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 Go ahead and take your copy of God's Word and open to the book of Jude.

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! We're going to be looking at verses 17 through 23 this morning.

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 So we've talked about the examples of false teachers.

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 We've talked about the specific false teaching that Jude's opponents are guilty of, namely antinomianism.

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 We've talked about the threat that false teachers pose to the church.

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 We've talked about the character of false teachers and so many other facets pertaining to false teachers and false teaching.

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 In our first week especially, we talked about how false teachers always arise within the church.

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 So we would never call a Buddhist or a Hindu a false teacher, even though everything they teach is blatantly not true.

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 But a false teacher, biblically speaking, is one who professes faith in God, who proclaims to follow God,

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 and yet distorts God's Word, distorts who God is, and then lives wickedly and teaches others to do likewise.

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 So, in short, everything about a false teacher is a lie.

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 What they say and how they live, it's all a lie.

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 So, knowing these truths, knowing these realities, Jude writes to the church on the occasion of this infiltration by false teachers.

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 And his overall charge to the church is simple.

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 Verse 3, contend for the faith.

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 And so today, we're finally going to see what contending for the faith looks like in Jude's mind.

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 He's going to tell us what to do.

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 So, looking at Jude, verse 17 then, Jude writes to the church.

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 He says,

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 But you must remember, beloved, the predictions of the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ.

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 They said to you, in the last time there will be scoffers, following their own ungodly passions.

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 It is these who cause divisions, worldly people devoid of the Spirit.

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 But you, beloved, building yourselves up in your most holy faith and praying in the Holy Spirit,

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 keep yourselves in the love of God, waiting for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ that leads to eternal life.

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 And have mercy on those who doubt.

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 Save others by snatching them out of the fire.

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 To others, show mercy with fear, hating even the garment stained by the flesh.

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 So, before we get into our outline, I want to address something briefly.

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 It's come to my attention that some might be wondering,

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 Why are we studying this book?

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 What does all this have to do with me?

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 Perhaps you're thinking, I'm just trying to be a good spouse, or a good parent, or a good friend right now.

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 Or you might think, I don't know any false teachers,

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 or I don't know anyone being duped by false teaching,

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 so why this book?

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 And obviously, I do not know if anyone is thinking in those terms.

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 I certainly hope nobody is thinking in those terms.

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 And I even doubt anybody really is.

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 But just in case someone is, let me briefly explain why you need Jude right now.

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 2 Timothy 3, verses 16 through 17 says,

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 So those two verses alone should silence any thought of us thinking we do not need Jude right now.

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 And do not hear that as some cliche reference, but that is the word of God.

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 So Paul is telling us in a very real sense that the book of Jude is profitable for teaching,

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 for reproof, and for correction, and for training of righteousness.

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 The book of Jude equips us for every good work.

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 And so if you have found the last few weeks as irrelevant or unhelpful,

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 that probably says more about me and my preaching than it does about the book of Jude.

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 So if I have failed in that way, then I genuinely apologize.

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 But do not blame Jude.

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 I would encourage you to spend time in Jude to prayerfully consider how God is desiring to shape

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 and mold you in light of the reality of false teachers and what Jude tells us about them.

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 And I will tell you these truths in Jude and these realities in Jude are essential for you

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 to be a good spouse, a good parent, and a good friend.

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 The day will come, if it has not already,

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 when your spouse or your child or your friend will be caught up in false teaching.

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 And there will be more than one day.

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 This happens many times.

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 They will hear something that tickles their ear.

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 They will hear something that makes them feel free to sin.

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 And they will try to get you to come along with them

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 and condone such thinking and such living.

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 So you need to be ready.

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 You need to be aware of such things.

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 And most importantly, you need to know how to contend for the faith.

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 So as to keep yourself and your loved ones on the right path

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 so that you might be a faithful messenger whom God uses to preserve his people.

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 Now, if you are doubtful about the chances of you or anyone you know

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 coming into contact with false teachers or false teaching,

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 then listen to our first application and corresponding verses carefully.

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 Application number one.

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 Remember the predictions of the apostles.

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 Jude says,

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 But you must remember, beloved, in verse 17,

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 the predictions of the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ.

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 They said to you in the last time,

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 there will be scoffers following their own ungodly passions.

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 It is these who cause divisions,

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 worldly people devoid of the Spirit.

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 So you will notice that Jude switches back to addressing the believers in this letter.

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 The last few weeks he has been talking about and talking to the false teachers,

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 but now he is telling the believers what he wants to tell them.

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 And immediately we see that the apostles themselves are under the authority of Jesus Christ.

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 Not the authority of dreams like the false teachers from last week, right?

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 But under the authority of Christ,

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 these apostles warned that in the church there will be scoffers.

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 So make no mistake, it is prophesied.

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 And so we would all be foolish to doubt that we will encounter false teachers and false teachings in our life,

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 in our community.

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 It will happen.

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 And the Greek word for scoffer is empektai.

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 One scholar defines this term well.

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 He says that an empektai is one who, quote,

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 despises morality and true religion.

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 He is arrogant and he is a godless libertine.

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 What a fitting word to describe those whom Jude is up against.

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 The false teacher is inherently also a scoffer.

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 That is who they are and what they do.

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 Recall that it was scoffers who crucified our Lord.

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 Matthew 27, verse 29 says,

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 And twisting together a crown of thorns,

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 they put it on Jesus' head and put a reed in his right hand.

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 And kneeling before him, they mocked or scoffed at him, saying,

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 Hail, King of the Jews.

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 They mocked him in an irreverent, ungodly way.

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 And Matthew goes on to describe in verse 31, he writes,

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 And when they had mocked or scoffed at Jesus,

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 they stripped him of the robe and put his own clothes on him

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 and led him away to crucify him.

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 And in verses 41 through 42, Matthew tells us this.

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 He says,

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 So also the chief priests with the scribes and the elders

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 mocked or scoffed at Jesus, saying,

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 He saved others, but he cannot save himself.

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 He is the King of Israel.

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 Let him come down now from the cross,

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 and we will believe in him.

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 So notice in Matthew's Gospel,

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 we see both the pagan Romans

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 and the so-called God-fearing Israelite leaders

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 mocking or scoffing at the Lord,

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 God incarnate.

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 There is no reverence.

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 There is no sense of submitting to Christ's lordship.

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 All these people hated Jesus.

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 So let that image,

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 that image of all these people

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 wickedly treating our Lord,

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 be the image you think of

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 when you picture these false teachers

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 that Jude is addressing.

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 It is no exaggeration to say

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 they are one and the same

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 of the exact type of person.

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 They hate Jesus.

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 Jude 4 tells us this.

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 They say, or Jude says,

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 they deny our only Master and Lord,

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 Jesus Christ.

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 And in our text today,

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 he says that they are people

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 who are following their own ungodly passions.

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 So at this point in Jude's very brief letter,

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 he has called these false teachers ungodly six times.

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 He adds here that they are proactively following

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 their ungodly passions.

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 This is a way of life for them.

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 And the Greek word for passions here is epithumies.

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 This word is often translated as lust in our Bible,

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 and with that we tend to think of specifically

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 sexual temptation or sin of some kind.

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 And given the rest of the letter

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 that we've studied so far,

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 that may very well be what Jude has in mind.

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 However, this term can also just denote

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 an extreme or intense desire for anything.

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 You could have an intense desire or passion

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 for money or power or the praise of man

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 or anything.

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 It's an uncontrollable desire.

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 You are a slave to this type of desire,

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 right, is the idea of epithumies.

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 So it seems that Jude is simply saying

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 that these false teachers are wholly committed

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 to their ungodliness.

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 So whether you take that as sexual sin

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 or sin of any kind,

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 they are chasing after it

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 with every fiber of their being.

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 Again, think of those who crucified our Lord

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 and how they did it.

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 So that kind of person,

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 that false teacher,

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 is prophesied to come time and time again.

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 And that person will come for you,

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 for your spouse,

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 for your kids,

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 and for your friends,

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 for your church.

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 And if the last few weeks in today's text

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 are not enough to tell you

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 to have nothing to do with false teachers,

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 Jude ends the discussion by saying

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 that they are those who cause divisions.

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 They are worldly people devoid of the Spirit.

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 They're not believers.

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 The battle is certain.

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 It is inevitable.

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 And so we must be ready.

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 We must remember what the apostles prophesied.

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 And in Greek,

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 the word remember is an imperative,

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 meaning it is a commandment.

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 So this isn't an invitation.

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 Jude isn't suggesting.

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 He's telling you,

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 you must remember.

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 But without further delay,

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 let's finally see what Jude has in mind

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 for how we ought to contend for the faith.

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 So application number two,

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 build up the church in the gospel.

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 Application number two,

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 build up the church in the gospel.

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 So in the first half of verse 20,

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 Jude writes,

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 but you, beloved,

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 building yourselves up

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 in your most holy faith.

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 Yet again,

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 Jude distinguishes his address

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 by saying,

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 but you, beloved.

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 He is creating a contrast

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 with the false teacher.

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 So whereas the false teacher

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 causes division in verse 19,

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 the beloved or the true believers

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 are to build up the church.

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 Right?

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 The phrase,

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 building yourselves up in English,

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 it might sound like

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 a very individualistic statement

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 as though you yourself

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 build yourself up.

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 But that is not what Jude means.

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 Jude is borrowing from a metaphor

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 that the church used a lot

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 during the first century

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 when our New Testament was written.

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 This metaphor always depicts

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 the church as a body

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 or a structure

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 in which each individual

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 is working to build up

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 or edify other believers

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 in some meaningful way.

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 So some examples,

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 Romans 14, 19,

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 Paul says,

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 so then let us pursue

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 what makes for peace

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 and for mutual upbuilding.

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 Paul also said

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 to the Corinthian church

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 in 1 Corinthians 14, 12,

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 he says,

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 so with yourself,

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 since you are eager

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 for manifestations of the Spirit,

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 strive to excel

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 in building up the church.

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 And likewise,

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 he says to the Thessalonians,

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 1 Thessalonians 5, 11,

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 therefore encourage one another

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 and build one another up

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 just as you are doing.

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 So clearly,

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 Jude is making use

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 of a well-known metaphor.

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 The true believers

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 in the church

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 are to build one another up

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 in the most holy faith,

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 as it says in verse 20.

