154: Danny Collister – Exhortation: Jude

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We’re listening to an excitation
that was given by brother Danny

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collister at the Verdugo Hills.
Ecclesia back in June and in his

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excitation brother, Daniel is
looking At the book of Jude and

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the lessons that were being
written to the Ecclesia when

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this letter was was crafted.
And I just found it to be a

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really good synopsis of the book
of Jude by brother Danny.

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He was looking at the warnings
that Jude was writing to the

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Ecclesia about the warning of
the false teachers and those

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that profess to have faith but
didn’t actually have it in their

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daily walk and how that would
lead people.

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People astray through what they
were using.

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I felt like it was a really good
good summary of the entire book

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and also very applicable to what
we’re going on.

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Now, he even makes a mention of
what Jude’s original intention

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was when he was writing this
book and then had to change it

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because of what was going on
with the Ecclesia that he was

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writing to when he wrote this
letter.

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So I found it to be a really
encouraging letter.

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A good reminder of things to be
careful of especially in this

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day and age when there’s so much
information out there that you

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need to make sure that What
you’re reading is accurate and

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also just to be careful with
what we’re taking and spreading

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and a good reminder for us to
hold fast to the truth.

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That is outlined in the
scriptures for us.

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So I really enjoyed it.
I thought it was a great

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synopsis of the book and a good
reminder for us.

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So with that, we will turn it
over to brother, Danny collister

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for his excitation on Jude.
I’m always drawn to short books

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in the Bible and the reason I
think is because the information

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is always summarize, so
concisely and I don’t consider

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myself to be super great at
studying I get easily

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overwhelmed with subjects.
So I like concise things and

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Jude is very concise with his
message.

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The whole book is about 25
verses long and it just takes a

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couple minutes to read through.
So he Has to be very direct with

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what he wants to convey.
And so, in this chapter in this

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book, even though it’s a simple
letter and a lot, not just in

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this book, but with other short
books or prophecies in the Bible

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like Obadiah, which is my
favorite of the people, we

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always find kind of adapt that
profoundness with the messages

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that Echo throughout the
scripture and tie in with other

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letters or other prophecies and
Jude is no exception to that and

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it really it really Echoes
through and ties into the other

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letters to the churches of that
time.

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So I’m going to take a little
bit of time this morning to look

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at the prevalence of the message
that he is delivering to the

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churches.
And you know it seems like every

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time we read through prophecies
and things and letters it

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becomes More and more prevalent
on a daily basis.

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So this is this is no exception
to that and so it’s always good

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to revisit even if we’ve learned
it before enlisting before just

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to refresh the lessons and the
importance.

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So a little bit of background of
into Jude here.

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So Judas probably written in the
late 60s.

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A d or C D depending on what
time scale you want to use our

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previous you want to use.
I think sees the scientific one.

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But late 60s, 8 ad and my, my
Scofield actually puts it at

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about Circa, 68 ad.
And one of the things that’s

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dated based on, is its relation
to a previous letter written by

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Peter, which is 2nd Peter and my
Schofield dates that one about

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circus, 66 ad and that’s
important there’s just a couple

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years of difference between The
letter a and this letter that

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Jude has put together because
there’s a lot of Reflections

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there and we’ll revisit that a
little bit later.

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But the letter itself is a
short, important message to the

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Believers at the time to be
aware that false beliefs and

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false doctrines at the time were
being introduced into their

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congregation and they were being
taught by those without faith.

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And so, this is a very, very
brief, very important message

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that Jude wants to convey to the
Believers into the church at

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that time to make sure that
they’re aware of what’s going

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on.
And so, the letters was a book

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is broken down into just a
couple of very easily

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identifiable sections after his
introduction.

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Jude essentially introduces the
reasons.

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The first his message, which is
that the church has been

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infiltrated by those who are
interested in self-gain.

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And not those whose interests
are aligned with God’s teachings

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and so he gives a couple of
examples in the next section of

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unbelief in history, as well as
examples of those consequences

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and then it’s followed by a
description of a false teachers

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that they can be identified.
And then he wraps up the whole

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book with a positive message to
the Believers and some direction

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on how to resolve some of the
issues.

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So let’s break it down.
Since it is a small bug, we can

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break it down.
And gather some lessons and some

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messages that are relevant to us
here.

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So just starting right at the
beginning, verses 1 and 2 are

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the salutation as of Jude,
introduces himself to the

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audience as Jude the servant of
Jesus Christ and brother of

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James.
And right away, we have the

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first interesting point.
And the first interesting lesson

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that we can, we can take out of
this.

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So as we all know Jude here is
actually A half brother of Jesus

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is the same Jude that’s
mentioned in the gospels is one

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of Jesus’s half Brothers along
with James and the reference to

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that.
We in Matthew Chapter 13,

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Matthew 13:55.
It reads, isn’t this, the

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Carpenter’s son is in his
mother’s name, Mary and aren’t

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his brothers James Joseph Simon
and Judas or Jude.

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And so we know that Is Jesus,
his half-brother just from that,

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but we also note that he chooses
not to use this familial time

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and there’s a couple reasons for
that.

