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 Last week we saw that Jude, or Judas if you recall, his name in Greek, that he is the half-brother of Jesus and the brother of James.

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 He wanted to write this letter to the church about the gospel and the beauties therein.

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 But in his own words, he was constrained, or he found it necessary to write to them instead that they ought to contend for the faith in verse 3.

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 He felt constrained because the occasion demanded it.

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 The occasion is many false teachers are perverting the grace of God so as to allow sensuality.

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 We see that in verse 4.

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 And if you recall, I mentioned that these false teachers are antinomians of some kind.

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 They are anti-law.

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 They do not submit to Christ.

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 Rather, they deny his lordship by their lifestyle.

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 They do what they want, when they want, and how they want, with no regard for God.

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 And Jude's charge to us in this scenario, to his audience at the time, is to contend for the faith.

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 This is the main exhortation that runs throughout this entire letter.

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 And again, Jude does not explicitly explain how to contend for the faith until verses 17 through 23, which we will cover in a couple weeks.

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 But rather, Jude goes on to explain the threat that these false teachers pose in verse 4.

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 They threaten to destroy the very gospel which we proclaim by distorting it.

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 A watered-down gospel being no gospel at all.

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 That is the threat that false teachers pose that we saw last week.

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 So we saw that threat, but now we are primarily going to see Jude describe the future and what it holds for these false teachers, for these apostates.

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 And so picking back up in verse 5, Jude writes,

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 Now I want to remind you, although you once fully knew it,

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 that the Lord who saved a people out of the land of Egypt, afterward destroyed those who did not believe.

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 And the angels who did not stay within their own position of authority but left their proper dwelling,

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 He has kept in eternal chains under gloomy darkness until the judgment of the great day.

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 Just as Sodom and Gomorrah and the surrounding cities,

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 which likewise indulged in sexual immorality and pursued unnatural desire,

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 just as they serve as an example by undergoing a punishment of eternal fire.

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 So I have two applications today which will serve as our outline.

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 Number one, know your Old Testament well.

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 And number two, consider the fool's end.

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 So application number one, know your Old Testament well.

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 This section of Jude's letter flows out of his desire to remind.

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 He wants to remind his true Christian audience of truths concerning the Old Testament.

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 Namely, he wants them to understand a pattern, a pattern of false teachers.

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 And in typical Jewish fashion, he does so in rapid typological examples.

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 He mentions the Exodus generation, the rebellious angels, and Sodom and Gomorrah.

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 These three serve as templates to help us understand what the end holds for false teachers.

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 And these three examples will also hint at a description of the false teachers,

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 which Jude will describe them more fully next week in our text.

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 But even now, he's beginning to show us what they are really like,

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 what they really do, who they really are.

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 And so again, verse 5, Jude assumes much of his audience.

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 Again, last week, he assumed his audience was familiar with the doctrines of divine election and reprobation.

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 This week, he assumes his audience is familiar with the Old Testament.

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 And frankly, the word familiar is a severe understatement.

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 He says in verse 5,

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 I want to remind you, although you once fully knew it, that's how your ESV translate it.

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 The Greek word for once is the same word used in verse 3 to describe the faith once for all delivered to the saints.

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 So my translation reads this way,

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 you who once for all know this.

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 So there seems to be this comprehensive knowledge,

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 this very detailed, deep, intimate knowledge of the Old Testament

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 that Jude is assuming the church knows.

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 And not just the stories, but the theological significance of those stories.

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 They know their Old Testament well.

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 And Jude assumes this.

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 So we should ensure these things are very well known to us.

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 Not just the details of the story, but what it means, the significance, the theological significance.

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 But just in case all these stories are maybe blurry in your mind,

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 or you can't quite recall what's going on in these references,

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 we'll run through those quickly.

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 So in verse 5, the second half of verse 5,

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 we see that the Lord saved the people out of the land of Egypt,

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 and afterward destroyed those who did not believe.

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 So Jude here is not quoting a particular text,

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 but is summarizing a large number of texts that talk about the Exodus event.

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 Biblical texts like the Pentateuch,

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 and even the prophets who think back on the Exodus.

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 And this great historical act of the Exodus,

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 when God saved Israel out of slavery in Egypt,

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 has always served biblically as a picture of salvation and judgment.

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 God judged Pharaoh along with Egypt while saving and calling Israel to himself.

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 You have the Egyptians who are outside of God's people,

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 who are cut off,

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 versus the Israelites who are God's people.

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 They are inside the faith.

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 But I don't think Jude is referring to the Egyptians.

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 Remember, Jude is addressing people who claim to be of the faith,

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 who claim to be Christians,

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 who are apostates.

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 So I think Jude has in mind apostates from the Exodus account,

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 and of which, frankly, there are an abundance.

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 You can take your pick.

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 There were those who,

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 while Moses is up on the mount receiving the law,

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 who rose up to play, is the expression,

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 and they worshipped the golden calf.

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 They were guilty of idolatry as they worshipped this golden calf,

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 and rose up to play being a euphemistic phrase,

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 meaning they were committing mass adultery.

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 And the interesting thing here is you will often hear Exodus 32

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 preached as if these people reverted back to paganism

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 by worshipping the golden calf,

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 as if they just decided to abandon God altogether,

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 you know, that they rejected him.

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 But listen to Exodus 32, verses 4 through 6 carefully.

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 Moses writes,

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 And Aaron received the gold from their hand

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 and fashioned it with a graving tool

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 and made a golden calf.

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 And the crowd said,

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 listen to this,

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 These are your gods, O Israel,

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 who brought you up out of the land of Egypt.

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 And in verse 5,

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 Aaron refers to this golden calf as Yahweh.

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 He uses the covenant name for the Israel God

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 to refer to this image.

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 So Aaron is saying to the people,

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 The golden calf is Yahweh.

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 So they thought they were worshipping the one true God

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 who led them out of Egypt,

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 when in fact they were doing anything but.

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 So they did revert to paganism in one sense,

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 their pagan practices,

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 their pagan ideas,

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 but they tried to blend it in

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 with worshipping the one true God,

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 which never goes well.

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 In their claim of worshipping Yahweh,

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 they dishonor Him

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 by practicing lawlessness,

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 sexual immorality,

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 and idolatry.

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 False teaching leads to these things.

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 And this sounds like Jude 4 from last week.

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 Jude accuses the false teachers in his letter

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 of being those who pervert the grace of our God

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 into sensuality.

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 So going back to Exodus,

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 as a result,

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 God commanded the men who repented.

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 We see this in Exodus 32, 27-28.

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 He commands them and he says to them,

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 To put on their sword

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 and go to and fro,

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 gate to gate,

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 throughout the camp.

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 Each of you kill his brother

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 and his companion

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 and his neighbor.

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 And the sons of Levi

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 did according to the word of Moses.

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 And that day about 3,000 men fell.

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 Divine judgment on the apostate.

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 There are also those in Numbers 14,

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 which is still referring to

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 the Exodus wilderness wanderings.

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 These people,

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 who again are claiming to be in the faith,

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 claiming to be the people of God,

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 these people doubted God.

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 And after Israel had sent spies

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 to check out the promised land

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 in Numbers 13,

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 the Israelites become fearful

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 of fighting the giant inhabitants.

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 And as a result,

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 we see in Numbers 14, verse 2,

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 that they grumbled

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 and demanded that they elect

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 new leaders

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 to lead them back to Egypt,

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 back to slavery,

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 back to oppression,

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 back to wickedness,

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 all because they doubted God.

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 So these people were so set

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 on this rebellion

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 to the point

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 that they wanted to murder,

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 to stone the faithful,

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 Joshua and Moses,

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 in Numbers 14, verse 10.

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 And in verse 11,

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 the Lord responds,

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 he says to Moses,

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 how long will these people,

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 the Israelites,

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 how long will these people despise me?

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 And how long will they not believe in me

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 in spite of all the signs

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 that I have done among them?

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 So Jude very well could have been thinking

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 of this text specifically

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 because he refers to those

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 who did not believe

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 and God accuses these doubters

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 of disbelief.

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 It's hard to be too dogmatic

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 about exactly what he has in mind

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 here in the Exodus account.

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 But nonetheless,

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 the point remains

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 that here we have the people

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 from the Exodus generation

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 who did not believe.

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 And as a result,

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 their entire generation

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 was not allowed to enter

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 the promised land

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 with, of course,

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 a few exceptions.

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 They were judged by God

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 and perished in the wilderness.

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 So the Exodus generation

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 is the first example.

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 The second example

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 is very interesting.

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 Jude references

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 a suetopigraphal work,

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 just meaning false writings.

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 So look at verse 6.

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 He says,

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 and the angels

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 who did not stay

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 within their own position

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 of authority,

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 but left their proper dwelling,

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 he has kept in eternal chains

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 under gloomy darkness

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 until the judgment

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 of the great day.

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 So this is not a story

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 you will find

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 anywhere in the Bible.

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 It's a reference,

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 actually,

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 to 1 Enoch,

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 specifically the Book

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 of the Watchers,

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 which is a part

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 of 1 Enoch.

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 1 Enoch was a very

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 well-known book

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 in the Greco-Roman world,

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 specifically to Jews.

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 It's written roughly

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 2nd century B.C.

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 So it's written

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 between the Old

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 and New Testaments.

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 And to be clear,

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 Enoch from the Bible,

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 from the book of Genesis,

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 is not the true author,

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 hence why it's called

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 a suetopigrapha,

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 false writing.

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 He didn't actually write it.

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 But it's alluded to

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 in our text today

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 in verse 6,

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 and it's quoted

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 specifically

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 in Jude 14 through 15,

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 which we'll see

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 in a few weeks.

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 And just without

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 rattling them,

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 it's alluded to

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 throughout the New Testament

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 all over.

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 So it's a very popular work,

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 a very well-known work,

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 that interacts

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 with the Bible

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 to a great extent.

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 Now, to be clear,

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 it's not

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 canonical scripture.

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 That's really important.

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 It's not the Word of God.

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 It is not authoritative.

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 But it's really helpful

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 because it helps us

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 understand Jewish thought,

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 Jewish interpretation.

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 It helps us see

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 what they thought

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 about the Bible

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 at that time.

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 And it is referenced

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 in the Bible,

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 so it's good to know

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 what they're referencing.

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 So in the Book of the Watchers,

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 Jude is interacting

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 with a section

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 in which Enoch,

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 supposedly Enoch,

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 is retelling

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 Genesis 6,

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 1 through 4.

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 So the biblical,

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 the canonical

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 Genesis 6,

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 1 through 4,

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 so this,

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 the Word of God,

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 says this,

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 when man began

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 to multiply

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 on the face

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 of the land

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 and daughters

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 were born to them,

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 the sons of God

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 saw that the daughters

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 of man were attractive

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 and they took

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 as their wives

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 any they chose.

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 Then the Lord said,

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 My spirit shall not

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 abide in man forever,

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 for he is flesh.

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 His days shall be

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 a hundred and twenty years.

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 The Nephilim

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 were on the earth

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 in those days

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 and also afterward

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 the sons of God

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 came into the daughters

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 of man

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 and they bore

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 children to them.

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 These were the mighty

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 men of old,

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 the men of renown.

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 There's two cups.

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 Okay.

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 Now the author

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 of Enoch

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 expands this text

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 in Genesis

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 with additional

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 details.

