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 Good morning, CFC. Thanks, Chris. Go ahead and take your copy of God's Word and open up to Jude, verse 24.

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! Jude, verse 24. We're going to be wrapping up our study in Jude this morning. I am getting over some sickness. I'm not contagious, so nobody be alarmed.

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 So I hope I'm able to remain standing by the end of this, that my voice will not give away.

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 And I also just want to take a minute just to thank so many of you. I'm just very thankful to be in a church where I know that I'm loved and supported,

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 and I've just had a lot of really great encouragement from so many of you as a young person who's growing as a preacher and trying to get this thing down.

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 So I'm very thankful for the opportunities I've had, and I'm sorry that you had to deal with me awkwardly saying okay whenever you were encouraging,

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 because I'm just weird about receiving any kind of compliments. I blame it on my siblings, because I never really got many,

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 but that's why I'm just a little awkward about these things. But I really do appreciate it, and it really has been encouraging in so many ways.

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 So our text today is Jude 24 through verse 25. As I said, it's the last bit of Jude.

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 And this text is a doxology, and this one in particular is probably the most famous, or it's at least up there.

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 What is a doxology? Doxology is a compound word. It comes from the Greek.

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 The first word is doxa, which means glory, and the second word is logos, which means word or saying.

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 And so a doxology is simply a glory saying.

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 Or you might say it is a statement of praise, worship, and adoration.

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 So simply put, it is a statement that conveys something glorious about God.

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 Now I once heard a story about John Piper, a former pastor and seminary president in Minnesota.

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 Piper was giving a speech to a bunch of incoming seminary students at his seminary.

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 And basically, Piper gave this whole speech about the glory of God,

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 and how God is infinite and eternal, and therefore his glory is infinite and eternal.

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 And with this, he discussed how God as an academic subject, right, which we call theology,

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 is the only academic subject that is inexhaustible.

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 So this simply means you will never fully know everything about God,

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 because God is infinite, eternal, and inexhaustible, whereas we are finite.

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 So the math does not work for somebody like us, right, creatures.

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 Finite creatures to fully know and understand the infinite God.

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 And Piper then turned to his audience, and remember, his audience is a bunch of nerdy,

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 geeky, know-it-all seminary students, right, who love theology, who love the Bible.

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 And Piper said to that crowd of knowledgeable, studious types, he said,

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 God will not be dissected.

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 He will be worshipped.

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 So God is not a field of study like biology or chemistry, which are exhaustible.

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 Have we exhausted those fields?

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 No.

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 But anyone will tell you there is an end or a limit to those fields.

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 Eventually, we can know everything there is to know about those studies,

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 but not so with God.

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 God is one in essence, three in person, without beginning and without end.

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 He cannot be dissected.

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 There is no limit.

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 And Paul says in 1 Corinthians 2, verse 10,

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 he says,

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 So this morning I have no points.

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 I just want to walk through the text together so that we can understand what Jude is saying.

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 And by doing this, my goal this morning is simple,

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 that we would glorify God together in light of the doxology that Jude gives us

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 through the inspiration of the Holy Spirit.

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 So worshiping God is a demand that runs throughout Scripture.

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 Psalm 150, verse 6 says pointedly,

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 Let everyone who has breath praise the Lord.

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 Praise the Lord.

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 And worship is not only the demand, but it is also the reward.

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 So remember the psalmist we read a few weeks ago, Psalm 27, verse 4.

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 David says,

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 One thing have I asked of the Lord, one thing that I seek after,

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 that I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life,

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 and notice this language,

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 to gaze upon the beauty of the Lord and to inquire in his temple.

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 That is worship language.

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 David wants to adore God by gazing upon him

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 and learning about him with him, with God.

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 So I invite you all now to read Jude 24 through 25 with me

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 and to worship God with me.

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 There is nothing greater, nothing higher, nothing more meaningful

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 than what we are about to do,

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 to reflect on the glory of God and worship him.

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 So verse 24, Jude writes, to end his letter,

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 Now to him who is able to keep you from stumbling

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 and to present you blameless before the presence of his glory with great joy,

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 to the only God, our Savior, through Jesus Christ, our Lord,

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 be glory, majesty, dominion, and authority

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 before all time and now and forever.

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 Amen.

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 So Jude begins by saying now to him.

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 And throughout the letter of Jude,

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 he has switched his address numerous times.

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 He starts off by addressing the believers

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 who are called, kept, and beloved by God the Father

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 in verse 1 for Jesus Christ.

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 But because of the occasion, as we've studied,

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 of these false teachers who have wormed their way in,

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 Jude had to switch plans and address them.

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 And so throughout the letter, we saw him say these, these, and these.

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 But here, at the end of Jude's letter,

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 he says now to him, to God.

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 And this doxology at first glance might seem oddly placed.

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 We just spent weeks unpacking text after text

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 that speak of false teachers

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 and their damning threat to the church.

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 We've talked about the dire situation that the church is in.

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 Yet here, at the end of Jude's letter,

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 he concludes not with some word on how to fight these people,

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 nor how to contend for the faith.

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 That was last week.

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 Nor does he offer any kind of further arguments to give,

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 or anything like that,

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 for the believers to defend themselves with.

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 No personal greetings of any kind,

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 as you might expect with Paul's letters.

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 Rather, he ends by worshiping God.

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 Jude addresses God to worship God.

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 So think of all the times in your life

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 when you put worship to the side.

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 I have a lot of work this week.

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 I better forget about prayer.

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 Or I'm tired this week,

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 so I better skip church.

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 Or my spouse and I are getting into it again,

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 so I can't afford to read my Bible this week.

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 All these petty excuses,

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 and many more like them,

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 have dominated so much of our calendar

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 far too many times.

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 And you can imagine someone in Jude's church

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 using a pretty good excuse.

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 They might say,

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 I'm going to have to put aside

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 my relationship with God for now

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 because of all these false teachers.

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 This threat that is opposed to the people I love,

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 my brothers and sisters of the faith.

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 I don't have time for all that stuff.

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 I've got to contend with these guys.

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 And yet, that's not what we see.

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 We have an amazing example from Jude.

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 He begins this letter in verse 3

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 by saying he can't write about the gospel

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 because of the occasion of the false teachers.

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 So notice this.

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 This is an extremely important and dangerous occasion,

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 so much so that Jude is unable to write

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 about the gospel,

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 our common salvation, as he puts it.

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 Rather, he has to address the threat

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 of the false teachers,

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 these antinomian false teachers.

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 So wouldn't you also conclude

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 that Jude has no time to write a doxology

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 if the situation is so lethal,

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 so important,

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 and so consequential?

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 That's where my mind goes at first.

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 And yet, here Jude writes a long, beautiful,

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 glory-saturated doxology to God.

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 So let Jude's example be a cue to us.

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 No matter the life circumstance,

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 we are to be a people characterized

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 by worshiping God.

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 If any one of us should ever be written about

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 in the history books,

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 live in such a way that your biography

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 would scream,

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 one who worshipped God.

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 So now Jude goes on to describe God

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 in the doxology,

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 and refers to him as the one who is able.

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 He is the one who is able.

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 Just think for a moment

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 about the power of this phrase,

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 God is able.

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 You cannot be confused about

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 who this person is

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 whom Jude is addressing,

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 because there is no one else

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 who is able.

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 Able to do what?

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 To save us and keep us from sin,

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 which we'll see in the next two phrases.

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 But do not miss the underlying point

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 in this phrase.

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 Jude singles out God

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 as the only one who is able.

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 There is no one like him.