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So, first of all, you know, we
can also always glean the, the

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lesson of pumpkin ability.
So, he prefers to remain humble

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and not not use his familial
ties to further his message.

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He allows his message to speak
for itself.

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And then additionally to that,
there is some speculation that

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he might have even been ashamed
of his familiar relationship to

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Jesus, as he was probably
considered himself not to be a

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believer.
Prior to the events, surrounding

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the death, and resurrection of
Jesus.

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Again, that’s speculation.
So, take that with a grain of

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salt, but, but that, that could
also play into it.

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So, but ultimately, the, the
biggest lesson of the biggest

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message that we get, From his
omission of that fact, is that

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he considers his spiritual
relationship to Christ as the

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more important relationship that
his familial one.

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So he puts more importance on
the fact that he is a servant of

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Christ in his message, then the
importance of him, actually

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bleep being a half blood
relative and so you know, we can

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take that message as well as,
you know, placing our Virtual

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relationship with Christ in God
above everything else.

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And that’s something that’s
important for all of us, to

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always, always consider.
And then, of course, the next

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part of that verse, he indicates
that the message is to the

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Believers, which is nice in
general, it’s not only to the

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churches of the time, but the
wording is open-ended, so it

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continues to be a relevant.
Aunt message throughout time and

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that is relevant to us now
today.

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So the next section chapter are
verses 3 and 4 are the important

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warning.
So, Jude starts with an

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explanation of initial position
initial intentions in writing to

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the churches, which I, he
indicates was, she was going to

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write to them regarding their
common salvation, which is a, an

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uplifting message that he was
intending to put.

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Together, but she heard about
what was going on in the

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churches.
And so, what ended up happening

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is he had to change his whole
message and ended up writing

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about the false teachers, with
the false Believers in the

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churches of that time because
this was such a big and

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prevalent issue that that he
heard about.

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So it really shows the level of
importance that he’s placing on

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this letter, being read and
followed because You know, that

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it wasn’t really his initial
Focus.

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So she must have been told about
the men and he describes the

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individuals in verse 4.
There certain men crept in

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unawares.
And so if you read first for, we

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can kind of break down what he
knows about the men that they’ve

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entered secretly.
He already indicates that they

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are doomed.
They denied God they deny Christ

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and they’re doing this
discreetly.

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So, Doing it secretly and people
are not, everyone is aware of

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it, which is what the danger is,
people aren’t aware of it and

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need to be alerted to the fact,
obviously he’s heard about it.

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So some people are about other
followers are not and that’s

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creating a potential issue.
So with the description of the

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men, we understand the weight of
the message because there is an

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immediate need to identify and
deal with the issue because

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they’re putting not only their
own spiritual health and

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well-being at risk.
But the health and well-being of

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others are being placed at risk
as well as part of these men’s,

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these false teachers ideas being
introduced.

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So to kind of introduce the
important in the relevance of

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you know, why he’s putting this
together and the next next

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three, verses he gives three
examples of unbelief and

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rebellion and Jude loses uses.
A lot of Triads uses three as a

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lot and this is this is an
Velocity, share.

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So, the first three examples we
have versus 5, 6 and 7.

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We have first, the example of
the Israelites who were saved

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from Egypt by God, but then they
wander for 40 years and an

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entire generation perished
because of their murmuring and

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grumbling their disbelief.
They basically let let

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themselves astray and even after
everything that God did for them

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and all the examples cause they
were, they all perished because

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they didn’t believe in his
message and didn’t follow what

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he told them to do.
And then the next one is the

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example, of course, Rebellion.
So we have the angels of The

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Messengers, which we know are
symbols of Korah and his

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Rebellion against Moses and
Aaron.

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And they’re basically, you know,
this is number 16 if you’re

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interested in reading it as And
there’s lots of Echoes, they are

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false leaders and you know
disparaging others and their

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reward for them.
So number 16.

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But you know that we know their
rebellion was basically ended

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when they were swallowed up by
the Earth and then the third

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example is the example of Sodom
and Gomorrah and these are and

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the cities in the area and these
are cities that are used

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multiple times, perhaps.
Scripture as the example of

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sinfulness and being led astray.
And so, all of these are

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examples of false leaders and
people who led others and each

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other astray and how they
perished along with those, they

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LED astray.
So the gravity of the potential

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risk here is put forward right
at the beginning.

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So that the the recipients of
this letter can And this is no

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small thing, these are Big
examples in their history that

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they would have known and
understood and been very

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familiar familiar with when they
were reading through this book

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through this letter from Jude
and these are Big, you know, big

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examples of big consequences.
So these are no small things.

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So Jude puts forth the
consequence, the importance and

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then he spends the majority of
the chapter.

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Driving the false leaders so
they can be identified.