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 So much debate

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 has been stirred

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 around the identity

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 of these sons of God.

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 The most popular,

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 the most consistent

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 interpretation

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 throughout history

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 has been that

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 the sons of God

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 refer to angels.

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 who impregnated

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 these women.

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 Angels who

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 left heaven,

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 came down,

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 slept with women,

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 and bore offspring.

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 And in 1 Enoch

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 we see this

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 interpretation play out.

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 His writing

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 spells it out.

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 These are not men

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 in the Enochic version,

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 but rather angels.

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 And Jude seems

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 to agree

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 with that interpretation

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 under the inspiration

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 of the Holy Spirit.

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 Jude 6 says,

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 right,

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 and the angels.

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 So Jude seems

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 to be telling us

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 through the Spirit

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 that that in fact

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 is the correct

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 interpretation

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 of Genesis 6,

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 that they were

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 in fact angels.

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 And some will say,

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 well,

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 that can't be.

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 Did not Jesus say

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 that we will be

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 like the angels

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 and thus not given

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 in marriage?

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 Right?

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 He says this in Matthew

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 22 verses 29 to 30

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 implying that

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 angels can't reproduce.

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 Angels don't do

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 that kind of thing.

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 But notice Jesus

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 is saying

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 the angels in heaven

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 are not given

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 in marriage.

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 These angels

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 stay in their lane

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 and do as they are told.

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 Whereas the angels

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 that Jude refers to

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 have,

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 as Jude says,

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 left their proper dwelling.

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 They no longer

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 abide in heaven.

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 They no longer

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 obey God,

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 but they sought out

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 the attractive

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 daughters of man.

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 So Enoch put it

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 this way

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 in his rewriting.

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 He says,

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 And it came to pass

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 when the children

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 of men

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 had multiplied

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 that in those days

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 were born unto them

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 beautiful and comely

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 daughters.

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 And the angels,

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 the children of heaven,

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 saw and lusted

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 after them

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 and said to one another,

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 Come,

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 let us choose us wives

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 from among the children

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 of men

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 and beget us children.

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 So these angels

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 who fall,

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 these angels who rebel,

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 these demons,

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 you might say,

00:16:13.019 --> 00:16:14.019
 they leave heaven

00:16:14.019 --> 00:16:15.600
 to pursue their lusts

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 and in leaving heaven

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 their proper dwelling,

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 they fall into sin.

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 So what happened

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 to them after that?

00:16:23.099 --> 00:16:23.339
 Well,

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 according to both

00:16:24.139 --> 00:16:25.679
 Enoch and Jude,

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 God imprisons them.

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 Your ESV will say

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 that these angels

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 did not stay

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 within their own

00:16:32.860 --> 00:16:34.159
 position of authority,

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 whereas the Greek

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 literally reads

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 the angels

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 who did not keep

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 to their domain.

00:16:40.919 --> 00:16:41.779
 So here Jude

00:16:41.779 --> 00:16:43.559
 creates a play

00:16:43.559 --> 00:16:44.199
 on words.

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 These angels

00:16:44.799 --> 00:16:46.139
 who did not obey God,

00:16:46.139 --> 00:16:47.360
 who did not keep

00:16:47.360 --> 00:16:48.620
 to their proper place,

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 God has found

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 a fitting punishment.

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 He says in verse 6,

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 God has kept them

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 in eternal chains

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 under gloomy darkness

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 until the judgment

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 of the great day.

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 These rebellious angels

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 are not running around

00:17:03.840 --> 00:17:04.599
 the world today

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 causing havoc.

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 Jude is clear.

00:17:07.279 --> 00:17:08.259
 These rebellious angels

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 are being held

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 in captivity

00:17:10.319 --> 00:17:11.240
 for the day

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 of judgment.

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 Though,

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 of course,

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 there are other demons

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 who are running around

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 as we can read about

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 in the Gospels.

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 And now this phrase,

00:17:21.920 --> 00:17:22.840
 gloomy darkness

00:17:22.840 --> 00:17:23.700
 in Jude 6,

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 this phrase is used

00:17:24.800 --> 00:17:25.700
 extensively

00:17:25.700 --> 00:17:27.940
 in Greco-Roman literature

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 and it always refers

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 to the underworld,

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 a type of hell.

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 And the great day

00:17:34.980 --> 00:17:36.000
 that Jude talks about,

00:17:36.099 --> 00:17:36.439
 of course,

00:17:36.579 --> 00:17:37.639
 speaks to when Christ

00:17:37.639 --> 00:17:38.740
 will return

00:17:38.740 --> 00:17:39.779
 to judge his elect

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 graciously

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 and to judge

00:17:41.919 --> 00:17:42.899
 the wicked

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 justly.

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 So by now,

00:17:46.799 --> 00:17:47.519
 you should be noticing

00:17:47.519 --> 00:17:48.299
 the theme

00:17:48.299 --> 00:17:49.519
 in these examples.

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 Both the Exodus

00:17:51.359 --> 00:17:52.000
 generation

00:17:52.000 --> 00:17:53.099
 of Israel

00:17:53.099 --> 00:17:54.759
 and the rebellious angels

00:17:54.759 --> 00:17:56.079
 turned away from God

00:17:56.079 --> 00:17:56.980
 to worship

00:17:56.980 --> 00:17:57.919
 something else.

00:17:57.920 --> 00:17:59.820
 and in both cases

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 it resulted in unbelief

00:18:01.160 --> 00:18:02.140
 and sexual

00:18:02.140 --> 00:18:03.680
 perversion.

00:18:05.500 --> 00:18:06.560
 Jude drives the point

00:18:06.560 --> 00:18:07.480
 home with one

00:18:07.480 --> 00:18:09.100
 other similar

00:18:09.100 --> 00:18:10.100
 example.

00:18:10.240 --> 00:18:11.539
 He writes in verse 7,

00:18:12.380 --> 00:18:13.800
 just as Sodom

00:18:13.800 --> 00:18:14.539
 and Gomorrah

00:18:14.539 --> 00:18:16.080
 and the surrounding cities,

00:18:16.720 --> 00:18:17.640
 which likewise

00:18:17.640 --> 00:18:18.620
 indulged

00:18:18.620 --> 00:18:20.060
 in sexual immorality

00:18:20.060 --> 00:18:21.240
 and pursued

00:18:21.240 --> 00:18:21.880
 unnatural

00:18:21.880 --> 00:18:23.340
 desire.

00:18:23.339 --> 00:18:25.359
 The angels

00:18:25.359 --> 00:18:25.819
 pursued

00:18:25.819 --> 00:18:26.980
 unnatural desires

00:18:26.980 --> 00:18:27.759
 by seeking

00:18:27.759 --> 00:18:29.720
 sexual relationships

00:18:29.720 --> 00:18:30.419
 with mankind

00:18:30.419 --> 00:18:31.699
 just as

00:18:31.699 --> 00:18:32.799
 the citizens

00:18:32.799 --> 00:18:33.519
 of Sodom

00:18:33.519 --> 00:18:34.199
 and Gomorrah

00:18:34.199 --> 00:18:35.759
 saw unnatural

00:18:35.759 --> 00:18:37.339
 relationships,

00:18:37.500 --> 00:18:39.220
 namely homosexuality.

00:18:40.419 --> 00:18:40.899
 So again,

00:18:40.959 --> 00:18:41.899
 let's remind ourselves

00:18:41.899 --> 00:18:42.699
 of this story

00:18:42.699 --> 00:18:43.939
 briefly.

00:18:45.220 --> 00:18:46.220
 In Genesis

00:18:46.220 --> 00:18:47.220
 chapter 18,

00:18:47.339 --> 00:18:47.959
 verse 20,

00:18:48.059 --> 00:18:48.939
 Moses writes,

00:18:49.919 --> 00:18:50.699
 Then the Lord

00:18:50.699 --> 00:18:51.199
 said,

00:18:51.659 --> 00:18:52.980
 Because the outcry

00:18:52.980 --> 00:18:54.160
 against Sodom

00:18:54.160 --> 00:18:54.860
 and Gomorrah

00:18:54.860 --> 00:18:55.579
 is great,

00:18:56.059 --> 00:18:56.900
 and their sin

00:18:56.900 --> 00:18:58.240
 is very grave.

00:18:58.960 --> 00:18:59.680
 I will go down

00:18:59.680 --> 00:19:00.279
 to see whether

00:19:00.279 --> 00:19:01.200
 they have done

00:19:01.200 --> 00:19:01.799
 altogether

00:19:01.799 --> 00:19:02.579
 according to the

00:19:02.579 --> 00:19:03.380
 outcry that has

00:19:03.380 --> 00:19:04.039
 come to me,

00:19:04.360 --> 00:19:05.339
 and if not,

00:19:05.860 --> 00:19:06.620
 I will know.

00:19:07.799 --> 00:19:08.759
 So after God

00:19:08.759 --> 00:19:09.460
 declares this

00:19:09.460 --> 00:19:10.140
 to Abraham,

00:19:10.660 --> 00:19:11.880
 Abraham intercedes

00:19:11.880 --> 00:19:12.720
 on behalf

00:19:12.720 --> 00:19:14.319
 of his nephew

00:19:14.319 --> 00:19:14.700
 Lot,

00:19:14.779 --> 00:19:15.380
 who lives

00:19:15.380 --> 00:19:16.180
 in Sodom.

00:19:16.799 --> 00:19:17.460
 And you all

00:19:17.460 --> 00:19:18.039
 know the deal.

00:19:18.180 --> 00:19:19.019
 God says

00:19:19.019 --> 00:19:19.640
 he will spare

00:19:19.640 --> 00:19:20.460
 Sodom if there

00:19:20.460 --> 00:19:21.319
 are but ten

00:19:21.319 --> 00:19:22.940
 righteous persons

00:19:22.940 --> 00:19:23.820
 in that city.

00:19:25.920 --> 00:19:26.759
 But the story

00:19:26.759 --> 00:19:27.700
 continues in

00:19:27.700 --> 00:19:28.920
 Genesis chapter 19,

00:19:29.039 --> 00:19:30.039
 verses 1 through 8.

00:19:30.740 --> 00:19:31.279
 And go ahead

00:19:31.279 --> 00:19:31.740
 and turn there

00:19:31.740 --> 00:19:32.080
 with me,

00:19:32.140 --> 00:19:32.720
 because I want you

00:19:32.720 --> 00:19:33.360
 to see this

00:19:33.360 --> 00:19:34.140
 for yourselves.

00:19:34.799 --> 00:19:35.580
 It hits a little

00:19:35.580 --> 00:19:36.420
 differently as you

00:19:36.420 --> 00:19:36.940
 read it.

00:19:39.019 --> 00:19:40.920
 So Genesis chapter 19,

00:19:41.019 --> 00:19:42.059
 verses 1 through 8.

00:19:42.059 --> 00:19:54.740
 So the outcry is

00:19:54.740 --> 00:19:55.619
 great against Sodom

00:19:55.619 --> 00:19:56.200
 and Gomorrah.

00:19:57.099 --> 00:19:58.039
 Abraham is attempting

00:19:58.039 --> 00:19:58.779
 to intercede

00:19:58.779 --> 00:19:59.700
 to save his nephew

00:19:59.700 --> 00:20:00.200
 Lot.

00:20:01.700 --> 00:20:02.859
 And so God

00:20:02.859 --> 00:20:04.119
 sends some angels

00:20:04.119 --> 00:20:05.039
 to Sodom.