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 Now, I take that phrase

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 to be referring to the gospel

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 the same way I believe

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 Jude is referring to the gospel

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 in verse 3

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 from our first week together

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 when he says

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 we are to contend for the faith

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 once for all

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 delivered to the saints.

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 Jude says,

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 your holy faith

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 because it is a faith

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 or a gospel

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 that comes not from false teachers

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 and their authority,

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 their dreams,

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 but it is the one

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 that was given to them

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 by the apostles

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 and the apostles

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 received it from God.

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 So it is their holy faith.

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 And we are to be building

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 one another up

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 in the gospel.

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 The true gospel

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 is the foundation

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 of everything

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 that we do as believers.

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 And I fear that sometimes

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 we think of the gospel

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 as simply something

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 for unbelievers,

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 right,

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 and an essential tool

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 for evangelism

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 to be sure,

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 but then we leave it

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 at that

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 as though it is only use.

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 And while it is certainly

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 important

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 and obviously essential

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 for evangelism,

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 the gospel is also essential

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 for Christian living

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 to recall,

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 to reflect on,

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 to enjoy,

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 and so much more.

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 It should encompass

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 everything we do,

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 think,

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 feel,

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 and desire.

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 So listen to Paul's words

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 about the centrality

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 of the gospel

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 in 1 Corinthians 15,

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 verses 1-2.

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 Paul writes,

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 and notice how this

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 kind of echoes Jude.

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 He writes,

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 Now I would remind you,

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 brothers,

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 of the gospel

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 I preached to you,

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 which you received,

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 in which you stand,

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 and by which you are

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 being saved,

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 if you hold fast

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 to the word

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 I preached to you,

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 unless you believed

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 in vain.

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 So notice all the

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 tenses there.

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 We can clearly see

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 the gospel was essential

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 to the Corinthians

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 when Paul first preached

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 it to them,

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 right,

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 past tense,

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 and is essential

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 as they stand in it,

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 present,

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 and is essential

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 for the end of days

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 because they are being

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 saved by it.

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 There's the future,

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 right,

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 it encompasses

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 all of our life.

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 And Paul also said this

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 to the Ephesian church

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 in Acts 20,

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 verse 32.

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 He said,

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 I commend you to God

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 and to the word

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 of his grace,

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 referring to the gospel,

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 the word of his grace,

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 which he is able

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 to build you up

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 and to give you

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 the inheritance

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 among all those

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 who are sanctified.

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 So there's the

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 build-up language

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 again,

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 and it is for

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 our sanctification.

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 So let's be

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 about this work.

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 Let's encourage

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 one another

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 by reminding

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 one another

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 of the gospel.

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 And don't forget

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 that Jude initially

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 wanted to write

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 to his audience

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 about the gospel,

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 right,

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 a thing that Jude

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 himself says

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 they know

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 all things

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 about it.

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 Yet he wanted

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 to remind them

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 of the beauties

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 and the truths

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 and the hopefulness

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 that the gospel offers

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 despite them

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 already knowing it.

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 So clearly it has

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 use,

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 it has purpose

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 daily

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 for Christian living.

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 And so here at CFC

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 there are

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 ample opportunities

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 to do this.

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 We have

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 community groups

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 where you as an

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 individual

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 can go

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 and share

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 the gospel

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 with other believers,

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 not in an evangelistic

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 way but in a

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 discipleship way

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 and in a way

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 to encourage

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 or build up

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 one another,

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 right?

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 Leave your insecurity

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 at the door

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 and love others

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 by speaking up

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 about the word

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 of God

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 and how it has

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 worked through

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 your life.

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 Be an encouragement.

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 We also have

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 really organic

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 discipleship here

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 at CFC,

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 right?

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 We have

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 core groups

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 that are meeting

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 every week

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 and forming

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 every week.

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 Core groups

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 consist of two

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 to four guys

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 or two to four

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 gals

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 to get together

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 hold one another

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 accountable,

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 right?

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 What an opportunity

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 to reflect

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 on the gospel,

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 to teach

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 the gospel,

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 to remind

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 one another

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 of the gospel.

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 And then there

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 are also obviously

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 just people

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 hanging out

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 all the time,

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 people doing

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 dinners,

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 game nights,

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 and other gatherings.

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 And I would suggest

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 to you that this is

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 not a night off

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 from being a Christ

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 follower, right?

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 That is a temptation

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 I often face.

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 I think it's a temptation

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 we all often face

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 to think these

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 are just nights

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 to forget that

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 and let loose

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 or what have you.

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 But again,

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 that's not true.

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 Let's make the gospel

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 some aspect

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 of that fellowship night,

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 whether it's through

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 prayer or encouraging word

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 or whatever.

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 But be gospel-centric.

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 And so what else

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 does Jude tell us to do?

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 Well, Jude tells us

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 to pray in the Holy Spirit.

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 Application number three,

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 pray in the Holy Spirit.

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 So looking at the

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 second half of verse 20,

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 here,

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 Jude describes

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 how our actions

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 ought to be in the...

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 Excuse me.

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 Jude describes

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 how our actions

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 ought to be

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 in light of the danger

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 of false teachers.

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 And he says

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 we should be

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 in the second half

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 of verse 20

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 praying in the Holy Spirit.

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 So that expression

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 of praying

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 in the Holy Spirit

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 is referring to

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 praying in such a way

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 that we are seeking

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 and asking God

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 for that which

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 the Spirit wills.

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 So, of course,

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 the Holy Spirit

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 wills for the exact

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 same things

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 as the Father

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 and the Son.

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 So we can pray

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 in the Holy Spirit

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 or in the Father

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 or in the Son

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 because they are one.

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 Right here,

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 Jesus' words

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 on this matter

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 in John 14,

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 verses 14 through 17.

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 He said,

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 If you ask me

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 anything in my name,

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 I will do it.

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 If you love me,

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 you will keep

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 my commandments.

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 And I will ask

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 the Father

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 and he will give you

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 another helper

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 referring to the Holy Spirit.

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 He will give you

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 the Holy Spirit

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 to be with you forever,

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 even the Spirit

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 of truth,

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 whom the world

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 cannot receive

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 because it neither

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 sees him nor knows him.

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 You know him

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 for he dwells with you

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 and will be in you.

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 So notice that.

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 The promise for believers

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 who pray in the Spirit

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 or in the Son,

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 Jesus says,

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 I will do it.

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 When our prayers

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 are conformed

00:20:12.019 --> 00:20:12.860
 to the will of God,

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 then we can trust

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 our almighty,

00:20:15.100 --> 00:20:15.420
 sovereign,

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 one true God

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 to bring it

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 to completion,

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 to bring it about.

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 Right?

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 Not only does he

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 hear our prayers,

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 but he answers them

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 when we pray

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 for that which

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 we know he desires.

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 That is amazing.

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 And how do we know

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 what he desires?

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 Well, you'll have

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 to read the Bible.

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 to know what he desires.

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 So I would commend

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 to you to pray

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 through the Bible.

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 One of my professors,

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 Don Whitney,

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 he wrote a little book

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 about this idea.

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 I believe Nathan's

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 recommended it before.

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 I'll recommend it again

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 because it's a fitting book

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 to recommend for this time.

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 It's called

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 Praying the Bible.

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 Okay?

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 And it basically

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 will teach you

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 how to use Scripture

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 as a prayer guide.

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 And I'll tell you,

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 honestly,

00:21:02.480 --> 00:21:02.799
 for me,

00:21:02.879 --> 00:21:04.099
 when I sit down

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 to pray,

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 it is not uncommon

00:21:05.379 --> 00:21:07.079
 that I'm not sure

00:21:07.079 --> 00:21:08.000
 what to say.

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 Right?

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 And I end up saying

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 the same things

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 over and over again

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 day to day

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 and my heart

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 is just not

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 really in it.

00:21:15.660 --> 00:21:16.339
 And God

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 hates those prayers.

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 The prayers

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 where my lips

00:21:20.220 --> 00:21:20.799
 praise him,

00:21:20.879 --> 00:21:21.480
 but my heart

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 is far from him.

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 He hates

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 those prayers.

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 But opening the Psalms

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 and seeing

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 what the Holy Spirit

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 inspired the psalmist

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 to pray about,

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 and then in turn

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 praying those things

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 myself,

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 after meditating

00:21:36.920 --> 00:21:37.879
 and contemplating

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 those texts,

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 God loves

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 those prayers

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 and he answers

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 those prayers.

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 And I will tell you,

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 I love those prayers

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 because I can tell

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 a big difference

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 in my prayer life

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 when I am actively

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 and truly praying

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 for those things

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 as opposed to

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 going through

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 the motions.

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 When I am really

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 praying in the Spirit,

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 I know the difference.

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 And I am sure

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 and trust that

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 many of you do too.

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 So praying through

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 the Bible

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 is a wonderful way

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 to wake up,

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 so to speak,

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 in your prayer life.

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 You just have

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 to do it.

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 So prayer

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 is an essential

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 daily habit

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 to cultivate.

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 One benefit

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 of praying daily

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 for Jude's context,

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 right,

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 is that it will

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 prepare you

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 for the day

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 when false teachers

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 inevitably

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 come your way.

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 And another

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 exhortation

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 that Jude gives us

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 is that we ought

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 to keep ourselves

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 in the love of God.

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 Application number four,

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 keep yourselves

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 in the love

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 of God.

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 I took this right

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 from the book itself,

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 verse 21,

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 first half,

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 keep yourselves

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 in the love

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 of God.

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 So Jude loves

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 to contrast

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 the believers

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 with false teachers.

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 Now recall

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 in verse 6

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 from weeks ago

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 that it was

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 the false teachers

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 or the angels

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 who did not keep

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 their proper dwelling.

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 They left

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 their proper dwelling

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 for unnatural desires.

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 Well,

00:23:05.299 --> 00:23:06.000
 we as believers

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 are called

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 to keep our position,

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 our position being

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 in the love

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 of God.

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 So what does that mean?

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 It means

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 obedience.

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 Jude is borrowing

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 another well-known idea

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 that is throughout

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 the New Testament,

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 the idea of keeping

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 as equated

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 to obedience.

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 James chapter 2,

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 verse 10 says,

00:23:28.319 --> 00:23:29.199
 whoever keeps

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 the whole law

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 but fails in one point

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 has become guilty

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 of all of this.

