Jude 1:8-16
8 Yet in the same way these men, also by dreaming, defile the flesh, and reject authority, and revile angelic majesties.
9 But Michael the archangel, when he disputed with the devil and argued about the body of Moses, did not dare pronounce against him a railing judgment, but said, The Lord rebuke you!
10 But these men revile the things which they do not understand; and the things which they know by instinct, like unreasoning animals, by these things they are destroyed.
11 Woe to them! For they have gone the way of Cain, and for pay they have rushed headlong into the error of Balaam, and perished in the rebellion of Korah.
12 These are the men who are hidden reefs in your love feasts when they feast with you without fear, caring for themselves; clouds without water, carried along by winds; autumn trees without fruit, doubly dead, uprooted;
13 wild waves of the sea, casting up their own shame like foam; wandering stars, for whom the black darkness has been reserved forever.
14 It was also about these men that Enoch, in the seventh generation from Adam, prophesied, saying, Behold, the Lord came with many thousands of His holy ones,
15 to execute judgment upon all, and to convict all the ungodly of all their ungodly deeds which they have done in an ungodly way, and of all the harsh things which ungodly sinners have spoken against Him.
16 These are grumblers, finding fault, following after their own lusts; they speak arrogantly, flattering people for the sake of gaining an advantage.
Six distinctive traits that must be seen so that we will be able to recognize heresy and defend the the truth:
1. Recognition of the Desires of Jude – Triplets of Called, Beloved, Kept whoever experience mercy, peace, and love (vv. 1-2)
2. Recognition of the Directive for the Church – Defend Doctrine ! (v.3)
3. Recognition of the Dangers of False Teachers (v.4)
3 Attributes;
Ungodly (Godless)
Antinomian (Licentious)
Insubordinate (Nonsubmissive, Rejecting the Messiah)
Ireverent
4. Recognition of the Damnation of Sin and Apostates
3 Illustrations:
Apostate Israel
Apostate Angels
Apostate Gentiles
5. Recognition of the Description of Apostates
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