00:20:06.039 --> 00:20:06.539
 And so Genesis

00:20:06.539 --> 00:20:07.220
 chapter 19,

00:20:07.319 --> 00:20:07.839
 verse 1,

00:20:08.259 --> 00:20:08.940
 we see

00:20:08.940 --> 00:20:10.960
 the two angels

00:20:10.960 --> 00:20:14.360
 came to Sodom

00:20:14.360 --> 00:20:14.960
 in the evening.

00:20:15.559 --> 00:20:16.100
 And Lot was

00:20:16.100 --> 00:20:16.740
 sitting in the

00:20:16.740 --> 00:20:18.080
 gate of Sodom.

00:20:18.559 --> 00:20:19.500
 When Lot saw

00:20:19.500 --> 00:20:20.200
 them, he rose

00:20:20.200 --> 00:20:20.740
 to meet them

00:20:20.740 --> 00:20:21.180
 and bowed

00:20:21.180 --> 00:20:21.700
 himself with

00:20:21.700 --> 00:20:22.140
 his face

00:20:22.140 --> 00:20:22.640
 to the earth

00:20:22.640 --> 00:20:23.140
 and said,

00:20:23.600 --> 00:20:24.799
 My lords,

00:20:24.900 --> 00:20:25.860
 please turn aside

00:20:25.860 --> 00:20:26.900
 to your servant's

00:20:26.900 --> 00:20:28.220
 house and spend

00:20:28.220 --> 00:20:28.620
 the night

00:20:28.620 --> 00:20:29.320
 and wash your

00:20:29.320 --> 00:20:29.600
 feet.

00:20:30.140 --> 00:20:30.640
 Then you may

00:20:30.640 --> 00:20:31.640
 rise up early

00:20:31.640 --> 00:20:32.340
 and go on

00:20:32.340 --> 00:20:32.820
 your way.

00:20:33.820 --> 00:20:34.600
 They said,

00:20:34.680 --> 00:20:35.420
 No, we will

00:20:35.420 --> 00:20:35.980
 spend the night

00:20:35.980 --> 00:20:36.480
 in the town

00:20:36.480 --> 00:20:36.980
 square.

00:20:36.980 --> 00:20:38.200
 But Lot

00:20:38.200 --> 00:20:38.980
 pressed them

00:20:38.980 --> 00:20:39.940
 strongly.

00:20:40.460 --> 00:20:41.339
 So they turned

00:20:41.339 --> 00:20:42.059
 aside to him

00:20:42.059 --> 00:20:42.500
 and entered

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 his house.

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 And he made

00:20:45.519 --> 00:20:46.140
 them a feast

00:20:46.140 --> 00:20:46.660
 and baked them

00:20:46.660 --> 00:20:47.380
 unleavened bread

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 and they ate.

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 But before they

00:20:48.819 --> 00:20:49.519
 lay down,

00:20:49.980 --> 00:20:50.900
 the men of the

00:20:50.900 --> 00:20:51.620
 city, the men

00:20:51.620 --> 00:20:52.259
 of Sodom,

00:20:52.779 --> 00:20:53.660
 both young

00:20:53.660 --> 00:20:54.559
 and old,

00:20:54.680 --> 00:20:55.519
 all the people

00:20:55.519 --> 00:20:56.460
 to the last

00:20:56.460 --> 00:20:57.140
 man,

00:20:57.779 --> 00:20:58.660
 surrounded the

00:20:58.660 --> 00:20:59.140
 house.

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 And they

00:21:00.960 --> 00:21:01.759
 called to Lot,

00:21:02.000 --> 00:21:02.900
 Where are the

00:21:02.900 --> 00:21:04.059
 men who came

00:21:04.059 --> 00:21:04.900
 to you tonight?

00:21:05.559 --> 00:21:05.980
 Bring them

00:21:05.980 --> 00:21:06.539
 out to us

00:21:06.539 --> 00:21:06.980
 that we

00:21:06.980 --> 00:21:07.660
 may know

00:21:07.660 --> 00:21:08.039
 them.

00:21:09.160 --> 00:21:09.599
 And Lot

00:21:09.599 --> 00:21:09.980
 went out

00:21:09.980 --> 00:21:10.319
 to the men

00:21:10.319 --> 00:21:10.539
 at the

00:21:10.539 --> 00:21:10.819
 entrance,

00:21:11.019 --> 00:21:11.339
 shut the

00:21:11.339 --> 00:21:11.900
 door after

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 him and

00:21:12.240 --> 00:21:12.559
 said,

00:21:13.059 --> 00:21:13.599
 I beg you

00:21:13.599 --> 00:21:13.940
 brothers,

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 do not

00:21:14.500 --> 00:21:15.200
 act so

00:21:15.200 --> 00:21:15.720
 wickedly.

00:21:15.920 --> 00:21:16.360
 Behold,

00:21:17.000 --> 00:21:17.640
 I have

00:21:17.640 --> 00:21:18.319
 two daughters

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 who have

00:21:18.680 --> 00:21:19.259
 not known

00:21:19.259 --> 00:21:19.940
 any man.

00:21:20.779 --> 00:21:21.099
 Let me

00:21:21.099 --> 00:21:21.440
 bring them

00:21:21.440 --> 00:21:21.900
 out to you

00:21:21.900 --> 00:21:22.160
 and do

00:21:22.160 --> 00:21:22.500
 to them

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 as you

00:21:22.779 --> 00:21:23.120
 please.

00:21:23.240 --> 00:21:23.640
 Only do

00:21:23.640 --> 00:21:24.019
 nothing

00:21:24.019 --> 00:21:25.180
 to these

00:21:25.180 --> 00:21:25.480
 men,

00:21:25.579 --> 00:21:25.799
 for they

00:21:25.799 --> 00:21:26.299
 have come

00:21:26.299 --> 00:21:26.799
 under the

00:21:26.799 --> 00:21:27.120
 shelter

00:21:27.120 --> 00:21:28.220
 of my

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 roof.

00:21:29.559 --> 00:21:30.339
 So notice

00:21:30.339 --> 00:21:31.000
 the similarities

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 for why Jude

00:21:32.000 --> 00:21:32.559
 is using

00:21:32.559 --> 00:21:33.759
 this passage.

00:21:33.940 --> 00:21:34.880
 These men

00:21:34.880 --> 00:21:35.380
 of Sodom

00:21:35.380 --> 00:21:35.880
 were seeking

00:21:35.880 --> 00:21:36.280
 what they

00:21:36.280 --> 00:21:36.960
 thought would

00:21:36.960 --> 00:21:37.360
 be two

00:21:37.360 --> 00:21:37.700
 men,

00:21:38.440 --> 00:21:39.020
 so they're

00:21:39.020 --> 00:21:39.800
 guilty of

00:21:39.800 --> 00:21:40.360
 homosexual

00:21:40.360 --> 00:21:41.280
 desires.

00:21:42.180 --> 00:21:42.520
 But we

00:21:42.520 --> 00:21:42.960
 saw in

00:21:42.960 --> 00:21:43.500
 verse 1

00:21:43.500 --> 00:21:44.000
 that these

00:21:44.000 --> 00:21:44.420
 two men

00:21:44.420 --> 00:21:45.220
 are actually

00:21:45.220 --> 00:21:46.140
 angels.

00:21:47.160 --> 00:21:47.540
 So the

00:21:47.540 --> 00:21:48.000
 story of

00:21:48.000 --> 00:21:48.540
 Sodom and

00:21:48.540 --> 00:21:48.940
 Gomorrah

00:21:48.940 --> 00:21:49.660
 is very

00:21:49.660 --> 00:21:51.000
 similar to

00:21:51.000 --> 00:21:51.260
 the one

00:21:51.260 --> 00:21:51.880
 Jude referenced

00:21:51.880 --> 00:21:52.600
 about the

00:21:52.600 --> 00:21:53.040
 rebellious

00:21:53.040 --> 00:21:53.460
 angels.

00:21:54.300 --> 00:21:54.940
 Unnatural

00:21:54.940 --> 00:21:55.500
 relations,

00:21:55.780 --> 00:21:56.120
 sexual

00:21:56.120 --> 00:21:56.840
 perversions,

00:21:57.460 --> 00:21:58.320
 and uncontrolled

00:21:58.320 --> 00:22:00.120
 licentiousness

00:22:00.120 --> 00:22:01.200
 describe all

00:22:01.200 --> 00:22:03.019
 these stories.

00:22:04.299 --> 00:22:04.700
 And this

00:22:04.700 --> 00:22:05.180
 story in

00:22:05.180 --> 00:22:05.779
 Genesis in

00:22:05.779 --> 00:22:07.120
 particular is

00:22:07.120 --> 00:22:07.840
 gut-wrenching

00:22:07.840 --> 00:22:08.240
 because as

00:22:08.240 --> 00:22:08.940
 the reader we

00:22:08.940 --> 00:22:09.299
 can already

00:22:09.299 --> 00:22:10.039
 see what is

00:22:10.039 --> 00:22:10.600
 coming from

00:22:10.600 --> 00:22:12.400
 a mile away.

00:22:12.539 --> 00:22:12.960
 The angels

00:22:12.960 --> 00:22:13.840
 came intending

00:22:13.840 --> 00:22:14.299
 to stay

00:22:14.299 --> 00:22:15.319
 downtown,

00:22:15.960 --> 00:22:16.259
 but Lot

00:22:16.259 --> 00:22:17.019
 begs them to

00:22:17.019 --> 00:22:17.580
 do otherwise

00:22:17.580 --> 00:22:18.279
 because he

00:22:18.279 --> 00:22:19.519
 knows what

00:22:19.519 --> 00:22:21.140
 happens downtown.

00:22:21.539 --> 00:22:22.860
 He knows how

00:22:22.860 --> 00:22:23.960
 wicked his

00:22:23.960 --> 00:22:24.740
 city is.

00:22:26.059 --> 00:22:26.920
 And even

00:22:26.920 --> 00:22:27.500
 though Lot

00:22:27.500 --> 00:22:28.480
 successfully gets

00:22:28.480 --> 00:22:28.960
 them to stay

00:22:28.960 --> 00:22:29.519
 at his home,

00:22:29.620 --> 00:22:30.180
 it doesn't

00:22:30.180 --> 00:22:30.860
 spare them

00:22:30.860 --> 00:22:31.120
 this

00:22:31.120 --> 00:22:32.019
 confrontation,

00:22:32.940 --> 00:22:33.700
 Moses makes

00:22:33.700 --> 00:22:34.240
 it plain,

00:22:34.400 --> 00:22:35.279
 every single

00:22:35.279 --> 00:22:36.160
 male without

00:22:36.160 --> 00:22:38.240
 exception comes

00:22:38.240 --> 00:22:38.980
 to surround

00:22:38.980 --> 00:22:39.960
 Lot's

00:22:39.960 --> 00:22:40.940
 home.

00:22:42.360 --> 00:22:42.640
 Now think

00:22:42.640 --> 00:22:43.000
 about what

00:22:43.000 --> 00:22:43.680
 that implies.

