1 00:00:00,160 --> 00:00:03,576 Hello, and welcome to the Middletown Baptist Church Podcast, 2 00:00:03,688 --> 00:00:06,584 where we are proclaiming the truth to the world. 3 00:00:06,672 --> 00:00:09,672 My name is Pastor Josh, and I want to thank you for listening to 4 00:00:09,696 --> 00:00:10,760 this podcast. 5 00:00:10,920 --> 00:00:14,616 I hope that this podcast can be a blessing to you and strengthen 6 00:00:14,648 --> 00:00:16,300 you in the word of God. 7 00:00:16,720 --> 00:00:17,576 Now, come along. 8 00:00:17,648 --> 00:00:21,700 Let's look into the Bible and see what God has for us here today. 9 00:00:23,520 --> 00:00:26,296 All right, let's get into our Bible study tonight. 10 00:00:26,328 --> 00:00:29,580 If you have your Bibles, turn there with me to the Book of Jude. 11 00:00:30,960 --> 00:00:34,620 Who knew that we could spend so much time just on one chapter? 12 00:00:34,960 --> 00:00:37,976 It's one book, but it's also one chapter, 25 verses. 13 00:00:38,008 --> 00:00:39,032 But there's so much here. 14 00:00:39,136 --> 00:00:41,480 And one of the things about the Book of Jude is that there are 15 00:00:41,520 --> 00:00:46,392 some really obscure references that we see that are exclusive to 16 00:00:46,416 --> 00:00:46,888 this book. 17 00:00:46,944 --> 00:00:49,832 Even though he does reference the Old Testament quite frequently, 18 00:00:49,976 --> 00:00:54,216 he does reference even the Jewish tradition and some other Jewish 19 00:00:54,248 --> 00:00:56,218 literature, which we're going to talk about here this evening. 20 00:00:56,384 --> 00:00:57,558 But there's a lot for us to learn. 21 00:00:57,574 --> 00:00:57,910 But to. 22 00:00:57,950 --> 00:01:00,582 To go back and remind ourselves, what is the theme of the 23 00:01:00,606 --> 00:01:01,494 Book of Jude? 24 00:01:01,622 --> 00:01:06,370 It is found all the way back there in verse number three. 25 00:01:06,670 --> 00:01:09,542 Beloved, when I gave all diligence to write unto you the common 26 00:01:09,606 --> 00:01:13,430 salvation, it was needful for me to write unto you and exhort you 27 00:01:13,550 --> 00:01:16,326 that you should earnestly contend for the faith. 28 00:01:16,518 --> 00:01:21,782 And so the whole theme of the Book of Jude is to exhort believers 29 00:01:21,846 --> 00:01:23,552 to contend for the faith. 30 00:01:23,726 --> 00:01:26,080 So let's use it in 2025 language. 31 00:01:26,420 --> 00:01:31,680 He's challenging Christians to fight for the truth. 32 00:01:32,020 --> 00:01:35,452 And the reason being is because the truth is under attack. 33 00:01:35,636 --> 00:01:39,276 And in this case, in this context, in this book, there were 34 00:01:39,348 --> 00:01:43,324 false teachers that had come into the church that were preaching 35 00:01:43,372 --> 00:01:46,924 and teaching and demonstrating ungodly ways. 36 00:01:46,972 --> 00:01:48,508 They were teaching the wrong things. 37 00:01:48,564 --> 00:01:50,450 They were living the wrong way. 38 00:01:50,570 --> 00:01:54,562 And so he says that in verse four, they crept in unawares, so 39 00:01:54,586 --> 00:01:56,834 secretively under the radar. 40 00:01:56,882 --> 00:02:00,370 They came in and they began to lead the people astray from the truth. 41 00:02:00,530 --> 00:02:02,802 And he says, okay, they're ungodly. 42 00:02:02,946 --> 00:02:06,466 And he tells us specifically how they were ungodly and specifically 43 00:02:06,498 --> 00:02:07,778 where they were going astray. 44 00:02:07,874 --> 00:02:10,994 It said that they were using the grace of God. 45 00:02:11,042 --> 00:02:15,474 They were turning or twisting the grace of God into lasciviousness 46 00:02:15,522 --> 00:02:16,630 or sensuality. 47 00:02:17,020 --> 00:02:19,684 And in so doing, they were denying Jesus. 48 00:02:19,732 --> 00:02:23,316 They were denying the deity of Christ by what they were teaching 49 00:02:23,348 --> 00:02:24,484 and by what they were doing. 50 00:02:24,572 --> 00:02:27,460 So I think it's important for us to go back to understand that 51 00:02:27,500 --> 00:02:29,780 so that we can apply what he's been talking about. 52 00:02:29,900 --> 00:02:31,988 So so he says, fight for the faith. 53 00:02:32,164 --> 00:02:35,476 Well, it's not fighting for your preferences, it's not fighting 54 00:02:35,508 --> 00:02:36,564 for your opinion. 55 00:02:36,692 --> 00:02:39,636 It's not fighting for the way that, you know, you think church 56 00:02:39,668 --> 00:02:40,276 should be run. 57 00:02:40,348 --> 00:02:41,252 It's not talking about that. 58 00:02:41,276 --> 00:02:45,372 It's talking about the fighting for the essentials, fighting 59 00:02:45,436 --> 00:02:47,420 for the faith, the gospel. 60 00:02:47,580 --> 00:02:52,092 And, and so he goes on to talk about three groups that were judged 61 00:02:52,156 --> 00:02:53,260 for their rebellion. 62 00:02:53,340 --> 00:02:55,920 He says, so these false teachers are in rebellion. 63 00:02:56,260 --> 00:02:58,284 So this is what's going to happen to these false teachers who 64 00:02:58,292 --> 00:02:59,276 were in rebellion. 65 00:02:59,388 --> 00:03:03,084 And he talked about the Israelites traveling in, out of Egypt 66 00:03:03,132 --> 00:03:04,076 into the wilderness. 67 00:03:04,188 --> 00:03:06,700 They were judged for their rebellion. 68 00:03:06,860 --> 00:03:11,536 The angels that left their own habitation and went into sin. 69 00:03:11,648 --> 00:03:15,216 There were an everlasting judgment in verse 6, verse 7, Sodom 70 00:03:15,248 --> 00:03:18,880 and Gomorrah was punished for their sin of fornication, as it says 71 00:03:18,920 --> 00:03:20,140 there in verse seven. 72 00:03:20,520 --> 00:03:23,776 And, and chasing after the strange flesh, as it says in verse 73 00:03:23,808 --> 00:03:24,144 seven. 74 00:03:24,232 --> 00:03:27,760 And then he goes on to describe more about these false teachers. 75 00:03:27,840 --> 00:03:29,632 He calls them filthy dreamers. 76 00:03:29,776 --> 00:03:32,720 He calls them individuals who defile the flesh. 77 00:03:32,880 --> 00:03:35,872 He calls them individuals who despise dominion or authority. 78 00:03:35,936 --> 00:03:39,026 And they speak evil, evil of dignities or leaders. 79 00:03:39,098 --> 00:03:41,030 They speak evil of leadership. 80 00:03:41,450 --> 00:03:44,978 And he says, hey, the reason why this is wrong is because they're 81 00:03:44,994 --> 00:03:48,674 basically exercising their own flesh as their guide. 82 00:03:48,722 --> 00:03:52,674 And he says, even the angel, verse nine, even Michael the archangel, 83 00:03:52,802 --> 00:03:55,010 when he disputed against the enemy, what did he do? 84 00:03:55,050 --> 00:03:58,610 He didn't use his power, which he had a lot of power, even though 85 00:03:58,650 --> 00:04:01,266 he's not God, he's the most powerful angel. 86 00:04:01,298 --> 00:04:02,810 As it says, they're the archangel. 87 00:04:02,930 --> 00:04:05,962 What did he do at the end of verse nine when he fought against 88 00:04:06,066 --> 00:04:06,794 Satan? 89 00:04:06,922 --> 00:04:08,618 He said, the Lord rebuke thee. 90 00:04:08,714 --> 00:04:11,722 So, so he uses the power of God, the name of God, the truth of 91 00:04:11,746 --> 00:04:12,794 God in his defense. 92 00:04:12,842 --> 00:04:16,202 And so that tells us how we contend for the faith, how we fight 93 00:04:16,226 --> 00:04:16,666 for the truth. 94 00:04:16,698 --> 00:04:19,354 We fight for the truth and the power of God and the word of God 95 00:04:19,402 --> 00:04:22,858 and the strength and the direction of the Spirit. 96 00:04:23,034 --> 00:04:26,522 So he goes on further and, and last week we talked about the, the 97 00:04:26,546 --> 00:04:28,890 three different paths that these false teachers took. 98 00:04:28,930 --> 00:04:33,674 I'm giving you guys a summary, uh, so hopefully you guys can appreciate 99 00:04:33,722 --> 00:04:36,330 a, a five minute Jude summary. 100 00:04:36,490 --> 00:04:37,066 Three ways. 101 00:04:37,098 --> 00:04:37,722 The way of Cain. 102 00:04:37,786 --> 00:04:38,826 What was the way of Cain? 103 00:04:38,938 --> 00:04:42,554 The way of Cain was the faithless path to religion, empty 104 00:04:42,602 --> 00:04:44,682 religion, man centered religion. 105 00:04:44,826 --> 00:04:47,434 Um, the way of Cain was, hey, I'm gonna try to worship God the 106 00:04:47,442 --> 00:04:50,042 way that I wanna worship instead of the way that God told 107 00:04:50,066 --> 00:04:50,826 me to worship. 108 00:04:50,938 --> 00:04:51,914 So there's the way of Cain. 109 00:04:51,962 --> 00:04:57,092 And then we saw that there was the, the heir of Balaam, which was 110 00:04:57,226 --> 00:05:01,392 for fleshly reward, for, for financial gain, for compromising 111 00:05:01,456 --> 00:05:05,184 the truth when it came to selling ourselves for the almighty 112 00:05:05,232 --> 00:05:07,184 dollar, so to speak, in our culture today. 