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 So God is the one

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 who is able,

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 verse 24,

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 to keep you from stumbling.

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 So last week we discussed

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 the reality of divine sovereignty

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 and human responsibility.

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 So yes,

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 we are called to keep ourselves

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 in the love of God,

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 as Jude says in verse 21.

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 But as I said then,

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 and as Jude reminds us now,

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 ultimately it is God

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 who keeps us from stumbling.

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 The idea of stumbling

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 is found throughout the Bible,

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 especially in the Psalms,

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 which I think influenced

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 Jude's writing of this phrase.

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 Psalm 56, verse 13,

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 the psalmist writes,

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 For you, God,

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 have delivered my soul from death.

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 Yes, my feet from falling.

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 There's the stumbling idea.

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 That I may walk before God

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 in the light of life.

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 In Psalm 66, verse 9,

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 refers to God as the one who,

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 quote,

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 So the idea of stumbling, right,

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 it usually connotes the idea

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 of falling into sin

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 in such a way that we apostatize.

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 When someone stumbles, biblically,

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 they are embracing sin

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 and intentionally rejecting Christ.

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 So here's part of the good news.

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 God is able to keep you

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 from stumbling.

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 Or you might say,

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 Well, what about the false teachers?

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 Aren't they a threat to us?

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 And the Psalms have a wonderful prayer

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 for you to use.

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 Psalm 140, verses 4 through 5.

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 The psalmist writes,

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 Guard me, O Lord,

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 from the hands of the wicked.

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 Preserve me from violent men

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 who have planned to trip up my feet.

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 The arrogant have hidden a trap for me,

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 and with cords

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 they have spread a net.

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 Beside the way

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 they have set snares for me.

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 So the psalmist prays to God

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 because he knows God is able.

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 This is true of God over the devil too.

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 2 Thessalonians 3, 3.

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 But the Lord is faithful.

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 He will establish you

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 and guard you against the evil one.

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 So no one will snatch us

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 from the salvation of the Lord.

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 So essentially,

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 Jude is praising God

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 for his ability

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 to preserve his elect

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 unto salvation.

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 This is what we often call

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 the doctrine of the perseverance

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 of the saints.

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 This biblical doctrine teaches

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 that those who are truly saved by God

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 will never lose their salvation.

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 Rather, they will persevere to the end

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 by faith in Christ.

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 And again,

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 this does not negate

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 our responsibility to obey.

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 As Paul so concisely describes

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 the relationship

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 between divine sovereignty

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 and human responsibility

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 in 2 Timothy 1, 12,

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 he writes,

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 But I am not ashamed,

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 for I know whom I have believed.

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 And I am convinced

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 that he,

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 referring to God,

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 that God

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 is able to guard

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 until that day

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 what has been entrusted

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 to me.

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 So likewise,

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 we are entrusted

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 with keeping

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 our salvation,

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 yet ultimately,

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 it is God

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 who guards us.

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 And that is very

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 good news.

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 That news means

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 we who are in Christ

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 already have victory

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 over any and all

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 false teachers,

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 any and all

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 traps in this world.

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 So praise the Lord

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 for his steadfast

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 faithfulness

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 to uphold us

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 against any

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 and all foes,

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 any and all

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 traps,

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 any and all

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 temptations.

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 And not only is God

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 able to keep you

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 from stumbling,

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 but the second half

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 of verse 24,

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 he's able to present you

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 before the presence

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 of his glory

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 with great

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 joy.

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 So truly,

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 this is

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 an astounding

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 statement.

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 Jude

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 is assuming

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 the gospel

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 underlying

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 this statement.

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 Otherwise,

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 he would not be able

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 to make such

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 a statement.

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 And I guarantee

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 you that

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 Jude's audience

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 who knew this

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 gospel well,

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 as we know

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 from the earlier

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 parts of the letter,

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 that Jude's audience

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 would immediately

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 think of the gospel

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 when they hear

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 this phrase.

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 We are not able

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 to present ourselves

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 before the presence

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 of God.

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 We are sinners.

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 The Lord says

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 in Exodus 33,

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 verse 20,

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 no man can see

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 me and live.

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 This is because

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 all of mankind

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 has fallen in sin.

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 We are unholy

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 from the moment

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 of our conception,

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 and therefore,

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 we cannot stand

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 in the presence

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 of a holy God.

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 Psalm 51,

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 verse 5,

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 David says,

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 behold,

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 I was brought forth

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 in iniquity,

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 and in sin

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 did my mother

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 conceive me.

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 And this is true

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 of all of mankind.

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 We are totally

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 depraved.

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 And so we are told

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 from very early on

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 in the Old Testament

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 that we need a priest

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 to intercede for us

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 so that we can come

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 before God.

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 Numbers chapter 3,

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 verse 10,

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 God says to Moses,

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 So you shall appoint

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 Aaron and his sons

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 that they may keep

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 their priesthood.

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 But the layman

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 who comes near,

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 near to the tabernacle

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 of God,

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 that is,

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 for the layman

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 who comes near,

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 he shall be put

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 to death.

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 So no one

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 can stand before

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 the presence of God

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 apart from a priest.

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 We also need

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 a perfect,

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 spotless,

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 blood sacrifice

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 to atone

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 for our sins.

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 And this also

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 is apparent

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 in the Old Testament.

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 Deuteronomy 17,

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 verse 1 says,

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 You shall not

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 sacrifice to the Lord

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 your God

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 an ox or a sheep

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 in which is a blemish,

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 any defect whatsoever,

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 for that is an abomination

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 to the Lord

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 your God.

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 In the New Testament,

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 Hebrews 9,

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 verse 22,

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 echoes the need

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 for blood atonement

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 and says,

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 Without the shedding

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 of blood,

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 there is no

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 forgiveness of sins.

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 But of course,

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 the constant sacrifice

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 of goats and bulls

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 would never atone

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 for sin.

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 We needed

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 a better sacrifice,

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 a full

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 and final sacrifice.

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 We needed

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 a perfect priest

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 and a perfect sacrifice

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 because God's

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 glorious justice

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 demands it.

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 Justice is an

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 attribute of God

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 and therefore

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 it is part

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 of His glory.

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 So it is astounding

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 that Jude is saying

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 we are presented

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 as blameless

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 before the presence

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 of His glory

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 because we should die

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 in the presence

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 of His glory

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 since we are not

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 blameless

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 in and of

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 ourselves.

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 So how can that

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 be?

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 Who is our

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 priest

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 and who or what

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 is our

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 sacrifice?

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 How could we

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 possibly stand

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 in the presence

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 of God?

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 And as Jesus

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 told the disciples

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 in Matthew 19,

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 verse 26,

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 He said of salvation

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 with man,

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 this is impossible.

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 There is no one

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 worthy to be a priest

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 on our behalf

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 who is among us

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 nor any sacrifice

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 that we can make

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 that will save

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 our souls,

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 that will atone

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 for our sin.

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 But Jesus goes on

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 in Matthew 19,

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 verse 26,

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 and says,

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 but with God

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 all things

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 are possible.

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 Or as Jude

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 puts so simply,

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 to Him

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 who is able.

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 God Himself

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 is able to present

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 us before Himself

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 through the God-man,

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 Jesus Christ.

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 That is in the next

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 phrase of Jude's

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 doxology.

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 He says in verse 25,

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 to the only God,

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 our Savior,

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 through Jesus Christ,

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 our Lord.

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 So there it is.

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 God

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 is our Savior.

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 Somehow

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 and in some way,

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 God is the one

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 who is able

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 and the one

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 who is desiring

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 to save a people

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 to Himself

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 because He is a Savior.