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 Notice that language,

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 keeping the law.

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 Likewise,

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 in 1 John,

00:23:38.259 --> 00:23:38.859
 chapter 2,

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 verses 3 through 5,

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 John writes,

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 and by this

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 we know that

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 we have come

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 to know him

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 if we keep

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 his commandments.

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 Whoever says,

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 I know him

00:23:48.480 --> 00:23:49.000
 but does not

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 keep his commandments

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 is a liar

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 and the truth

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 is not in him.

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 But whoever

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 keeps his word,

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 in him truly

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 the love of God

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 is perfected.

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 By this we know

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 that we are in him.

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 And recall

00:24:03.020 --> 00:24:04.040
 that Jude refers

00:24:04.040 --> 00:24:04.620
 to believers

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 as those who are

00:24:05.760 --> 00:24:07.660
 kept by God the Father

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 in verse 1.

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 The reality

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 of our standing

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 before God

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 being the result

00:24:15.480 --> 00:24:16.240
 of his work

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 or his keeping

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 is the ethical

00:24:19.059 --> 00:24:19.599
 grounds

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 for why

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 we must

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 keep ourselves

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 in the love

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 of God.

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 Now I'm going

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 to repeat that.

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 This is the indicative

00:24:27.179 --> 00:24:28.240
 imperative pattern

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 if you're familiar

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 with this concept

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 but just hear this phrase

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 is all I'm talking about.

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 The reality

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 of our standing

00:24:35.519 --> 00:24:36.500
 before God

00:24:36.500 --> 00:24:38.039
 being the result

00:24:38.039 --> 00:24:38.940
 of his work

00:24:38.940 --> 00:24:39.919
 or his keeping

00:24:39.919 --> 00:24:41.500
 is the ethical

00:24:41.500 --> 00:24:42.000
 grounds

00:24:42.000 --> 00:24:42.460
 for why

00:24:42.460 --> 00:24:43.399
 we must

00:24:43.399 --> 00:24:44.440
 keep ourselves

00:24:44.440 --> 00:24:45.779
 in the love

00:24:45.779 --> 00:24:46.640
 of God.

00:24:47.840 --> 00:24:48.700
 So this is one

00:24:48.700 --> 00:24:49.320
 of those texts

00:24:49.320 --> 00:24:49.980
 that helps us

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 see both

00:24:50.559 --> 00:24:51.940
 divine sovereignty

00:24:51.940 --> 00:24:52.740
 and human

00:24:52.740 --> 00:24:53.580
 responsibility

00:24:53.580 --> 00:24:54.779
 at play.

00:24:54.900 --> 00:24:55.420
 So yes,

00:24:55.900 --> 00:24:56.740
 God sovereignly

00:24:56.740 --> 00:24:57.480
 chooses those

00:24:57.480 --> 00:24:58.320
 whom he saves.

00:24:58.420 --> 00:24:59.200
 He sovereignly

00:24:59.200 --> 00:25:00.180
 sanctifies

00:25:00.180 --> 00:25:01.680
 his elect.

00:25:02.500 --> 00:25:03.480
 Philippians 1.6

00:25:03.480 --> 00:25:04.320
 says as much

00:25:04.320 --> 00:25:04.920
 Paul writes,

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 I am sure of this

00:25:05.880 --> 00:25:06.820
 that God

00:25:06.820 --> 00:25:07.299
 who began

00:25:07.299 --> 00:25:07.960
 a good work

00:25:07.960 --> 00:25:08.340
 in you

00:25:08.340 --> 00:25:09.440
 will bring it

00:25:09.440 --> 00:25:09.980
 to completion

00:25:09.980 --> 00:25:10.640
 at the day

00:25:10.640 --> 00:25:11.940
 of Jesus Christ.

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 yet it is also

00:25:14.380 --> 00:25:15.039
 true that we

00:25:15.039 --> 00:25:15.420
 are held

00:25:15.420 --> 00:25:16.080
 responsible

00:25:16.080 --> 00:25:17.019
 for our

00:25:17.019 --> 00:25:17.660
 sanctification

00:25:17.660 --> 00:25:18.340
 and perseverance

00:25:18.340 --> 00:25:19.360
 in the faith.

00:25:20.320 --> 00:25:22.559
 2 Peter 1.10

00:25:22.559 --> 00:25:23.100
 says,

00:25:23.700 --> 00:25:23.980
 Therefore,

00:25:24.620 --> 00:25:25.100
 brothers,

00:25:25.660 --> 00:25:26.440
 be all the more

00:25:26.440 --> 00:25:27.380
 diligent to make

00:25:27.380 --> 00:25:28.259
 your calling

00:25:28.259 --> 00:25:28.960
 and election

00:25:28.960 --> 00:25:29.620
 sure,

00:25:30.100 --> 00:25:30.640
 for if you

00:25:30.640 --> 00:25:31.380
 practice these

00:25:31.380 --> 00:25:31.799
 qualities,

00:25:31.960 --> 00:25:32.620
 you will never

00:25:32.620 --> 00:25:33.860
 fall.

00:25:35.140 --> 00:25:35.620
 So because

00:25:35.620 --> 00:25:36.440
 we can rest

00:25:36.440 --> 00:25:37.140
 so greatly

00:25:37.140 --> 00:25:37.860
 in the person

00:25:37.860 --> 00:25:38.460
 and work

00:25:38.460 --> 00:25:39.180
 of Christ,

00:25:39.720 --> 00:25:40.440
 we can work

00:25:40.440 --> 00:25:41.360
 so hard

00:25:41.359 --> 00:25:42.339
 to bear fruit

00:25:42.339 --> 00:25:42.899
 in keeping

00:25:42.899 --> 00:25:44.299
 with repentance.

00:25:45.339 --> 00:25:46.099
 It's all

00:25:46.099 --> 00:25:46.659
 of God

00:25:46.659 --> 00:25:47.139
 and yet

00:25:47.139 --> 00:25:47.699
 we are able

00:25:47.699 --> 00:25:48.099
 to work

00:25:48.099 --> 00:25:48.879
 so hard

00:25:48.879 --> 00:25:49.899
 to strive

00:25:49.899 --> 00:25:50.679
 towards godliness

00:25:50.679 --> 00:25:51.679
 because it is

00:25:51.679 --> 00:25:52.519
 all of God.

00:25:52.599 --> 00:25:53.159
 Because God

00:25:53.159 --> 00:25:53.959
 wills it,

00:25:54.079 --> 00:25:55.159
 God promises

00:25:55.159 --> 00:25:55.879
 it for those

00:25:55.879 --> 00:25:56.240
 of us

00:25:56.240 --> 00:25:56.839
 who are in

00:25:56.839 --> 00:25:58.139
 Christ.

00:25:59.879 --> 00:26:00.279
 And Jesus

00:26:00.279 --> 00:26:01.359
 himself expressed

00:26:01.359 --> 00:26:02.740
 these realities

00:26:02.740 --> 00:26:03.399
 in John

00:26:03.399 --> 00:26:04.539
 chapter 15

00:26:04.539 --> 00:26:05.319
 verses 9

00:26:05.319 --> 00:26:05.939
 through 11.

00:26:06.059 --> 00:26:06.659
 Jesus says,

00:26:07.259 --> 00:26:08.000
 Just as the

00:26:08.000 --> 00:26:08.839
 Father has loved

00:26:08.839 --> 00:26:09.119
 me,

00:26:09.299 --> 00:26:10.059
 I have also

00:26:10.059 --> 00:26:10.639
 loved you.

00:26:11.440 --> 00:26:12.120
 Abide in

00:26:12.120 --> 00:26:12.660
 my love

00:26:12.660 --> 00:26:13.140
 or keep

00:26:13.140 --> 00:26:13.960
 in my love.

00:26:14.420 --> 00:26:15.000
 If you

00:26:15.000 --> 00:26:15.500
 keep my

00:26:15.500 --> 00:26:15.940
 commandments,

00:26:16.080 --> 00:26:16.340
 you will

00:26:16.340 --> 00:26:16.759
 abide

00:26:16.759 --> 00:26:17.320
 in my

00:26:17.320 --> 00:26:17.680
 love.

00:26:18.320 --> 00:26:18.880
 These things

00:26:18.880 --> 00:26:19.160
 I have

00:26:19.160 --> 00:26:19.620
 spoken to

00:26:19.620 --> 00:26:19.860
 you so

00:26:19.860 --> 00:26:20.220
 that my

00:26:20.220 --> 00:26:20.759
 joy may

00:26:20.759 --> 00:26:21.060
 be in

00:26:21.060 --> 00:26:21.280
 you and

00:26:21.280 --> 00:26:21.780
 that your

00:26:21.780 --> 00:26:22.840
 joy may

00:26:22.840 --> 00:26:23.380
 be made

00:26:23.380 --> 00:26:24.340
 full.

00:26:24.940 --> 00:26:25.460
 So notice

00:26:25.460 --> 00:26:26.020
 the promise,

00:26:26.140 --> 00:26:26.740
 our joy

00:26:26.740 --> 00:26:27.480
 will be

00:26:27.480 --> 00:26:28.320
 made full

00:26:28.320 --> 00:26:29.100
 in obedience

00:26:29.100 --> 00:26:30.640
 to Christ.

00:26:32.020 --> 00:26:32.340
 And do

00:26:32.340 --> 00:26:32.940
 not let it

00:26:32.940 --> 00:26:34.000
 go unnoticed

00:26:34.000 --> 00:26:34.500
 that Jude

00:26:34.500 --> 00:26:35.259
 is assuming

00:26:35.259 --> 00:26:35.780
 we are

00:26:35.780 --> 00:26:36.700
 loved by

00:26:36.700 --> 00:26:37.300
 God and

00:26:37.300 --> 00:26:37.940
 in the

00:26:37.940 --> 00:26:38.960
 love of

00:26:38.960 --> 00:26:39.240
 God.

00:26:39.240 --> 00:26:39.599
 In verse

00:26:39.599 --> 00:26:39.980
 1 he

00:26:39.980 --> 00:26:40.400
 addresses

00:26:40.400 --> 00:26:40.640
 the

00:26:40.640 --> 00:26:40.940
 believers

00:26:40.940 --> 00:26:41.160
 as

00:26:41.160 --> 00:26:41.519
 beloved,

00:26:42.200 --> 00:26:42.799
 as does

00:26:42.799 --> 00:26:43.220
 our text

00:26:43.220 --> 00:26:43.980
 today twice

00:26:43.980 --> 00:26:44.359
 in verse

00:26:44.359 --> 00:26:45.180
 17 and

00:26:45.180 --> 00:26:45.779
 verse 20.