113 00:05:07,352 --> 00:05:11,616 Um, and then he went on to talk about the gain sayings of core, 114 00:05:11,648 --> 00:05:12,480 which was basically this. 115 00:05:12,520 --> 00:05:14,560 They were, they were individuals who were trying to take 116 00:05:14,600 --> 00:05:16,832 authority, inappropriate authority. 117 00:05:16,896 --> 00:05:17,792 Remember what Korah did? 118 00:05:17,816 --> 00:05:21,696 Korah came to Moses and said, hey, Moses, I know that God instituted 119 00:05:21,728 --> 00:05:24,210 you and Aaron as the leaders, but you guys do too much. 120 00:05:24,320 --> 00:05:27,358 We need to come alongside and we need to take control and help 121 00:05:27,414 --> 00:05:27,630 you. 122 00:05:27,670 --> 00:05:27,918 Right. 123 00:05:27,974 --> 00:05:30,542 In the guise of helping, they were coming to hurt. 124 00:05:30,686 --> 00:05:33,870 Uh, so he says these are all tendencies of false teachers. 125 00:05:33,950 --> 00:05:35,646 And so we look out for those things. 126 00:05:35,798 --> 00:05:37,326 We, we keep our eyes open. 127 00:05:37,478 --> 00:05:38,862 And he talked about the danger of that. 128 00:05:38,886 --> 00:05:42,926 He says, these individuals who do this, they're spots in your feast 129 00:05:42,958 --> 00:05:43,774 of charity. 130 00:05:43,902 --> 00:05:44,254 They're. 131 00:05:44,302 --> 00:05:47,470 They're hindrances to your love, they're hindrances to your 132 00:05:47,510 --> 00:05:47,950 growth. 133 00:05:48,070 --> 00:05:50,062 And he goes on to give a bunch of examples. 134 00:05:50,126 --> 00:05:52,780 Clouds without water, um, they're carried about with the wind. 135 00:05:52,820 --> 00:05:56,396 Trees without fruit, um, so he says, they're, they're empty, they're 136 00:05:56,428 --> 00:05:58,748 hip, they're hypocrites, they're fruitless. 137 00:05:58,844 --> 00:06:03,244 They, they come forward with the, you know, sounding of the truth. 138 00:06:03,292 --> 00:06:05,340 But yet at the end of the day, there, there's emptiness. 139 00:06:05,420 --> 00:06:06,540 Verse 13 tells us that. 140 00:06:06,580 --> 00:06:09,196 So all of that to say, we're in verse 14. 141 00:06:09,348 --> 00:06:13,244 He's going to continue now to talk about the certainty of the judgment 142 00:06:13,292 --> 00:06:14,796 upon these certain men. 143 00:06:14,948 --> 00:06:19,958 So in context, if the certain men that are preaching and teaching 144 00:06:20,134 --> 00:06:22,890 false teachings within the church. 145 00:06:23,230 --> 00:06:27,574 And so verse 14, he says, and Enoch, also the seventh from Adam, 146 00:06:27,622 --> 00:06:30,230 prophesied of these, saying, behold, the Lord cometh with ten 147 00:06:30,270 --> 00:06:34,342 thousands of his saints to execute judgment upon all and to 148 00:06:34,366 --> 00:06:37,286 convince all that are ungodly among them. 149 00:06:37,438 --> 00:06:41,478 Of all their ungodly deeds, which they have ungodly committed, 150 00:06:41,654 --> 00:06:45,142 of all their hard speeches, which ungodly sinners have spoken 151 00:06:45,206 --> 00:06:46,952 against him, you might say. 152 00:06:47,056 --> 00:06:48,344 What is he talking about here? 153 00:06:48,432 --> 00:06:50,056 He references Enoch. 154 00:06:50,248 --> 00:06:53,304 Most of you probably know that name, Enoch he's mentioned in Genesis 155 00:06:53,352 --> 00:06:54,260 chapter 5. 156 00:06:54,640 --> 00:06:58,232 He is the individual that was caught up into heaven without dying 157 00:06:58,296 --> 00:07:00,216 in Genesis chapter 5. 158 00:07:00,288 --> 00:07:03,900 And he's also referenced in Hebrews chapter 11 for his faith. 159 00:07:04,560 --> 00:07:08,936 So there was in the Jewish culture an ancient book of Enoch. 160 00:07:09,048 --> 00:07:13,226 It was not received as scripture, but it was highly respected 161 00:07:13,408 --> 00:07:15,610 among the Jews and the early Christians. 162 00:07:15,950 --> 00:07:17,318 So there's a big debate Right. 163 00:07:17,374 --> 00:07:19,446 And some of you, I've already heard. 164 00:07:19,558 --> 00:07:20,854 I mentioned the word Enoch. 165 00:07:20,902 --> 00:07:22,166 I've read the Book of Enoch. 166 00:07:22,278 --> 00:07:23,142 That's great. 167 00:07:23,326 --> 00:07:26,166 But we have to understand that it has not been canonized. 168 00:07:26,198 --> 00:07:28,454 We believe that God preserved his Word. 169 00:07:28,582 --> 00:07:31,174 There's a theological term called preservation. 170 00:07:31,302 --> 00:07:34,390 And so we don't believe that God had hid His Word for a time. 171 00:07:34,510 --> 00:07:36,710 And then now we found these new documents. 172 00:07:36,870 --> 00:07:39,318 We believe that the Book of Enoch is not canonized, therefore 173 00:07:39,334 --> 00:07:41,322 it is not the inspired word of God. 174 00:07:41,446 --> 00:07:45,602 But we do know that here Jude references the Book of Enoch. 175 00:07:45,666 --> 00:07:49,250 So the reference of the Book of Enoch now has become inspired 176 00:07:49,330 --> 00:07:50,226 in the word of God. 177 00:07:50,338 --> 00:07:51,266 You say, wait, wait, wait. 178 00:07:51,298 --> 00:07:52,482 That doesn't make any sense to me. 179 00:07:52,506 --> 00:07:55,074 Well, if that doesn't make sense to you, then the three references 180 00:07:55,122 --> 00:07:59,538 that Paul makes to worldly writers would not make sense either. 181 00:07:59,634 --> 00:08:03,794 Paul mentions in Acts 17 and 1 Corinthians and in Titus chapter 182 00:08:03,842 --> 00:08:06,994 1, References of literature outside of Scripture. 183 00:08:07,042 --> 00:08:10,224 But when it's referenced in Scripture, it now becomes the inspired 184 00:08:10,272 --> 00:08:10,832 word of God. 185 00:08:10,896 --> 00:08:14,592 So what happens here is Jude quotes a prophecy from the Book of 186 00:08:14,616 --> 00:08:15,120 Enoch. 187 00:08:15,200 --> 00:08:17,872 It doesn't mean that the whole Book of Enoch is scripture, but that 188 00:08:17,896 --> 00:08:20,860 this, this portion, this prophecy is. 189 00:08:21,560 --> 00:08:23,700 So Paul quoted pagan poets. 190 00:08:24,920 --> 00:08:26,864 Jude is quoting Enoch. 191 00:08:26,992 --> 00:08:27,792 So what does he say? 192 00:08:27,816 --> 00:08:29,280 He says about this judgment, that. 193 00:08:29,320 --> 00:08:33,936 That God is going to execute judgment upon all, and he's coming 194 00:08:34,088 --> 00:08:35,494 with his saints. 195 00:08:35,672 --> 00:08:36,122 And we. 196 00:08:36,146 --> 00:08:38,138 And we know that this is a reference to the end times. 197 00:08:38,194 --> 00:08:41,322 We know that this is God's ultimate judgment upon the world. 198 00:08:41,506 --> 00:08:44,510 God is judging right and wrong now, obviously. 199 00:08:44,930 --> 00:08:48,762 But if we are honest with ourselves, we can feel maybe that 200 00:08:48,786 --> 00:08:50,602 God is allowing things to happen. 201 00:08:50,786 --> 00:08:52,070 Maybe you've never. 202 00:08:52,610 --> 00:08:54,426 Maybe you've never thought about this, but you're like, hey, 203 00:08:54,458 --> 00:08:54,698 what? 204 00:08:54,754 --> 00:08:55,066 Why? 205 00:08:55,138 --> 00:08:56,714 Why didn't God make it right right now? 206 00:08:56,802 --> 00:09:00,218 Why is God allowing all this evil in the world? 207 00:09:00,354 --> 00:09:00,746 This. 208 00:09:00,818 --> 00:09:05,372 Well, many people call, you know, inequity, whatever you want 209 00:09:05,396 --> 00:09:05,916 to call it. 210 00:09:05,988 --> 00:09:09,820 But the Bible says that God one day is going to make this all 211 00:09:09,860 --> 00:09:10,440 right. 212 00:09:11,060 --> 00:09:12,716 We know that at the end he will. 213 00:09:12,868 --> 00:09:15,436 And so it says that he comes to convince all that are ungodly 214 00:09:15,468 --> 00:09:17,676 among them of all their ungodly deeds. 215 00:09:17,708 --> 00:09:22,716 And so this speaks to this idea of conviction in this quotation. 216 00:09:22,828 --> 00:09:27,116 The Bible says that God is going to judge all of the ungodly. 217 00:09:27,148 --> 00:09:29,772 Now, ungodly here means without God, meaning they don't have 218 00:09:29,796 --> 00:09:30,416 faith. 219 00:09:30,588 --> 00:09:33,288 This isn't talking about Christians who have sinned. 220 00:09:33,384 --> 00:09:35,688 This is talking about the ungodly in rejection. 221 00:09:35,784 --> 00:09:37,820 And so those will be faced with judgment. 222 00:09:38,240 --> 00:09:40,780 Many people take the judgment of God lightly. 223 00:09:41,360 --> 00:09:45,784 You know, you maybe even hear jokes in, in the news or in, in movies 224 00:09:45,832 --> 00:09:47,140 like, oh, you know what? 225 00:09:47,840 --> 00:09:49,928 I've even heard people say, I'm glad to go to hell because that's 226 00:09:49,944 --> 00:09:51,144 where all my friends are. 227 00:09:51,312 --> 00:09:53,656 Folks, that is a misunderstanding of God's judgment 228 00:09:53,688 --> 00:09:56,408 and his righteous indignation against those that are evil. 229 00:09:56,584 --> 00:09:58,360 None of us want God's judgment. 