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So the next, the next lots of
verses verses 8 through, 19 are

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all describing the false leaders
in the false teachers that have

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infiltrated, the church?
So verses 8 through 10 and we

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can see the first description of
them and so it gives an example

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of Michael, the Archangel
contending with the devil,

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disputed about the body.
Moses he Durst not bring against

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him a railing accusation, but
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And then verse 11 woe to them
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I’m sorry first attempt.
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things which they know not, but
what they know naturally as

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brute beasts in those things,
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So, the example here is a
comparison between how the

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angels are the Followers of
Christ, do not speak, falsely or

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disparaging of others, but these
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these ones that are bringing
these false doctrines and they

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do and we this tactic fairly
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This is not a new tactic, it’s
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attempt to gain followers, a
gain, trust from others, by

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discrediting the authority of
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Time.
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familiar with that.
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where you basically try to
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order to sway, people to your
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And so this is this is a tactic
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proper tactic where the True
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judgment on others.
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they will be responsible for
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belief.
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actually actively try to
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fairly this is probably the
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identifiable characteristic
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thing that Jew describes to them
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starts to allow the Believers to
identify who these false False

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leaders are in the church.
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these false leaders because this
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description.
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in verse 11 is they have gone in
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cursed by God for killing his
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hatred of his brothers.
I’m sorry, jealousy of his

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brother’s position and hatred
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not being accepted.
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Balaam, who was found dead was
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Israel, and we know that his
initial story is one of, you

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know, almost Redemption we’re in
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ended up blessing them at God’s
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But he’s attributed with greedy
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way around what God told him to
do, you know, subtly and

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craftily not going against what
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way to kind of try to disrupt
Israel and corrupt that and he

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did this for money.
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So again, he’s treated with
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third example is Cora, which we
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Rebellion against Aaron and
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just another example of
disparaging leadership, and try

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and persuade others to gain your
own authority where you

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shouldn’t have.
And so we know that he was him

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and his family and those that
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Earth opened up and swallowed
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So he goes into the next
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giving some cautionary words and
again, more descriptions.

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But cautionary words of these
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So these false teachers and
leaders basically bring nothing

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to the table with them.
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described.
Two spots on your love feasts,

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when they Feast with you feeding
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So they take for themselves,
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They’re described as clouds,
without water, carried about of

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winds, and withering fruit
trees.

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And both of these are images of
the promise of bounty and

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fruits.
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is all said and done, they
actually end up provide nothing

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of substance.
So these are all kind of images

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that are relevant to the time
clouds without water in an area

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where rain is such an important
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Come without water is a huge
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can actually bring more than
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bring famine so, definitely a
very, very important image

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there.
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them as Raging Waves of the sea,
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So you can almost imagine, you
know, these big waves, big

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crashing, waves doing a tempest
or a storm, make a lot of noise.

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There’s a lot of foaming,
there’s a lot of show, but if

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you’ve ever walked on a Each
after a storm, there’s nothing

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left there except for trash and
debris and nothing comes of it.

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It’s it’s basically a lot of
noise with nothing to show for

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it and even though they seem and
sound powerful, they speak with

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power and authority, but they
leave nothing but trash waste

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behind.
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wandering stars to whom is
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Darkness forever.
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to, you know, shooting stars
who, you know, in a bright flash

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of a spark of brightness, you
know, they shine brightly for a

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moment in time and then they’re
just wants to do the darkness

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forever.
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bright and then lonely existence
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heavens.
So all of this is very harshly

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descriptive wording and so
remember he’s he’s reading this

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letter.
As an as a warning to the church

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in these examples and he’s using
this wording to get their

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attention.
But he is accusing potentially

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highly regarded individuals in
the church in these examples and

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and they’ve infiltrated in our
convincing enough to have

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persuaded others.
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you know, going back to verse 3
when he’s kind of describing his

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intention in the letter.
We can see why he starts.

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With beloved.
He’s he wants to.

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He wants to kind of set up this
idea that, you know, everything

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that I’m telling you is in love.
Even though these are harsh

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words, he does all of this in
love as a wake-up call to those

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that might not realize what’s
happening and all of these

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sections.
I mentioned earlier, second

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Peter, chapter 2, all of this.
This description has a lot of

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Reflection back to Second Peter
chapter 2 and you can see

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similar historical examples and
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reflected in second, Peter
chapter 2, and he did this, you

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know, probably very
intentionally to give additional

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traction to the warning that
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Because, second second, Peter
chapter 2, that that letter from

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Peter came before his letter.
Ali.

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So he’s he’s basically taking
the images in the words that

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were already delivered to them.
To say, Hey, you were warned

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about this.
This, this is exactly what Peter

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was talking about and you didn’t
do didn’t realize what was

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happening and now it’s happened.
So, but just for just, for the

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sake of interest, if you want to
turn back, a couple pages in

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your book, will go back a couple
of years of History to Second

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Peter chapter.
Shoo.

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And we can look at just a couple
of the reflections here in

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second, Peter chapter 2.
That we also see in Jude and

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see, see how dude is using these
same messages that have already

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been delivered to these churches
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So 2nd Peter 2:1.
So there were false prophets

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also among the people even as
there shall be false teachers

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among you, who privily shall
bring in damnable, Humble

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heresies even denying the Lord
that the Stockton and bring upon

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themselves, fist Swift
destruction and they shall

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follow their pernicious ways.
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future issue of false teachers
and he’s definitely not the

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first one to warn the churches
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But he seems to be the most
recent one, which is why Judas

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reflecting this letter and his
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But we know there’s plenty of
Examples prior I mean one of the

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main ones that jumps jumped out
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in this very descriptive is back
in acts.