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 It's in His nature.

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 And because He is Lord,

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 He has the authority

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 and the means

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 to accomplish

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 such a task.

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 And so we know,

00:19:02.259 --> 00:19:03.220
 like Jude's audience,

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 we know the gospel.

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 This is not

00:19:04.900 --> 00:19:06.740
 some mystery to us

00:19:06.740 --> 00:19:08.380
 in the fullest sense.

00:19:10.200 --> 00:19:11.519
 We know Christ

00:19:11.519 --> 00:19:12.720
 is our high priest

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 who intercedes

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 on our behalf.

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 Paul says

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 in 1 Timothy 2,

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 verse 5,

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 there is one God

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 and there is one

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 mediator between

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 God and men,

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 the man,

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 Jesus Christ.

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 Hebrews 3,

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 verse 1 says,

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 therefore,

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 holy brothers,

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 you who share

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 in a heavenly calling,

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 consider Jesus

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 the apostle

00:19:33.779 --> 00:19:35.359
 and high priest

00:19:35.359 --> 00:19:36.720
 of our confession.

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 So God the Son

00:19:38.419 --> 00:19:39.099
 intercedes

00:19:39.099 --> 00:19:40.559
 before God the Father

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 on our behalf.

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 Christ is also

00:19:44.519 --> 00:19:46.340
 our perfect sacrifice.

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 Hebrews 9,

00:19:47.180 --> 00:19:47.840
 verse 12 says,

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 Christ entered once

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 for all

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 into the holy places,

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 not by means

00:19:52.500 --> 00:19:52.900
 of the blood

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 of goats and calves,

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 but by means

00:19:55.120 --> 00:19:56.019
 of His own blood,

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 thus securing

00:19:57.319 --> 00:19:59.539
 an eternal redemption.

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 Hebrews 10,

00:20:01.900 --> 00:20:02.740
 verse 14 says,

00:20:02.819 --> 00:20:04.420
 for by a single offering,

00:20:04.840 --> 00:20:06.000
 He has perfected

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 for all time

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 those who are

00:20:08.519 --> 00:20:09.200
 being sanctified.

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 sanctified.

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 So notice the language here.

00:20:11.799 --> 00:20:12.740
 We are perfected

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 for all time.

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 Another way of saying

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 we are blameless.

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 The author of Hebrews

00:20:18.519 --> 00:20:19.039
 is speaking

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 in a judicial sense

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 in which we are

00:20:21.580 --> 00:20:22.580
 declared righteous

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 in a court of law,

00:20:24.740 --> 00:20:25.720
 though practically

00:20:25.720 --> 00:20:27.420
 we still give way

00:20:27.420 --> 00:20:28.000
 to sin.

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 But he also speaks

00:20:30.100 --> 00:20:31.420
 of a practical righteousness

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 that we partake in

00:20:32.920 --> 00:20:34.019
 as we are being

00:20:34.019 --> 00:20:35.000
 sanctified,

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 as the author says.

00:20:36.420 --> 00:20:37.880
 It's an ongoing process.

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 So, though we sin,

00:20:39.780 --> 00:20:40.500
 we are growing

00:20:40.500 --> 00:20:41.980
 in real obedience

00:20:41.980 --> 00:20:43.860
 every day.

00:20:44.040 --> 00:20:45.760
 So, through Christ,

00:20:45.860 --> 00:20:46.580
 you might say,

00:20:47.080 --> 00:20:48.420
 on account of Christ,

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 we are saved.

00:20:52.960 --> 00:20:53.820
 Now remember,

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 worship is not only

00:20:54.820 --> 00:20:55.900
 in demand of God,

00:20:55.960 --> 00:20:56.620
 but it is also

00:20:56.620 --> 00:20:57.980
 the reward of God

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 to the elect.

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 We are so blessed

00:21:00.440 --> 00:21:01.600
 because we alone,

00:21:01.740 --> 00:21:02.520
 who are spiritual,

00:21:02.840 --> 00:21:03.860
 by God's grace,

00:21:04.460 --> 00:21:06.340
 are able to worship God.

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 And it is all

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 of grace.

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 And I think Jude

00:21:10.459 --> 00:21:11.740
 primarily intends that

00:21:11.740 --> 00:21:12.439
 when he says,

00:21:12.879 --> 00:21:14.859
 through Jesus Christ.

00:21:15.019 --> 00:21:15.959
 Notice verse 25,

00:21:16.059 --> 00:21:17.699
 Jude is readdressing God

00:21:17.699 --> 00:21:18.519
 more explicitly

00:21:18.519 --> 00:21:19.480
 in the doxology

00:21:19.480 --> 00:21:20.839
 and says,

00:21:20.959 --> 00:21:22.139
 to the only God,

00:21:22.179 --> 00:21:22.759
 our Savior,

00:21:22.959 --> 00:21:24.379
 through Jesus Christ.

00:21:24.459 --> 00:21:25.000
 In other words,

00:21:25.099 --> 00:21:25.879
 Jude is saying,

00:21:26.539 --> 00:21:27.899
 we are able to offer up

00:21:27.899 --> 00:21:28.339
 this doxology

00:21:28.859 --> 00:21:29.899
 on account of

00:21:29.899 --> 00:21:30.639
 or through

00:21:30.639 --> 00:21:32.119
 Jesus Christ.

00:21:32.240 --> 00:21:33.220
 Only through Christ

00:21:33.220 --> 00:21:34.179
 could we approach

00:21:34.180 --> 00:21:36.080
 God and worship him

00:21:36.080 --> 00:21:37.900
 without being slain

00:21:37.900 --> 00:21:38.799
 where we stand.

00:21:39.940 --> 00:21:40.920
 Because Christ

00:21:40.920 --> 00:21:42.560
 has interceded for us.

00:21:42.680 --> 00:21:43.640
 Because Christ

00:21:43.640 --> 00:21:44.620
 has made the once

00:21:44.620 --> 00:21:45.180
 and for all

00:21:45.180 --> 00:21:46.080
 sacrifice

00:21:46.080 --> 00:21:47.100
 that seals

00:21:47.100 --> 00:21:47.900
 our salvation

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 in him.

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 So only through Christ

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 can we approach God

00:21:51.799 --> 00:21:53.060
 who sits

00:21:53.060 --> 00:21:53.740
 on the throne

00:21:53.740 --> 00:21:55.279
 of grace.

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 And to think

00:21:57.400 --> 00:21:58.340
 that Christ died

00:21:58.340 --> 00:21:59.360
 not only to save us

00:21:59.360 --> 00:21:59.840
 from hell,

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 which we deserve,

00:22:01.259 --> 00:22:02.320
 but then we are rewarded

00:22:02.319 --> 00:22:03.099
 to be able

00:22:03.099 --> 00:22:04.639
 to worship him.

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 Why on earth

00:22:06.319 --> 00:22:08.159
 are we rewarded?

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 We did nothing.

00:22:10.679 --> 00:22:11.539
 The only thing

00:22:11.539 --> 00:22:12.159
 we contributed

00:22:12.159 --> 00:22:13.159
 to our salvation

00:22:13.159 --> 00:22:14.179
 is the sin

00:22:14.179 --> 00:22:16.099
 which made it necessary

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 as somebody

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 once said.

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 And all this stuff

00:22:20.500 --> 00:22:21.299
 we're talking about

00:22:21.299 --> 00:22:22.639
 is captured so well

00:22:22.639 --> 00:22:24.200
 in 1 Peter 2,

00:22:24.339 --> 00:22:24.919
 verse 9.