230 00:09:58,520 --> 00:10:00,744 But I will say that all of us deserve God's judgment. 231 00:10:00,792 --> 00:10:03,832 By the way, I think that when we read verse 15, it's easy for us 232 00:10:03,856 --> 00:10:06,440 to say, well, that's what they deserve. 233 00:10:06,600 --> 00:10:08,536 That's what those ungodly people deserve. 234 00:10:08,568 --> 00:10:10,712 Those people that were in rebellion to God, that's what they 235 00:10:10,736 --> 00:10:11,240 deserve. 236 00:10:11,320 --> 00:10:13,176 Let me tell you something folks, here tonight. 237 00:10:13,208 --> 00:10:17,064 The gospel says that all of us deserve what verse 15 says, all of 238 00:10:17,072 --> 00:10:18,152 us deserve it. 239 00:10:18,336 --> 00:10:20,872 From the very beginning, the Bible says, there is none good, no, 240 00:10:20,896 --> 00:10:21,662 not one. 241 00:10:21,816 --> 00:10:25,554 And the Bible says, for all have sinned and come short of the 242 00:10:25,562 --> 00:10:26,386 glory of God. 243 00:10:26,498 --> 00:10:29,154 So we say, so what makes the difference between someone who is 244 00:10:29,162 --> 00:10:31,362 not going to face God's judgment and someone who is going 245 00:10:31,386 --> 00:10:32,370 to face God's judgment? 246 00:10:32,450 --> 00:10:35,154 The Bible says very clearly that it's faith, it's our identity 247 00:10:35,202 --> 00:10:35,570 in Christ. 248 00:10:35,610 --> 00:10:39,154 So when we trust in Jesus Christ, we're not trusting in him 249 00:10:39,242 --> 00:10:40,162 to help us. 250 00:10:40,266 --> 00:10:43,110 We're trusting in him to save us from destruction. 251 00:10:43,450 --> 00:10:46,194 I want you to see a cool passage of scripture that I think 252 00:10:46,282 --> 00:10:49,416 will help us kind of frame in our minds the difference between 253 00:10:49,488 --> 00:10:53,112 someone who is on the side of judgment and who is on the side of 254 00:10:53,136 --> 00:10:53,720 grace. 255 00:10:53,880 --> 00:10:57,320 It's in First John, chapter two, not far away if you turn back 256 00:10:57,360 --> 00:11:00,300 left in your Bibles, probably just a few pages. 257 00:11:00,720 --> 00:11:06,152 First John, chapter two speaks of who we are in Christ and how we 258 00:11:06,176 --> 00:11:11,672 can escape the judgment of God going back, theologically speaking, 259 00:11:11,736 --> 00:11:13,976 all of us deserve God's judgment. 260 00:11:14,008 --> 00:11:15,672 All of us deserve separation. 261 00:11:15,736 --> 00:11:19,306 All of us deserve eternal punishment from him. 262 00:11:19,458 --> 00:11:23,066 But First John, chapter two, verse one says this, my little children. 263 00:11:23,218 --> 00:11:23,530 So. 264 00:11:23,570 --> 00:11:26,970 So John is referencing Christians, those that are in the 265 00:11:27,010 --> 00:11:27,630 faith. 266 00:11:28,050 --> 00:11:31,610 These things write I unto you that ye sin not so. 267 00:11:31,650 --> 00:11:34,762 So John says, guys, I'm writing you these things so that 268 00:11:34,786 --> 00:11:35,738 you don't sin. 269 00:11:35,914 --> 00:11:38,618 And all of us would say, that sounds good. 270 00:11:38,754 --> 00:11:41,950 But then he says something interesting. 271 00:11:42,380 --> 00:11:46,100 And if any man sin, meaning this, you shouldn't want to sin, 272 00:11:46,260 --> 00:11:47,636 you should strive not to sin. 273 00:11:47,668 --> 00:11:49,876 But the reality is, is that you will sin. 274 00:11:50,068 --> 00:11:51,284 So what happens? 275 00:11:51,412 --> 00:11:53,188 Well, now we're facing God's judgment again. 276 00:11:53,244 --> 00:11:53,892 No, what does it say? 277 00:11:53,916 --> 00:11:58,440 It says, and if any man sin, we have an advocate with the Father. 278 00:11:59,020 --> 00:12:00,404 Who's the advocate? 279 00:12:00,532 --> 00:12:03,000 Jesus Christ, the righteous. 280 00:12:03,420 --> 00:12:07,924 It's Jesus's righteousness that allows us to not face the judgment 281 00:12:07,972 --> 00:12:08,788 of God. 282 00:12:08,964 --> 00:12:11,460 And so it's not a matter of good people versus bad people. 283 00:12:11,500 --> 00:12:13,440 I want to be very clear about that. 284 00:12:13,740 --> 00:12:17,172 I think a lot of times we think, well, my goods outweigh my 285 00:12:17,196 --> 00:12:19,012 bad, so therefore God's not going to judge me. 286 00:12:19,036 --> 00:12:20,320 That's not what it's about. 287 00:12:20,620 --> 00:12:23,156 The Bible says if you've offended one sin, you've offended 288 00:12:23,188 --> 00:12:24,000 them all. 289 00:12:24,300 --> 00:12:28,388 And so I think so many times we wrap up our Christian life with 290 00:12:28,444 --> 00:12:31,620 pride because we're like, hey, we aren't those bad people over there 291 00:12:31,660 --> 00:12:33,400 that, that God's going to judge. 292 00:12:34,220 --> 00:12:39,242 And we, and we put a label on whoever we think is really bad. 293 00:12:39,346 --> 00:12:40,602 And it depends on who you are. 294 00:12:40,626 --> 00:12:40,906 Right? 295 00:12:40,978 --> 00:12:43,642 You know, some of us have our pet sins that we hate, and we should 296 00:12:43,666 --> 00:12:44,538 hate sin. 297 00:12:44,714 --> 00:12:47,434 But the truth is, is that scripture says very clearly here 298 00:12:47,522 --> 00:12:49,914 that the distinction between those that are judged and those that 299 00:12:49,922 --> 00:12:53,226 are not judged, it's those who have faith in Jesus Christ and have 300 00:12:53,298 --> 00:12:55,098 his righteousness on their account. 301 00:12:55,234 --> 00:12:58,826 And Jesus is their advocate, their, their lawyer, so to speak. 302 00:12:58,858 --> 00:13:01,098 And so think of like a throne room or not a throne room, let's 303 00:13:01,114 --> 00:13:02,110 say a courtroom. 304 00:13:02,460 --> 00:13:05,812 God the Father is sitting up there in the judgment seat and, and 305 00:13:05,836 --> 00:13:09,732 we're standing before him, Guilty, guilty as charged. 306 00:13:09,876 --> 00:13:12,532 But then you have the advocate, Jesus, he comes in the 307 00:13:12,556 --> 00:13:14,400 scene, he says, hey, look, I paid the price. 308 00:13:14,780 --> 00:13:17,540 I took the payment, I took the cross. 309 00:13:17,700 --> 00:13:20,820 I'm the one who knew no sin, and he was the one that took that 310 00:13:20,860 --> 00:13:21,460 sin for us. 311 00:13:21,500 --> 00:13:25,440 So therefore we can celebrate that we are not part of verse 15. 312 00:13:25,740 --> 00:13:28,804 We are not the ones that are going to receive the judgments upon 313 00:13:28,852 --> 00:13:33,770 us, but we are gonna be the ones that can celebrate the truth 314 00:13:33,850 --> 00:13:37,390 of Jesus's righteousness, not celebrating our goodness. 315 00:13:38,050 --> 00:13:40,330 Because sometimes what can happen is Christians can get together 316 00:13:40,370 --> 00:13:43,242 and we can start talking about how good we are and how bad they 317 00:13:43,266 --> 00:13:46,778 are, but the truth is, is that we need to talk more often about 318 00:13:46,834 --> 00:13:50,506 how bad we are and how good God is and how much he has changed 319 00:13:50,538 --> 00:13:50,922 us. 320 00:13:51,026 --> 00:13:53,258 So anything that you do in your life that reflects anything 321 00:13:53,274 --> 00:13:57,786 that I do, that I reflect Christ in it's glory to him, it's 322 00:13:57,818 --> 00:14:01,642 glory to his power, and it's his transformation in my life, not 323 00:14:01,666 --> 00:14:02,298 my own. 324 00:14:02,434 --> 00:14:04,074 I didn't clean myself up. 325 00:14:04,242 --> 00:14:08,430 My flesh still wants what my flesh wanted before I got saved. 326 00:14:09,170 --> 00:14:14,106 I, I, some of you might look at me like what your flesh wants, 327 00:14:14,138 --> 00:14:17,290 what your flesh wants and the Bible speaks of this idea that we 328 00:14:17,330 --> 00:14:18,058 die to the flesh. 329 00:14:18,074 --> 00:14:20,234 And now we allow the Spirit to guide us. 330 00:14:20,322 --> 00:14:23,916 And the Spirit guiding us allows us to respond in righteousness. 331 00:14:24,028 --> 00:14:25,516 But again, it's not our righteousness. 332 00:14:25,548 --> 00:14:27,292 It's the Spirit working through us. 333 00:14:27,476 --> 00:14:28,092 And so I. 334 00:14:28,116 --> 00:14:30,220 I think that that's so important for us to understand. 335 00:14:30,340 --> 00:14:31,000 So. 336 00:14:31,540 --> 00:14:33,612 So think of somebody arrested for a crime. 337 00:14:33,676 --> 00:14:37,120 It is Jesus who breaks the shackles of our guilt. 338 00:14:37,540 --> 00:14:41,720 And so we're back to Jude, verse 15. 339 00:14:42,180 --> 00:14:45,040 He says they've committed these ungodly works. 