00:22:44.799 --> 00:22:45.039
 I mean,

00:22:45.060 --> 00:22:45.580
 these men

00:22:45.580 --> 00:22:46.320
 of Sodom

00:22:46.320 --> 00:22:46.920
 must have

00:22:46.920 --> 00:22:47.960
 seen the

00:22:47.960 --> 00:22:48.980
 angels enter

00:22:48.980 --> 00:22:49.560
 at the

00:22:49.560 --> 00:22:50.019
 gates,

00:22:50.500 --> 00:22:50.880
 and they

00:22:50.880 --> 00:22:51.160
 must have

00:22:51.160 --> 00:22:51.660
 talked up

00:22:51.660 --> 00:22:52.120
 a big

00:22:52.120 --> 00:22:53.240
 perverted

00:22:53.240 --> 00:22:53.820
 hub-hub

00:22:53.820 --> 00:22:54.700
 to all the

00:22:54.700 --> 00:22:55.360
 other men

00:22:55.360 --> 00:22:55.779
 in the

00:22:55.779 --> 00:22:56.180
 city,

00:22:56.360 --> 00:22:57.420
 something to

00:22:57.420 --> 00:22:58.299
 arouse all

00:22:58.299 --> 00:22:58.600
 of them

00:22:58.600 --> 00:22:58.860
 that they

00:22:58.860 --> 00:22:59.380
 would all

00:22:59.380 --> 00:23:00.880
 get together

00:23:00.880 --> 00:23:01.340
 and head

00:23:01.340 --> 00:23:01.800
 to this

00:23:01.800 --> 00:23:02.420
 house.

00:23:04.040 --> 00:23:04.940
 What kind

00:23:04.940 --> 00:23:05.360
 of city

00:23:05.360 --> 00:23:06.060
 is that?

00:23:07.740 --> 00:23:08.600
 And what's

00:23:08.600 --> 00:23:09.140
 perhaps the

00:23:09.140 --> 00:23:10.080
 most astonishing,

00:23:10.240 --> 00:23:10.580
 the most

00:23:10.580 --> 00:23:11.680
 disheartening,

00:23:11.760 --> 00:23:12.240
 is the fact

00:23:12.240 --> 00:23:12.880
 that Lot

00:23:12.880 --> 00:23:14.100
 acts in

00:23:14.100 --> 00:23:14.600
 wickedness

00:23:14.600 --> 00:23:15.420
 himself to

00:23:15.420 --> 00:23:15.960
 protect these

00:23:15.960 --> 00:23:16.280
 angels.

00:23:16.800 --> 00:23:17.420
 He offers

00:23:17.420 --> 00:23:17.920
 up his

00:23:17.920 --> 00:23:19.020
 virgin daughters

00:23:19.020 --> 00:23:19.840
 as a sort

00:23:19.840 --> 00:23:20.720
 of compensation.

00:23:21.320 --> 00:23:21.480
 I mean,

00:23:21.520 --> 00:23:22.420
 how sick

00:23:22.420 --> 00:23:23.520
 and perverted

00:23:23.520 --> 00:23:24.660
 is that?

00:23:24.660 --> 00:23:27.480
 And so

00:23:27.480 --> 00:23:27.779
 you know

00:23:27.779 --> 00:23:28.080
 how the

00:23:28.080 --> 00:23:28.880
 famous story

00:23:28.880 --> 00:23:29.279
 ends.

00:23:29.440 --> 00:23:29.700
 Genesis

00:23:29.700 --> 00:23:30.779
 chapter 19

00:23:30.779 --> 00:23:32.440
 verses 24

00:23:32.440 --> 00:23:33.180
 through 25

00:23:33.180 --> 00:23:33.640
 says,

00:23:34.160 --> 00:23:34.660
 Then the

00:23:34.660 --> 00:23:35.400
 Lord rained

00:23:35.400 --> 00:23:36.160
 on Sodom

00:23:36.160 --> 00:23:36.900
 and Gomorrah

00:23:36.900 --> 00:23:38.200
 sulfur and

00:23:38.200 --> 00:23:38.840
 fire from

00:23:38.840 --> 00:23:39.240
 the Lord

00:23:39.240 --> 00:23:39.740
 out of

00:23:39.740 --> 00:23:40.060
 heaven,

00:23:40.480 --> 00:23:40.980
 and he

00:23:40.980 --> 00:23:41.480
 overthrew

00:23:41.480 --> 00:23:42.019
 those cities

00:23:42.019 --> 00:23:42.500
 and all

00:23:42.500 --> 00:23:43.040
 the valley

00:23:43.040 --> 00:23:43.560
 and all

00:23:43.560 --> 00:23:44.100
 the inhabitants

00:23:44.100 --> 00:23:44.960
 of the

00:23:44.960 --> 00:23:45.360
 cities,

00:23:46.000 --> 00:23:46.540
 even what

00:23:46.540 --> 00:23:47.400
 grew on

00:23:47.400 --> 00:23:47.980
 the ground.

00:23:49.140 --> 00:23:49.519
 Nothing

00:23:49.519 --> 00:23:49.980
 could be

00:23:49.980 --> 00:23:50.320
 left,

00:23:50.440 --> 00:23:51.440
 no stone

00:23:51.440 --> 00:23:52.420
 unturned.

00:23:52.420 --> 00:23:53.600
 This level

00:23:53.600 --> 00:23:54.560
 of wickedness,

00:23:55.039 --> 00:23:55.560
 apart from

00:23:55.560 --> 00:23:56.080
 any kind

00:23:56.080 --> 00:23:56.759
 of repentance,

00:23:57.480 --> 00:23:57.920
 demanded

00:23:57.920 --> 00:23:58.820
 swift and

00:23:58.820 --> 00:23:59.360
 immediate

00:23:59.360 --> 00:24:00.300
 judgment

00:24:00.300 --> 00:24:01.080
 from God

00:24:01.080 --> 00:24:02.019
 who judged

00:24:02.019 --> 00:24:02.800
 them justly.

00:24:04.200 --> 00:24:04.620
 And here's

00:24:04.620 --> 00:24:04.880
 the thing,

00:24:04.980 --> 00:24:05.060
 too,

00:24:05.100 --> 00:24:05.560
 it wasn't

00:24:05.560 --> 00:24:06.340
 merely this

00:24:06.340 --> 00:24:07.120
 one incident

00:24:07.120 --> 00:24:08.700
 of isolated

00:24:08.700 --> 00:24:09.320
 homosexual

00:24:09.320 --> 00:24:09.920
 behavior.

00:24:10.500 --> 00:24:11.039
 It was a

00:24:11.039 --> 00:24:11.720
 lifestyle

00:24:11.720 --> 00:24:13.320
 of rebellion.

00:24:14.600 --> 00:24:14.960
 This sin

00:24:14.960 --> 00:24:15.519
 did not just

00:24:15.519 --> 00:24:15.940
 happen,

00:24:16.039 --> 00:24:16.480
 but it was

00:24:16.480 --> 00:24:17.519
 celebrated,

00:24:17.680 --> 00:24:18.480
 it was practiced,

00:24:18.600 --> 00:24:18.900
 and it was

00:24:18.900 --> 00:24:20.480
 normal for

00:24:20.480 --> 00:24:21.140
 these cities.

00:24:21.140 --> 00:24:22.600
 And the

00:24:22.600 --> 00:24:23.360
 prophet Ezekiel

00:24:23.360 --> 00:24:23.800
 makes it

00:24:23.800 --> 00:24:24.460
 clear that

00:24:24.460 --> 00:24:25.360
 there were

00:24:25.360 --> 00:24:25.740
 a number

00:24:25.740 --> 00:24:26.240
 of issues

00:24:26.240 --> 00:24:26.820
 just beyond

00:24:26.820 --> 00:24:27.500
 this perversion.

00:24:27.620 --> 00:24:28.020
 He says

00:24:28.020 --> 00:24:28.540
 in chapter

00:24:28.540 --> 00:24:29.120
 16,

00:24:29.220 --> 00:24:29.840
 verse 49

00:24:29.840 --> 00:24:30.620
 through 50,

00:24:31.420 --> 00:24:31.980
 Behold,

00:24:32.220 --> 00:24:33.040
 this was

00:24:33.040 --> 00:24:33.660
 the sin

00:24:33.660 --> 00:24:33.980
 of your

00:24:33.980 --> 00:24:34.940
 sister Sodom.

00:24:35.600 --> 00:24:36.160
 She and

00:24:36.160 --> 00:24:36.700
 her daughters

00:24:36.700 --> 00:24:37.500
 had pride,

00:24:37.980 --> 00:24:38.600
 excess of

00:24:38.600 --> 00:24:38.980
 food,

00:24:39.460 --> 00:24:40.080
 and prosperous

00:24:40.080 --> 00:24:40.600
 ease,

00:24:41.220 --> 00:24:42.160
 but did not

00:24:42.160 --> 00:24:42.960
 aid the poor

00:24:42.960 --> 00:24:43.940
 and the needy.

00:24:44.500 --> 00:24:44.960
 They were

00:24:44.960 --> 00:24:45.600
 haughty and

00:24:45.600 --> 00:24:45.860
 did an

00:24:45.860 --> 00:24:46.400
 abomination

00:24:46.400 --> 00:24:47.200
 before me,

00:24:47.620 --> 00:24:48.000
 so I

00:24:48.000 --> 00:24:48.759
 removed them

00:24:48.759 --> 00:24:49.340
 when I

00:24:49.340 --> 00:24:49.880
 saw it.

00:24:49.880 --> 00:24:51.300
 So everything

00:24:51.300 --> 00:24:52.320
 about these

00:24:52.320 --> 00:24:53.000
 cities was

00:24:53.000 --> 00:24:53.420
 backward.

00:24:53.740 --> 00:24:54.080
 Everything

00:24:54.080 --> 00:24:54.720
 they did

00:24:54.720 --> 00:24:55.760
 demonstrates

00:24:55.760 --> 00:24:56.220
 that they

00:24:56.220 --> 00:24:57.160
 denied God

00:24:57.160 --> 00:24:57.740
 as Lord

00:24:57.740 --> 00:24:58.600
 over their

00:24:58.600 --> 00:24:59.060
 life,

00:24:59.220 --> 00:25:00.520
 much like

00:25:00.520 --> 00:25:01.400
 the apostate

00:25:01.400 --> 00:25:01.940
 teachers

00:25:01.940 --> 00:25:03.180
 whom Jude

00:25:03.180 --> 00:25:04.880
 confronts.

00:25:07.260 --> 00:25:08.200
 So again,

00:25:08.340 --> 00:25:09.800
 Jude assumed

00:25:09.800 --> 00:25:10.320
 his readers

00:25:10.320 --> 00:25:11.380
 knew their

00:25:11.380 --> 00:25:11.920
 Old Testament

00:25:11.920 --> 00:25:13.120
 very well.

00:25:14.260 --> 00:25:14.720
 Hence,

00:25:14.780 --> 00:25:15.520
 he's able to

00:25:15.520 --> 00:25:16.500
 rapidly fire

00:25:16.500 --> 00:25:16.980
 off these

00:25:16.980 --> 00:25:17.840
 examples with

00:25:17.839 --> 00:25:19.199
 very little

00:25:19.199 --> 00:25:19.919
 explanation.

00:25:20.099 --> 00:25:20.559
 He knows

00:25:20.559 --> 00:25:21.259
 his audience

00:25:21.259 --> 00:25:22.679
 understands

00:25:22.679 --> 00:25:23.659
 the significance

00:25:23.659 --> 00:25:24.919
 of these

00:25:24.919 --> 00:25:25.720
 references to

00:25:25.720 --> 00:25:26.299
 the detail.