00:22:25.659 --> 00:22:26.399
 Peter writes,

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 but you believers

00:22:28.759 --> 00:22:30.500
 are a chosen race,

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 a royal priesthood,

00:22:32.319 --> 00:22:33.980
 a holy nation,

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 a people for God's

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 own possession,

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 that you may,

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 so there's a purpose statement

00:22:38.559 --> 00:22:39.539
 in what Peter's about to say,

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 that you may

00:22:40.939 --> 00:22:42.960
 proclaim the excellencies

00:22:42.960 --> 00:22:43.720
 of God

00:22:43.720 --> 00:22:44.839
 who called you

00:22:44.839 --> 00:22:45.539
 out of darkness

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 into his marvelous light.

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 We are saved

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 from death,

00:22:50.599 --> 00:22:51.220
 from hell,

00:22:51.599 --> 00:22:52.759
 and we are saved

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 to worship.

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 And don't miss this.

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 Go back to the end

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 of verse 24.

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 Jude says,

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 we will be presented

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 with great joy.

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 So in your English translation,

00:23:06.200 --> 00:23:07.160
 you kind of assume

00:23:07.160 --> 00:23:08.400
 that Jude is saying

00:23:08.400 --> 00:23:09.559
 that God himself

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 presents us

00:23:10.320 --> 00:23:11.160
 with great joy,

00:23:11.400 --> 00:23:12.480
 which is theologically

00:23:12.480 --> 00:23:14.019
 true and wonderful.

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 But the Greek indicates

00:23:16.500 --> 00:23:17.160
 that Jude is saying

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 we will be

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 with great joy

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 in the presence of God.

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 And for obvious reasons,

00:23:22.600 --> 00:23:22.759
 right?

00:23:22.779 --> 00:23:23.640
 We are spared

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 eternal torment

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 and give an eternal life

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 dwelling with our

00:23:27.539 --> 00:23:29.420
 all-glorious God,

00:23:29.480 --> 00:23:30.640
 whom we get to enjoy

00:23:30.640 --> 00:23:31.119
 forever

00:23:31.119 --> 00:23:32.839
 by worshiping him.

00:23:33.819 --> 00:23:35.119
 No longer ashamed

00:23:35.119 --> 00:23:35.940
 to be in the presence

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 of God

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 as Adam and Eve were

00:23:37.680 --> 00:23:38.740
 when they hid in the garden.

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 No longer afraid

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 to be in the presence

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 of God

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 as Isaiah was

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 and the disciples

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 on the Mount

00:23:43.920 --> 00:23:44.859
 of Transfiguration.

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 But with great joy

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 we will be

00:23:47.599 --> 00:23:48.259
 in the presence

00:23:48.259 --> 00:23:48.859
 of God

00:23:48.859 --> 00:23:49.759
 because Christ

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 has removed

00:23:50.939 --> 00:23:51.879
 all of our guilt,

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 all of our shame.

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 Praise the Lord.

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 And Jude goes on.

00:23:58.819 --> 00:23:59.299
 He says,

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 to this Savior God,

00:24:00.879 --> 00:24:01.240
 he says,

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 be glory,

00:24:02.240 --> 00:24:02.740
 majesty,

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 dominion,

00:24:04.379 --> 00:24:05.139
 and authority.

00:24:05.299 --> 00:24:06.779
 So be glory.

00:24:07.859 --> 00:24:08.759
 This term glory

00:24:08.759 --> 00:24:09.339
 you might say

00:24:09.339 --> 00:24:10.079
 is shorthand

00:24:10.079 --> 00:24:10.819
 to describe

00:24:10.819 --> 00:24:12.679
 all of God.

00:24:12.680 --> 00:24:12.720
 God.

00:24:13.539 --> 00:24:14.000
 Again,

00:24:14.080 --> 00:24:15.000
 we can't know God

00:24:15.000 --> 00:24:16.259
 exhaustively,

00:24:16.420 --> 00:24:17.420
 but because he has revealed

00:24:17.420 --> 00:24:18.360
 to us that he is

00:24:18.360 --> 00:24:19.740
 all-glorious,

00:24:19.840 --> 00:24:20.600
 we can know that

00:24:20.600 --> 00:24:21.720
 in his totality

00:24:21.720 --> 00:24:24.240
 he is glorious.

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 Not one aspect

00:24:25.580 --> 00:24:26.960
 of his three persons,

00:24:27.279 --> 00:24:28.519
 of his one divine essence,

00:24:28.720 --> 00:24:29.580
 not one aspect

00:24:29.580 --> 00:24:30.880
 of his attributes

00:24:30.880 --> 00:24:32.140
 or anything else

00:24:32.140 --> 00:24:32.820
 about him

00:24:32.820 --> 00:24:34.220
 is not glorious

00:24:34.220 --> 00:24:35.580
 because he is

00:24:35.580 --> 00:24:37.779
 all-glorious.

00:24:39.039 --> 00:24:40.019
 And this serves

00:24:40.019 --> 00:24:41.539
 as a statement

00:24:41.539 --> 00:24:42.460
 to undermine

00:24:42.460 --> 00:24:43.519
 the false teachers

00:24:43.519 --> 00:24:44.880
 whom Jude writes against.

00:24:45.480 --> 00:24:46.299
 They attempt

00:24:46.299 --> 00:24:47.240
 to profane

00:24:47.240 --> 00:24:48.340
 the glory of God

00:24:48.340 --> 00:24:48.980
 by teaching

00:24:48.980 --> 00:24:49.700
 their wicked

00:24:49.700 --> 00:24:51.200
 lifestyles,

00:24:51.279 --> 00:24:52.319
 but that does not

00:24:52.319 --> 00:24:52.980
 add up

00:24:52.980 --> 00:24:53.819
 when you worship

00:24:53.819 --> 00:24:55.940
 an all-glorious

00:24:55.940 --> 00:24:57.120
 God.

00:24:58.620 --> 00:24:59.460
 And Jude says,

00:24:59.559 --> 00:25:00.400
 be majesty.

00:25:00.960 --> 00:25:01.620
 And this term

00:25:01.620 --> 00:25:02.900
 follows glory

00:25:02.900 --> 00:25:04.480
 in many ways.

00:25:04.620 --> 00:25:05.079
 It captures

00:25:05.079 --> 00:25:05.960
 the grandeur

00:25:05.960 --> 00:25:06.700
 and awe

00:25:06.700 --> 00:25:07.340
 of God.

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 So majestic

00:25:08.579 --> 00:25:09.440
 are his ways

00:25:09.440 --> 00:25:10.819
 and so glorious

00:25:10.819 --> 00:25:12.059
 are his ways.

00:25:12.460 --> 00:25:13.240
 Jude cannot

00:25:13.240 --> 00:25:14.140
 help himself

00:25:14.140 --> 00:25:14.960
 but find a synonym

00:25:14.960 --> 00:25:15.960
 to double down

00:25:15.960 --> 00:25:17.240
 on the majesty

00:25:17.240 --> 00:25:17.240


00:25:17.240 --> 00:25:18.200
 and glory

00:25:18.200 --> 00:25:19.720
 of God.

00:25:20.620 --> 00:25:20.960
 Again,

00:25:21.059 --> 00:25:21.740
 what a counter

00:25:21.740 --> 00:25:23.500
 to the false teachers

00:25:23.500 --> 00:25:24.460
 who want to pervert

00:25:24.460 --> 00:25:25.519
 everything.