340 00:14:45,940 --> 00:14:49,600 And he gets specific here, and he says of all their hard speeches. 341 00:14:50,240 --> 00:14:51,544 What's he talking about here? 342 00:14:51,632 --> 00:14:51,896 They're. 343 00:14:51,928 --> 00:14:52,088 They're. 344 00:14:52,104 --> 00:14:53,660 They're hard speeches. 345 00:14:55,200 --> 00:14:56,520 I think that that's important to. 346 00:14:56,560 --> 00:14:57,656 To see because we. 347 00:14:57,728 --> 00:15:00,152 We think of a hard speech as like, man, I got a. 348 00:15:00,176 --> 00:15:02,424 I got a big speech I have to give here. 349 00:15:02,592 --> 00:15:02,936 That's. 350 00:15:02,968 --> 00:15:04,152 That's not what he's talking about here. 351 00:15:04,176 --> 00:15:05,928 He's talking about their. 352 00:15:05,984 --> 00:15:06,580 Their. 353 00:15:07,600 --> 00:15:09,740 Their harsh speech. 354 00:15:10,080 --> 00:15:10,872 It's harsh. 355 00:15:10,936 --> 00:15:11,352 It's. 356 00:15:11,416 --> 00:15:12,540 It's grading. 357 00:15:13,120 --> 00:15:15,240 So he's characterizing these individuals that. 358 00:15:15,280 --> 00:15:16,860 In rebellion to God. 359 00:15:17,200 --> 00:15:20,140 And so he says harsh speech. 360 00:15:21,040 --> 00:15:23,300 And that harsh speech allows them. 361 00:15:24,000 --> 00:15:25,784 I like Spurgeon. 362 00:15:25,832 --> 00:15:27,128 Some of you know, Spurgeon. 363 00:15:27,224 --> 00:15:30,952 Charles Spurgeon, great prince of preachers there in England. 364 00:15:31,096 --> 00:15:32,520 I like this quote that he said. 365 00:15:32,560 --> 00:15:35,032 He said, you know, the sort of people alluded to here. 366 00:15:35,136 --> 00:15:36,840 Nothing ever satisfies him. 367 00:15:36,960 --> 00:15:37,864 Satisfies them. 368 00:15:37,952 --> 00:15:40,540 They're discontented even with the gospel. 369 00:15:42,170 --> 00:15:45,186 The bread of heaven must be cut into three pieces and served 370 00:15:45,218 --> 00:15:48,114 on dainty napkins, or else they cannot eat it. 371 00:15:48,202 --> 00:15:51,042 And very soon their soul hates even this light bread. 372 00:15:51,186 --> 00:15:54,882 There is no way by which a Christian man can serve God so as 373 00:15:54,906 --> 00:15:55,810 to please them. 374 00:15:55,930 --> 00:15:57,922 They will pick holes in every preacher's coat. 375 00:15:57,986 --> 00:16:01,058 And if the great high priest himself were here, they would find 376 00:16:01,114 --> 00:16:03,954 fault with the color of the stones of his breastplate. 377 00:16:04,082 --> 00:16:05,922 Spurgeon said that in a sermon. 378 00:16:05,986 --> 00:16:07,378 And, man, that's pretty strong word. 379 00:16:07,394 --> 00:16:07,522 So. 380 00:16:07,546 --> 00:16:08,594 By the way, that wasn't Pastor Josh. 381 00:16:08,642 --> 00:16:09,506 That was Charles Spurgeon. 382 00:16:09,538 --> 00:16:12,094 If you have any problem with him, uh, you can take it up with 383 00:16:12,102 --> 00:16:14,170 him in heaven when you meet him one day. 384 00:16:14,630 --> 00:16:15,370 But. 385 00:16:16,470 --> 00:16:18,814 But the truth is, is that sometimes that's what happens in 386 00:16:18,822 --> 00:16:19,150 our life. 387 00:16:19,190 --> 00:16:19,438 We. 388 00:16:19,494 --> 00:16:21,902 We have all these great things, but yet we can't see the 389 00:16:21,926 --> 00:16:24,126 blessing in the midst of the. 390 00:16:24,278 --> 00:16:25,130 The problem. 391 00:16:25,750 --> 00:16:26,798 And, and so they. 392 00:16:26,854 --> 00:16:27,454 They. 393 00:16:27,622 --> 00:16:27,998 They. 394 00:16:28,054 --> 00:16:30,750 They managed themselves to get to a place where they were trying 395 00:16:30,790 --> 00:16:31,550 to flatter people. 396 00:16:31,590 --> 00:16:35,294 These certain men, in this case, knew how to talk smooth ways 397 00:16:35,342 --> 00:16:35,950 and, And. 398 00:16:35,990 --> 00:16:38,842 And flattering Words, they would say anything good or bad, to 399 00:16:38,866 --> 00:16:40,154 get an advantage, to get up. 400 00:16:40,242 --> 00:16:41,834 You know, you've ever met someone like that, they'll tell you 401 00:16:41,842 --> 00:16:44,150 anything as long as it's them on top. 402 00:16:45,650 --> 00:16:48,950 So you would say, so how do we be different? 403 00:16:49,250 --> 00:16:53,018 How, how, how do we distinguish ourselves in a different 404 00:16:53,074 --> 00:16:54,122 manner than this? 405 00:16:54,226 --> 00:16:56,090 And then how do we watch out for this? 406 00:16:56,210 --> 00:16:58,010 Well, he gives us what we should do. 407 00:16:58,050 --> 00:17:00,550 How do we keep ourselves in this way? 408 00:17:00,850 --> 00:17:02,346 Because that's the way culture goes. 409 00:17:02,378 --> 00:17:03,236 That's the norm. 410 00:17:03,378 --> 00:17:04,540 That's the world. 411 00:17:05,480 --> 00:17:09,220 Verse 17, he says, but beloved, again, referencing Christians, 412 00:17:09,560 --> 00:17:11,140 referencing believers. 413 00:17:11,800 --> 00:17:17,744 Remember ye the words which were spoken before of the apostles 414 00:17:17,792 --> 00:17:18,800 of our Lord Jesus Christ. 415 00:17:18,840 --> 00:17:20,820 Remember what you've been taught about the truth. 416 00:17:21,880 --> 00:17:23,260 We are to be different. 417 00:17:24,120 --> 00:17:27,220 We are to remember what Jesus taught. 418 00:17:27,880 --> 00:17:33,338 The word of God is always the answer to danger and division within 419 00:17:33,394 --> 00:17:33,754 the church. 420 00:17:33,802 --> 00:17:35,354 It's always the word of God. 421 00:17:35,482 --> 00:17:36,458 That's what he's saying here. 422 00:17:36,514 --> 00:17:38,122 Jude is saying, hey, you know what? 423 00:17:38,146 --> 00:17:39,098 You know how you be different? 424 00:17:39,154 --> 00:17:40,666 You know how you're different than these false teachers? 425 00:17:40,698 --> 00:17:41,946 You know how you're different than the world? 426 00:17:42,018 --> 00:17:43,818 You know how you're different than the ungodly? 427 00:17:43,914 --> 00:17:46,538 You center everything and remember the word. 428 00:17:46,634 --> 00:17:48,218 You remember scripture. 429 00:17:48,314 --> 00:17:51,350 So we can allow divisions to happen. 430 00:17:51,890 --> 00:17:54,950 We can allow conflict to happen. 431 00:17:55,250 --> 00:17:59,600 We can even allow attacks to the truth happen. 432 00:18:00,060 --> 00:18:02,612 But at the end of the day, what we have to do is we have to 433 00:18:02,636 --> 00:18:04,440 recenter ourselves in scripture. 434 00:18:05,340 --> 00:18:08,276 More and more, I am learning that if scripture doesn't mention 435 00:18:08,308 --> 00:18:12,612 it, I'm going to tell you, if someone comes up and says, hey, what 436 00:18:12,636 --> 00:18:13,840 do you think about this? 437 00:18:14,940 --> 00:18:17,172 Sometimes I'm even cautious to say what I think about it because 438 00:18:17,196 --> 00:18:19,188 if scripture doesn't mention it, I don't know. 439 00:18:19,324 --> 00:18:19,876 Whoa, whoa. 440 00:18:19,908 --> 00:18:20,980 You can't say you don't know. 441 00:18:21,100 --> 00:18:21,572 I don't know. 442 00:18:21,596 --> 00:18:22,532 Scripture doesn't mention it. 443 00:18:22,556 --> 00:18:23,140 So we're not sure. 444 00:18:23,180 --> 00:18:25,470 You can believe what you want to believe about that. 445 00:18:26,010 --> 00:18:26,802 But. 446 00:18:26,986 --> 00:18:29,634 And it's fun sometimes to have a gospel imagination. 447 00:18:29,762 --> 00:18:30,914 I like that, by the way. 448 00:18:30,922 --> 00:18:31,938 I do like that. 449 00:18:32,074 --> 00:18:35,202 But we have to be very careful when we take anything outside of 450 00:18:35,226 --> 00:18:37,830 scripture and make that the importance. 451 00:18:38,490 --> 00:18:40,578 The gospel is the gospel for a reason. 452 00:18:40,634 --> 00:18:42,658 And you know, I was listening to another Spurgeon. 453 00:18:42,754 --> 00:18:43,826 I wasn't listening to it. 454 00:18:43,898 --> 00:18:44,386 Spurgeon. 455 00:18:44,418 --> 00:18:46,194 I was reading Spurgeon's sermon. 456 00:18:46,322 --> 00:18:47,394 Dictated to me. 457 00:18:47,482 --> 00:18:48,802 So it wasn't his voice. 458 00:18:48,946 --> 00:18:54,670 But he was saying that when a church gets tired of hearing the 459 00:18:54,710 --> 00:18:59,358 gospel is an indication that they are not where they need to be. 460 00:18:59,414 --> 00:19:01,678 He said sometimes churches will get like, hey, why are you preaching 461 00:19:01,694 --> 00:19:02,734 the gospel, we're all saved. 462 00:19:02,782 --> 00:19:04,030 We all know the truth of Jesus. 463 00:19:04,110 --> 00:19:05,342 Teach us something else. 464 00:19:05,486 --> 00:19:07,182 Everything is based in the gospel. 465 00:19:07,246 --> 00:19:10,542 Therefore, if we want to talk about morality, if we want to talk 466 00:19:10,566 --> 00:19:13,902 about conflict resolution, if we want to talk about husband and 467 00:19:13,926 --> 00:19:16,828 wife relationships, if we want to talk about defending the faith, 468 00:19:16,934 --> 00:19:19,216 it all goes back to the gospel, Jesus. 