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It’s it reads.
After my departing shall

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Grievous wolves.
Enter in among you not sparing.

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The flock also of your own
selves shall men.

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Arise speaking perverse, things
to draw away disciples after

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them.
So we can see this message is

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not a new concept or something
that that is just popping up.

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Just right now that the Jews
warning them, this has been

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warned and talked about for
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Prior and Judas, just, you know,
acutely aware of it already

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happening.
And so he’s putting his message

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forth as it more of a an alarm
rather than a a future, keep

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your eyes out.
Listen, this is a this is

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happening.
Now, this needs to be addressed.

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Continuing in second Peter, we
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So first for of second Peter, we
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are The Messengers, being cast,
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So that’s the that’s the example
of Cora again here in second

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Peter.
And also, prevalent example,

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chewed.
In verse 6, we have again, the

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example of Sodom and Gomorrah
which is always used as the

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example of the sinful city, with
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First is 11 and 12, we have the
example of the natural brute

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beasts and those ones they speak
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So, that’s one of the main
descriptions that you use this

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and we have it here in second
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Verse 13, we have the spots in
the blemishes and love feasts

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verse 16.
We have the example of beylin

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fist verses 15 and 16 is valence
example.

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Again, verse 17 is the example
of the clouds Without Rain.

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Although this time in Peters
example, he describes the

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clouds, The Tempest.
So they’re not just

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disappointing clouds and Peter’s
example, there are also

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destructive clouds.
So bringing Being kind of a

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double consequence to them.
So so all of these Reflections

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just continue to drive Jude’s
message home, that this is

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exactly what Peter was and other
Apostles and followers had

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warned you out before, and this
is what’s happening.

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Use the same images that we have
been shown to you before.

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And this is what is happening.
So, so back over to Jubal finish

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up the description of the False
teachers.

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So going on 2 verses, 14 and 15.
This is the prophecy of Enoch

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that Jude quotes here and
honestly we don’t know much or

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basically anything about this
prophecy other than it’s obvious

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that out of the entire prophecy.
God only provides us this one

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portion of the prophecy, as the
important information that we

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need to know.
This is the only piece that’s

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important for our salvation and
my my Scofield bible clarifies.

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Well here that Jude’s use of
this quotation from Enoch does

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not suggest that you consider
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authoritative.
So in other words, he’s not

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quoting from these entire book
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I basically identify it as an
authoritative scripture that

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needs to be known, but it would
have been known by the people at

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that time and they would have
been No, you’re was the passage

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that he’s using.
Otherwise he wouldn’t have used

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it in his story and his letter I
should say so, but he does use

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it to describe this judgment of
the Lord that is coming and and

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it’s a coming judgment that the
ungodly will face and he Jude

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and Enoch both used this to
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Seems in verse 15 because the
word Word ungodly is used for

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times that single verse.
So if we read it, you to execute

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judgment and upon all and to
convince all that are ungodly

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among them of all their ungodly
Deeds, which they have ungodly

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committed and of all their hard
speeches, which ungodly, Sinners

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have spoken against.
So, he really drives home here.

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That these teachers, these false
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They are, they’re not giving or
preaching the correct message

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and they will be on the wrong
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And so a further caution for 16
is 4 in the description, they

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lead others away with words,
they’re flattering and smooth

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talkers, they persuade others
easily and this is another Echo

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back to Second Peter in verse 18
where he describes the These

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false teachers as having great
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So you can, you can imagine
these men who are great with

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words wordplay and basically
crafting their own arguments in

436
00:30:28,000 –> 00:30:32,900
a way that persuades others
easily and then 17, through 19,

437
00:30:32,900 –> 00:30:36,900
basically identifies them a
little bit further as carnal

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00:30:36,900 –> 00:30:40,100
man, and they separate
themselves to constant Visions.

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00:30:40,100 –> 00:30:45,800
So so this is all the
description of these false

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Cheers.
And he goes into so much detail.

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Not only to bring in the
reflective words and drive his

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00:30:52,400 –> 00:30:57,600
message homes and second Peter
but also to allow the Believers

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00:30:58,100 –> 00:31:02,600
the best chance at identifying
these false teachers and being

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00:31:02,600 –> 00:31:10,600
able to not be persuaded by them
and then to to wrap up the book

445
00:31:10,600 –> 00:31:13,700
he goes into what to do about
the dangers of these false

446
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teachers.
So Again, you know, just going

447
00:31:17,700 –> 00:31:21,800
back to the examples that you
gives Jude is not instructing.

448
00:31:21,800 –> 00:31:25,500
The Believers here to attack or
to accuse these men that are

449
00:31:25,600 –> 00:31:29,500
bringing these false beliefs.
He he knows that God will take

450
00:31:29,500 –> 00:31:33,100
care of them just like in the
examples that he provided before

451
00:31:34,200 –> 00:31:38,500
and so he instead gives
instructions to the Believers to

452
00:31:38,500 –> 00:31:42,500
focus on their own walk and to
help the others that were

453
00:31:42,500 –> 00:31:44,400
affected by these false
teachers.