00:25:25.700 --> 00:25:26.120
 How could they

00:25:26.120 --> 00:25:27.559
 possibly worship

00:25:27.559 --> 00:25:28.440
 such a God

00:25:28.440 --> 00:25:29.779
 with their teachings

00:25:29.779 --> 00:25:30.319
 and their

00:25:30.319 --> 00:25:31.340
 living?

00:25:33.700 --> 00:25:34.380
 And Jude says,

00:25:34.480 --> 00:25:35.400
 be dominion

00:25:35.400 --> 00:25:36.240
 and authority

00:25:36.240 --> 00:25:37.240
 to this God.

00:25:37.819 --> 00:25:38.180
 Again,

00:25:38.279 --> 00:25:38.840
 Jude uses

00:25:38.839 --> 00:25:40.480
 two similar words

00:25:40.480 --> 00:25:40.959
 to give

00:25:40.959 --> 00:25:41.679
 a description

00:25:41.679 --> 00:25:42.519
 to a general

00:25:42.519 --> 00:25:43.059
 idea,

00:25:43.139 --> 00:25:43.759
 to give a general

00:25:43.759 --> 00:25:45.119
 idea much

00:25:45.119 --> 00:25:46.159
 weight.

00:25:46.579 --> 00:25:47.019
 And the idea

00:25:47.019 --> 00:25:47.480
 is simply

00:25:47.480 --> 00:25:49.059
 God's sovereignty

00:25:49.059 --> 00:25:50.019
 over all

00:25:50.019 --> 00:25:51.319
 things.

00:25:52.599 --> 00:25:53.480
 Everything is

00:25:53.480 --> 00:25:54.220
 within his

00:25:54.220 --> 00:25:54.839
 dominion.

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 And dominion

00:25:55.579 --> 00:25:57.220
 is another way

00:25:57.220 --> 00:25:57.839
 to say his

00:25:57.839 --> 00:25:58.919
 power in this

00:25:58.919 --> 00:25:59.379
 context.

00:25:59.539 --> 00:26:00.379
 God has power

00:26:00.379 --> 00:26:01.299
 to do

00:26:01.299 --> 00:26:02.019
 what he

00:26:02.019 --> 00:26:03.439
 wills.

00:26:03.980 --> 00:26:04.579
 And rightfully

00:26:04.579 --> 00:26:05.279
 so because he

00:26:05.279 --> 00:26:06.119
 has the authority

00:26:06.119 --> 00:26:07.139
 to carry it

00:26:07.139 --> 00:26:07.519
 out.

00:26:08.039 --> 00:26:08.639
 There's no one

00:26:08.639 --> 00:26:09.859
 higher than our

00:26:09.859 --> 00:26:10.779
 king of kings.

00:26:10.919 --> 00:26:11.500
 There's no one

00:26:11.500 --> 00:26:12.500
 whom God must

00:26:12.500 --> 00:26:13.099
 give an account

00:26:13.099 --> 00:26:13.979
 to or answer

00:26:13.979 --> 00:26:14.319
 to.

00:26:14.500 --> 00:26:15.339
 God reigns

00:26:15.339 --> 00:26:16.439
 far above

00:26:16.439 --> 00:26:17.159
 the heavens

00:26:17.159 --> 00:26:18.779
 and the earth.

00:26:19.579 --> 00:26:20.199
 And he is the

00:26:20.199 --> 00:26:20.659
 creator

00:26:20.659 --> 00:26:22.279
 of the universe

00:26:22.279 --> 00:26:23.679
 and therefore

00:26:23.679 --> 00:26:24.539
 has authority

00:26:24.539 --> 00:26:25.319
 over all

00:26:25.319 --> 00:26:25.639
 things.

00:26:25.719 --> 00:26:26.379
 All things

00:26:26.379 --> 00:26:27.259
 give an account

00:26:27.259 --> 00:26:28.519
 to him.

00:26:29.559 --> 00:26:30.199
 From every

00:26:30.199 --> 00:26:31.039
 blade of grass

00:26:31.039 --> 00:26:31.359
 to every

00:26:31.359 --> 00:26:31.859
 person,

00:26:31.959 --> 00:26:32.179
 to every

00:26:32.179 --> 00:26:32.979
 planet,

00:26:33.139 --> 00:26:34.000
 all things

00:26:34.000 --> 00:26:35.279
 are under

00:26:35.279 --> 00:26:36.380
 him.

00:26:37.920 --> 00:26:38.440
 And what a

00:26:38.440 --> 00:26:39.259
 comfort it

00:26:39.259 --> 00:26:39.900
 must be

00:26:39.900 --> 00:26:41.059
 to Jude's

00:26:41.059 --> 00:26:41.720
 audience to

00:26:41.720 --> 00:26:42.819
 worship such

00:26:42.819 --> 00:26:44.140
 a God.

00:26:44.200 --> 00:26:44.720
 A God

00:26:44.720 --> 00:26:45.420
 who has the

00:26:45.420 --> 00:26:46.059
 power and

00:26:46.059 --> 00:26:46.740
 the authority

00:26:46.740 --> 00:26:47.539
 to keep

00:26:47.539 --> 00:26:48.200
 them guarded

00:26:48.200 --> 00:26:49.140
 against false

00:26:49.140 --> 00:26:50.259
 teaching.

00:26:50.420 --> 00:26:50.759
 And think

00:26:50.759 --> 00:26:51.740
 more broadly

00:26:51.740 --> 00:26:52.119
 too.

00:26:52.220 --> 00:26:52.720
 A God who

00:26:52.720 --> 00:26:53.200
 is able to

00:26:53.200 --> 00:26:53.799
 guard them

00:26:53.799 --> 00:26:54.740
 against their

00:26:54.740 --> 00:26:55.420
 own flesh

00:26:55.420 --> 00:26:55.759
 or against

00:26:55.759 --> 00:26:56.279
 the devil

00:26:56.279 --> 00:26:56.740
 and against

00:26:56.740 --> 00:26:57.240
 any and

00:26:57.240 --> 00:26:58.359
 all who

00:26:58.359 --> 00:26:59.119
 oppose him.

00:27:00.140 --> 00:27:00.640
 Who can

00:27:00.640 --> 00:27:01.140
 contend

00:27:01.140 --> 00:27:02.119
 with the

00:27:02.119 --> 00:27:02.380
 Lord?

00:27:03.259 --> 00:27:03.720
 Nobody.

00:27:04.000 --> 00:27:04.140
 God.

00:27:05.940 --> 00:27:06.779
 And all

00:27:06.779 --> 00:27:07.059
 of these

00:27:07.059 --> 00:27:07.779
 attributes of

00:27:07.779 --> 00:27:08.259
 God have

00:27:08.259 --> 00:27:08.900
 been his

00:27:08.900 --> 00:27:09.400
 from all

00:27:09.400 --> 00:27:09.819
 eternity

00:27:09.819 --> 00:27:11.359
 past and

00:27:11.359 --> 00:27:11.819
 future.

00:27:12.039 --> 00:27:12.359
 God does

00:27:12.359 --> 00:27:13.480
 not change.

00:27:13.559 --> 00:27:13.859
 He is

00:27:13.859 --> 00:27:14.420
 immutable.

00:27:15.660 --> 00:27:16.079
 So something

00:27:16.079 --> 00:27:16.579
 to know

00:27:16.579 --> 00:27:18.079
 about doxologies

00:27:18.079 --> 00:27:18.619
 is that they

00:27:18.619 --> 00:27:19.240
 always include

00:27:19.240 --> 00:27:20.400
 the duration

00:27:20.400 --> 00:27:21.259
 or the time

00:27:21.259 --> 00:27:21.859
 for which the

00:27:21.859 --> 00:27:22.559
 author believes

00:27:22.559 --> 00:27:23.259
 the praise

00:27:23.259 --> 00:27:24.740
 or worship

00:27:24.740 --> 00:27:25.579
 should endure.