469 00:19:19,328 --> 00:19:19,600 If. 470 00:19:19,640 --> 00:19:22,700 If we don't have Jesus and Jesus resurrected, what's the point? 471 00:19:23,000 --> 00:19:25,472 We're just like every other false religion out there. 472 00:19:25,576 --> 00:19:27,472 And so it's Jesus at the heart of these things. 473 00:19:27,576 --> 00:19:32,020 And Jesus marks it with grace and truth and compassion. 474 00:19:33,080 --> 00:19:37,792 And so the apostles had warned the early church that this would 475 00:19:37,816 --> 00:19:38,380 happen. 476 00:19:39,800 --> 00:19:44,694 Verse 18, how that they told you there should be mockers in the 477 00:19:44,702 --> 00:19:45,110 last time. 478 00:19:45,150 --> 00:19:46,310 So what is he saying here? 479 00:19:46,430 --> 00:19:50,454 He says, don't be shocked that people are mocking Christ. 480 00:19:50,622 --> 00:19:52,070 I think so much we're. 481 00:19:52,150 --> 00:19:55,238 We're so shocked at the evil of this world that it takes us back 482 00:19:55,294 --> 00:19:57,770 too far to the point where we're off guard. 483 00:19:58,430 --> 00:19:59,170 Expect. 484 00:19:59,710 --> 00:20:02,838 I know this isn't revolutionary, but expect unsaved 485 00:20:02,854 --> 00:20:04,822 people to act like unsafe people. 486 00:20:05,006 --> 00:20:07,050 Expect complainers to complain. 487 00:20:07,950 --> 00:20:10,792 Expect people that are filled with hate to act in hate. 488 00:20:10,926 --> 00:20:12,324 That's what the Bible says. 489 00:20:12,492 --> 00:20:14,964 And so we don't get shocked when the world is that way. 490 00:20:14,972 --> 00:20:18,788 I mean, we can turn away from sin and we can recoil from sin, which 491 00:20:18,844 --> 00:20:19,460 we should. 492 00:20:19,580 --> 00:20:22,884 But there is a point in our minds where we know the Bible says 493 00:20:22,972 --> 00:20:25,572 that in the last time, which, by the way, we are in the last time. 494 00:20:25,596 --> 00:20:28,640 And someone says, wait, you believe we're at the very last days? 495 00:20:29,180 --> 00:20:29,828 Maybe. 496 00:20:29,924 --> 00:20:32,596 But the Bible actually teaches theologically that from the moment 497 00:20:32,628 --> 00:20:35,508 of Jesus resurrection, we have been in the last days, and we're 498 00:20:35,524 --> 00:20:36,564 just getting closer and closer. 499 00:20:36,612 --> 00:20:40,516 So just as it was true 2000 years ago here with Jude, it's true 500 00:20:40,548 --> 00:20:41,076 today. 501 00:20:41,228 --> 00:20:44,228 So there will be mockers in the last times who should walk after 502 00:20:44,284 --> 00:20:45,796 their own ungodly lust. 503 00:20:45,908 --> 00:20:47,940 You see a theme with these guys that he's talking about. 504 00:20:47,980 --> 00:20:50,548 It always goes back to they're walking their way. 505 00:20:50,684 --> 00:20:54,516 They're walking the fleshly path, the ungodly path. 506 00:20:54,708 --> 00:20:56,560 So he says, don't be shocked with this. 507 00:20:57,180 --> 00:20:59,572 A passage of scripture that maybe some of you are familiar with 508 00:20:59,596 --> 00:21:01,440 is in second Timothy, chapter four. 509 00:21:01,900 --> 00:21:03,428 You could turn there with me if you'd like. 510 00:21:03,484 --> 00:21:06,260 It's again, another prophecy of what it'll be like in the last 511 00:21:06,300 --> 00:21:06,880 times. 512 00:21:07,410 --> 00:21:10,650 And I think that when you read this, or when you listen to me read 513 00:21:10,690 --> 00:21:14,150 this, you will see where we are. 514 00:21:14,450 --> 00:21:16,794 Second Timothy, chapter four, verses three and four. 515 00:21:16,882 --> 00:21:24,170 For the time will come when they people will not endure sound 516 00:21:24,250 --> 00:21:25,150 doctrine. 517 00:21:26,210 --> 00:21:27,434 So, so what is he saying here? 518 00:21:27,442 --> 00:21:32,586 He says there will be a day which in this case Paul was talking 519 00:21:32,618 --> 00:21:36,456 to Timothy and he says in your day, so it's even maybe worse now 520 00:21:36,608 --> 00:21:43,480 that people will not want to endure or listen to or accept sound 521 00:21:43,560 --> 00:21:44,380 teaching. 522 00:21:45,120 --> 00:21:47,180 Says, but after their own lust. 523 00:21:48,000 --> 00:21:49,048 There's a theme there. 524 00:21:49,104 --> 00:21:53,208 Right back to their lust shall they heap to themselves, meaning 525 00:21:53,224 --> 00:21:58,168 they'll, they'll bring in, they'll attract, they will basically 526 00:21:58,264 --> 00:22:03,114 hunger after heap to themselves teachers having itching 527 00:22:03,162 --> 00:22:03,870 ears. 528 00:22:04,290 --> 00:22:07,514 And they shall turn away their ears from the truth and shall be 529 00:22:07,522 --> 00:22:12,842 turned unto fables, meaning this people will bring in and be 530 00:22:12,866 --> 00:22:14,698 attracted to what they want to hear. 531 00:22:14,754 --> 00:22:17,562 And there will be people, there always will be people that 532 00:22:17,586 --> 00:22:19,226 will tell them what they want to hear. 533 00:22:19,378 --> 00:22:19,786 Right? 534 00:22:19,858 --> 00:22:24,602 So like if I got up and I, I, what I could do is this, I could 535 00:22:24,626 --> 00:22:26,986 say, hey everybody, we're going to take a survey. 536 00:22:27,018 --> 00:22:28,194 Surveys aren't a bad thing. 537 00:22:28,322 --> 00:22:30,482 We're actually going to be doing a survey this Sunday about 538 00:22:30,586 --> 00:22:32,802 opportunities for you to get involved here at the church. 539 00:22:32,946 --> 00:22:35,298 But if I, if I said, okay, let's, I'm going to take a survey 540 00:22:35,314 --> 00:22:39,550 and I want to hear what you guys want to hear preached to you. 541 00:22:39,850 --> 00:22:43,186 And okay, I get all these opinions and they come in and okay, 542 00:22:43,218 --> 00:22:45,922 now I want to ask you what you don't want to have preached to you. 543 00:22:46,026 --> 00:22:49,730 And I get all those opinions, in I go, okay, I know that this area 544 00:22:49,770 --> 00:22:51,874 right here is something that I can't preach because everyone's going 545 00:22:51,882 --> 00:22:52,898 to get upset. 546 00:22:53,074 --> 00:22:54,166 So what do I do? 547 00:22:54,298 --> 00:22:56,414 I take that off the table. 548 00:22:56,542 --> 00:22:59,278 I don't necessarily out and out deny it, but what I do is I'll 549 00:22:59,294 --> 00:23:02,130 just preach the stuff that's palatable for the church. 550 00:23:02,470 --> 00:23:07,502 And that sounds good and it might even be, it might even be truthful 551 00:23:07,646 --> 00:23:09,090 to a, to a degree. 552 00:23:09,430 --> 00:23:13,534 But when we don't tell the whole story, we, we are, we are essentially 553 00:23:13,582 --> 00:23:13,806 lying. 554 00:23:13,838 --> 00:23:15,370 Have you ever taught your children that? 555 00:23:15,670 --> 00:23:20,062 If our kids come into our house and hey, so what happened here? 556 00:23:20,086 --> 00:23:22,972 And they tell you something, is that the whole truth? 557 00:23:23,116 --> 00:23:24,924 If it's not the whole truth, it's a lie. 558 00:23:25,052 --> 00:23:28,700 And, and, and so there's that idea of sometimes we always think 559 00:23:28,740 --> 00:23:33,116 that false teachers and people that are trying to divide the church 560 00:23:33,148 --> 00:23:37,212 are going to come in with like, you know, a pitchfork and horns 561 00:23:37,276 --> 00:23:40,012 and come in and ah, we're gonna get you and we're terrible 562 00:23:40,076 --> 00:23:40,396 people. 563 00:23:40,468 --> 00:23:45,452 No, it's coming in, in a way, the way of Cain, the, the, the, the 564 00:23:45,476 --> 00:23:48,582 heir of Balaam, it could be any of those paths. 565 00:23:48,726 --> 00:23:52,102 But what we can see there in second Timothy chapter four is that 566 00:23:52,126 --> 00:23:53,334 there is going to be a day. 567 00:23:53,422 --> 00:23:55,478 And he says, but Watch thou, verse 5. 568 00:23:55,534 --> 00:23:57,638 But watch thou in all things. 569 00:23:57,694 --> 00:24:00,230 Endure afflictions, do the work of an evangelist, make full 570 00:24:00,270 --> 00:24:01,190 proof of the ministry. 571 00:24:01,270 --> 00:24:04,166 For I am now ready to be offered in the time of my departure 572 00:24:04,198 --> 00:24:04,582 is at hand. 573 00:24:04,606 --> 00:24:07,782 And so we have Paul saying, be ready, just do what you need to do. 574 00:24:07,886 --> 00:24:10,182 And as Christians, that's what we have to do in our society. 575 00:24:10,246 --> 00:24:15,252 We have to recognize the difference between a truth and a 576 00:24:15,276 --> 00:24:18,004 lie, deception. 577 00:24:18,132 --> 00:24:20,884 And scripture verse 19, they. 578 00:24:20,972 --> 00:24:24,840 These be they who separate themselves. 