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00:31:44,700 –> 00:31:52,100
So, He breaks it up into 33,
kind of ideas and so verses 20

455
00:31:52,100 –> 00:31:56,400
and 21, he initially tells the
Believers to look inward.

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00:31:58,200 –> 00:32:02,400
So build up yourselves on your
Most, Holy Faith, praying in the

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Holy Spirit and keeping
yourselves in the love of God,

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00:32:05,600 –> 00:32:08,300
looking for the mercy of our
Lord Jesus Christ unto eternal

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00:32:08,300 –> 00:32:11,400
life.
So he says look inward first,

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00:32:11,400 –> 00:32:14,900
this is your first, you know
this is the first step in this,

461
00:32:15,000 –> 00:32:17,100
you know.
Addressing this problem.

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00:32:17,200 –> 00:32:19,500
Don’t worry about what’s going
on outside right now.

463
00:32:19,900 –> 00:32:23,400
Initially, you need to make sure
you’re looking in yourself,

464
00:32:23,400 –> 00:32:27,400
first looking inward, first,
then the next two verses verses,

465
00:32:27,400 –> 00:32:33,300
22, and 23 is look outward.
So now look outward of those

466
00:32:33,300 –> 00:32:40,000
around you and work with them.
Help them allow them to be

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00:32:40,000 –> 00:32:44,700
guided back onto the right path.
So he says he makes the

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00:32:44,708 –> 00:32:47,700
important distinction here.
No, on some have compassion,

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00:32:49,200 –> 00:32:54,000
making making a difference.
And so, you know, for some of

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00:32:54,000 –> 00:32:58,700
the people that are affected by
these false doctrines and false

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00:32:59,500 –> 00:33:03,700
teachings, you know, show love,
show compassion, don’t be harsh,

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00:33:03,700 –> 00:33:07,600
just guide them with loving
words, instruction back on the

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00:33:07,600 –> 00:33:11,200
path and taken to be on.
And then he says in others, save

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00:33:11,200 –> 00:33:14,300
with fear pulling them from the
fire hating, even the Garment

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00:33:14,300 –> 00:33:17,000
spotted by The Flash.
So so for these are the ones

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00:33:17,000 –> 00:33:19,800
that don’t respond to the
Compassion or have not responded

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00:33:19,800 –> 00:33:25,100
to compassion that need a little
bit more of a driving force to

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00:33:25,100 –> 00:33:29,000
bring them back.
And these are probably, this is

479
00:33:29,000 –> 00:33:31,600
probably more directed at those
false.

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00:33:31,600 –> 00:33:35,200
Teachers are false leaders who
may already be.

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00:33:35,200 –> 00:33:40,200
So convinced of their own
lessons and their false ideas

482
00:33:40,900 –> 00:33:44,300
that they need a little bit more
to drive them, back onto that

483
00:33:44,400 –> 00:33:49,500
onto the right path.
And then the last section he

484
00:33:49,500 –> 00:33:52,800
closes the book with the final
step.

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00:33:52,800 –> 00:33:56,400
So he’s told the Believers to
look inward, look outward.

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00:33:56,400 –> 00:34:01,200
And then the last section is
look upward, so the support is

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00:34:01,400 –> 00:34:07,000
not there, not only internally
and not not just, you know, from

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00:34:07,000 –> 00:34:11,199
others other believers.
But it also comes from God.

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00:34:11,500 –> 00:34:16,800
So the Walk of a Believer is
loving others and Accepting that

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00:34:16,800 –> 00:34:19,800
God will help and preserve those
who follow him in his word.

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00:34:20,100 –> 00:34:25,300
So this is a word of
encouragement and and not

492
00:34:26,600 –> 00:34:29,400
basically reminding them not to
be discouraged even with all

493
00:34:29,400 –> 00:34:32,600
this going on.
There’s still a beautiful and

494
00:34:32,600 –> 00:34:36,500
wonderful hope and a God that
loves you and cares for you and

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00:34:36,500 –> 00:34:40,600
wants to preserve you.
And so that’s that’s the

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00:34:40,600 –> 00:34:44,400
breakdown of the book and so we
can already even just breaking

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00:34:44,400 –> 00:34:45,800
it down, we’ve already gone
through it.

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00:34:45,900 –> 00:34:47,300
What’s the last?
The so I’ll just highlight a

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00:34:47,308 –> 00:34:54,100
couple of them just to kind of
have us focus on them because

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00:34:54,100 –> 00:34:59,100
the message that Jude gives us
is still relevant today, solely

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00:34:59,100 –> 00:35:02,500
because human nature hasn’t
changed.

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00:35:02,900 –> 00:35:06,400
So it’s good for us to be
mindful of those that would draw

503
00:35:06,400 –> 00:35:09,400
us away and pervert, the lessons
to The Messengers of the Bible.

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00:35:11,000 –> 00:35:16,200
And the problem with it, with it
today is it can be so, Subtle

505
00:35:16,200 –> 00:35:24,000
nowadays because we might not
have the, you know, the big bad

506
00:35:24,100 –> 00:35:28,800
teachers of false Believers in
our myths that are easily

507
00:35:28,800 –> 00:35:31,000
identifiable by Jude’s
description.