00:26:45.880 --> 00:26:46.339
 Beloved,

00:26:46.480 --> 00:26:46.880
 beloved,

00:26:47.440 --> 00:26:48.059
 beloved.

00:26:49.700 --> 00:26:50.200
 So just

00:26:50.200 --> 00:26:50.620
 take a

00:26:50.620 --> 00:26:51.120
 moment and

00:26:51.120 --> 00:26:51.440
 put some

00:26:51.440 --> 00:26:51.620
 of the

00:26:51.620 --> 00:26:51.960
 things

00:26:51.960 --> 00:26:52.759
 together

00:26:52.759 --> 00:26:53.259
 that we

00:26:53.259 --> 00:26:53.559
 have been

00:26:53.559 --> 00:26:53.960
 talking

00:26:53.960 --> 00:26:54.440
 about.

00:26:55.120 --> 00:26:55.859
 We as

00:26:55.859 --> 00:26:56.319
 believers

00:26:56.319 --> 00:26:56.799
 are in

00:26:56.799 --> 00:26:57.620
 such a

00:26:57.620 --> 00:26:57.980
 great

00:26:57.980 --> 00:26:58.380
 position

00:26:58.380 --> 00:26:59.099
 to succeed

00:26:59.099 --> 00:26:59.640
 despite

00:26:59.640 --> 00:27:00.339
 false

00:27:00.339 --> 00:27:00.720
 teachers

00:27:00.720 --> 00:27:00.940
 and

00:27:00.940 --> 00:27:01.220
 false

00:27:01.220 --> 00:27:01.700
 teachings.

00:27:02.480 --> 00:27:02.920
 We know

00:27:02.920 --> 00:27:03.220
 from

00:27:03.220 --> 00:27:04.099
 verse 1

00:27:04.099 --> 00:27:04.460
 of Jude

00:27:04.460 --> 00:27:04.839
 that we

00:27:04.839 --> 00:27:05.500
 are called,

00:27:05.680 --> 00:27:05.980
 beloved,

00:27:06.180 --> 00:27:06.579
 and kept

00:27:06.579 --> 00:27:07.059
 by God

00:27:07.059 --> 00:27:07.559
 the Father

00:27:07.559 --> 00:27:08.000
 for Jesus

00:27:08.000 --> 00:27:08.519
 Christ.

00:27:09.460 --> 00:27:09.980
 We are

00:27:09.980 --> 00:27:10.379
 told in

00:27:10.379 --> 00:27:10.579
 the book

00:27:10.579 --> 00:27:10.879
 of Jude

00:27:10.879 --> 00:27:11.720
 in advance

00:27:11.720 --> 00:27:12.319
 that false

00:27:12.319 --> 00:27:12.879
 teachers are

00:27:12.879 --> 00:27:13.379
 coming.

00:27:13.859 --> 00:27:14.139
 We are

00:27:14.139 --> 00:27:14.539
 able to

00:27:14.539 --> 00:27:14.939
 prepare

00:27:14.939 --> 00:27:15.779
 beforehand.

00:27:16.699 --> 00:27:17.319
 We are

00:27:17.319 --> 00:27:17.779
 able to

00:27:17.779 --> 00:27:18.359
 pray to

00:27:18.359 --> 00:27:18.819
 our Father

00:27:18.819 --> 00:27:19.279
 in the

00:27:19.279 --> 00:27:19.759
 Spirit and

00:27:19.759 --> 00:27:20.319
 He will

00:27:20.319 --> 00:27:21.539
 answer our

00:27:21.539 --> 00:27:22.039
 prayers if

00:27:22.039 --> 00:27:22.279
 they are

00:27:22.279 --> 00:27:22.960
 truly in

00:27:22.960 --> 00:27:23.960
 the Spirit.

00:27:25.099 --> 00:27:25.519
 And we

00:27:25.519 --> 00:27:25.819
 have a

00:27:25.819 --> 00:27:26.460
 faith community,

00:27:26.599 --> 00:27:27.519
 the church,

00:27:27.639 --> 00:27:28.240
 to hold us

00:27:28.240 --> 00:27:29.319
 accountable and

00:27:29.319 --> 00:27:29.980
 to point us

00:27:29.980 --> 00:27:31.019
 to the true

00:27:31.019 --> 00:27:32.279
 gospel.

00:27:33.319 --> 00:27:33.819
 So think

00:27:33.819 --> 00:27:34.559
 of the love

00:27:34.559 --> 00:27:35.119
 of God,

00:27:35.179 --> 00:27:35.419
 of the

00:27:35.419 --> 00:27:36.039
 providence

00:27:36.039 --> 00:27:36.579
 of God,

00:27:36.639 --> 00:27:36.879
 that He

00:27:36.879 --> 00:27:37.119
 has

00:27:37.119 --> 00:27:38.319
 orchestrated

00:27:38.319 --> 00:27:39.000
 all these

00:27:39.000 --> 00:27:39.599
 things to

00:27:39.599 --> 00:27:40.339
 be for

00:27:40.339 --> 00:27:41.279
 our good,

00:27:41.419 --> 00:27:41.919
 for our

00:27:41.919 --> 00:27:42.740
 salvation and

00:27:42.740 --> 00:27:43.359
 well-being and

00:27:43.359 --> 00:27:43.839
 protection,

00:27:44.359 --> 00:27:45.059
 yet still

00:27:45.059 --> 00:27:46.679
 chiefly for

00:27:46.679 --> 00:27:48.059
 His glory.

00:27:50.079 --> 00:27:51.000
 So do

00:27:51.000 --> 00:27:51.919
 your work.

00:27:52.079 --> 00:27:52.319
 Keep

00:27:52.319 --> 00:27:52.879
 yourselves

00:27:52.879 --> 00:27:54.200
 in the

00:27:54.200 --> 00:27:54.539
 love of

00:27:54.539 --> 00:27:54.759
 God,

00:27:54.839 --> 00:27:55.379
 yet rest

00:27:55.379 --> 00:27:55.980
 knowing that

00:27:55.980 --> 00:27:56.799
 ultimately He

00:27:56.799 --> 00:27:57.319
 is keeping

00:27:57.319 --> 00:27:58.619
 you too.

00:28:00.539 --> 00:28:01.299
 And finally,

00:28:01.460 --> 00:28:02.059
 we are to

00:28:02.059 --> 00:28:03.119
 orient our

00:28:03.119 --> 00:28:04.179
 entire lives

00:28:04.180 --> 00:28:04.820
 toward the

00:28:04.820 --> 00:28:05.080
 end of

00:28:05.080 --> 00:28:05.360
 days.

00:28:05.500 --> 00:28:05.660
 So this

00:28:05.660 --> 00:28:06.240
 is application

00:28:06.240 --> 00:28:07.039
 number five.

00:28:07.620 --> 00:28:08.380
 Orient your

00:28:08.380 --> 00:28:09.019
 whole life

00:28:09.019 --> 00:28:10.080
 toward the

00:28:10.080 --> 00:28:10.380
 end of

00:28:10.380 --> 00:28:10.940
 days.

00:28:11.700 --> 00:28:12.080
 So looking

00:28:12.080 --> 00:28:13.220
 at verse

00:28:13.220 --> 00:28:14.039
 21 on,

00:28:15.039 --> 00:28:15.539
 Jude writes,

00:28:15.640 --> 00:28:16.380
 keep yourselves

00:28:16.380 --> 00:28:17.000
 in the love

00:28:17.000 --> 00:28:17.580
 of God,

00:28:18.100 --> 00:28:18.720
 waiting for

00:28:18.720 --> 00:28:19.279
 the mercy

00:28:19.279 --> 00:28:19.620
 of our

00:28:19.620 --> 00:28:20.220
 Lord Jesus

00:28:20.220 --> 00:28:20.960
 Christ that

00:28:20.960 --> 00:28:21.420
 leads to

00:28:21.420 --> 00:28:22.180
 eternal life.

00:28:22.600 --> 00:28:23.060
 And have

00:28:23.060 --> 00:28:23.700
 mercy on

00:28:23.700 --> 00:28:24.060
 those who

00:28:24.060 --> 00:28:24.360
 doubt.

00:28:24.740 --> 00:28:24.960
 Save

00:28:24.960 --> 00:28:25.519
 others by

00:28:25.519 --> 00:28:25.960
 snatching

00:28:25.960 --> 00:28:26.320
 them out

00:28:26.320 --> 00:28:26.539
 of the

00:28:26.539 --> 00:28:26.860
 fire.

00:28:27.259 --> 00:28:27.360
 To

00:28:27.360 --> 00:28:27.640
 others

00:28:27.640 --> 00:28:28.320
 show mercy

00:28:28.320 --> 00:28:28.840
 with fear,

00:28:28.940 --> 00:28:29.480
 hating even

00:28:29.480 --> 00:28:30.039
 the garment

00:28:30.039 --> 00:28:31.740
 stained by

00:28:31.740 --> 00:28:32.420
 the flesh.

00:28:34.180 --> 00:28:34.560
 So in

00:28:34.560 --> 00:28:34.940
 the last

00:28:34.940 --> 00:28:35.380
 bit of

00:28:35.380 --> 00:28:35.759
 our text

00:28:35.759 --> 00:28:36.360
 this morning,

00:28:37.060 --> 00:28:37.779
 there is

00:28:37.779 --> 00:28:38.660
 one commandment

00:28:38.660 --> 00:28:39.799
 after another.

00:28:40.640 --> 00:28:41.060
 We are to

00:28:41.060 --> 00:28:42.080
 have mercy

00:28:42.080 --> 00:28:42.580
 on those

00:28:42.580 --> 00:28:43.000
 who doubt,

00:28:43.080 --> 00:28:43.460
 we are to

00:28:43.460 --> 00:28:44.500
 save others

00:28:44.500 --> 00:28:44.920
 from the

00:28:44.920 --> 00:28:45.259
 fire,

00:28:45.360 --> 00:28:45.640
 and we are

00:28:45.640 --> 00:28:45.980
 to show

00:28:45.980 --> 00:28:47.460
 mercy with

00:28:47.460 --> 00:28:47.940
 fear.