579 00:24:26,940 --> 00:24:28,740 That's an interesting way to put it. 580 00:24:28,860 --> 00:24:30,360 They separate themselves. 581 00:24:31,820 --> 00:24:33,316 Essentially it means this. 582 00:24:33,468 --> 00:24:35,796 They themselves cause the separation. 583 00:24:35,908 --> 00:24:38,132 It's not that they're saying like, oh, we're separating from these 584 00:24:38,156 --> 00:24:38,802 good people. 585 00:24:38,916 --> 00:24:41,622 It's that they come in and they're characterized by division. 586 00:24:41,686 --> 00:24:44,198 So wherever they go, division happens. 587 00:24:44,374 --> 00:24:50,210 And, and if you read Jesus's high priestly prayer in John 17, 588 00:24:50,510 --> 00:24:53,690 it's, it's Jesus's prayer for the church. 589 00:24:54,510 --> 00:24:54,918 What? 590 00:24:54,974 --> 00:24:56,742 Jesus could have prayed a lot of things, and he did. 591 00:24:56,846 --> 00:24:59,782 But one of the things that were at the top of his prayer was 592 00:24:59,806 --> 00:25:02,690 this, that they be unified, that they be together. 593 00:25:02,990 --> 00:25:05,926 Um, we see what was the mark of a healthy church in Acts chapter 594 00:25:05,958 --> 00:25:06,306 two. 595 00:25:06,398 --> 00:25:07,750 They were in one accord. 596 00:25:08,130 --> 00:25:09,370 And so what does Satan do? 597 00:25:09,410 --> 00:25:11,306 Satan wants the opposite of what God wants. 598 00:25:11,418 --> 00:25:13,034 So therefore he wants to cause division. 599 00:25:13,082 --> 00:25:18,346 So he says these individuals that cause division are sensual, 600 00:25:18,458 --> 00:25:20,042 having not the spirit. 601 00:25:20,106 --> 00:25:24,470 So there, there we get to the deepest, darkest problem. 602 00:25:25,170 --> 00:25:26,170 There's no spirit. 603 00:25:26,250 --> 00:25:27,274 There's no spirit involved. 604 00:25:27,322 --> 00:25:28,810 There's no indwelling of the spirit. 605 00:25:28,890 --> 00:25:30,202 There's no guidance of the spirit. 606 00:25:30,266 --> 00:25:33,492 So what we can see is this, and I think this is important for 607 00:25:33,516 --> 00:25:35,828 us to see here this evening. 608 00:25:36,004 --> 00:25:40,596 If we are unsaved, there's a person in our midst that's unsaved. 609 00:25:40,708 --> 00:25:44,484 We should expect them to act unsaved and therefore living without 610 00:25:44,572 --> 00:25:45,480 the Spirit. 611 00:25:45,980 --> 00:25:46,340 Right? 612 00:25:46,380 --> 00:25:48,356 I mean, that's, that's the distinction of a believer. 613 00:25:48,388 --> 00:25:52,080 A believer is someone who has the spirit living within them. 614 00:25:53,180 --> 00:25:56,836 But the Bible also speaks of individuals who have the spirit living 615 00:25:56,868 --> 00:25:57,680 within them. 616 00:25:58,320 --> 00:26:00,936 So that, so that's called the indwelling of the spirit. 617 00:26:01,128 --> 00:26:03,992 But there's also individuals that are not living filled with the 618 00:26:04,016 --> 00:26:04,264 spirit. 619 00:26:04,312 --> 00:26:07,144 Meaning I have the spirit living within me, but I've suppressed 620 00:26:07,192 --> 00:26:08,712 the conviction of the spirit so much. 621 00:26:08,736 --> 00:26:11,020 The Bible says quench not the spirit. 622 00:26:11,440 --> 00:26:14,856 Okay, quenching the spirit means the spirit convicts, I reject. 623 00:26:15,048 --> 00:26:19,272 And there's a time when I have rejected the Spirit so much in my 624 00:26:19,296 --> 00:26:19,528 life. 625 00:26:19,584 --> 00:26:22,648 I've quenched the Spirit so much in my life that Paul speaks 626 00:26:22,664 --> 00:26:24,394 of what's called a seared conscience. 627 00:26:24,512 --> 00:26:26,982 And when we have that seared conscience, we can get to a place 628 00:26:27,006 --> 00:26:32,070 in our life that we are living still in the family of God, in our 629 00:26:32,110 --> 00:26:35,830 position, but living away from the Spirit because the Spirit has 630 00:26:35,870 --> 00:26:37,686 no longer has any meaning to us. 631 00:26:37,758 --> 00:26:39,270 And we can be living just like this. 632 00:26:39,310 --> 00:26:40,614 And so what we can see is this. 633 00:26:40,702 --> 00:26:44,086 There are Christians who are living outside of what a Christian 634 00:26:44,118 --> 00:26:45,250 should be living like. 635 00:26:45,550 --> 00:26:48,678 And so I think that that's something that we need to be aware 636 00:26:48,694 --> 00:26:50,390 of when it comes to our own life. 637 00:26:50,430 --> 00:26:56,122 We, we, we have to take a look at ourselves, take a look at our 638 00:26:56,146 --> 00:26:56,538 own life. 639 00:26:56,594 --> 00:27:00,554 So I, I, I read the New Testament and you know what I naturally 640 00:27:00,602 --> 00:27:01,002 do? 641 00:27:01,106 --> 00:27:05,098 I naturally put myself in the shoes of the apostles. 642 00:27:05,274 --> 00:27:07,802 That's what we, of course, we're, we're the star of the show. 643 00:27:07,826 --> 00:27:08,710 We're the best. 644 00:27:09,090 --> 00:27:14,250 But often I, I have tried now, I should say, to read the New Testament 645 00:27:14,330 --> 00:27:16,190 through the eyes of a Pharisee. 646 00:27:16,860 --> 00:27:17,764 Am I that guy? 647 00:27:17,812 --> 00:27:19,160 Am I the Pharisee? 648 00:27:20,860 --> 00:27:25,236 Am I the one that's living outside of these truths of scripture? 649 00:27:25,348 --> 00:27:27,524 And so I think the first step, and we're gonna look just at the 650 00:27:27,532 --> 00:27:27,812 first step. 651 00:27:27,836 --> 00:27:30,760 There's actually three steps in how to contend for the faith. 652 00:27:31,100 --> 00:27:32,628 We're gonna just look at the first step tonight. 653 00:27:32,644 --> 00:27:35,636 I'm gonna summarize it and then we're gonna close out verse 654 00:27:35,668 --> 00:27:36,480 number 20. 655 00:27:36,860 --> 00:27:37,972 Look inward. 656 00:27:38,116 --> 00:27:43,310 The, the first thing that we do when it comes to being ready to 657 00:27:43,350 --> 00:27:47,838 contend for the faith is not to start looking at all the people 658 00:27:47,894 --> 00:27:50,730 on the outside and going, okay, how many people can I go after? 659 00:27:51,990 --> 00:27:54,126 You know, we're gonna storm em. 660 00:27:54,278 --> 00:27:57,070 The truth is, is that what did Jesus teach when, when we're. 661 00:27:57,150 --> 00:28:02,110 The Bible never says don't judge completely. 662 00:28:02,190 --> 00:28:03,886 It, it does speak against condemnation. 663 00:28:03,918 --> 00:28:05,550 I have no right to condemn anybody. 664 00:28:05,630 --> 00:28:08,862 But the Bible does say, when you're going to make a judgment call 665 00:28:08,886 --> 00:28:11,674 about a believer and come and exhort them, pick the beam out of 666 00:28:11,682 --> 00:28:13,882 your eye before you try to go after their spec. 667 00:28:13,986 --> 00:28:16,394 That's not saying never try to help another Christian. 668 00:28:16,442 --> 00:28:18,186 That's a lot of people take that out of context. 669 00:28:18,218 --> 00:28:19,482 They say, well, you know what? 670 00:28:19,506 --> 00:28:22,390 You shouldn't go around and try to help people in their sin because 671 00:28:22,770 --> 00:28:24,250 you've got a beam in your eye. 672 00:28:24,330 --> 00:28:28,826 No, Jesus is teaching, hey, get yourself ready to go where you're 673 00:28:28,858 --> 00:28:29,914 walking in the Spirit. 674 00:28:29,962 --> 00:28:31,642 So that you can help other people. 675 00:28:31,826 --> 00:28:33,402 We should help other people. 676 00:28:33,586 --> 00:28:36,746 And so what we do first when we're going to contend for the faith 677 00:28:36,778 --> 00:28:37,900 is we look inward. 678 00:28:38,050 --> 00:28:39,860 So, so that's what verse 20 is. 679 00:28:40,560 --> 00:28:44,776 But ye beloved, referencing now the Christians again, building 680 00:28:44,848 --> 00:28:51,340 up yourselves on your most holy faith, praying in the Holy Ghost. 681 00:28:51,840 --> 00:28:53,112 And so what he says is this. 682 00:28:53,136 --> 00:28:55,160 He says, keep yourselves, verse 21. 683 00:28:55,280 --> 00:28:58,744 Keep yourselves, allow yourselves to live in the love of 684 00:28:58,832 --> 00:29:03,128 God, looking for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ unto eternal 685 00:29:03,144 --> 00:29:03,542 life. 686 00:29:03,656 --> 00:29:06,202 That is probably not the first thing we would think about when we 687 00:29:06,226 --> 00:29:07,386 think about contending for the faith. 688 00:29:07,418 --> 00:29:11,402 He doesn't say hey, go and go to Bible college and make sure you 689 00:29:11,426 --> 00:29:12,750 have all the arguments. 690 00:29:13,170 --> 00:29:16,234 He doesn't say hey you know what, go out and start attacking 691 00:29:16,282 --> 00:29:16,730 people. 