00:27:26.660 --> 00:27:27.160
 And here

00:27:27.160 --> 00:27:27.440
 is the

00:27:27.440 --> 00:27:28.119
 duration for

00:27:28.119 --> 00:27:28.420
 which a

00:27:28.420 --> 00:27:29.019
 Jew believes

00:27:29.019 --> 00:27:29.619
 God should

00:27:29.619 --> 00:27:30.720
 be worshipped.

00:27:30.779 --> 00:27:31.160
 He says

00:27:31.160 --> 00:27:31.700
 in the second

00:27:31.700 --> 00:27:32.240
 half of verse

00:27:32.240 --> 00:27:32.880
 25,

00:27:32.880 --> 00:27:34.300
 before all

00:27:34.300 --> 00:27:35.160
 time and

00:27:35.160 --> 00:27:36.600
 now and

00:27:36.600 --> 00:27:37.000
 forever.

00:27:38.300 --> 00:27:38.880
 This is the

00:27:38.880 --> 00:27:39.960
 great I am

00:27:39.960 --> 00:27:40.560
 who we are

00:27:40.560 --> 00:27:41.560
 talking about

00:27:41.560 --> 00:27:42.360
 after all.

00:27:42.800 --> 00:27:43.440
 The Alpha

00:27:43.440 --> 00:27:44.140
 and the Omega,

00:27:44.260 --> 00:27:45.160
 the only one

00:27:45.160 --> 00:27:46.020
 who is without

00:27:46.020 --> 00:27:46.840
 beginning or

00:27:46.840 --> 00:27:47.240
 end.

00:27:47.800 --> 00:27:48.520
 And because of

00:27:48.520 --> 00:27:49.500
 his eternality,

00:27:49.700 --> 00:27:50.320
 because of his

00:27:50.320 --> 00:27:51.460
 infiniteness,

00:27:51.900 --> 00:27:52.580
 because he is

00:27:52.580 --> 00:27:53.580
 unchanging and

00:27:53.580 --> 00:27:54.140
 immutable,

00:27:55.140 --> 00:27:55.740
 because he is

00:27:55.740 --> 00:27:57.140
 all glorious,

00:27:57.140 --> 00:27:58.140
 he must be

00:27:58.140 --> 00:27:58.840
 worshipped

00:27:58.840 --> 00:28:00.020
 always.

00:28:00.019 --> 00:28:01.019
 He is worthy.

00:28:03.019 --> 00:28:03.579
 So finally,

00:28:03.720 --> 00:28:04.599
 Jude concludes

00:28:04.599 --> 00:28:05.220
 with the only

00:28:05.220 --> 00:28:06.099
 word fitting

00:28:06.099 --> 00:28:06.759
 to end

00:28:06.759 --> 00:28:08.400
 this epistle,

00:28:08.740 --> 00:28:09.180
 and the only

00:28:09.180 --> 00:28:09.779
 word fitting

00:28:09.779 --> 00:28:10.220
 to end

00:28:10.220 --> 00:28:11.400
 this magnificent

00:28:11.400 --> 00:28:12.220
 doxology.

00:28:12.379 --> 00:28:12.940
 He says,

00:28:13.599 --> 00:28:14.259
 Amen.

00:28:15.859 --> 00:28:16.180
 In verse

00:28:16.180 --> 00:28:16.619
 25.

00:28:18.079 --> 00:28:18.460
 Now this

00:28:18.460 --> 00:28:19.559
 word connotes

00:28:19.559 --> 00:28:20.460
 a great deal

00:28:20.460 --> 00:28:21.019
 and has such

00:28:21.019 --> 00:28:21.660
 a variety

00:28:21.660 --> 00:28:22.460
 to its potential

00:28:22.460 --> 00:28:23.019
 meaning.

00:28:23.799 --> 00:28:24.460
 I heard Al

00:28:24.460 --> 00:28:25.119
 Mulder preach

00:28:25.119 --> 00:28:25.759
 on this text

00:28:25.759 --> 00:28:26.160
 once,

00:28:26.160 --> 00:28:26.839
 and he said,

00:28:27.279 --> 00:28:28.000
 of all the

00:28:28.000 --> 00:28:28.380
 words in

00:28:28.380 --> 00:28:28.839
 this text,

00:28:28.920 --> 00:28:29.319
 this is the

00:28:29.319 --> 00:28:29.700
 word he is

00:28:29.700 --> 00:28:30.119
 the most

00:28:30.119 --> 00:28:30.779
 unsure of

00:28:30.779 --> 00:28:31.259
 as to what

00:28:31.259 --> 00:28:32.599
 exactly it

00:28:32.599 --> 00:28:32.980
 means,

00:28:33.119 --> 00:28:33.599
 so that is

00:28:33.599 --> 00:28:34.339
 pretty intimidating.

00:28:35.119 --> 00:28:35.599
 He is a

00:28:35.599 --> 00:28:36.099
 very smart

00:28:36.099 --> 00:28:36.420
 guy.

00:28:37.460 --> 00:28:37.880
 But the

00:28:37.880 --> 00:28:38.519
 gist of the

00:28:38.519 --> 00:28:39.039
 meaning of

00:28:39.039 --> 00:28:39.559
 this word

00:28:39.559 --> 00:28:40.039
 in this

00:28:40.039 --> 00:28:41.079
 context

00:28:41.079 --> 00:28:42.160
 is truly.

00:28:43.400 --> 00:28:43.920
 Jude writes

00:28:43.920 --> 00:28:44.400
 the word as

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 a way of

00:28:44.859 --> 00:28:45.420
 acknowledging

00:28:45.420 --> 00:28:46.279
 the truthfulness

00:28:46.279 --> 00:28:47.079
 of everything

00:28:47.079 --> 00:28:48.180
 that has been

00:28:48.180 --> 00:28:48.940
 said so far.

00:28:49.019 --> 00:28:49.359
 This is the

00:28:49.359 --> 00:28:49.880
 very same

00:28:49.880 --> 00:28:50.240
 word in

00:28:50.240 --> 00:28:51.099
 Greek that

00:28:51.099 --> 00:28:51.480
 our Lord

00:28:51.480 --> 00:28:52.480
 uses often

00:28:52.480 --> 00:28:52.920
 when we

00:28:52.920 --> 00:28:53.460
 translate

00:28:53.460 --> 00:28:54.200
 truly,

00:28:54.420 --> 00:28:54.680
 truly,

00:28:54.839 --> 00:28:55.359
 I say unto

00:28:55.359 --> 00:28:55.579
 you.

00:28:55.660 --> 00:28:56.119
 He is actually

00:28:56.119 --> 00:28:56.579
 saying,

00:28:57.099 --> 00:28:57.319
 Amen,

00:28:57.319 --> 00:28:57.819
 Amen,

00:28:58.079 --> 00:28:59.439
 I say unto

00:28:59.439 --> 00:28:59.819
 you.

00:29:01.200 --> 00:29:02.079
 It is a

00:29:02.079 --> 00:29:02.559
 word one

00:29:02.559 --> 00:29:02.960
 would use

00:29:02.960 --> 00:29:03.500
 to express

00:29:03.500 --> 00:29:04.500
 their total

00:29:04.500 --> 00:29:05.319
 agreement to

00:29:05.319 --> 00:29:05.679
 something,

00:29:05.779 --> 00:29:06.039
 or their

00:29:06.039 --> 00:29:06.980
 total commitment

00:29:06.980 --> 00:29:07.659
 to something.