00:25:27.939 --> 00:25:28.299
 And if there's

00:25:28.299 --> 00:25:28.859
 anyone here

00:25:28.859 --> 00:25:29.599
 today who

00:25:29.599 --> 00:25:30.220
 had no

00:25:30.220 --> 00:25:30.759
 idea what

00:25:30.759 --> 00:25:31.899
 Jude was

00:25:31.899 --> 00:25:32.779
 referencing in

00:25:32.779 --> 00:25:33.079
 the Old

00:25:33.079 --> 00:25:33.480
 Testament,

00:25:34.339 --> 00:25:34.720
 then that

00:25:34.720 --> 00:25:35.259
 should serve

00:25:35.259 --> 00:25:35.639
 as a bit

00:25:35.639 --> 00:25:36.259
 of a wake-up

00:25:36.259 --> 00:25:36.619
 call.

00:25:37.419 --> 00:25:37.859
 It's time

00:25:37.859 --> 00:25:38.179
 to get

00:25:38.179 --> 00:25:39.480
 serious about

00:25:39.480 --> 00:25:40.439
 studying God's

00:25:40.439 --> 00:25:40.859
 Word and

00:25:40.859 --> 00:25:41.659
 not just the

00:25:41.659 --> 00:25:42.220
 New Testament,

00:25:42.459 --> 00:25:43.379
 but the

00:25:43.379 --> 00:25:43.720
 Old,

00:25:43.819 --> 00:25:44.500
 which our

00:25:44.500 --> 00:25:44.879
 Bible is

00:25:44.879 --> 00:25:45.419
 predominantly

00:25:45.420 --> 00:25:46.000
 made up

00:25:46.000 --> 00:25:46.160
 of.

00:25:46.220 --> 00:25:47.539
 It's 75%

00:25:47.539 --> 00:25:48.779
 of our

00:25:48.779 --> 00:25:49.080
 Bible.

00:25:50.160 --> 00:25:50.860
 It's not a

00:25:50.860 --> 00:25:51.259
 portion of

00:25:51.259 --> 00:25:51.580
 the Bible

00:25:51.580 --> 00:25:51.960
 that we

00:25:51.960 --> 00:25:53.440
 should unhitch

00:25:53.440 --> 00:25:53.820
 from our

00:25:53.820 --> 00:25:54.420
 Christian living.

00:25:54.539 --> 00:25:54.960
 It's not a

00:25:54.960 --> 00:25:55.340
 portion of

00:25:55.340 --> 00:25:55.700
 the Bible

00:25:55.700 --> 00:25:57.019
 that, as

00:25:57.019 --> 00:25:57.320
 some would

00:25:57.320 --> 00:25:57.640
 say, is

00:25:57.640 --> 00:25:58.080
 just so

00:25:58.080 --> 00:25:58.580
 irrelevant,

00:25:59.340 --> 00:25:59.759
 which is an

00:25:59.759 --> 00:26:00.360
 erroneous

00:26:00.360 --> 00:26:00.820
 claim.

00:26:01.840 --> 00:26:02.180
 But the

00:26:02.180 --> 00:26:02.660
 Old Testament

00:26:02.660 --> 00:26:03.640
 is extremely

00:26:03.640 --> 00:26:05.180
 relevant for

00:26:05.180 --> 00:26:05.580
 today.

00:26:06.460 --> 00:26:07.000
 Paul told

00:26:07.000 --> 00:26:07.539
 Timothy in

00:26:07.539 --> 00:26:08.080
 2 Timothy

00:26:08.080 --> 00:26:09.039
 3.16,

00:26:09.200 --> 00:26:09.519
 he said,

00:26:10.019 --> 00:26:10.820
 all Scripture

00:26:10.820 --> 00:26:11.860
 is breathed

00:26:11.860 --> 00:26:12.640
 out by God

00:26:12.640 --> 00:26:13.720
 and profitable

00:26:13.720 --> 00:26:14.440
 for teaching,

00:26:14.620 --> 00:26:15.300
 for reproof,

00:26:15.420 --> 00:26:16.200
 for correction,

00:26:16.380 --> 00:26:16.920
 for training

00:26:16.920 --> 00:26:18.080
 in righteousness.

00:26:19.519 --> 00:26:20.180
 In Jesus'

00:26:20.400 --> 00:26:21.019
 high priestly

00:26:21.019 --> 00:26:21.660
 prayer in

00:26:21.660 --> 00:26:23.039
 John 17.17,

00:26:23.200 --> 00:26:23.620
 he says,

00:26:24.180 --> 00:26:24.960
 sanctify them

00:26:24.960 --> 00:26:25.200
 in the

00:26:25.200 --> 00:26:25.660
 truth.

00:26:26.200 --> 00:26:26.440
 Your

00:26:26.440 --> 00:26:27.860
 word is

00:26:27.860 --> 00:26:28.180
 truth.

00:26:29.320 --> 00:26:29.779
 And the

00:26:29.779 --> 00:26:30.180
 crazy thing

00:26:30.180 --> 00:26:30.680
 we often

00:26:30.680 --> 00:26:31.200
 forget about

00:26:31.200 --> 00:26:31.860
 both those

00:26:31.860 --> 00:26:32.580
 New Testament

00:26:32.580 --> 00:26:34.180
 passages is

00:26:34.180 --> 00:26:34.400
 that they

00:26:34.400 --> 00:26:35.019
 are primarily

00:26:35.019 --> 00:26:35.779
 talking about

00:26:35.779 --> 00:26:36.180
 the Old

00:26:36.180 --> 00:26:36.539
 Testament.

00:26:36.680 --> 00:26:36.840
 That's

00:26:36.840 --> 00:26:37.259
 primarily

00:26:37.259 --> 00:26:37.680
 what they

00:26:37.680 --> 00:26:37.900
 had.

00:26:38.140 --> 00:26:38.519
 In Jesus'

00:26:38.740 --> 00:26:38.980
 case,

00:26:39.019 --> 00:26:39.539
 that's all

00:26:39.539 --> 00:26:40.160
 he had.

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 So he's

00:26:41.060 --> 00:26:41.220
 saying,

00:26:41.300 --> 00:26:42.060
 sanctify them

00:26:42.060 --> 00:26:42.860
 in the

00:26:42.860 --> 00:26:43.500
 Old Testament.

00:26:44.060 --> 00:26:44.560
 Your Old

00:26:44.559 --> 00:26:45.500
 Testament is

00:26:45.500 --> 00:26:46.759
 truth.

00:26:48.480 --> 00:26:48.940
 So you'll

00:26:48.940 --> 00:26:50.019
 never understand

00:26:50.019 --> 00:26:50.960
 your New

00:26:50.960 --> 00:26:51.700
 Testament apart

00:26:51.700 --> 00:26:53.139
 from a deep,

00:26:53.460 --> 00:26:54.220
 intimate knowledge

00:26:54.220 --> 00:26:54.819
 of the Old

00:26:54.819 --> 00:26:55.259
 Testament.

00:26:55.839 --> 00:26:56.220
 And more

00:26:56.220 --> 00:26:56.619
 importantly,

00:26:56.740 --> 00:26:57.059
 you will not

00:26:57.059 --> 00:26:57.679
 have a deep

00:26:57.679 --> 00:26:58.139
 and intimate

00:26:58.139 --> 00:26:58.799
 knowledge and

00:26:58.799 --> 00:26:59.220
 understanding

00:26:59.220 --> 00:26:59.859
 of God

00:26:59.859 --> 00:27:01.200
 because you're

00:27:01.200 --> 00:27:02.799
 ignoring 75%

00:27:02.799 --> 00:27:03.579
 of what he

00:27:03.579 --> 00:27:04.839
 has to

00:27:04.839 --> 00:27:05.399
 tell you.

00:27:07.279 --> 00:27:07.680
 So I

00:27:07.680 --> 00:27:07.940
 would pray

00:27:07.940 --> 00:27:08.879
 just spend

00:27:08.879 --> 00:27:09.419
 time,

00:27:09.619 --> 00:27:10.220
 study how

00:27:10.220 --> 00:27:10.619
 to study

00:27:10.619 --> 00:27:10.899
 the Old

00:27:10.899 --> 00:27:11.359
 Testament if

00:27:11.359 --> 00:27:11.659
 that's what

00:27:11.659 --> 00:27:12.000
 it takes,

00:27:12.059 --> 00:27:12.519
 but spend

00:27:12.519 --> 00:27:13.859
 time in

00:27:13.859 --> 00:27:14.279
 the Old

00:27:14.279 --> 00:27:14.639
 Testament.

00:27:14.819 --> 00:27:15.059
 There is

00:27:15.059 --> 00:27:15.519
 life,

00:27:15.839 --> 00:27:16.079
 goodness,

00:27:16.399 --> 00:27:16.740
 beauty,

00:27:18.259 --> 00:27:19.079
 treasures there

00:27:19.079 --> 00:27:19.700
 to behold.

00:27:21.599 --> 00:27:22.240
 And so you

00:27:22.240 --> 00:27:22.539
 might be

00:27:22.539 --> 00:27:22.879
 wondering,

00:27:23.059 --> 00:27:23.379
 okay, I

00:27:23.379 --> 00:27:23.680
 get it,

00:27:23.720 --> 00:27:24.079
 the Old

00:27:24.079 --> 00:27:25.399
 Testament is

00:27:25.399 --> 00:27:25.980
 supposed to

00:27:25.980 --> 00:27:26.279
 matter,

00:27:27.480 --> 00:27:28.399
 but what are

00:27:28.399 --> 00:27:28.839
 all these

00:27:28.839 --> 00:27:29.639
 examples from

00:27:29.639 --> 00:27:30.139
 Jude meant

00:27:30.139 --> 00:27:30.500
 for?

00:27:30.500 --> 00:27:31.359
 What is

00:27:31.359 --> 00:27:32.099
 Jude trying

00:27:32.099 --> 00:27:33.059
 to accomplish?

00:27:33.220 --> 00:27:33.519
 How is

00:27:33.519 --> 00:27:34.220
 all this

00:27:34.220 --> 00:27:35.420
 talk about

00:27:35.420 --> 00:27:36.240
 apostates

00:27:36.240 --> 00:27:37.559
 sanctifying

00:27:37.559 --> 00:27:38.859
 me today?

00:27:40.420 --> 00:27:40.880
 Well, the

00:27:40.880 --> 00:27:41.359
 second half

00:27:41.359 --> 00:27:41.680
 of verse

00:27:41.680 --> 00:27:43.079
 7 in

00:27:43.079 --> 00:27:43.539
 Jude, go

00:27:43.539 --> 00:27:44.000
 back there

00:27:44.000 --> 00:27:44.460
 with me,

00:27:45.319 --> 00:27:45.779
 the second

00:27:45.779 --> 00:27:46.279
 half of

00:27:46.279 --> 00:27:46.819
 Jude in

00:27:46.819 --> 00:27:47.420
 verse 7,

00:27:48.559 --> 00:27:48.960
 he says

00:27:48.960 --> 00:27:49.339
 of all

00:27:49.339 --> 00:27:49.619
 three

00:27:49.619 --> 00:27:50.299
 examples,

00:27:51.700 --> 00:27:52.180
 he says

00:27:52.180 --> 00:27:52.900
 they serve

00:27:52.900 --> 00:27:53.259
 as an

00:27:53.259 --> 00:27:54.779
 example by

00:27:54.779 --> 00:27:55.519
 undergoing a

00:27:55.519 --> 00:27:55.980
 punishment

00:27:55.980 --> 00:27:56.960
 of eternal

00:27:56.960 --> 00:27:57.400
 fire.