692 00:29:16,850 --> 00:29:19,994 He says first and foremost, inwardly, where are you at spiritually? 693 00:29:20,122 --> 00:29:23,434 Build up yourselves on your most holy faith. 694 00:29:23,562 --> 00:29:25,274 Build your Christian faith. 695 00:29:25,402 --> 00:29:26,910 Grow in your faith. 696 00:29:27,650 --> 00:29:29,194 Pray in the Holy Ghost. 697 00:29:29,242 --> 00:29:33,002 Meaning pray asking God in the Spirit to allow you to live in the 698 00:29:33,026 --> 00:29:33,658 Spirit. 699 00:29:33,834 --> 00:29:35,386 Keep yourselves in the love of God. 700 00:29:35,418 --> 00:29:36,074 Be reminded. 701 00:29:36,122 --> 00:29:37,514 Remember the love of God. 702 00:29:37,642 --> 00:29:40,330 Look for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ unto eternal life. 703 00:29:40,370 --> 00:29:45,750 Meaning you look to him, you try to be more like Christ. 704 00:29:46,850 --> 00:29:49,754 We know that God loves even the ungodly. 705 00:29:49,882 --> 00:29:51,830 Romans chapter five tells us that. 706 00:29:52,210 --> 00:29:55,578 It says, for when we were yet without strength, in due time, Christ 707 00:29:55,634 --> 00:29:57,070 died for the ungodly. 708 00:29:57,500 --> 00:30:02,360 And you'd say, I don't think God sent Jesus to die for the ungodly. 709 00:30:02,860 --> 00:30:04,420 Romans 5, verse 8. 710 00:30:04,540 --> 00:30:07,044 But God commended his love towards us and that while we were 711 00:30:07,052 --> 00:30:08,292 yet sinners, Christ died for us. 712 00:30:08,316 --> 00:30:09,332 It says it right there. 713 00:30:09,436 --> 00:30:12,276 God loved us enough to die for us even when we were ungodly. 714 00:30:12,388 --> 00:30:15,300 Not so that we would stay ungodly, but that we would live in 715 00:30:15,340 --> 00:30:16,960 that transformative life. 716 00:30:17,660 --> 00:30:18,660 And so what does he say? 717 00:30:18,700 --> 00:30:20,132 Go back to the love of God. 718 00:30:20,276 --> 00:30:25,680 It means to keep yourself in constant reminders of God's ever 719 00:30:25,720 --> 00:30:27,260 present love in our life. 720 00:30:29,000 --> 00:30:30,736 The Bible does say to love the ungodly. 721 00:30:30,768 --> 00:30:33,220 The Bible does not say to accept the ungodly. 722 00:30:33,720 --> 00:30:36,656 The Bible says to demonstrate our love for the ungodly. 723 00:30:36,688 --> 00:30:39,696 It doesn't mean that we should build up the ungodly in their ungodly 724 00:30:39,728 --> 00:30:40,496 ways. 725 00:30:40,688 --> 00:30:44,320 So therefore what we have to do is we have to be prepared to profess 726 00:30:44,440 --> 00:30:48,534 and to live out the love of Christ to those around us. 727 00:30:48,672 --> 00:30:53,626 And so the one way that we can build up our faith is to be reminded 728 00:30:53,658 --> 00:30:55,242 about what Christ has done for us. 729 00:30:55,346 --> 00:30:56,430 The Gospel. 730 00:30:57,650 --> 00:30:59,150 We see their prayer. 731 00:30:59,570 --> 00:31:02,510 We say that we see there the reminder of God's Mercy. 732 00:31:03,410 --> 00:31:07,562 And so this is the faith that Jude was talking about all the way 733 00:31:07,586 --> 00:31:08,554 back in verse three. 734 00:31:08,642 --> 00:31:11,790 Remember, in verse three, he says, contend for the faith. 735 00:31:12,690 --> 00:31:15,642 You're contending for this very thing that you're trying to 736 00:31:15,666 --> 00:31:17,580 grow in the truth of God. 737 00:31:18,240 --> 00:31:21,816 Another way to keep yourself in the love of God is to confess 738 00:31:21,848 --> 00:31:22,856 your sins before God. 739 00:31:22,888 --> 00:31:23,464 Right? 740 00:31:23,632 --> 00:31:25,208 First John, chapter one, verse nine. 741 00:31:25,264 --> 00:31:27,752 If we confess our sins, he's faithful and just to forgive us our 742 00:31:27,776 --> 00:31:29,896 sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. 743 00:31:30,008 --> 00:31:33,992 So part of our prayer lives is to confess before God where we have 744 00:31:34,016 --> 00:31:34,616 fallen short. 745 00:31:34,688 --> 00:31:36,024 God already knows where we are. 746 00:31:36,112 --> 00:31:37,752 God already knows that you've fallen short. 747 00:31:37,856 --> 00:31:40,040 The word confession means to just say the same thing. 748 00:31:40,080 --> 00:31:40,712 To agree. 749 00:31:40,816 --> 00:31:42,664 To agree on my sin before God. 750 00:31:42,712 --> 00:31:43,270 God to agree. 751 00:31:43,320 --> 00:31:44,570 I know my sin is wrong. 752 00:31:44,650 --> 00:31:46,266 I know that I've walked away from you. 753 00:31:46,338 --> 00:31:49,498 I know that I've allowed myself to turn my ways to the flesh. 754 00:31:49,594 --> 00:31:52,890 And so therefore, Lord, I want you to restore me back into your 755 00:31:52,930 --> 00:31:55,066 fellowship, not restore salvation. 756 00:31:55,178 --> 00:31:58,030 But the Bible does say to restore the joy of our salvation. 757 00:31:59,410 --> 00:32:02,442 And so the Holy Spirit may help us pray by giving us the right 758 00:32:02,466 --> 00:32:07,430 words to say we should pray to the. 759 00:32:07,730 --> 00:32:11,776 By the way, biblically speaking, I think this is a controversial 760 00:32:11,808 --> 00:32:14,560 topic, but I think I can show you scripture to talk about this. 761 00:32:14,600 --> 00:32:20,480 I believe the model prayer is to pray to the Father in the power 762 00:32:20,520 --> 00:32:23,856 of the Spirit in the name of Jesus. 763 00:32:23,968 --> 00:32:24,288 Right. 764 00:32:24,344 --> 00:32:26,112 I believe that's the path that we should take. 765 00:32:26,136 --> 00:32:27,744 Now, some people say, can I pray to Jesus? 766 00:32:27,872 --> 00:32:30,400 That's a kind of an interesting topic. 767 00:32:30,480 --> 00:32:31,200 I believe you can. 768 00:32:31,240 --> 00:32:32,576 I don't think there's anything wrong with that. 769 00:32:32,648 --> 00:32:35,456 But I believe when Jesus was asked, how should you pray? 770 00:32:35,568 --> 00:32:39,664 He says, to thou, our Father, which art in heaven, hallowed be 771 00:32:39,672 --> 00:32:40,368 thy name. 772 00:32:40,504 --> 00:32:44,576 So we say we address the Father through the power of the Spirit, 773 00:32:44,688 --> 00:32:48,864 verse 20, praying in the Holy Ghost, and then obviously in the 774 00:32:48,872 --> 00:32:49,440 name of Jesus Christ. 775 00:32:49,480 --> 00:32:50,432 And the way it. 776 00:32:50,456 --> 00:32:52,704 It doesn't mean that your prayer is actually more magical when 777 00:32:52,712 --> 00:32:54,528 you say in Jesus's name at the end. 778 00:32:54,664 --> 00:32:57,472 It just means that you're praying in the fact that you could 779 00:32:57,496 --> 00:33:00,208 only approach God in his throne room because of the blood 780 00:33:00,224 --> 00:33:01,318 of Jesus Christ. 781 00:33:01,504 --> 00:33:03,354 So someone says, well, I didn't say Jesus at the end of my 782 00:33:03,362 --> 00:33:03,594 prayer. 783 00:33:03,642 --> 00:33:04,634 Is that prayer not valid? 784 00:33:04,682 --> 00:33:07,162 No, you're praying on the fact that you're in. 785 00:33:07,266 --> 00:33:10,510 You're in the standing in the family of God because of Jesus. 786 00:33:11,010 --> 00:33:13,946 And so I think that's important for us to understand there 787 00:33:14,018 --> 00:33:16,110 in that essence of prayer. 788 00:33:16,530 --> 00:33:19,322 And so the third way I think that we can keep ourselves in the 789 00:33:19,346 --> 00:33:22,554 love of God is that we just keep our eyes fixed on the Gospel. 790 00:33:22,602 --> 00:33:25,354 We keep our eyes fixed, as it says in verse 21, the mercy of our 791 00:33:25,362 --> 00:33:26,986 Lord Jesus Christ unto eternal life. 792 00:33:27,058 --> 00:33:28,186 That's what he's saying there. 793 00:33:28,338 --> 00:33:30,186 That would be a fancy way to say your salvation. 794 00:33:30,218 --> 00:33:32,474 The mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ unto eternal life. 795 00:33:32,562 --> 00:33:33,930 Eternal life is salvation. 796 00:33:34,010 --> 00:33:34,730 John 3:16. 797 00:33:34,770 --> 00:33:36,698 For God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten Son, 798 00:33:36,714 --> 00:33:39,786 that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting 799 00:33:39,818 --> 00:33:40,442 life. 800 00:33:40,626 --> 00:33:47,950 So it's meditating upon living in celebrating, proclaiming the gospel. 801 00:33:48,850 --> 00:33:51,738 And then he's going to say, yeah, there, there are other steps. 802 00:33:51,914 --> 00:33:54,346 You look inward first, but then you gotta look outward. 803 00:33:54,378 --> 00:33:57,300 And that's what the next step, step is to look outward. 804 00:33:57,460 --> 00:34:01,572 And, and ultimately at the end of all of this, it is to look upward. 805 00:34:01,716 --> 00:34:04,484 And so for, for the, this week and next week, we're gonna look at 806 00:34:04,492 --> 00:34:05,076 those three steps. 