00:29:08.039 --> 00:29:08.279
 And so

00:29:08.279 --> 00:29:09.000
 Jude is saying

00:29:09.000 --> 00:29:09.779
 that with all

00:29:09.779 --> 00:29:10.519
 this truth,

00:29:10.679 --> 00:29:11.960
 he is in

00:29:11.960 --> 00:29:13.879
 total agreement.

00:29:14.000 --> 00:29:14.399
 There is not

00:29:14.399 --> 00:29:15.480
 one aspect of

00:29:15.480 --> 00:29:15.960
 this letter

00:29:15.960 --> 00:29:16.439
 that he has

00:29:16.439 --> 00:29:16.879
 written that

00:29:16.879 --> 00:29:18.059
 he is concerned

00:29:18.059 --> 00:29:18.799
 about or somehow

00:29:18.799 --> 00:29:19.839
 secretly against

00:29:19.839 --> 00:29:20.399
 or not in

00:29:20.399 --> 00:29:20.980
 line with,

00:29:21.319 --> 00:29:22.419
 but he is in

00:29:22.419 --> 00:29:23.500
 total agreement.

00:29:23.500 --> 00:29:23.680
 covenant.

00:29:26.140 --> 00:29:26.539
 And this

00:29:26.539 --> 00:29:30.380
 also is a

00:29:30.380 --> 00:29:31.099
 writing convention,

00:29:31.259 --> 00:29:31.440
 right?

00:29:31.500 --> 00:29:32.400
 In the New

00:29:32.400 --> 00:29:33.420
 Testament era,

00:29:35.359 --> 00:29:36.059
 the epistles

00:29:36.059 --> 00:29:36.819
 would be read

00:29:36.819 --> 00:29:37.880
 aloud to the

00:29:37.880 --> 00:29:38.480
 congregation.

00:29:39.039 --> 00:29:39.579
 And when they

00:29:39.579 --> 00:29:40.160
 ended with

00:29:40.160 --> 00:29:40.500
 Amen,

00:29:40.720 --> 00:29:41.519
 it was understood

00:29:41.519 --> 00:29:42.640
 that the

00:29:42.640 --> 00:29:43.400
 congregation as

00:29:43.400 --> 00:29:44.960
 a whole would

00:29:44.960 --> 00:29:45.660
 recite this

00:29:45.660 --> 00:29:46.440
 special word

00:29:46.440 --> 00:29:47.440
 as well,

00:29:48.440 --> 00:29:49.319
 a way to

00:29:49.319 --> 00:29:50.380
 signify that

00:29:50.380 --> 00:29:50.859
 we, the

00:29:50.859 --> 00:29:51.140
 church,

00:29:51.220 --> 00:29:51.740
 are unified

00:29:51.740 --> 00:29:52.400
 in Christ,

00:29:52.480 --> 00:29:52.920
 that we are

00:29:52.920 --> 00:29:53.720
 one in

00:29:53.720 --> 00:29:54.079
 Christ,

00:29:54.180 --> 00:29:54.559
 and that we

00:29:54.559 --> 00:29:55.420
 are in

00:29:55.420 --> 00:29:56.319
 agreement with

00:29:56.319 --> 00:29:56.920
 these things,

00:29:56.980 --> 00:29:57.620
 that we hold

00:29:57.620 --> 00:29:58.339
 these things

00:29:58.339 --> 00:29:59.519
 to be true

00:29:59.519 --> 00:29:59.920
 and will

00:29:59.920 --> 00:30:00.960
 therefore live

00:30:00.960 --> 00:30:01.920
 in light of

00:30:01.920 --> 00:30:02.980
 these truths.

00:30:03.960 --> 00:30:04.779
 It's a way

00:30:04.779 --> 00:30:05.559
 for the church

00:30:05.559 --> 00:30:06.420
 to respond

00:30:06.420 --> 00:30:07.920
 to this

00:30:07.920 --> 00:30:08.400
 epistle,

00:30:08.620 --> 00:30:08.960
 a way for

00:30:08.960 --> 00:30:09.259
 the church

00:30:09.259 --> 00:30:09.680
 to say,

00:30:09.839 --> 00:30:10.140
 yes,

00:30:10.460 --> 00:30:11.059
 we too

00:30:11.059 --> 00:30:11.640
 are in

00:30:11.640 --> 00:30:11.940
 line,

00:30:12.039 --> 00:30:12.539
 we too

00:30:12.539 --> 00:30:13.720
 will submit

00:30:13.720 --> 00:30:14.220
 and find

00:30:14.220 --> 00:30:14.839
 these things

00:30:14.839 --> 00:30:16.480
 to be true

00:30:16.480 --> 00:30:17.120
 and wonderful

00:30:17.120 --> 00:30:17.839
 and good.

00:30:19.039 --> 00:30:19.579
 So we,

00:30:19.700 --> 00:30:20.039
 the church,

00:30:20.099 --> 00:30:20.680
 affirm these

00:30:20.680 --> 00:30:20.980
 things.

00:30:20.980 --> 00:30:21.460
 We are

00:30:21.460 --> 00:30:21.579
 in

00:30:21.579 --> 00:30:21.880
 agreement.

00:30:22.039 --> 00:30:22.440
 That is

00:30:22.440 --> 00:30:23.640
 what Jude's

00:30:23.640 --> 00:30:24.700
 audience would

00:30:24.700 --> 00:30:25.500
 signify when

00:30:25.500 --> 00:30:25.900
 they say

00:30:25.900 --> 00:30:26.460
 together,

00:30:27.460 --> 00:30:27.759
 amen.

00:30:29.299 --> 00:30:29.799
 And so

00:30:29.799 --> 00:30:30.279
 in a

00:30:30.279 --> 00:30:31.240
 similar

00:30:31.240 --> 00:30:31.819
 spirit,

00:30:32.779 --> 00:30:33.480
 I would

00:30:33.480 --> 00:30:33.799
 like to

00:30:33.799 --> 00:30:34.099
 read the

00:30:34.099 --> 00:30:34.700
 doxology

00:30:34.700 --> 00:30:35.400
 one more

00:30:35.400 --> 00:30:36.579
 time in

00:30:36.579 --> 00:30:36.940
 full.

00:30:37.039 --> 00:30:37.220
 And at

00:30:37.220 --> 00:30:37.660
 the end,

00:30:37.779 --> 00:30:37.960
 I would

00:30:37.960 --> 00:30:38.339
 like for

00:30:38.339 --> 00:30:38.620
 us all

00:30:38.620 --> 00:30:39.019
 to say

00:30:39.019 --> 00:30:39.400
 amen

00:30:39.400 --> 00:30:40.500
 together

00:30:40.500 --> 00:30:41.299
 as well.

00:30:41.559 --> 00:30:41.960
 But I

00:30:41.960 --> 00:30:43.000
 will warn

00:30:43.000 --> 00:30:43.180
 you,

00:30:43.259 --> 00:30:43.579
 do not

00:30:43.579 --> 00:30:44.319
 say so

00:30:44.319 --> 00:30:45.200
 lightly.