00:27:59.119 --> 00:28:00.000
 So these

00:28:00.000 --> 00:28:00.819
 apostates,

00:28:00.900 --> 00:28:01.180
 these three

00:28:01.180 --> 00:28:01.819
 examples from

00:28:01.819 --> 00:28:02.079
 the Old

00:28:02.079 --> 00:28:02.380
 Testament,

00:28:02.480 --> 00:28:03.220
 they serve

00:28:03.220 --> 00:28:03.960
 as an

00:28:03.960 --> 00:28:04.740
 example to

00:28:04.740 --> 00:28:05.460
 the church

00:28:05.460 --> 00:28:07.259
 by undergoing

00:28:07.259 --> 00:28:08.180
 a punishment

00:28:08.180 --> 00:28:08.859
 of eternal

00:28:08.859 --> 00:28:09.339
 fire.

00:28:10.400 --> 00:28:11.259
 So not an

00:28:11.259 --> 00:28:11.960
 example to be

00:28:11.960 --> 00:28:12.380
 followed,

00:28:12.519 --> 00:28:13.440
 but as a

00:28:13.440 --> 00:28:14.160
 warning.

00:28:15.119 --> 00:28:15.740
 The emphasis

00:28:15.740 --> 00:28:16.539
 in Jude 5

00:28:16.539 --> 00:28:17.000
 through 7,

00:28:17.079 --> 00:28:17.440
 which you've

00:28:17.440 --> 00:28:18.099
 probably seen

00:28:18.099 --> 00:28:18.660
 by now,

00:28:19.140 --> 00:28:19.759
 is that in

00:28:19.759 --> 00:28:20.319
 all three

00:28:20.319 --> 00:28:20.720
 cases,

00:28:20.839 --> 00:28:21.339
 not only was

00:28:21.339 --> 00:28:21.759
 there false

00:28:21.759 --> 00:28:22.119
 teaching,

00:28:22.259 --> 00:28:22.660
 not only was

00:28:22.660 --> 00:28:23.220
 there perversion

00:28:23.220 --> 00:28:23.480
 of the

00:28:23.480 --> 00:28:23.819
 faith,

00:28:24.619 --> 00:28:25.539
 but in

00:28:25.539 --> 00:28:26.059
 all three

00:28:26.059 --> 00:28:26.700
 cases they

00:28:26.700 --> 00:28:27.839
 were judged,

00:28:28.099 --> 00:28:28.880
 judged with

00:28:28.880 --> 00:28:29.900
 condemnation by

00:28:29.900 --> 00:28:30.560
 our righteous

00:28:30.560 --> 00:28:32.040
 God.

00:28:33.360 --> 00:28:34.060
 So this

00:28:34.060 --> 00:28:34.780
 leads us to

00:28:34.780 --> 00:28:35.640
 our second

00:28:35.640 --> 00:28:36.320
 application.

00:28:37.380 --> 00:28:37.880
 Application

00:28:37.880 --> 00:28:38.420
 number two,

00:28:39.420 --> 00:28:40.400
 consider the

00:28:40.400 --> 00:28:41.000
 fool's

00:28:41.000 --> 00:28:41.500
 end.

00:28:42.720 --> 00:28:43.380
 I'm going

00:28:43.380 --> 00:28:44.080
 to blur our

00:28:44.080 --> 00:28:44.900
 first application

00:28:44.900 --> 00:28:45.519
 into this

00:28:45.519 --> 00:28:45.880
 one.

00:28:47.080 --> 00:28:47.860
 If you know

00:28:47.860 --> 00:28:48.220
 your Old

00:28:48.220 --> 00:28:49.040
 Testament well,

00:28:49.080 --> 00:28:49.640
 or your New

00:28:49.640 --> 00:28:50.180
 Testament for

00:28:50.180 --> 00:28:50.740
 that matter,

00:28:51.580 --> 00:28:52.100
 then you're

00:28:52.100 --> 00:28:52.740
 not surprised

00:28:52.740 --> 00:28:53.160
 to hear me

00:28:53.160 --> 00:28:53.680
 call these

00:28:53.680 --> 00:28:54.420
 apostates

00:28:54.420 --> 00:28:55.420
 fools.

00:28:56.700 --> 00:28:57.240
 In the New

00:28:57.240 --> 00:28:57.620
 Testament,

00:28:57.619 --> 00:28:59.079
 Jesus ends

00:28:59.079 --> 00:28:59.699
 his entire

00:28:59.699 --> 00:29:00.339
 Sermon on

00:29:00.339 --> 00:29:00.759
 the Mount

00:29:00.759 --> 00:29:01.779
 by contrasting

00:29:01.779 --> 00:29:02.339
 the wise

00:29:02.339 --> 00:29:03.419
 man who

00:29:03.419 --> 00:29:03.879
 builds his

00:29:03.879 --> 00:29:04.219
 house on

00:29:04.219 --> 00:29:04.699
 the rock,

00:29:04.819 --> 00:29:05.279
 referring to

00:29:05.279 --> 00:29:05.619
 believers,

00:29:06.500 --> 00:29:07.099
 with the

00:29:07.099 --> 00:29:07.659
 fool who

00:29:07.659 --> 00:29:08.199
 builds his

00:29:08.199 --> 00:29:08.979
 house on

00:29:08.979 --> 00:29:09.419
 the sand,

00:29:09.519 --> 00:29:09.939
 referring to

00:29:09.939 --> 00:29:11.219
 the one who

00:29:11.219 --> 00:29:11.719
 does not

00:29:11.719 --> 00:29:12.039
 repent,

00:29:12.139 --> 00:29:12.439
 the one who

00:29:12.439 --> 00:29:12.979
 does not

00:29:12.979 --> 00:29:13.799
 believe.

00:29:14.739 --> 00:29:15.059
 And we

00:29:15.059 --> 00:29:15.339
 see in

00:29:15.339 --> 00:29:15.939
 Matthew 7

00:29:15.939 --> 00:29:16.599
 verse 24

00:29:16.599 --> 00:29:17.739
 to 27

00:29:17.739 --> 00:29:19.079
 that the

00:29:19.079 --> 00:29:19.459
 fool who

00:29:19.459 --> 00:29:19.919
 builds his

00:29:19.919 --> 00:29:20.459
 house on

00:29:20.459 --> 00:29:20.899
 the sand

00:29:20.899 --> 00:29:21.699
 is destroyed

00:29:21.699 --> 00:29:22.199
 when God

00:29:22.199 --> 00:29:22.819
 comes to

00:29:22.819 --> 00:29:23.759
 judge the

00:29:23.759 --> 00:29:23.979
 world.

00:29:24.079 --> 00:29:24.479
 He's destroyed

00:29:24.479 --> 00:29:25.019
 by the winds,

00:29:25.159 --> 00:29:25.599
 the floods,

00:29:25.599 --> 00:29:26.699
 and the

00:29:26.699 --> 00:29:27.079
 rains.

00:29:27.219 --> 00:29:27.639
 So Jesus,

00:29:28.299 --> 00:29:28.719
 being the

00:29:28.719 --> 00:29:29.659
 absolute most

00:29:29.659 --> 00:29:30.199
 knowledgeable

00:29:30.199 --> 00:29:30.959
 person of

00:29:30.959 --> 00:29:31.219
 the Old

00:29:31.219 --> 00:29:31.579
 Testament,

00:29:32.480 --> 00:29:33.240
 makes a

00:29:33.240 --> 00:29:34.079
 very typical

00:29:34.079 --> 00:29:35.240
 Old Testament

00:29:35.240 --> 00:29:36.319
 argument,

00:29:37.219 --> 00:29:37.719
 compares,

00:29:37.859 --> 00:29:38.599
 he contrasts

00:29:38.599 --> 00:29:38.980
 the way of

00:29:38.980 --> 00:29:39.399
 the wise,

00:29:39.500 --> 00:29:39.819
 the way of

00:29:39.819 --> 00:29:40.319
 the fool.

00:29:41.879 --> 00:29:42.579
 Psalm chapter

00:29:42.579 --> 00:29:43.539
 1 verses 1

00:29:43.539 --> 00:29:43.980
 through 2,

00:29:44.079 --> 00:29:44.399
 it's pretty

00:29:44.399 --> 00:29:44.879
 well known

00:29:44.879 --> 00:29:45.219
 here.

00:29:46.399 --> 00:29:47.019
 Right away

00:29:47.019 --> 00:29:47.599
 the psalmist

00:29:47.599 --> 00:29:48.299
 creates this

00:29:48.299 --> 00:29:48.699
 contrast.

00:29:48.980 --> 00:29:49.579
 He writes,

00:29:50.599 --> 00:29:51.139
 blessed is

00:29:51.139 --> 00:29:51.699
 the man,

00:29:51.839 --> 00:29:52.539
 so this man's

00:29:52.539 --> 00:29:52.899
 blessed,

00:29:53.000 --> 00:29:53.619
 he's the wise

00:29:53.619 --> 00:29:53.839
 man,

00:29:53.899 --> 00:29:54.279
 the believer,

00:29:54.379 --> 00:29:54.519
 right?

00:29:54.519 --> 00:29:55.400
 Blessed is

00:29:55.400 --> 00:29:56.039
 the man

00:29:56.039 --> 00:29:57.339
 who walks

00:29:57.339 --> 00:29:58.220
 not in

00:29:58.220 --> 00:29:58.639
 the counsel

00:29:58.639 --> 00:29:58.940
 of the

00:29:58.940 --> 00:29:59.200
 wicked,

00:29:59.519 --> 00:30:00.240
 nor stands

00:30:00.240 --> 00:30:00.460
 in the

00:30:00.460 --> 00:30:00.759
 way of

00:30:00.759 --> 00:30:01.079
 sinners,

00:30:01.400 --> 00:30:01.940
 nor sits

00:30:01.940 --> 00:30:02.279
 in the

00:30:02.279 --> 00:30:02.559
 seat of

00:30:02.559 --> 00:30:03.200
 scoffers,

00:30:03.480 --> 00:30:04.099
 but his

00:30:04.099 --> 00:30:04.700
 delight is

00:30:04.700 --> 00:30:04.940
 in the

00:30:04.940 --> 00:30:05.259
 law of

00:30:05.259 --> 00:30:05.660
 the Lord,

00:30:06.019 --> 00:30:06.379
 and on

00:30:06.379 --> 00:30:06.859
 his law

00:30:06.859 --> 00:30:07.619
 he meditates

00:30:07.619 --> 00:30:08.859
 day and

00:30:08.859 --> 00:30:09.059
 night.

00:30:09.119 --> 00:30:09.379
 Do you

00:30:09.379 --> 00:30:10.000
 see that

00:30:10.000 --> 00:30:11.099
 contrast?

00:30:11.980 --> 00:30:12.180
 The

00:30:12.180 --> 00:30:12.480
 blessed

00:30:12.480 --> 00:30:12.980
 man

00:30:12.980 --> 00:30:13.619
 opposed

00:30:13.619 --> 00:30:13.960
 to

00:30:13.960 --> 00:30:14.879
 the

00:30:14.879 --> 00:30:15.119
 wicked

00:30:15.119 --> 00:30:15.559
 man?

