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Jude 17-23 (NASB)

17 But you, beloved, ought to remember the words that were spoken beforehand by the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ, 18 that they were saying to you, “In the last time there will be mockers, following after their own ungodly lusts.” 19 These are the ones who cause divisions, worldly-minded, devoid of the Spirit. 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, looking forward to the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ to eternal life. 22 And have mercy on some, who are doubting; 23 save others, snatching them out of the fire; and on some have mercy with fear, hating even the garment polluted by the flesh.

Three Imperatives that will help the Church battle together for the faith in an era of false teachers:

1. Recall the previous warnings (v. 17-19)
2. Remain in the love of God (v. 20-21)

• “building yourselves up on your most holy faith”
• “praying in the Holy Spirit”
• “waiting anxiously for the mercy of our Lord…”

3. Reach out to various others (v. 22-23)

• The Doubting
• The Burning
• The Dangerous

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Jude 17-23 (NASB)

17 But you, beloved, ought to remember the words that were spoken beforehand by the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ, 18 that they were saying to you, “In the last time there will be mockers, following after their own ungodly lusts.” 19 These are the ones who cause divisions, worldly-minded, devoid of the Spirit. 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, looking forward to the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ to eternal life. 22 And have mercy on some, who are doubting; 23 save others, snatching them out of the fire; and on some have mercy with fear, hating even the garment polluted by the flesh.

Three Imperatives that will help the Church battle together for the faith in an era of false teachers.

1. Recall the previous warnings (v. 17-19)
2. Remain in the love of God (v. 20-21)

• “building yourselves up on your most holy faith” (v. 20)
• “praying in the Spirit” (v. 20)

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Jude 17-23 (NASB)

17 But you, beloved, ought to remember the words that were spoken beforehand by the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ, 18 that they were saying to you, “In the last time there will be mockers, following after their own ungodly lusts.” 19 These are the ones who cause divisions, worldly-minded, devoid of the Spirit. 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, looking forward to the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ to eternal life. 22 And have mercy on some, who are doubting; 23 save others, snatching them out of the fire; and on some have mercy with fear, hating even the garment polluted by the flesh.

Three Imperatives that will help the Church battle together for the faith in an era of false teachers.

1. Recall the previous warnings (v. 17-19)
2. Remain in the love of God (v. 20-21)
3. Reach out to various others (v. 22-23)

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Jude 12-16 (NASB)

12 These are the ones who are hidden reefs in your love feasts when they feast with you without fear, like shepherds caring only for themselves; clouds without water, carried along by winds; autumn trees without fruit, doubly dead, uprooted; 13 wild waves of the sea, churning up their own shameful deeds like dirty foam; wandering stars, for whom the gloom of darkness has been reserved forever.

14 It was also about these people that Enoch, in the seventh generation from Adam, prophesied, saying, “Behold, the Lord has come 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.

Theme: The Church must beware of false teachers by recognizing their clear denunciations and their deserved destination.

Denunciation #1 – Pictures from Nature (v. 12-13)

Denunciation #2 – Pattern of Heart & Mind (v. 16)

Destination Deserved: Prediction of Future Damnation (v. 14-15)

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Jude 8-12 (NASB)

8 Yet in the same way these people also, dreaming, defile the flesh, reject authority, and speak abusively of 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 an abusive judgment, but said, “The Lord rebuke you!” 10 But these people disparage all the things that they do not understand; and all the things that 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 given themselves up to the error of Balaam, and perished in the rebellion of Korah. 12 These are the ones who are hidden reefs in your love feasts when they feast with you without fear, like shepherds caring only for themselves; clouds without water, carried along by winds; autumn trees without fruit, doubly dead, uprooted.

Theme: Believers in the Church must be on the lookout for what false teachers do and what they are like.

1. They Scorn Supernatural Beings (v. 8d-10)
2. They’re Marked by Murder, Money, and Mutiny (v. 11)
3. They Deceive to Destroy (v. 12a)

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Jude 5-8 (NASB)

5 Now I want to remind you, though you know everything once and for all, that the Lord, after saving a people out of the land of Egypt, subsequently destroyed those who did not believe. 6 And angels who did not keep their own domain but abandoned their proper dwelling place, these He has kept in eternal restraints under darkness for the judgment of the great day, 7 just as Sodom and Gomorrah and the cities around them, since they in the same way as these angels indulged in sexual perversion and went after strange flesh, are exhibited as an example in undergoing the punishment of eternal fire.