00:28:49.380 --> 00:28:49.860
 But each

00:28:49.860 --> 00:28:50.140
 of these

00:28:50.140 --> 00:28:50.539
 commandments

00:28:50.539 --> 00:28:51.000
 that Jude

00:28:51.000 --> 00:28:51.820
 gives falls

00:28:51.820 --> 00:28:52.799
 under the

00:28:52.799 --> 00:28:53.539
 waiting in

00:28:53.539 --> 00:28:54.920
 verse 21.

00:28:55.200 --> 00:28:55.580
 We are to

00:28:55.580 --> 00:28:56.380
 wait for

00:28:56.380 --> 00:28:56.880
 Christ's

00:28:56.880 --> 00:28:57.460
 return at

00:28:57.460 --> 00:28:57.920
 the end

00:28:57.920 --> 00:28:59.160
 of days.

00:28:59.820 --> 00:29:00.259
 The day

00:29:00.259 --> 00:29:00.580
 when He

00:29:00.580 --> 00:29:01.039
 will come

00:29:01.039 --> 00:29:01.380
 with His

00:29:01.380 --> 00:29:01.900
 host of

00:29:01.900 --> 00:29:02.460
 angels to

00:29:02.460 --> 00:29:03.340
 judge the

00:29:03.340 --> 00:29:03.940
 wicked that

00:29:03.940 --> 00:29:04.680
 Jude described

00:29:04.680 --> 00:29:05.059
 in verses

00:29:05.059 --> 00:29:05.779
 14 through

00:29:05.779 --> 00:29:06.299
 15,

00:29:06.660 --> 00:29:07.440
 but also

00:29:07.440 --> 00:29:07.819
 the day

00:29:07.819 --> 00:29:08.160
 when He

00:29:08.160 --> 00:29:08.700
 will rule

00:29:08.700 --> 00:29:09.259
 His elect

00:29:09.259 --> 00:29:10.079
 righteously

00:29:10.079 --> 00:29:10.880
 for all

00:29:10.880 --> 00:29:12.279
 eternity.

00:29:13.680 --> 00:29:14.180
 So in

00:29:14.180 --> 00:29:14.740
 anticipation

00:29:14.740 --> 00:29:15.799
 of that

00:29:15.799 --> 00:29:16.160
 day,

00:29:16.259 --> 00:29:16.759
 the end

00:29:16.759 --> 00:29:17.559
 of history,

00:29:18.400 --> 00:29:18.700
 Jude is

00:29:18.700 --> 00:29:19.240
 telling us

00:29:19.240 --> 00:29:19.539
 that we

00:29:19.539 --> 00:29:19.940
 are to

00:29:19.940 --> 00:29:21.140
 do with

00:29:21.140 --> 00:29:21.380
 false

00:29:21.380 --> 00:29:21.700
 teachers

00:29:21.700 --> 00:29:22.140
 and those

00:29:22.140 --> 00:29:23.400
 who are

00:29:23.400 --> 00:29:24.000
 to do

00:29:24.000 --> 00:29:24.519
 with false

00:29:24.519 --> 00:29:24.900
 teachers

00:29:24.900 --> 00:29:25.319
 and those

00:29:25.319 --> 00:29:25.519
 who are

00:29:25.519 --> 00:29:26.140
 deceived

00:29:26.140 --> 00:29:27.319
 by false

00:29:27.319 --> 00:29:28.460
 teaching.

00:29:28.600 --> 00:29:29.079
 Here it is,

00:29:29.140 --> 00:29:29.880
 Jude says,

00:29:30.519 --> 00:29:31.299
 have mercy

00:29:31.299 --> 00:29:32.159
 on those

00:29:32.159 --> 00:29:33.299
 who doubt.

00:29:34.359 --> 00:29:34.740
 So who

00:29:34.740 --> 00:29:35.680
 are the

00:29:35.680 --> 00:29:36.079
 doubters?

00:29:36.180 --> 00:29:36.440
 I don't

00:29:36.440 --> 00:29:36.940
 think he's

00:29:36.940 --> 00:29:37.399
 thinking of

00:29:37.399 --> 00:29:38.700
 skeptics or

00:29:38.700 --> 00:29:39.399
 atheists or

00:29:39.399 --> 00:29:39.879
 something like

00:29:39.879 --> 00:29:40.399
 that,

00:29:40.859 --> 00:29:41.259
 although I

00:29:41.259 --> 00:29:41.539
 do think

00:29:41.539 --> 00:29:42.079
 this principle

00:29:42.079 --> 00:29:42.819
 applies in

00:29:42.819 --> 00:29:43.399
 that case.

00:29:44.099 --> 00:29:44.419
 But I

00:29:44.419 --> 00:29:44.879
 think Jude

00:29:44.879 --> 00:29:45.279
 has in

00:29:45.279 --> 00:29:45.879
 mind those

00:29:45.879 --> 00:29:46.200
 who are

00:29:46.200 --> 00:29:46.859
 not sure

00:29:46.859 --> 00:29:47.819
 what to

00:29:47.819 --> 00:29:48.119
 believe,

00:29:48.240 --> 00:29:48.599
 those who

00:29:48.599 --> 00:29:49.659
 are caught

00:29:49.659 --> 00:29:50.299
 up between

00:29:50.299 --> 00:29:51.419
 the apostolic

00:29:51.419 --> 00:29:52.059
 faith once

00:29:52.059 --> 00:29:52.399
 for all

00:29:52.399 --> 00:29:53.000
 delivered to

00:29:53.000 --> 00:29:53.639
 the saints

00:29:53.639 --> 00:29:55.119
 or the

00:29:55.119 --> 00:29:55.500
 false

00:29:55.500 --> 00:29:56.399
 gospel spread

00:29:56.399 --> 00:29:57.240
 by the

00:29:57.240 --> 00:29:57.519
 false

00:29:57.519 --> 00:29:57.919
 teachers.

00:29:58.039 --> 00:29:58.299
 These are

00:29:58.299 --> 00:29:58.759
 people who

00:29:58.759 --> 00:29:59.339
 just aren't

00:29:59.339 --> 00:29:59.720
 sure.

00:29:59.839 --> 00:30:00.139
 Who's

00:30:00.139 --> 00:30:00.460
 right?

00:30:00.460 --> 00:30:00.980
 Who do I

00:30:00.980 --> 00:30:01.340
 trust?

00:30:01.779 --> 00:30:02.380
 What is

00:30:02.380 --> 00:30:03.299
 true?

00:30:04.640 --> 00:30:05.059
 In other

00:30:05.059 --> 00:30:05.279
 words,

00:30:05.380 --> 00:30:05.920
 these doubters

00:30:05.920 --> 00:30:06.420
 are those

00:30:06.420 --> 00:30:06.700
 who are

00:30:06.700 --> 00:30:07.779
 being swept

00:30:07.779 --> 00:30:08.539
 away by

00:30:08.539 --> 00:30:09.079
 false

00:30:09.079 --> 00:30:09.779
 teaching.

00:30:09.880 --> 00:30:10.240
 They haven't

00:30:10.240 --> 00:30:10.620
 committed,

00:30:10.819 --> 00:30:11.259
 but they're

00:30:11.259 --> 00:30:12.140
 open.

00:30:12.259 --> 00:30:12.400
 They're

00:30:12.400 --> 00:30:13.100
 thinking about

00:30:13.100 --> 00:30:13.420
 it.

00:30:14.799 --> 00:30:14.980
 Right?

00:30:16.360 --> 00:30:16.740
 And for

00:30:16.740 --> 00:30:17.200
 the one who

00:30:17.200 --> 00:30:18.200
 is confused

00:30:18.200 --> 00:30:19.000
 about what

00:30:19.000 --> 00:30:19.579
 is true

00:30:19.579 --> 00:30:20.500
 and what

00:30:20.500 --> 00:30:21.000
 is false,

00:30:21.100 --> 00:30:21.640
 our desire

00:30:21.640 --> 00:30:22.279
 should be

00:30:22.279 --> 00:30:23.440
 mercy.

00:30:24.240 --> 00:30:24.539
 And I

00:30:24.539 --> 00:30:24.819
 don't think

00:30:24.819 --> 00:30:25.200
 it is a

00:30:25.200 --> 00:30:25.660
 stretch to

00:30:25.660 --> 00:30:26.059
 say that

00:30:26.059 --> 00:30:26.579
 Jude has

00:30:26.579 --> 00:30:27.220
 in mind

00:30:27.220 --> 00:30:28.240
 the patient

00:30:28.240 --> 00:30:28.920
 work of

00:30:28.920 --> 00:30:29.779
 discipleship,

00:30:29.779 --> 00:30:30.399
 or even

00:30:30.399 --> 00:30:31.480
 evangelism if

00:30:31.480 --> 00:30:32.119
 necessary.

00:30:33.500 --> 00:30:34.000
 So think of

00:30:34.000 --> 00:30:34.639
 Jesus when

00:30:34.639 --> 00:30:35.519
 doubting Thomas

00:30:35.519 --> 00:30:36.779
 was unconvinced

00:30:36.779 --> 00:30:37.240
 that Jesus

00:30:37.240 --> 00:30:37.819
 had truly

00:30:37.819 --> 00:30:38.279
 been

00:30:38.279 --> 00:30:39.299
 resurrected.

00:30:40.379 --> 00:30:40.819
 Mind you,

00:30:40.879 --> 00:30:41.240
 it's an

00:30:41.240 --> 00:30:42.180
 ancient heresy

00:30:42.180 --> 00:30:42.859
 to deny

00:30:42.859 --> 00:30:43.980
 the resurrection

00:30:43.980 --> 00:30:44.500
 of Jesus

00:30:44.500 --> 00:30:45.599
 Christ.

00:30:46.200 --> 00:30:46.579
 And so here

00:30:46.579 --> 00:30:47.220
 Thomas is

00:30:47.220 --> 00:30:47.579
 doubting.

00:30:47.660 --> 00:30:48.200
 He's playing

00:30:48.200 --> 00:30:48.799
 with fire.