00:30:16.240 --> 00:30:16.539
 And

00:30:16.539 --> 00:30:17.059
 that psalm

00:30:17.059 --> 00:30:17.500
 ends with

00:30:17.500 --> 00:30:18.079
 a reflection

00:30:18.079 --> 00:30:18.660
 on the

00:30:18.660 --> 00:30:19.240
 way of

00:30:19.240 --> 00:30:19.420
 the

00:30:19.420 --> 00:30:19.680
 wicked

00:30:19.680 --> 00:30:20.019
 or the

00:30:20.019 --> 00:30:20.400
 fool,

00:30:20.900 --> 00:30:21.519
 as opposed

00:30:21.519 --> 00:30:21.879
 to the

00:30:21.879 --> 00:30:22.579
 way of

00:30:22.579 --> 00:30:23.539
 the

00:30:23.539 --> 00:30:23.900
 blessed.

00:30:23.900 --> 00:30:24.440
 Psalm

00:30:24.440 --> 00:30:25.920
 chapter 1

00:30:25.920 --> 00:30:26.420
 verses 4

00:30:26.420 --> 00:30:26.800
 through 6

00:30:26.800 --> 00:30:27.160
 says,

00:30:27.780 --> 00:30:28.120
 the wicked

00:30:28.120 --> 00:30:28.640
 are not

00:30:28.640 --> 00:30:29.080
 so,

00:30:29.220 --> 00:30:29.440
 but are

00:30:29.440 --> 00:30:30.240
 like shaft

00:30:30.240 --> 00:30:30.660
 that the

00:30:30.660 --> 00:30:31.580
 wind drives

00:30:31.580 --> 00:30:32.440
 away.

00:30:32.519 --> 00:30:32.759
 That's

00:30:32.759 --> 00:30:33.200
 judgment

00:30:33.200 --> 00:30:34.080
 language.

00:30:34.440 --> 00:30:34.620
 Therefore,

00:30:34.740 --> 00:30:35.060
 the wicked

00:30:35.060 --> 00:30:35.560
 will not

00:30:35.560 --> 00:30:36.140
 stand in

00:30:36.140 --> 00:30:36.620
 the judgment,

00:30:36.980 --> 00:30:37.560
 nor sinners

00:30:37.560 --> 00:30:37.860
 in the

00:30:37.860 --> 00:30:38.340
 congregation

00:30:38.340 --> 00:30:38.680
 of the

00:30:38.680 --> 00:30:39.019
 righteous.

00:30:39.780 --> 00:30:40.200
 For the

00:30:40.200 --> 00:30:40.860
 Lord knows

00:30:40.860 --> 00:30:41.240
 the way

00:30:41.240 --> 00:30:41.500
 of the

00:30:41.500 --> 00:30:41.820
 righteous,

00:30:42.280 --> 00:30:42.800
 but the

00:30:42.800 --> 00:30:43.120
 way of

00:30:43.120 --> 00:30:43.540
 the wicked

00:30:43.540 --> 00:30:44.820
 will perish.

00:30:44.940 --> 00:30:45.280
 So there's

00:30:45.280 --> 00:30:45.980
 this contrast,

00:30:46.259 --> 00:30:46.640
 there's this

00:30:46.640 --> 00:30:47.220
 reflection

00:30:47.220 --> 00:30:48.240
 on where

00:30:48.240 --> 00:30:48.680
 the righteous

00:30:48.680 --> 00:30:49.340
 will end

00:30:49.339 --> 00:30:49.779
 and where

00:30:49.779 --> 00:30:50.659
 the wicked

00:30:50.659 --> 00:30:52.119
 will end.

00:30:53.099 --> 00:30:53.799
 In Proverbs

00:30:53.799 --> 00:30:54.539
 chapter 1

00:30:54.539 --> 00:30:55.039
 verses 8

00:30:55.039 --> 00:30:55.519
 through 19,

00:30:55.659 --> 00:30:56.279
 I'll summarize,

00:30:56.980 --> 00:30:57.579
 but Solomon

00:30:57.579 --> 00:30:58.259
 warns his

00:30:58.259 --> 00:30:59.279
 son not

00:30:59.279 --> 00:30:59.799
 to join

00:30:59.799 --> 00:31:00.459
 the works

00:31:00.459 --> 00:31:00.939
 of the

00:31:00.939 --> 00:31:01.199
 wicked,

00:31:01.779 --> 00:31:02.240
 who desire

00:31:02.240 --> 00:31:02.839
 to steal

00:31:02.839 --> 00:31:03.519
 and murder.

00:31:04.220 --> 00:31:04.579
 And Solomon

00:31:04.579 --> 00:31:05.480
 concludes by

00:31:05.480 --> 00:31:06.299
 considering the

00:31:06.299 --> 00:31:07.019
 end of both.

00:31:07.119 --> 00:31:07.579
 He says in

00:31:07.579 --> 00:31:08.500
 verses 17

00:31:08.500 --> 00:31:09.779
 through 19,

00:31:10.399 --> 00:31:11.099
 but these

00:31:11.099 --> 00:31:11.459
 men,

00:31:11.500 --> 00:31:11.919
 referring to

00:31:11.919 --> 00:31:12.279
 the wicked,

00:31:12.419 --> 00:31:12.939
 but these

00:31:12.939 --> 00:31:14.699
 men lie

00:31:14.699 --> 00:31:15.240
 in wait

00:31:15.240 --> 00:31:15.740
 for their

00:31:15.740 --> 00:31:16.939
 own blood.

00:31:16.940 --> 00:31:17.980
 They set

00:31:17.980 --> 00:31:18.519
 an ambush

00:31:18.519 --> 00:31:18.920
 for their

00:31:18.920 --> 00:31:20.340
 own lives.

00:31:20.779 --> 00:31:21.220
 Such are

00:31:21.220 --> 00:31:21.880
 the ways

00:31:21.880 --> 00:31:22.559
 of everyone

00:31:22.559 --> 00:31:23.059
 who is

00:31:23.059 --> 00:31:23.400
 greedy

00:31:23.400 --> 00:31:24.720
 for unjust

00:31:24.720 --> 00:31:25.220
 gain.

00:31:25.700 --> 00:31:26.299
 It takes

00:31:26.299 --> 00:31:26.799
 away the

00:31:26.799 --> 00:31:27.860
 life of

00:31:27.860 --> 00:31:28.019
 its

00:31:28.019 --> 00:31:28.700
 possessor.

00:31:29.779 --> 00:31:30.460
 Simply put,

00:31:30.559 --> 00:31:31.019
 Solomon is

00:31:31.019 --> 00:31:31.200
 saying,

00:31:31.279 --> 00:31:31.759
 my son,

00:31:32.259 --> 00:31:32.680
 do not

00:31:32.680 --> 00:31:33.180
 go this

00:31:33.180 --> 00:31:33.720
 way because

00:31:33.720 --> 00:31:34.220
 you will

00:31:34.220 --> 00:31:34.779
 die

00:31:34.779 --> 00:31:36.039
 eternally.

00:31:37.320 --> 00:31:38.100
 So this

00:31:38.100 --> 00:31:38.740
 kind of

00:31:38.740 --> 00:31:39.220
 contrast,

00:31:39.360 --> 00:31:39.820
 this kind

00:31:39.820 --> 00:31:40.500
 of example

00:31:40.500 --> 00:31:41.299
 or warning

00:31:41.299 --> 00:31:42.519
 is laden

00:31:42.519 --> 00:31:42.860
 throughout

00:31:42.860 --> 00:31:43.720
 the entire

00:31:43.720 --> 00:31:45.400
 Bible.

00:31:45.400 --> 00:31:47.080
 and we

00:31:47.080 --> 00:31:47.400
 have to

00:31:47.400 --> 00:31:47.980
 be careful.

00:31:48.680 --> 00:31:48.820
 This

00:31:48.820 --> 00:31:49.220
 kind of

00:31:49.220 --> 00:31:49.480
 rhetoric

00:31:49.480 --> 00:31:49.980
 does not

00:31:49.980 --> 00:31:50.420
 mean we

00:31:50.420 --> 00:31:50.920
 go around

00:31:50.920 --> 00:31:51.540
 town like

00:31:51.540 --> 00:31:52.300
 a Pharisee

00:31:52.300 --> 00:31:53.160
 and point

00:31:53.160 --> 00:31:53.580
 out every

00:31:53.580 --> 00:31:54.220
 kind of

00:31:54.220 --> 00:31:54.820
 sinner and

00:31:54.820 --> 00:31:55.240
 publicly

00:31:55.240 --> 00:31:55.980
 thank God

00:31:55.980 --> 00:31:56.259
 we are

00:31:56.259 --> 00:31:56.780
 not like

00:31:56.780 --> 00:31:57.120
 them,

00:31:57.660 --> 00:31:58.000
 whether

00:31:58.000 --> 00:31:58.380
 they're a

00:31:58.380 --> 00:31:59.060
 tax collector,

00:31:59.200 --> 00:31:59.620
 adulterer,

00:31:59.720 --> 00:31:59.960
 murderer,

00:32:00.100 --> 00:32:00.360
 liar,

00:32:00.800 --> 00:32:01.140
 whoever.

00:32:01.700 --> 00:32:02.140
 That's not

00:32:02.140 --> 00:32:02.460
 what this

00:32:02.460 --> 00:32:02.880
 means.

00:32:04.040 --> 00:32:04.680
 If there

00:32:04.680 --> 00:32:05.140
 is one

00:32:05.140 --> 00:32:06.000
 reaction we

00:32:06.000 --> 00:32:06.740
 should have

00:32:06.740 --> 00:32:07.759
 to the

00:32:07.759 --> 00:32:08.040
 sinner,

00:32:08.200 --> 00:32:08.740
 knowing their

00:32:08.740 --> 00:32:08.960
 end,

00:32:09.060 --> 00:32:09.540
 knowing their

00:32:09.540 --> 00:32:09.980
 doom if

00:32:09.980 --> 00:32:10.280
 they don't

00:32:10.280 --> 00:32:10.780
 repent and

00:32:10.780 --> 00:32:11.280
 believe,

00:32:11.920 --> 00:32:12.200
 it should

00:32:12.200 --> 00:32:12.500
 be

00:32:12.500 --> 00:32:13.340
 compassion,

00:32:14.300 --> 00:32:14.560
 it should

00:32:14.560 --> 00:32:15.220
 be merciful,

00:32:15.400 --> 00:32:15.720
 loving,

00:32:15.860 --> 00:32:16.360
 and kind,

00:32:16.480 --> 00:32:17.100
 it should

00:32:17.100 --> 00:32:17.700
 especially

00:32:17.700 --> 00:32:19.160
 be hopeful.

00:32:20.780 --> 00:32:21.200
 So if you

00:32:21.200 --> 00:32:21.820
 paid a close

00:32:21.820 --> 00:32:22.560
 attention to

00:32:22.560 --> 00:32:23.200
 the examples

00:32:23.200 --> 00:32:23.800
 that Jude

00:32:23.800 --> 00:32:24.420
 shares,

00:32:25.220 --> 00:32:25.780
 you probably

00:32:25.780 --> 00:32:26.440
 noticed that

00:32:26.440 --> 00:32:27.060
 God showed

00:32:27.060 --> 00:32:27.440
 as much

00:32:27.440 --> 00:32:28.259
 grace in

00:32:28.259 --> 00:32:28.920
 those historical

00:32:28.920 --> 00:32:29.519
 moments as

00:32:29.519 --> 00:32:29.920
 he did

00:32:29.920 --> 00:32:30.840
 judgment.