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00:35:31,000 –> 00:35:32,700
Even though he spends too much
time.

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00:35:33,600 –> 00:35:36,100
Putting these descriptions
together in these thoughts and

510
00:35:36,100 –> 00:35:39,500
ideas.
We did we, a lot of times these

511
00:35:39,500 –> 00:35:42,000
days don’t have that.
That one big bad person that

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00:35:42,000 –> 00:35:44,800
just needs to be corrected,
right?

513
00:35:45,800 –> 00:35:50,600
We instead live in a time where
information is more and more

514
00:35:50,600 –> 00:35:53,700
readily available and the
information that’s sent to us

515
00:35:53,700 –> 00:35:58,500
from every direction is not
always correct.

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00:35:58,500 –> 00:36:02,900
And if we’re not careful, we
invite those false doctrines

517
00:36:02,900 –> 00:36:06,400
into our lives and sometimes we
do it in ignorance.

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00:36:06,400 –> 00:36:10,000
So some things that we deal with
today.

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00:36:10,000 –> 00:36:13,000
You know we’re told by our
society that it’s more important

520
00:36:13,000 –> 00:36:16,000
to be sensitive to others than
it is to live up to The

521
00:36:16,000 –> 00:36:19,900
expectations of our God and
follow his word, it’s important

522
00:36:19,900 –> 00:36:22,500
to be accepting of everyone’s
personal choices their own

523
00:36:22,500 –> 00:36:24,900
paths, their own decisions and
which two of their bodies, their

524
00:36:24,900 –> 00:36:29,500
choice, but a choice is their
way of life and freedom of

525
00:36:29,500 –> 00:36:32,500
everything.
Is the new currency of social

526
00:36:32,500 –> 00:36:35,000
acceptance.
We’re told that everyone is

527
00:36:35,000 –> 00:36:38,100
entitled to have whatever they
want in whatever way they want.

528
00:36:39,200 –> 00:36:45,400
And with this constant pressure
all around us, it’s it’s almost

529
00:36:45,400 –> 00:36:47,600
inevitable.
For some of the to creep in

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00:36:48,000 –> 00:36:52,700
unawares, and for it to kind of
change how we perceive.

531
00:36:52,700 –> 00:36:56,000
Even if we’re reading the Bible,
it can actually change our

532
00:36:56,000 –> 00:36:59,100
perception of what we’re reading
and how we interpret.

533
00:37:00,900 –> 00:37:05,100
And it’s inadvertently affecting
others in the process.

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00:37:05,200 –> 00:37:07,700
So we have to be very careful
though because that’s that’s

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00:37:07,700 –> 00:37:12,300
pretty scary thought, if you
think about it because we can be

536
00:37:12,300 –> 00:37:17,200
responsible for leading others,
astray ignorantly Just because

537
00:37:17,200 –> 00:37:20,900
these thoughts and ideas, have
subtly changed the way we

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00:37:20,900 –> 00:37:22,900
perceive the lessons that were
reading.

539
00:37:24,100 –> 00:37:28,900
And so that’s that, I think is
why it’s so important to be

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00:37:28,900 –> 00:37:32,700
mindful of the things that Jude
has put in his letter here.

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00:37:33,800 –> 00:37:41,600
We can basically put this up,
these thoughts and lessons up to

542
00:37:41,600 –> 00:37:46,200
this kind of structure that you
just put together for us and And

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00:37:47,500 –> 00:37:51,000
identify whether or not it falls
in line with God’s teachings or

544
00:37:51,000 –> 00:37:53,600
not.
And so we can, we can say, you

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00:37:53,600 –> 00:37:57,400
know, do these ideas stem from
greed or lust.

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00:37:57,800 –> 00:38:02,300
Even if they do something or is
there a reason for it is their

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00:38:02,300 –> 00:38:07,500
personal gain involved in Pride,
do these ideas contradict and

548
00:38:07,500 –> 00:38:10,700
work to disparage, other
believers for disagreeing with

549
00:38:10,700 –> 00:38:12,800
them.
Do these ideas provoke,

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00:38:12,800 –> 00:38:17,200
jealousy, and You know, I’m
making it sound a little bit

551
00:38:17,200 –> 00:38:20,100
obvious.
You know, because these are your

552
00:38:20,100 –> 00:38:26,100
big obvious questions that you
can you can ask but for some

553
00:38:26,100 –> 00:38:32,200
things it’s not so easy to
identify and so everything takes

554
00:38:32,200 –> 00:38:35,500
time.
It takes thoughts and study and

555
00:38:35,500 –> 00:38:39,200
prayer to break it down to a
point where you can identify.

556
00:38:39,400 –> 00:38:42,800
If it really, truly, is a
doctrine that we should be

557
00:38:42,800 –> 00:38:49,200
following or lesson or an idea
and We’re not being led astray

558
00:38:49,200 –> 00:38:54,100
by these ideas that are not in
line with God’s word and

559
00:38:54,100 –> 00:38:59,200
teaching so in everything and we
need to be patient with

560
00:38:59,200 –> 00:39:02,200
ourselves and with others.
And that’s why, you know, Jude

561
00:39:02,900 –> 00:39:07,800
identifies the ways of dealing
with these firstly.