807 00:34:05,108 --> 00:34:08,516 To look inward, to look outward, and then to look upward. 808 00:34:08,628 --> 00:34:11,240 And that is really how we contend for the faith. 809 00:34:11,580 --> 00:34:13,732 It's not about having a bunch of conflicts. 810 00:34:13,876 --> 00:34:21,012 You know, there are Christians who enjoy confrontation and to, to 811 00:34:21,036 --> 00:34:24,360 the point where it's like, okay, I'm gonna cause confrontation. 812 00:34:24,520 --> 00:34:26,952 And the Bible says, no, be led in the Spirit. 813 00:34:27,096 --> 00:34:27,848 God will get. 814 00:34:27,904 --> 00:34:31,672 If you're walking in the Spirit, God will give you the discernment 815 00:34:31,816 --> 00:34:34,136 to know when to share your faith and when not to share the faith. 816 00:34:34,168 --> 00:34:37,016 There is a time and a place not to say something. 817 00:34:37,168 --> 00:34:40,008 We know that because Jesus didn't say the same thing every single 818 00:34:40,024 --> 00:34:41,080 time he dealt with people. 819 00:34:41,200 --> 00:34:43,380 There were times where Jesus did walk away. 820 00:34:43,760 --> 00:34:46,472 If you remember where he was preaching there in Nazareth, his 821 00:34:46,496 --> 00:34:47,192 own town. 822 00:34:47,296 --> 00:34:49,892 They weren't receiving him because they, they, they were not 823 00:34:49,916 --> 00:34:51,892 respecting him because that's where he was from. 824 00:34:52,076 --> 00:34:54,660 So Jesus didn't say, well, I'm going to stay in Nazareth till everyone 825 00:34:54,700 --> 00:34:55,140 hears me. 826 00:34:55,180 --> 00:34:58,772 Jesus moved and, and so there is a time and a place, Paul did that. 827 00:34:58,796 --> 00:35:01,684 Paul left certain places and said, you know what? 828 00:35:01,852 --> 00:35:03,204 God's work isn't here anymore. 829 00:35:03,252 --> 00:35:05,220 The Holy Spirit sometimes closes the door. 830 00:35:05,380 --> 00:35:08,276 And so if we're, if, if we're going to look at this from the perspective 831 00:35:08,308 --> 00:35:12,212 of as a church, we're going go into all the world. 832 00:35:12,396 --> 00:35:15,984 It's the Holy Spirit guiding us to say, okay, this is a gospel 833 00:35:16,032 --> 00:35:16,816 opportunity. 834 00:35:16,928 --> 00:35:18,496 Maybe this isn't a gospel opportunity. 835 00:35:18,528 --> 00:35:21,584 I can still live out the gospel, but maybe this isn't a confrontational 836 00:35:21,632 --> 00:35:22,240 opportunity. 837 00:35:22,320 --> 00:35:24,432 So the point I'm trying To make is don't just go out looking 838 00:35:24,456 --> 00:35:25,424 for a fight. 839 00:35:25,592 --> 00:35:28,512 If you live the gospel, the fights will find you. 840 00:35:28,696 --> 00:35:32,624 Let me tell you, if you live long enough and you live for the 841 00:35:32,632 --> 00:35:35,952 truth of Christ, and you proclaim the love of Christ and you 842 00:35:35,976 --> 00:35:39,104 proclaim the word of God, there will be enough conflict for 843 00:35:39,112 --> 00:35:40,740 you, enough to contend for the faith. 844 00:35:41,730 --> 00:35:42,186 And. 845 00:35:42,258 --> 00:35:43,754 And it will come in different routes. 846 00:35:43,802 --> 00:35:45,050 It will come in different ways. 847 00:35:45,130 --> 00:35:48,234 And so the book of Jude is all about how can we contend for the 848 00:35:48,242 --> 00:35:48,474 faith? 849 00:35:48,522 --> 00:35:51,386 And how can we be the ones prepared to go out? 850 00:35:51,458 --> 00:35:53,354 You, you can't contend for the faith. 851 00:35:53,402 --> 00:35:57,050 If you go back and look at verse 15, 16 and say, you know what? 852 00:35:57,090 --> 00:36:01,786 Ooh, I am someone who has grading speech. 853 00:36:01,818 --> 00:36:05,370 I am someone that's a murmur, a complainer walking after my own 854 00:36:05,410 --> 00:36:07,476 lust, someone speaking swelling words. 855 00:36:07,588 --> 00:36:11,636 Okay, There are some times in our life where we need to reinspect 856 00:36:11,668 --> 00:36:16,164 what we're doing, but that's the grace of God, because all of 857 00:36:16,172 --> 00:36:18,772 us, all of us deserve what we were talking about in verse 15, the 858 00:36:18,796 --> 00:36:19,476 judgment of God. 859 00:36:19,508 --> 00:36:21,044 But yet we still have that grace. 860 00:36:21,092 --> 00:36:22,900 And so it's never too late. 861 00:36:23,020 --> 00:36:24,788 It's never too late to come back to him. 862 00:36:24,924 --> 00:36:26,532 You know how I know it's not too late? 863 00:36:26,636 --> 00:36:28,516 Because you're right here taking it in breath. 864 00:36:28,628 --> 00:36:29,556 It's not too late. 865 00:36:29,628 --> 00:36:32,114 Okay, we can continue on. 866 00:36:32,212 --> 00:36:36,550 God's gonna give us another day, Lord willing. 867 00:36:36,630 --> 00:36:37,990 If not, hey, then. 868 00:36:38,030 --> 00:36:39,286 Then we're with him in glory. 869 00:36:39,398 --> 00:36:39,862 Uh, so. 870 00:36:39,886 --> 00:36:40,662 So we're gonna look at more. 871 00:36:40,686 --> 00:36:45,318 We're gonna look at verse number 22 next week, which actually, 872 00:36:45,454 --> 00:36:46,610 actually has. 873 00:36:47,470 --> 00:36:50,598 Has been misinterpreted in many ways. 874 00:36:50,694 --> 00:36:54,246 Uh, I believe specifically, if you look at it from the perspective 875 00:36:54,278 --> 00:36:56,422 of what Jude is talking about here. 876 00:36:56,606 --> 00:36:58,534 Uh, so, so there are. 877 00:36:58,622 --> 00:36:58,870 There. 878 00:36:58,910 --> 00:37:00,038 There is a way that we. 879 00:37:00,094 --> 00:37:02,158 And there's different ways that we deal with people. 880 00:37:02,334 --> 00:37:04,686 There's some people that we need to give compassion to. 881 00:37:04,838 --> 00:37:07,582 There's some people that we need to save with fear, as it says. 882 00:37:07,766 --> 00:37:10,094 There are some people that we need to pull out of the fire. 883 00:37:10,262 --> 00:37:11,550 Um, so. 884 00:37:11,590 --> 00:37:12,190 So there, there. 885 00:37:12,230 --> 00:37:14,910 There are some different paths that we take when we deal with certain 886 00:37:14,950 --> 00:37:16,766 people depending on the Holy Spirit's guidance. 887 00:37:16,798 --> 00:37:19,150 And so that's what we will talk about next week. 888 00:37:19,190 --> 00:37:20,494 I will stop there. 889 00:37:20,582 --> 00:37:24,542 Could love to talk about it more, but we are at our limit tonight, 890 00:37:24,606 --> 00:37:29,386 so appreciate your attention here, contending for the faith. 891 00:37:29,518 --> 00:37:32,130 If you followed along with us here in the study of Jude, I. 892 00:37:32,170 --> 00:37:33,842 I hope that it's been beneficial to you. 893 00:37:33,866 --> 00:37:36,322 If you have any questions about any of this, I will try to 894 00:37:36,346 --> 00:37:39,138 answer the ones that I know and the ones that I don't know. 895 00:37:39,194 --> 00:37:41,202 I will let you know that I will look it up. 896 00:37:41,386 --> 00:37:45,602 After we get through the Book of Jude, we are going to this is 897 00:37:45,626 --> 00:37:49,794 kind of just a a plea for those that, you know, maybe are on 898 00:37:49,802 --> 00:37:51,746 the fence of coming back out for another study. 899 00:37:51,898 --> 00:37:55,932 We are going to be studying the the Book of Philemon and and 900 00:37:55,956 --> 00:37:58,908 that's a book that is not talked about very often, but it's 901 00:37:58,924 --> 00:38:02,348 actually a very, very interesting book, one that I believe 902 00:38:02,404 --> 00:38:05,480 there's a really important message for us to learn there. 903 00:38:05,940 --> 00:38:09,052 So a lot of times left out because of the uniqueness of the 904 00:38:09,076 --> 00:38:09,692 story. 905 00:38:09,876 --> 00:38:12,316 So if you've never heard that or if you have heard it, appreciate 906 00:38:12,348 --> 00:38:14,760 you coming back and studying it together with me. 907 00:38:15,540 --> 00:38:18,204 Thank you again for listening to the Middletown Baptist Church 908 00:38:18,252 --> 00:38:18,972 podcast. 909 00:38:19,116 --> 00:38:21,136 I hope that this sermon has been a blessing for you. 910 00:38:21,188 --> 00:38:24,296 You you would like to find out more information about our church 911 00:38:24,328 --> 00:38:27,992 or this sermon, you can find us at middletownbaptistchurch.org. 912 00:38:28,136 --> 00:38:30,940 Or find us on Facebook or YouTube. 913 00:38:31,360 --> 00:38:36,616 You can also email me directly at Josh Massaro, Middletown BaptistChurch.com 914 00:38:36,768 --> 00:38:38,616 if you've enjoyed this podcast. 915 00:38:38,728 --> 00:38:43,420 Please subscribe and follow along for future podcast and updates. 916 00:38:43,760 --> 00:38:44,920 Thank you so much. 917 00:38:45,040 --> 00:38:45,864 God Bless. 918 00:38:45,992 --> 00:38:47,040 Have a wonderful day.