His most almost always opposite of the world’s way or human thinking way

Book of Jude / 1 chapter

Last book before Revelation

Written by Jude (Judas, Judah / brother of James, also brother of Jesus)

Was not a believer before the crucifixion

A bond servant of Jesus Christ

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Matthew 13:55 NASB95

55 “Is not this the carpenter’s son? Is not His mother called Mary, and His brothers, James and Joseph and Simon and Judas?

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Mark 3:21 NASB95

21 When His own people heard of this, they went out to take custody of Him; for they were saying, “He has lost His senses.”

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BOND SERVANT

*giving themselves up for another

*used by Christ / advancing His cause

*devoted to another / disregard own interests

Jude does not mention his human relationship to Jesus / a bond servant to Jesus and brother of James / credited spiritually and humble

Jude’s salutation - those who are called / may mercy peace and love be multiplied to you

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Jude 3 NASB95

3 Beloved, while I was making every effort to write you about our common salvation, I felt the necessity to write to you appealing that you contend earnestly for the faith which was once for all handed down to the saints.

Familiar reminder we find in the epistles / Paul, Peter and so on

Contend earnestly for the faith / Defend the faith

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DEFEND THE FAITH

What does that mean exactly / is this truly important

Out there we are under constant pressure to defend ourselves / comes in 2 forms

Jude first mentions of the common salvation - very important

Handed down to the saints

Defend the faith from what?

Jude not talking to a particular church / every follower of Christ / true child of the faith

Ungodly people that creep in unnoticed / people that turn God’s grace into a joke / Jude describes it as those that actually are denying our Master and Lord Jesus Christ

Do very little or nothing with the truth of God’s word / no changing effects

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CERTAIN PERSONS CREEP IN

*ungodly

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CERTAIN PERSONS CREEP IN

*ungodly

*indulge in corrupt fleshly desires

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CERTAIN PERSONS CREEP IN

*ungodly

*indulge in corrupt fleshly desires

*despise authority / no fear of God and His host

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CERTAIN PERSONS CREEP IN

*ungodly

*indulge in corrupt fleshly desires

*despise authority / no fear of God and His host

*scoff at things known by instinct / no understanding

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CERTAIN PERSONS CREEP IN

*ungodly

*indulge in corrupt fleshly desires

*despise authority / no fear of God and His host

*scoff at things known by instinct / no understanding

*grumblers / find fault / arrogant / use flattery for gain

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CERTAIN PERSONS CREEP IN

*ungodly

*indulge in corrupt fleshly desires

*despise authority / no fear of God and His host

*scoff at things known by instinct / no understanding

*grumblers / find fault / arrogant / use flattery for gain

*bear no fruit / pulled up by the roots

Jude says these people are marked for condemnation

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CERTAIN PERSONS CREEP IN

*ungodly

*indulge in corrupt fleshly desires

*despise authority / no fear of God and His host

*scoff at things known by instinct / no understanding

*grumblers / find fault / arrogant / use flattery for gain

*bear no fruit / pulled up by the roots

*create divisions / follow their own instincts

follow own instincts - governed by breath, animal like characteristics, God’s Spirit not in them

These people that creep in, will even participate in the fellowship meals as well a s communion but are described as dangerouse reefs that can shipwreck you.

Jude even describes Michael the archangel not even overstepping His bounds / fearing God and not even himself passes judgement. The example of Moses body being argued over with satan

These false teachers and in their pride, despise authority and really speak evil about holy things in their sin and ignorance

Then Jude makes a major shift in this book - But You! and repeats this twice

First was remember this is what all the apostles predicted and told us these things, second but you! is what we have to do.

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Jude 20–21 NASB95

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, waiting anxiously for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ to eternal life.

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BUILD YOURSELVES UP - MOST HOLY FAITH

*Pray in the Holy Spirit

(He intercedes according to the will of God)

How do I pray in the Holy Spirit?

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How do I pray in the Holy Spirit?

*praying with the mind of the Spirit

*praying according to the will of God

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Romans 8:26 NASB95

26 In the same way the Spirit also helps our weakness; for we do not know how to pray as we should, but the Spirit Himself intercedes for us with groanings too deep for words;

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Romans 8:27 NASB95

27 and He who searches the hearts knows what the mind of the Spirit is, because He intercedes for the saints according to the will of God.

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1 John 5:14–15 NASB95

14 This is the confidence which we have before Him, that, if we ask anything according to His will, He hears us. 15 And if we know that He hears us in whatever we ask, we know that we have the requests which we have asked from Him.

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How do I pray in the Holy Spirit?

*praying with the mind of the Spirit

*praying according to the will of God

*assured God hears our prayers

*revelation or insight in return

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Revelation 1:10 NASB95

10 I was in the Spirit on the Lord’s day, and I heard behind me a loud voice like the sound of a trumpet,

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BUILD YOURSELVES UP - MOST HOLY FAITH

*Pray in the Holy Spirit

(He intercedes according to the will of God)

*stay in the love of God

(mercy and faith in Jesus / obedience in Jesus)

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