562
00:39:07,800 –> 00:39:15,600
He indicates compassion as the
way to, to save some and so we

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00:39:15,800 –> 00:39:17,300
We have to be patient with
ourselves.

564
00:39:17,300 –> 00:39:20,800
We have to be patient with
others and then we can turn, you

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00:39:20,800 –> 00:39:26,000
know, which also remember that
God has support for us as well.

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00:39:26,000 –> 00:39:30,600
So Jude doesn’t just identify
the problem.

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00:39:30,600 –> 00:39:33,700
But as you break down the book,
he offers the solution for us as

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00:39:33,700 –> 00:39:35,000
well.
So as we’re comparing these

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00:39:35,000 –> 00:39:39,300
ideas, these lessons that we may
not know might have questions

570
00:39:39,300 –> 00:39:45,700
about or they might be analyzing
basically.

571
00:39:45,800 –> 00:39:51,200
He gives us a way to deal with
it if we find them to be an

572
00:39:51,200 –> 00:39:54,200
issue.
So essentially we need to be

573
00:39:54,200 –> 00:39:57,500
firm in our beliefs and mindful
of how we deal with others.

574
00:39:57,800 –> 00:40:00,500
So we’re not supposed to be
going out and employing, the

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00:40:00,500 –> 00:40:05,300
same tactics as are being used
on us to manipulate us into

576
00:40:05,300 –> 00:40:10,000
accepting these false lessons.
Again he breaks down the

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00:40:10,000 –> 00:40:14,800
solution with the way to deal
with these in a three-step

578
00:40:14,800 –> 00:40:17,400
process.
So the first step is to look

579
00:40:17,400 –> 00:40:21,900
Inward and as I was thinking
about this, the first thing that

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00:40:21,900 –> 00:40:25,700
came to mind was the parable of
the moat and the beam.

581
00:40:26,100 –> 00:40:29,600
And so that’s back in Matthew
chapter 7 and I’ll read it

582
00:40:29,600 –> 00:40:32,700
really quick just to just inform
the the idea.

583
00:40:32,700 –> 00:40:37,600
But Matthew chapter 7 and it’s
found in Verses 3 through 5 and

584
00:40:37,700 –> 00:40:40,300
we all remember, remember it.
So you don’t have to turn back

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00:40:40,300 –> 00:40:42,600
to it.
That Matthew 7 verses 3 to 5.

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00:40:43,400 –> 00:40:45,200
And why beholdest thou?
The mote that is in thy

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00:40:45,200 –> 00:40:48,200
brother’s eye But considerest
not the beam that is in thine

588
00:40:48,200 –> 00:40:50,600
own eye or how wilt thou say to
thy brother.

589
00:40:50,600 –> 00:40:53,500
Let me pull out the mote out of
thine eye.

590
00:40:54,100 –> 00:40:56,100
And behold a beam is in thine
own eye.

591
00:40:56,900 –> 00:41:00,300
Thou hypocrite, First cast out
the beam out of thine own eye,

592
00:41:00,300 –> 00:41:03,900
and then shalt thou See, Clearly
to cast out the mote out of thy

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00:41:03,900 –> 00:41:10,000
brother’s side, And so, the
message there is very obvious as

594
00:41:10,000 –> 00:41:13,300
it is here with Jude and that
message is that we can’t very

595
00:41:13,300 –> 00:41:15,800
well help.
Others, if we don’t first work

596
00:41:15,800 –> 00:41:18,500
on ourselves.
So looking Inward and ensuring

597
00:41:18,500 –> 00:41:20,400
that we’re filling our minds and
lives.

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00:41:20,400 –> 00:41:25,700
With the love of God is primary
in our roles as Servants of God.

599
00:41:26,300 –> 00:41:29,200
Once we do that, then we can
look outward.

600
00:41:29,900 –> 00:41:33,600
And this is where we can
identify others, who need help

601
00:41:33,600 –> 00:41:36,300
and guidance.
And from the examples that We’re

602
00:41:36,300 –> 00:41:39,100
given earlier in the book.
We can conclude that Jude isn’t

603
00:41:39,100 –> 00:41:42,700
expecting the false teachers to
be disparaged again.

604
00:41:42,900 –> 00:41:46,100
He has made it very clear with
his examples of God will take

605
00:41:46,100 –> 00:41:47,800
care of those who don’t follow
these teachings.

606
00:41:48,100 –> 00:41:52,800
But we’re instructed to be first
compassionate with others, and

607
00:41:52,800 –> 00:41:56,900
then save with fear second.
So we look outward and we help

608
00:41:56,900 –> 00:42:00,800
those around us as
compassionately as possible and

609
00:42:01,100 –> 00:42:07,000
show that love forward but he,
he gives Us, you know, that’s

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00:42:07,000 –> 00:42:10,000
the that’s the first thing.
If that doesn’t work, then we

611
00:42:10,000 –> 00:42:15,600
need to work on saving fear sent
with fear second but we show

612
00:42:15,600 –> 00:42:19,300
love love and everything that we
do and it’s a, it’s an important

613
00:42:19,300 –> 00:42:23,800
responsibility for a Believer.
And again, only comes once

614
00:42:23,800 –> 00:42:27,000
you’ve attended to yourself as
you won’t be able to guide and

615
00:42:27,000 –> 00:42:29,500
help others, if you’re in a
place of uncertainty yourself.