00:30:48.960 --> 00:30:50.059
 He's being

00:30:50.059 --> 00:30:50.660
 pulled into

00:30:50.660 --> 00:30:51.599
 this heretical

00:30:51.599 --> 00:30:52.759
 idea of denying

00:30:52.759 --> 00:30:53.599
 the resurrection.

00:30:53.940 --> 00:30:54.879
 He's doubting.

00:30:56.119 --> 00:30:56.519
 And yet in

00:30:56.519 --> 00:30:57.379
 John chapter 20

00:30:57.380 --> 00:30:58.200
 verses 26

00:30:58.200 --> 00:30:58.880
 through 29

00:30:58.880 --> 00:30:59.740
 Jesus comes

00:30:59.740 --> 00:31:00.460
 to the

00:31:00.460 --> 00:31:01.160
 disciples and

00:31:01.160 --> 00:31:01.920
 his very first

00:31:01.920 --> 00:31:02.600
 words to all

00:31:02.600 --> 00:31:02.820
 of them,

00:31:02.920 --> 00:31:03.500
 including Thomas,

00:31:04.180 --> 00:31:04.720
 are this.

00:31:04.800 --> 00:31:05.340
 He says,

00:31:06.040 --> 00:31:06.740
 Peace be

00:31:06.740 --> 00:31:07.840
 with you.

00:31:09.180 --> 00:31:09.700
 Then Jesus

00:31:09.700 --> 00:31:10.120
 said to

00:31:10.120 --> 00:31:10.520
 Thomas,

00:31:11.000 --> 00:31:11.660
 Put your

00:31:11.660 --> 00:31:12.400
 finger here.

00:31:12.480 --> 00:31:12.940
 He's referring

00:31:12.940 --> 00:31:13.540
 to where his

00:31:13.540 --> 00:31:14.280
 hands had been

00:31:14.280 --> 00:31:14.720
 pierced.

00:31:14.820 --> 00:31:15.040
 He says,

00:31:15.120 --> 00:31:15.400
 Put your

00:31:15.400 --> 00:31:16.060
 finger here

00:31:16.060 --> 00:31:17.220
 and put your

00:31:17.220 --> 00:31:17.880
 hand and

00:31:17.880 --> 00:31:18.380
 place it on

00:31:18.380 --> 00:31:19.120
 my side where

00:31:19.120 --> 00:31:19.800
 he was stabbed

00:31:19.800 --> 00:31:20.860
 by a spear.

00:31:21.800 --> 00:31:22.040
 So Jesus

00:31:22.040 --> 00:31:22.260
 says,

00:31:22.340 --> 00:31:22.760
 Place your

00:31:22.760 --> 00:31:23.280
 hands in

00:31:23.280 --> 00:31:24.300
 these places.

00:31:24.460 --> 00:31:25.000
 See that I

00:31:25.000 --> 00:31:25.700
 truly am the

00:31:25.700 --> 00:31:26.700
 one who was

00:31:26.700 --> 00:31:27.019
 pierced,

00:31:27.080 --> 00:31:27.580
 the one who

00:31:27.580 --> 00:31:28.220
 was crucified.

00:31:29.259 --> 00:31:29.759
 And Jesus

00:31:29.759 --> 00:31:30.319
 goes on to

00:31:30.319 --> 00:31:30.620
 say to

00:31:30.620 --> 00:31:31.000
 Thomas,

00:31:31.440 --> 00:31:31.940
 Do not

00:31:31.940 --> 00:31:32.680
 disbelieve,

00:31:32.840 --> 00:31:33.860
 but believe.

00:31:34.779 --> 00:31:35.480
 And Thomas

00:31:35.480 --> 00:31:36.140
 answered him,

00:31:36.480 --> 00:31:37.360
 My Lord

00:31:37.360 --> 00:31:38.360
 and God.

00:31:39.740 --> 00:31:40.360
 I see how

00:31:40.360 --> 00:31:41.140
 gently and

00:31:41.140 --> 00:31:42.240
 yet firmly

00:31:42.240 --> 00:31:43.220
 Jesus showed

00:31:43.220 --> 00:31:43.900
 Thomas the

00:31:43.900 --> 00:31:45.259
 error of

00:31:45.259 --> 00:31:45.920
 his doubt.

00:31:46.819 --> 00:31:47.480
 Let us be

00:31:47.480 --> 00:31:48.360
 likewise to

00:31:48.360 --> 00:31:49.500
 those who

00:31:49.500 --> 00:31:50.980
 doubt today.

00:31:52.600 --> 00:31:53.180
 And likewise,

00:31:53.360 --> 00:31:53.860
 there are those

00:31:53.860 --> 00:31:54.840
 who are so

00:31:54.840 --> 00:31:55.580
 convinced by

00:31:55.580 --> 00:31:56.220
 false teaching

00:31:56.220 --> 00:31:56.559
 that they

00:31:56.559 --> 00:31:57.299
 are practically

00:31:57.299 --> 00:31:58.680
 on fire,

00:31:58.799 --> 00:31:59.420
 meaning they

00:31:59.420 --> 00:31:59.880
 are heading

00:31:59.880 --> 00:32:00.860
 for hell

00:32:00.860 --> 00:32:01.539
 if they do

00:32:01.539 --> 00:32:02.140
 not repent

00:32:02.140 --> 00:32:02.839
 and believe

00:32:02.839 --> 00:32:03.559
 in the true

00:32:03.559 --> 00:32:04.880
 gospel.

00:32:06.220 --> 00:32:06.620
 Yet the

00:32:06.620 --> 00:32:07.220
 grace and

00:32:07.220 --> 00:32:07.700
 love of God

00:32:07.700 --> 00:32:08.299
 demands that

00:32:08.299 --> 00:32:08.880
 we work to

00:32:08.880 --> 00:32:09.440
 save them

00:32:09.440 --> 00:32:10.319
 by snatching

00:32:10.319 --> 00:32:10.559
 them,

00:32:10.620 --> 00:32:10.920
 as Jude

00:32:10.920 --> 00:32:11.299
 says,

00:32:11.700 --> 00:32:12.740
 from the

00:32:12.740 --> 00:32:13.140
 fire.

00:32:13.819 --> 00:32:14.220
 So this is

00:32:14.220 --> 00:32:14.759
 much more

00:32:14.759 --> 00:32:16.259
 forceful language.

00:32:16.420 --> 00:32:16.860
 Jude is saying

00:32:16.860 --> 00:32:17.420
 we are to

00:32:17.420 --> 00:32:18.400
 aggressively

00:32:18.400 --> 00:32:19.319
 plead and

00:32:19.319 --> 00:32:20.180
 argue with

00:32:20.180 --> 00:32:20.700
 this person

00:32:20.700 --> 00:32:22.000
 concerning the

00:32:22.000 --> 00:32:22.720
 error of

00:32:22.720 --> 00:32:23.339
 their way.

00:32:23.339 --> 00:32:24.679
 God

00:32:24.679 --> 00:32:24.679


00:32:24.679 --> 00:32:25.220
 think of

00:32:25.220 --> 00:32:25.959
 how Christ

00:32:25.959 --> 00:32:26.819
 sternly and

00:32:26.819 --> 00:32:27.639
 bluntly called

00:32:27.639 --> 00:32:28.039
 out the

00:32:28.039 --> 00:32:29.099
 Pharisees and

00:32:29.099 --> 00:32:29.779
 Sadducees

00:32:29.779 --> 00:32:30.939
 throughout the

00:32:30.939 --> 00:32:31.419
 gospels.

00:32:31.519 --> 00:32:31.899
 These were

00:32:31.899 --> 00:32:33.079
 false teachers

00:32:33.079 --> 00:32:34.000
 convinced by

00:32:34.000 --> 00:32:34.799
 their false

00:32:34.799 --> 00:32:35.879
 teaching.

00:32:36.639 --> 00:32:37.379
 So Jesus

00:32:37.379 --> 00:32:37.959
 dealt with

00:32:37.959 --> 00:32:38.279
 them in a

00:32:38.279 --> 00:32:39.000
 very bold

00:32:39.000 --> 00:32:39.939
 and serious

00:32:39.939 --> 00:32:41.019
 manner.

00:32:41.199 --> 00:32:41.599
 And again,

00:32:41.720 --> 00:32:42.279
 I pray that

00:32:42.279 --> 00:32:43.039
 we would do

00:32:43.039 --> 00:32:44.439
 likewise when

00:32:44.439 --> 00:32:44.980
 the occasion

00:32:44.980 --> 00:32:46.559
 calls for it.

00:32:46.639 --> 00:32:47.000
 That we would

00:32:47.000 --> 00:32:48.179
 be so bold

00:32:48.179 --> 00:32:48.919
 and so loving

00:32:48.919 --> 00:32:49.500
 to call out

00:32:49.500 --> 00:32:50.299
 such people

00:32:50.299 --> 00:32:51.200
 to their

00:32:51.200 --> 00:32:52.399
 face for

00:32:52.399 --> 00:32:53.159
 their salvation.

00:32:53.960 --> 00:32:54.279
 To give

00:32:54.279 --> 00:32:54.539
 them that

00:32:54.539 --> 00:32:55.000
 opportunity

00:32:55.000 --> 00:32:55.659
 again to

00:32:55.659 --> 00:32:57.259
 repent and

00:32:57.259 --> 00:32:57.619
 believe.

00:32:59.839 --> 00:33:00.159
 And Jude

00:33:00.159 --> 00:33:00.680
 tells us

00:33:00.680 --> 00:33:01.440
 lastly that

00:33:01.440 --> 00:33:02.220
 to others

00:33:02.220 --> 00:33:03.460
 we show

00:33:03.460 --> 00:33:04.799
 mercy with

00:33:04.799 --> 00:33:05.159
 fear.

00:33:05.259 --> 00:33:05.740
 So who

00:33:05.740 --> 00:33:06.779
 is this

00:33:06.779 --> 00:33:07.659
 last group?

00:33:07.740 --> 00:33:07.919
 And the

00:33:07.919 --> 00:33:08.619
 description at

00:33:08.619 --> 00:33:09.000
 the end of

00:33:09.000 --> 00:33:09.639
 verse 23

00:33:09.639 --> 00:33:10.419
 is key.