8 Yet in the same way these people also, dreaming, defile the flesh, reject authority, and speak abusively of angelic majesties.

Theme: Deceptive, immoral false teachers are headed for God’s eternal judgment, and true believers in the Church must be alerted not to follow or fall for them.

Three examples of arrogance and immorality that bring God’s wrath and condemnation.

1. Unbelieving Israel (v. 5)
2. Arrogant Angels (v. 6)
3. Sordid Sodomites (v. 7)

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Jude 1-4 (NASB)

1 Jude, a bond-servant of Jesus Christ and brother of James,

To those who are the called, beloved in God the Father, and kept for Jesus Christ: 2 May mercy, peace, and love be multiplied to you.

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 that was once for all time handed down to the saints. 4 For certain people have crept in unnoticed, those who were long beforehand marked out for this condemnation, ungodly persons who turn the grace of our God into indecent behavior and deny our only Master and Lord, Jesus Christ.

Sermon Theme: In light of immoral false teachers creeping into the Church, we as true Christians must earnestly contend for the faith found in God’s Word.

Outline:

Intro – Greetings & Benediction (vv. 1-2)

1. You are called to contend for the faith (v. 3)
2. Why you are called to contend for the faith (v. 4)

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guest speaker: Cyril Florita

Colossians 3:16–17 (NASB)

16 Let the word of Christ richly dwell within you, with all wisdom teaching and admonishing one another with psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with thankfulness in your hearts to God. 17 Whatever you do in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks through Him to God the Father.

Theme:
In light of the Christian’s identity as a new man in Christ, we must wear our new set of garments—which are woven through with the word of Christ and are labeled with His name—so that His word would dwell in us richly and His name would rest on everything that we do.

2 Qualities of the Garments of the New Man:

1) Woven Through with the Word of Christ

Wisely Teaching and Admonishing One Another

Singing with Gratitude to the Father

2) Labeled with the Name of Christ

Proclaiming Christ in Every Word and Deed

Glorifying the Father

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Sermon Theme: What you truly believe regarding Jesus’s claims about Himself will determine where you will spend Eternity.

Jesus said:

1) I AM the Bread of life (John 6:35, 41, 48, 51)

2) I AM the Light of the world (John 8:12)

3) I AM the Door of the sheep (John 10:7, 9)

4) I AM the Good Shepherd (John 10:11, 14)

5) I AM the Resurrection and the Life (John 11:25)

6) I AM the Way, the Truth, and the Life (John 14:6)

7) I AM the true Vine (John 15:1, 5)

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(All from the New American Standard Bible)

2 Corinthians 3:7-11

7 But if the ministry of death, engraved in letters on stones, came with glory so that the sons of Israel could not look intently at the face of Moses because of the glory of his face, fading as it was, 8 how will the ministry of the Spirit fail to be even more with glory? 9 For if the ministry of condemnation has glory, much more does the ministry of righteousness excel in glory. 10 For indeed what had glory in this case has no glory, because of the glory that surpasses it. 11 For if that which fades away was with glory, much more that which remains is in glory.

Jeremiah 31:31-34

31 “Behold, days are coming,” declares the Lord, “when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and the house of Judah, 32 not like the covenant which I made with their fathers on the day I took them by the hand to bring them out of the land of Egypt, My covenant which they broke, although I was a husband to them,” declares the Lord. 33 “For this is the covenant which I will make with the house of Israel after those days,” declares the Lord: “I will put My law within them and write it on their heart; and I will be their God, and they shall be My people. 34 They will not teach again, each one his neighbor and each one his brother, saying, ‘Know the Lord,’ for they will all know Me, from the least of them to the greatest of them,” declares the Lord, “for I will forgive their wrongdoing, and their sin I will no longer remember.”

Romans 3:29, Romans 5:6

29 Or is God the God of Jews only? Is He not the God of Gentiles also? Yes, of Gentiles also,

6 For while we were still helpless, at the right time Christ died for the ungodly.

2 Corinthians 3:6, 2 Corinthians 5:17

6 who also made us adequate as servants of a new covenant, not of the letter but of the Spirit; for the letter kills, but the Spirit gives life.

17 Therefore if anyone is in Christ, this person is a new creation; the old things passed away; behold, new things have come.

Theme: Understanding & applying the glory of the New Covenant

1) The Context – What was the Old Covenant?

2) The Promise & Inauguration – What is the New Covenant?

3) Why the New Covenant is Glorious for Sinners Today,

4) Why the New Covenant is Glorious for Believers Today,

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