616
00:42:29,800 –> 00:42:32,900
So we look for we look inward
First, Look outward.

617
00:42:32,900 –> 00:42:36,100
Stifle and finally we look up
upward.

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00:42:36,300 –> 00:42:39,200
And that’s the third and final
step as true believers.

619
00:42:39,600 –> 00:42:43,700
As it puts everything that we do
internally and externally, in

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00:42:43,700 –> 00:42:46,700
the hands of God, he is the one
who guides our path and

621
00:42:46,700 –> 00:42:48,700
preserves our schools for
salvation.

622
00:42:49,000 –> 00:42:52,600
He’s the one that is Mercy,
merciful and shows us, mercy and

623
00:42:52,600 –> 00:42:56,100
love, and he’s there to support
all of us.

624
00:42:56,100 –> 00:43:02,100
All believers in our paths.
As long as we trust in him, he

625
00:43:02,100 –> 00:43:03,700
will guide us in the way that we
need to go.

626
00:43:05,300 –> 00:43:08,800
And so he closed.
Has the book with that doxology.

627
00:43:09,100 –> 00:43:11,800
And that’s a new alert word, I
learned for the section.

628
00:43:11,800 –> 00:43:15,500
I didn’t know before doing this
excitation, but if you didn’t

629
00:43:15,500 –> 00:43:19,000
know what doxology is,
apparently, a brief Declaration

630
00:43:19,000 –> 00:43:21,800
of praise to God.
So, I like that, I like that

631
00:43:21,800 –> 00:43:25,200
term.
So this doxology is also listed

632
00:43:25,200 –> 00:43:28,400
at the end of his message, as a
way to wrap things up in an

633
00:43:28,400 –> 00:43:32,300
uplifting way.
So again he’s judah’s very aware

634
00:43:32,500 –> 00:43:35,800
that the message that he’s
writing to these Believers doubt

635
00:43:35,900 –> 00:43:40,100
is Discouraging and he’s
bringing a lot of harsh, words

636
00:43:40,100 –> 00:43:45,000
against people that might have
been respected in the churches.

637
00:43:46,000 –> 00:43:49,100
And it’s, it can be discouraging
a depressing to know that.

638
00:43:49,100 –> 00:43:50,800
So much corruption is
infiltrated.

639
00:43:50,800 –> 00:43:54,400
Even the one place that you
might hold and such high

640
00:43:54,400 –> 00:43:57,400
spiritual regard.
So he offers these kind of

641
00:43:57,400 –> 00:44:01,100
powerful and uplifting thoughts
as a way to bring the readers

642
00:44:01,100 –> 00:44:06,500
hope that they’ll always have
support no matter what so Now,

643
00:44:06,500 –> 00:44:10,400
as we turn to the emblems, we
think about these lessons in

644
00:44:10,408 –> 00:44:15,800
this message of Jude, and we
can, of course, see how Christ

645
00:44:15,800 –> 00:44:20,000
dealt with these examples.
The same examples, almost daily,

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00:44:20,400 –> 00:44:24,200
and he was even betrayed and put
to death by the people that he

647
00:44:24,200 –> 00:44:28,400
was trying to stay.
And we can see throughout his

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00:44:28,400 –> 00:44:31,200
ministry.
The false leaders of the people

649
00:44:31,700 –> 00:44:36,000
sharing the same qualities that
Jude describes in his letter.

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00:44:36,200 –> 00:44:40,700
Right, so we can we can see all
of these, these traits of these

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correct leaders and false
teachers.

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Because we know that they spoke
disparagingly disparagingly of

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Christ, and they were jealous of
his leadership.

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They didn’t want to acknowledge
his interpretation of the strict

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scripture.
They wanted their interpretation

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to be the one that was the true
one, and they were happy and

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they were set in their Taste of
authority.

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They didn’t want to give that
up, but even so multiple times

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throughout his ministry, he
attempts to save them with

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compassion and on occasion was
fear and he remained steadfast.

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Helping those who are LED astray
and influence by those false

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teachers, always showing love
and always being steadfast in

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his faith.
In God, never never wavering it

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in his purpose.
So just as Crisis, an example

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and everything else.
He’s an example here to us a

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perfect example, for what we
should be doing here in our

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spiritual family.
So to close again, the book of

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Jude is a book of warning but it
is a hopeful one that ends with

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a complete confidence in God and
so I’ll read the last couple of

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verses just to close up here.
So verses 24 and 25.

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That famous doxology that we all
know by heart.

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Now unto him that is able to
keep you from falling and to

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present you faultless before the
presence of his glory, with

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exceeding Joy to the only wise
God, our Saviour be glory and

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Majesty dominion and power both
now and ever.

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Amen.
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