00:33:10.980 --> 00:33:11.139
 And I

00:33:11.139 --> 00:33:11.500
 will warn

00:33:11.500 --> 00:33:11.799
 you that

00:33:11.799 --> 00:33:12.240
 this is

00:33:12.240 --> 00:33:13.119
 gross

00:33:13.119 --> 00:33:13.879
 imagery that

00:33:13.879 --> 00:33:14.440
 Jude gives

00:33:14.440 --> 00:33:14.859
 us.

00:33:16.279 --> 00:33:16.779
 The imagery

00:33:16.779 --> 00:33:17.460
 is that of

00:33:17.460 --> 00:33:18.079
 one who's

00:33:18.079 --> 00:33:19.099
 undergarments.

00:33:19.180 --> 00:33:19.399
 In your

00:33:19.399 --> 00:33:19.859
 ESV it

00:33:19.859 --> 00:33:20.439
 says garments

00:33:20.439 --> 00:33:20.839
 but the

00:33:20.839 --> 00:33:21.259
 Greek word

00:33:21.259 --> 00:33:21.959
 really means

00:33:21.959 --> 00:33:23.179
 undergarments

00:33:23.179 --> 00:33:23.539
 or their

00:33:23.539 --> 00:33:24.419
 underwear to

00:33:24.419 --> 00:33:24.819
 be clear.

00:33:25.079 --> 00:33:25.559
 And he

00:33:25.559 --> 00:33:26.099
 says it

00:33:26.099 --> 00:33:26.619
 is stained

00:33:26.619 --> 00:33:29.619
 by all

00:33:29.619 --> 00:33:30.319
 manner of

00:33:30.319 --> 00:33:30.799
 bodily

00:33:30.799 --> 00:33:32.019
 produce.

00:33:33.039 --> 00:33:33.119
 And

00:33:33.119 --> 00:33:33.500
 specifically

00:33:33.500 --> 00:33:34.019
 given the

00:33:34.019 --> 00:33:34.279
 Greek

00:33:34.279 --> 00:33:34.819
 underlying

00:33:34.819 --> 00:33:35.619
 this text

00:33:35.619 --> 00:33:36.359
 as well as

00:33:36.359 --> 00:33:36.959
 the context

00:33:36.959 --> 00:33:37.319
 of the

00:33:37.319 --> 00:33:37.740
 letter as

00:33:37.740 --> 00:33:38.240
 a whole

00:33:38.240 --> 00:33:39.500
 I think

00:33:39.500 --> 00:33:39.959
 Jude is

00:33:39.959 --> 00:33:40.539
 depicting

00:33:40.539 --> 00:33:41.419
 an adulterer

00:33:41.419 --> 00:33:41.619
 whose

00:33:41.619 --> 00:33:42.319
 undergarments

00:33:42.319 --> 00:33:43.000
 are stained

00:33:43.000 --> 00:33:44.379
 significantly.

00:33:45.159 --> 00:33:45.459
 In other

00:33:45.459 --> 00:33:46.000
 words Jude

00:33:46.000 --> 00:33:46.699
 is addressing

00:33:46.699 --> 00:33:47.459
 the actual

00:33:47.459 --> 00:33:47.899
 false

00:33:47.899 --> 00:33:48.319
 teachers

00:33:48.319 --> 00:33:48.619
 who

00:33:48.619 --> 00:33:49.199
 practice

00:33:49.200 --> 00:33:50.960
 licentiousness.

00:33:51.600 --> 00:33:52.220
 He's talking

00:33:52.220 --> 00:33:52.680
 about the

00:33:52.680 --> 00:33:53.420
 very people

00:33:53.420 --> 00:33:53.680
 who

00:33:53.680 --> 00:33:54.059
 quote

00:33:54.059 --> 00:33:54.740
 verse 4

00:33:54.740 --> 00:33:55.660
 pervert

00:33:55.660 --> 00:33:56.160
 the grace

00:33:56.160 --> 00:33:56.480
 of our

00:33:56.480 --> 00:33:56.860
 God

00:33:56.860 --> 00:33:57.819
 into

00:33:57.819 --> 00:33:58.559
 sensuality.

00:33:58.640 --> 00:33:58.900
 Well you

00:33:58.900 --> 00:33:59.319
 say well

00:33:59.319 --> 00:33:59.660
 that's

00:33:59.660 --> 00:34:00.319
 disgusting

00:34:00.319 --> 00:34:00.759
 to which

00:34:00.759 --> 00:34:01.120
 Jude would

00:34:01.120 --> 00:34:01.400
 reply

00:34:01.400 --> 00:34:01.880
 that's

00:34:01.880 --> 00:34:02.799
 the point.