00:30:46.400 --> 00:30:47.019
 Let your

00:30:47.019 --> 00:30:47.680
 yes be your

00:30:47.680 --> 00:30:48.420
 yes and your

00:30:48.420 --> 00:30:49.579
 no be your

00:30:49.579 --> 00:30:50.500
 no,

00:30:50.619 --> 00:30:51.539
 only affirm

00:30:51.539 --> 00:30:52.099
 these things,

00:30:52.139 --> 00:30:52.659
 all of what

00:30:52.659 --> 00:30:53.019
 Jude has

00:30:53.019 --> 00:30:53.299
 said,

00:30:53.359 --> 00:30:53.599
 if you

00:30:53.599 --> 00:30:54.099
 actually

00:30:54.099 --> 00:30:55.919
 believe it,

00:30:56.339 --> 00:30:56.599
 if you're

00:30:56.599 --> 00:30:57.199
 actually going

00:30:57.199 --> 00:30:58.059
 to live

00:30:58.059 --> 00:30:58.559
 in light

00:30:58.559 --> 00:30:59.019
 of it.

00:31:00.159 --> 00:31:00.639
 And I'll

00:31:00.639 --> 00:31:01.079
 tell you that

00:31:01.079 --> 00:31:01.399
 a good

00:31:01.399 --> 00:31:02.259
 indication of

00:31:02.259 --> 00:31:02.619
 whether or

00:31:02.619 --> 00:31:03.000
 not you

00:31:03.000 --> 00:31:03.699
 say amen

00:31:03.699 --> 00:31:05.199
 with sincerity

00:31:05.199 --> 00:31:06.699
 is whether or

00:31:06.699 --> 00:31:07.139
 not you go

00:31:07.139 --> 00:31:07.679
 about this

00:31:07.679 --> 00:31:07.939
 week

00:31:07.939 --> 00:31:08.819
 worshiping

00:31:08.819 --> 00:31:09.839
 God,

00:31:09.939 --> 00:31:10.319
 whether or

00:31:10.319 --> 00:31:11.539
 not you

00:31:11.539 --> 00:31:12.019
 are able

00:31:12.019 --> 00:31:12.539
 to think

00:31:12.539 --> 00:31:13.039
 over the

00:31:13.039 --> 00:31:13.659
 truths

00:31:13.660 --> 00:31:14.460
 that we

00:31:14.460 --> 00:31:14.860
 have dwelled

00:31:14.860 --> 00:31:15.200
 on these

00:31:15.200 --> 00:31:15.720
 last few

00:31:15.720 --> 00:31:16.060
 weeks with

00:31:16.060 --> 00:31:16.560
 agreement,

00:31:16.960 --> 00:31:17.279
 joy,

00:31:17.480 --> 00:31:18.380
 and sobriety.

00:31:19.279 --> 00:31:19.980
 Whether or

00:31:19.980 --> 00:31:20.440
 not you

00:31:20.440 --> 00:31:20.759
 are able

00:31:20.759 --> 00:31:21.259
 to consider

00:31:21.259 --> 00:31:21.860
 Jude in

00:31:21.860 --> 00:31:22.160
 light of

00:31:22.160 --> 00:31:23.180
 all of

00:31:23.180 --> 00:31:23.560
 scripture

00:31:23.560 --> 00:31:24.100
 and God's

00:31:24.100 --> 00:31:24.519
 plan to

00:31:24.519 --> 00:31:25.019
 judge the

00:31:25.019 --> 00:31:25.560
 wicked and

00:31:25.560 --> 00:31:27.080
 save his

00:31:27.080 --> 00:31:27.500
 chosen,

00:31:27.660 --> 00:31:28.080
 whether or

00:31:28.080 --> 00:31:28.620
 not you

00:31:28.620 --> 00:31:29.180
 are working

00:31:29.180 --> 00:31:30.200
 to obey

00:31:30.200 --> 00:31:30.420
 him,

00:31:30.519 --> 00:31:31.440
 these things

00:31:31.440 --> 00:31:32.900
 will indicate

00:31:32.900 --> 00:31:33.320
 whether or

00:31:33.320 --> 00:31:33.860
 not you're

00:31:33.860 --> 00:31:34.360
 sincere.

00:31:35.660 --> 00:31:36.220
 Because only

00:31:36.220 --> 00:31:36.920
 in these

00:31:36.920 --> 00:31:38.220
 things then

00:31:38.220 --> 00:31:38.759
 are you in

00:31:38.759 --> 00:31:39.440
 submission to

00:31:39.440 --> 00:31:39.900
 the will

00:31:39.900 --> 00:31:40.980
 of God,

00:31:41.040 --> 00:31:41.380
 because you

00:31:41.380 --> 00:31:41.940
 delight in

00:31:41.940 --> 00:31:42.279
 God and

00:31:42.279 --> 00:31:42.740
 all that he's

00:31:42.740 --> 00:31:43.240
 doing and

00:31:43.240 --> 00:31:43.680
 all that he

00:31:43.680 --> 00:31:44.140
 is and

00:31:44.140 --> 00:31:44.700
 all that he

00:31:44.700 --> 00:31:45.779
 demands,

00:31:47.059 --> 00:31:47.620
 then you

00:31:47.620 --> 00:31:48.259
 can say

00:31:48.259 --> 00:31:49.440
 amen.

00:31:50.920 --> 00:31:51.460
 So in

00:31:51.460 --> 00:31:51.779
 closing,

00:31:51.839 --> 00:31:52.120
 I'm going to

00:31:52.120 --> 00:31:52.599
 read it one

00:31:52.599 --> 00:31:53.240
 last time,

00:31:53.259 --> 00:31:53.539
 and again,

00:31:53.599 --> 00:31:53.980
 I'd like for

00:31:53.980 --> 00:31:54.380
 us all to

00:31:54.380 --> 00:31:54.940
 say this in

00:31:54.940 --> 00:31:55.359
 agreement,

00:31:56.779 --> 00:31:57.240
 as the

00:31:57.240 --> 00:31:57.620
 church,

00:31:58.059 --> 00:31:58.620
 in Christ.

00:32:00.120 --> 00:32:00.539
 So Jude

00:32:00.539 --> 00:32:00.920
 writes,

00:32:01.339 --> 00:32:02.299
 Now to

00:32:02.299 --> 00:32:02.960
 him who is

00:32:02.960 --> 00:32:03.559
 able to

00:32:03.559 --> 00:32:03.940
 keep you

00:32:03.940 --> 00:32:04.599
 from stumbling

00:32:04.599 --> 00:32:05.599
 and to

00:32:05.599 --> 00:32:06.000
 present you

00:32:06.000 --> 00:32:06.519
 blameless

00:32:06.519 --> 00:32:07.019
 before the

00:32:07.019 --> 00:32:07.500
 presence of

00:32:07.500 --> 00:32:07.980
 his glory

00:32:07.980 --> 00:32:08.519
 with great

00:32:08.519 --> 00:32:08.940
 joy,

00:32:09.539 --> 00:32:09.819
 to the

00:32:09.819 --> 00:32:10.400
 only God

00:32:10.400 --> 00:32:10.940
 our Savior,

00:32:11.079 --> 00:32:11.220
 through

00:32:11.220 --> 00:32:12.079
 Jesus Christ

00:32:12.079 --> 00:32:12.759
 our Lord,

00:32:12.759 --> 00:32:13.720
 be glory,

00:32:13.980 --> 00:32:14.440
 majesty,

00:32:14.680 --> 00:32:15.140
 dominion,

00:32:15.220 --> 00:32:15.799
 and authority

00:32:15.799 --> 00:32:16.819
 before all

00:32:16.819 --> 00:32:17.400
 time and

00:32:17.400 --> 00:32:17.980
 now and

00:32:17.980 --> 00:32:18.359
 forever.

00:32:19.079 --> 00:32:19.379
 Amen.