00:34:04.539 --> 00:34:05.000
 He's talking

00:34:05.000 --> 00:34:05.400
 about the

00:34:05.400 --> 00:34:06.200
 very people

00:34:06.200 --> 00:34:06.559
 who are

00:34:06.559 --> 00:34:07.240
 just like

00:34:07.240 --> 00:34:08.360
 the grumblers

00:34:08.360 --> 00:34:08.740
 in the

00:34:08.740 --> 00:34:09.059
 Exodus

00:34:09.059 --> 00:34:09.800
 just like

00:34:09.800 --> 00:34:10.440
 the rebellious

00:34:10.440 --> 00:34:10.840
 angels

00:34:10.840 --> 00:34:11.840
 just like

00:34:11.840 --> 00:34:12.360
 Sodom

00:34:12.360 --> 00:34:13.420
 and Gomorrah

00:34:13.420 --> 00:34:14.079
 these people

00:34:14.079 --> 00:34:14.900
 who are

00:34:14.900 --> 00:34:15.519
 also just

00:34:15.519 --> 00:34:16.139
 like Cain

00:34:16.139 --> 00:34:16.679
 and Balaam

00:34:16.679 --> 00:34:17.339
 and Korah

00:34:17.339 --> 00:34:18.359
 these

00:34:18.359 --> 00:34:19.000
 ungodly

00:34:19.000 --> 00:34:19.539
 perverted

00:34:19.539 --> 00:34:20.400
 adulterous

00:34:20.400 --> 00:34:21.099
 false

00:34:21.099 --> 00:34:21.500
 teachers

00:34:21.500 --> 00:34:22.000
 are whom

00:34:22.000 --> 00:34:22.219
 Jude

00:34:22.219 --> 00:34:22.599
 has in

00:34:22.599 --> 00:34:22.920
 mind

00:34:22.920 --> 00:34:23.619
 and it

00:34:23.619 --> 00:34:23.799
 may

00:34:23.799 --> 00:34:24.279
 surprise

00:34:24.279 --> 00:34:24.519
 you

00:34:24.519 --> 00:34:24.739
 given

00:34:24.739 --> 00:34:24.940
 the

00:34:24.940 --> 00:34:25.259
 language

00:34:25.259 --> 00:34:25.579
 we have

00:34:25.579 --> 00:34:25.779
 read

00:34:25.779 --> 00:34:26.359
 thus far

00:34:26.359 --> 00:34:26.619
 about

00:34:26.619 --> 00:34:27.019
 judgment

00:34:27.019 --> 00:34:27.659
 and hell

00:34:27.659 --> 00:34:28.920
 but what

00:34:28.920 --> 00:34:29.420
 exactly

00:34:29.420 --> 00:34:29.920
 does Jude

00:34:29.920 --> 00:34:30.299
 tell us

00:34:30.299 --> 00:34:30.639
 to do

00:34:30.639 --> 00:34:31.219
 with such

00:34:31.219 --> 00:34:31.920
 people

00:34:31.920 --> 00:34:32.239
 how do

00:34:32.239 --> 00:34:32.379
 we

00:34:32.379 --> 00:34:32.839
 contend

00:34:32.839 --> 00:34:33.199
 for the

00:34:33.199 --> 00:34:33.559
 faith

00:34:33.559 --> 00:34:34.099
 with

00:34:34.099 --> 00:34:34.579
 these

00:34:34.579 --> 00:34:35.480
 people

00:34:35.480 --> 00:34:35.980
 and Jude's

00:34:35.980 --> 00:34:36.420
 answer

00:34:36.420 --> 00:34:36.879
 in verse

00:34:36.879 --> 00:34:37.440
 23

00:34:37.440 --> 00:34:38.739
 we show

00:34:38.739 --> 00:34:39.319
 mercy

00:34:39.319 --> 00:34:40.379
 with fear

00:34:40.380 --> 00:34:42.559
 I've said

00:34:42.559 --> 00:34:42.920
 it throughout

00:34:42.920 --> 00:34:43.420
 these last

00:34:43.420 --> 00:34:43.960
 few weeks

00:34:43.960 --> 00:34:44.180
 and I'll

00:34:44.180 --> 00:34:44.420
 say it

00:34:44.420 --> 00:34:44.660
 again

00:34:44.660 --> 00:34:45.240
 these

00:34:45.240 --> 00:34:45.660
 false

00:34:45.660 --> 00:34:46.099
 teachers

00:34:46.099 --> 00:34:46.900
 are not

00:34:46.900 --> 00:34:47.820
 beyond the

00:34:47.820 --> 00:34:48.200
 power

00:34:48.200 --> 00:34:49.160
 of the

00:34:49.160 --> 00:34:49.619
 gospel

00:34:49.619 --> 00:34:50.579
 God

00:34:50.579 --> 00:34:51.160
 has

00:34:51.160 --> 00:34:51.760
 and can

00:34:51.760 --> 00:34:52.300
 and still

00:34:52.300 --> 00:34:52.840
 does

00:34:52.840 --> 00:34:53.340
 save

00:34:53.340 --> 00:34:53.840
 such

00:34:53.840 --> 00:34:54.900
 people

00:34:54.900 --> 00:34:55.420
 praise

00:34:55.420 --> 00:34:56.320
 the

00:34:56.320 --> 00:34:56.680
 Lord

00:34:56.680 --> 00:34:58.079
 and we

00:34:58.079 --> 00:34:58.440
 should not

00:34:58.440 --> 00:34:58.860
 give up

00:34:58.860 --> 00:34:59.240
 on them

00:34:59.240 --> 00:34:59.660
 or turn

00:34:59.660 --> 00:35:00.220
 our backs

00:35:00.220 --> 00:35:00.519
 to them

00:35:00.519 --> 00:35:00.800
 rather

00:35:00.800 --> 00:35:01.320
 we show

00:35:01.320 --> 00:35:02.099
 mercy

00:35:02.099 --> 00:35:02.539
 to them

00:35:02.539 --> 00:35:03.280
 by correcting

00:35:03.280 --> 00:35:03.720
 their way

00:35:03.720 --> 00:35:04.300
 by calling

00:35:04.300 --> 00:35:04.700
 them to

00:35:04.700 --> 00:35:05.059
 repentance

00:35:05.059 --> 00:35:05.820
 and faith

00:35:05.820 --> 00:35:06.880
 by pleading

00:35:06.880 --> 00:35:07.380
 with them

00:35:07.380 --> 00:35:08.260
 to turn

00:35:08.260 --> 00:35:08.539
 to the

00:35:08.539 --> 00:35:08.760
 true

00:35:08.760 --> 00:35:09.180
 gospel

00:35:09.180 --> 00:35:09.800
 to turn

00:35:09.800 --> 00:35:11.180
 to Christ

00:35:11.180 --> 00:35:12.600
 and we

00:35:12.600 --> 00:35:12.840
 need to

00:35:12.840 --> 00:35:13.320
 do so

00:35:13.320 --> 00:35:13.680
 with

00:35:13.680 --> 00:35:14.840
 fear

00:35:14.840 --> 00:35:16.480
 I think

00:35:16.480 --> 00:35:16.780
 Jude

00:35:16.780 --> 00:35:17.140
 intends

00:35:17.140 --> 00:35:17.740
 by this

00:35:17.740 --> 00:35:18.380
 that we

00:35:18.380 --> 00:35:18.700
 must be

00:35:18.700 --> 00:35:19.539
 very wise

00:35:19.539 --> 00:35:20.200
 and discerning

00:35:20.200 --> 00:35:21.380
 with how

00:35:21.380 --> 00:35:22.580
 we approach

00:35:22.580 --> 00:35:23.380
 such people

00:35:23.380 --> 00:35:24.260
 you read

00:35:24.260 --> 00:35:24.519
 the New

00:35:24.519 --> 00:35:24.840
 Testament

00:35:24.840 --> 00:35:25.300
 carefully

00:35:25.300 --> 00:35:25.519
 or the

00:35:25.519 --> 00:35:25.680
 Old

00:35:25.680 --> 00:35:26.019
 Testament

00:35:26.019 --> 00:35:26.780
 warning

00:35:26.780 --> 00:35:27.180
 after

00:35:27.180 --> 00:35:27.600
 warning

00:35:27.600 --> 00:35:28.019
 is given

00:35:28.019 --> 00:35:28.700
 to those

00:35:28.700 --> 00:35:30.120
 who spend

00:35:30.120 --> 00:35:30.539
 too much

00:35:30.539 --> 00:35:30.860
 time

00:35:30.860 --> 00:35:31.440
 with false

00:35:31.440 --> 00:35:32.039
 teachers

00:35:32.039 --> 00:35:33.780
 and yet

00:35:33.780 --> 00:35:34.180
 we see

00:35:34.180 --> 00:35:34.480
 Jesus

00:35:34.480 --> 00:35:34.980
 sit

00:35:34.980 --> 00:35:35.500
 and dine

00:35:35.500 --> 00:35:35.720
 with

00:35:35.720 --> 00:35:36.500
 Pharisees

00:35:36.500 --> 00:35:36.860
 and yet

00:35:36.860 --> 00:35:37.220
 we see

00:35:37.220 --> 00:35:37.500
 Jesus

00:35:37.500 --> 00:35:37.920
 come

00:35:37.920 --> 00:35:38.660
 to false

00:35:38.660 --> 00:35:39.039
 teachers

00:35:39.039 --> 00:35:39.720
 and engage

00:35:39.719 --> 00:35:40.119
 them

00:35:40.119 --> 00:35:42.099
 and we

00:35:42.099 --> 00:35:42.399
 don't have

00:35:42.399 --> 00:35:42.859
 time to

00:35:42.859 --> 00:35:43.219
 go into

00:35:43.219 --> 00:35:43.739
 that in

00:35:43.739 --> 00:35:44.039
 depth

00:35:44.039 --> 00:35:44.480
 but just

00:35:44.480 --> 00:35:44.859
 know

00:35:44.859 --> 00:35:45.639
 that we

00:35:45.639 --> 00:35:45.899
 need to

00:35:45.899 --> 00:35:46.419
 be careful

00:35:46.419 --> 00:35:47.019
 with how

00:35:47.019 --> 00:35:47.599
 and when

00:35:47.599 --> 00:35:48.419
 we interact

00:35:48.419 --> 00:35:49.579
 with such

00:35:49.579 --> 00:35:50.359
 people

00:35:50.359 --> 00:35:50.799
 but don't

00:35:50.799 --> 00:35:51.259
 miss that

00:35:51.259 --> 00:35:51.759
 we do

00:35:51.759 --> 00:35:52.739
 interact

00:35:52.739 --> 00:35:53.219
 we do

00:35:53.219 --> 00:35:54.199
 reach out

00:35:54.199 --> 00:35:54.559
 we do

00:35:54.559 --> 00:35:54.980
 still

00:35:54.980 --> 00:35:55.439
 preach

00:35:55.439 --> 00:35:56.659
 the gospel

00:35:56.659 --> 00:35:57.259
 to such

00:35:57.259 --> 00:35:58.639
 people

00:35:58.639 --> 00:36:00.000
 and we do

00:36:00.000 --> 00:36:00.359
 so with

00:36:00.359 --> 00:36:00.739
 fear

00:36:00.739 --> 00:36:01.179
 because

00:36:01.179 --> 00:36:01.859
 if we

00:36:01.859 --> 00:36:02.219
 are not

00:36:02.219 --> 00:36:02.759
 careful

00:36:02.759 --> 00:36:04.019
 knowing that

00:36:04.019 --> 00:36:04.419
 these people

00:36:04.419 --> 00:36:05.079
 teach false

00:36:05.079 --> 00:36:05.619
 ideas

00:36:05.619 --> 00:36:06.179
 that sound

00:36:06.179 --> 00:36:06.539
 biblical

00:36:06.539 --> 00:36:07.079
 knowing that

00:36:07.079 --> 00:36:07.480
 these people

00:36:07.480 --> 00:36:08.019
 then use

00:36:08.019 --> 00:36:08.639
 those ideas

00:36:08.639 --> 00:36:09.760
 to justify

00:36:09.760 --> 00:36:10.400
 sin

00:36:10.400 --> 00:36:11.099
 something that

00:36:11.099 --> 00:36:11.920
 our flesh

00:36:11.920 --> 00:36:12.340
 innately

00:36:12.340 --> 00:36:12.920
 desires

00:36:12.920 --> 00:36:14.219
 we have to

00:36:14.219 --> 00:36:14.679
 be careful

00:36:14.679 --> 00:36:15.240
 because who

00:36:15.240 --> 00:36:16.179
 knows what

00:36:16.179 --> 00:36:16.840
 temptations

00:36:16.840 --> 00:36:17.300
 or what

00:36:17.300 --> 00:36:17.940
 doubts

00:36:17.940 --> 00:36:18.740
 will come

00:36:18.740 --> 00:36:19.400
 our way

00:36:19.400 --> 00:36:20.699
 if we interact

00:36:20.699 --> 00:36:21.320
 with these people

00:36:21.320 --> 00:36:22.280
 carelessly

00:36:22.280 --> 00:36:25.440
 so the end

00:36:25.440 --> 00:36:26.019
 is coming

00:36:26.019 --> 00:36:26.519
 the time

00:36:26.519 --> 00:36:27.000
 is ticking

00:36:27.000 --> 00:36:27.380
 away

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 and Christ

00:36:27.900 --> 00:36:28.480
 will judge

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 justly

00:36:29.160 --> 00:36:30.240
 all who

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 do not

00:36:30.680 --> 00:36:31.100
 repent

00:36:31.100 --> 00:36:31.880
 and believe

00:36:31.880 --> 00:36:33.000
 in him

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 and we're

00:36:34.840 --> 00:36:35.300
 going to be

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 assaulted

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 by all kinds

00:36:36.820 --> 00:36:37.240
 of false

00:36:37.240 --> 00:36:37.660
 teachers

00:36:37.660 --> 00:36:38.440
 in our life

00:36:38.440 --> 00:36:38.820
 we already

00:36:38.820 --> 00:36:40.019
 have been

00:36:40.019 --> 00:36:40.400
 I know

00:36:40.400 --> 00:36:41.380
 for many of us

00:36:41.380 --> 00:36:41.940
 we've encountered

00:36:41.940 --> 00:36:42.240
 this

00:36:42.240 --> 00:36:42.760
 for many of us

00:36:42.760 --> 00:36:43.120
 we once

00:36:43.120 --> 00:36:43.660
 believed

00:36:43.660 --> 00:36:45.200
 these things

00:36:45.200 --> 00:36:46.740
 and so we

00:36:46.740 --> 00:36:47.400
 need to wait

00:36:47.400 --> 00:36:48.200
 and be merciful

00:36:48.200 --> 00:36:48.860
 we need to

00:36:48.860 --> 00:36:49.860
 orient our

00:36:49.860 --> 00:36:50.720
 lives right

00:36:50.720 --> 00:36:51.180
 now

00:36:51.179 --> 00:36:52.359
 with this end

00:36:52.359 --> 00:36:53.259
 in mind

00:36:53.259 --> 00:36:53.819
 knowing that

00:36:53.819 --> 00:36:54.399
 God will

00:36:54.399 --> 00:36:54.839
 judge

00:36:54.839 --> 00:36:55.699
 the wicked

00:36:55.699 --> 00:36:57.559
 so we need

00:36:57.559 --> 00:36:57.940
 to be

00:36:57.940 --> 00:36:58.559
 wise

00:36:58.559 --> 00:36:59.179
 and intentional

00:36:59.179 --> 00:36:59.799
 with showing

00:36:59.799 --> 00:37:00.239
 mercy

00:37:00.239 --> 00:37:01.199
 to all

00:37:01.199 --> 00:37:01.699
 so that they

00:37:01.699 --> 00:37:02.440
 might come

00:37:02.440 --> 00:37:02.759
 to know

00:37:02.759 --> 00:37:03.159
 Christ

00:37:03.159 --> 00:37:04.599
 and be saved

00:37:04.599 --> 00:37:05.399
 so to that end

00:37:05.399 --> 00:37:06.159
 let's pray