00:32:30.980 --> 00:32:31.160
 In the

00:32:31.160 --> 00:32:31.460
 Exodus,

00:32:31.680 --> 00:32:31.900
 remember,

00:32:32.019 --> 00:32:32.680
 he saved

00:32:32.680 --> 00:32:33.060
 the people

00:32:33.060 --> 00:32:33.420
 out of

00:32:33.420 --> 00:32:33.780
 Egypt.

00:32:34.100 --> 00:32:34.640
 He spared

00:32:34.640 --> 00:32:35.240
 those who

00:32:35.240 --> 00:32:35.759
 repented.

00:32:36.759 --> 00:32:37.220
 In the

00:32:37.220 --> 00:32:37.780
 case of

00:32:37.780 --> 00:32:38.320
 Sodom and

00:32:38.320 --> 00:32:38.660
 Gomorrah,

00:32:38.840 --> 00:32:39.180
 Lot,

00:32:39.360 --> 00:32:40.220
 who acted

00:32:40.220 --> 00:32:40.780
 wickedly,

00:32:40.920 --> 00:32:42.280
 was spared.

00:32:45.400 --> 00:32:45.759
 So the

00:32:45.759 --> 00:32:46.220
 implication

00:32:46.220 --> 00:32:46.759
 for us

00:32:46.759 --> 00:32:47.280
 that even

00:32:47.280 --> 00:32:47.880
 the likes

00:32:47.880 --> 00:32:48.700
 of false

00:32:48.700 --> 00:32:49.780
 teachers,

00:32:50.480 --> 00:32:50.980
 there is

00:32:50.980 --> 00:32:51.900
 always hope

00:32:51.900 --> 00:32:52.340
 if they

00:32:52.340 --> 00:32:53.580
 repent and

00:32:53.580 --> 00:32:54.080
 believe in

00:32:54.080 --> 00:32:54.840
 Christ upon

00:32:54.840 --> 00:32:56.440
 hearing the

00:32:56.440 --> 00:32:56.800
 gospel.

00:32:56.920 --> 00:32:57.480
 I think of

00:32:57.480 --> 00:32:58.140
 the Apostle

00:32:58.140 --> 00:32:58.680
 Paul who

00:32:58.680 --> 00:32:59.340
 wrote most

00:32:59.340 --> 00:32:59.580
 of our

00:32:59.580 --> 00:33:00.120
 New Testament.

00:33:01.560 --> 00:33:02.080
 He denied

00:33:02.080 --> 00:33:02.680
 Christ and

00:33:02.680 --> 00:33:03.140
 attacked

00:33:03.140 --> 00:33:04.100
 Christians.

00:33:05.320 --> 00:33:05.759
 But upon

00:33:05.759 --> 00:33:06.560
 being confronted

00:33:06.560 --> 00:33:07.100
 with Christ,

00:33:07.200 --> 00:33:07.860
 being confronted

00:33:07.860 --> 00:33:08.780
 with the

00:33:08.780 --> 00:33:09.140
 gospel,

00:33:09.320 --> 00:33:10.440
 Paul repented

00:33:10.440 --> 00:33:10.960
 and became

00:33:10.960 --> 00:33:11.360
 one of the

00:33:11.360 --> 00:33:11.780
 greatest

00:33:11.780 --> 00:33:12.680
 Christians in

00:33:12.680 --> 00:33:13.060
 history.

00:33:13.059 --> 00:33:14.980
 So we

00:33:14.980 --> 00:33:15.399
 should not

00:33:15.399 --> 00:33:16.419
 bash these

00:33:16.419 --> 00:33:16.960
 people or

00:33:16.960 --> 00:33:17.319
 treat them

00:33:17.319 --> 00:33:17.919
 poorly or

00:33:17.919 --> 00:33:18.599
 think ourselves

00:33:18.599 --> 00:33:19.119
 better,

00:33:20.000 --> 00:33:20.480
 but we

00:33:20.480 --> 00:33:20.980
 should love

00:33:20.980 --> 00:33:21.500
 these people,

00:33:21.639 --> 00:33:22.139
 pray for

00:33:22.139 --> 00:33:22.599
 these people,

00:33:22.759 --> 00:33:24.159
 witness to

00:33:24.159 --> 00:33:24.779
 these people

00:33:24.779 --> 00:33:25.740
 with the

00:33:25.740 --> 00:33:26.220
 gospel.

00:33:27.819 --> 00:33:28.240
 So that

00:33:28.240 --> 00:33:28.500
 should be

00:33:28.500 --> 00:33:28.919
 our battle

00:33:28.919 --> 00:33:29.419
 cry to

00:33:29.419 --> 00:33:30.720
 any would-be

00:33:30.720 --> 00:33:31.279
 intruders,

00:33:31.359 --> 00:33:31.960
 any would-be

00:33:31.960 --> 00:33:32.879
 persecutors

00:33:32.879 --> 00:33:34.119
 from within.

00:33:36.659 --> 00:33:37.139
 And then

00:33:37.139 --> 00:33:37.519
 lastly,

00:33:37.619 --> 00:33:37.700
 there is

00:33:37.700 --> 00:33:38.019
 just one

00:33:38.019 --> 00:33:38.539
 closing

00:33:38.539 --> 00:33:39.079
 application.

00:33:39.240 --> 00:33:39.440
 I know

00:33:39.440 --> 00:33:39.940
 there are

00:33:39.940 --> 00:33:40.480
 only two,

00:33:41.779 --> 00:33:42.059
 but a

00:33:42.059 --> 00:33:42.419
 closing

00:33:42.419 --> 00:33:43.000
 application

00:33:43.000 --> 00:33:43.119
 application.

00:33:43.700 --> 00:33:44.180
 I'll just

00:33:44.180 --> 00:33:44.460
 tell you

00:33:44.460 --> 00:33:44.920
 this text

00:33:44.920 --> 00:33:45.640
 weighed heavily

00:33:45.640 --> 00:33:46.160
 this week

00:33:46.160 --> 00:33:46.559
 for me

00:33:46.559 --> 00:33:47.119
 because it's

00:33:47.119 --> 00:33:47.579
 a lot of

00:33:47.579 --> 00:33:48.019
 doom and

00:33:48.019 --> 00:33:48.259
 gloom.

00:33:48.359 --> 00:33:48.640
 It's a lot

00:33:48.640 --> 00:33:49.140
 of judgment

00:33:49.140 --> 00:33:49.799
 language.

00:33:50.559 --> 00:33:50.839
 And that's

00:33:50.839 --> 00:33:51.599
 a true reality

00:33:51.599 --> 00:33:52.200
 that we need

00:33:52.200 --> 00:33:52.839
 to be sober

00:33:52.839 --> 00:33:53.420
 and thinking

00:33:53.420 --> 00:33:54.400
 about and

00:33:54.400 --> 00:33:54.980
 praying through

00:33:54.980 --> 00:33:55.660
 and confronted

00:33:55.660 --> 00:33:55.920
 with.

00:33:56.000 --> 00:33:56.539
 This scripture

00:33:56.539 --> 00:33:57.799
 is profitable

00:33:57.799 --> 00:33:58.420
 for us to

00:33:58.420 --> 00:33:58.839
 consider.

00:33:58.960 --> 00:33:59.259
 It should

00:33:59.259 --> 00:34:00.180
 cause us

00:34:00.180 --> 00:34:01.180
 to evangelize,

00:34:01.279 --> 00:34:01.559
 cause us

00:34:01.559 --> 00:34:02.079
 to be broken

00:34:02.079 --> 00:34:03.640
 for the lost.

00:34:05.079 --> 00:34:05.640
 But I think

00:34:05.640 --> 00:34:06.259
 it's significant

00:34:06.259 --> 00:34:06.799
 that Jude

00:34:06.799 --> 00:34:08.039
 says to the

00:34:08.039 --> 00:34:08.519
 church who

00:34:08.519 --> 00:34:08.900
 knew the

00:34:08.900 --> 00:34:09.340
 Old Testament

00:34:09.340 --> 00:34:10.000
 so well

00:34:10.000 --> 00:34:11.059
 that he still

00:34:11.059 --> 00:34:11.699
 decides to

00:34:11.699 --> 00:34:12.400
 remind them

00:34:12.400 --> 00:34:13.280
 if they know

00:34:13.280 --> 00:34:13.700
 it so well

00:34:13.700 --> 00:34:14.160
 why do they

00:34:14.160 --> 00:34:14.480
 need a

00:34:14.480 --> 00:34:14.920
 reminder?

00:34:15.720 --> 00:34:16.240
 Because they're

00:34:16.240 --> 00:34:16.599
 people.

00:34:16.720 --> 00:34:17.000
 They're like

00:34:17.000 --> 00:34:17.400
 you and me.

00:34:17.460 --> 00:34:17.940
 They forget.

00:34:18.079 --> 00:34:18.700
 They're dumb.

00:34:19.559 --> 00:34:20.579
 They seek

00:34:20.579 --> 00:34:21.460
 witness left

00:34:21.460 --> 00:34:22.220
 and right.

00:34:22.900 --> 00:34:23.380
 And more

00:34:23.380 --> 00:34:23.720
 importantly,

00:34:23.860 --> 00:34:24.579
 they forget

00:34:24.579 --> 00:34:25.820
 who God

00:34:25.820 --> 00:34:27.400
 really is.

00:34:27.500 --> 00:34:27.920
 And so I think

00:34:27.920 --> 00:34:28.400
 it's important

00:34:28.400 --> 00:34:29.260
 that we remind

00:34:29.260 --> 00:34:29.720
 each other

00:34:29.720 --> 00:34:30.300
 not only of

00:34:30.300 --> 00:34:30.720
 the hard

00:34:30.720 --> 00:34:31.380
 truths about

00:34:31.380 --> 00:34:32.220
 judgment

00:34:32.220 --> 00:34:33.559
 and the fact

00:34:33.559 --> 00:34:34.079
 that God

00:34:34.079 --> 00:34:35.460
 is going

00:34:35.460 --> 00:34:35.960
 to punish

00:34:35.960 --> 00:34:36.360
 the wicked,

00:34:36.480 --> 00:34:36.860
 that that is

00:34:36.860 --> 00:34:37.440
 inevitable and

00:34:37.440 --> 00:34:37.880
 that is a

00:34:37.880 --> 00:34:38.579
 real eternal

00:34:38.579 --> 00:34:39.299
 reality.

00:34:40.239 --> 00:34:40.920
 But we should

00:34:40.920 --> 00:34:41.440
 also remind

00:34:41.440 --> 00:34:42.179
 ourselves that

00:34:42.179 --> 00:34:43.239
 this is just,

00:34:43.460 --> 00:34:43.960
 that this is

00:34:43.960 --> 00:34:44.340
 good,

00:34:44.659 --> 00:34:45.719
 and that God

00:34:45.719 --> 00:34:46.219
 is gracious

00:34:46.219 --> 00:34:46.940
 and kind to

00:34:46.940 --> 00:34:47.199
 save,

00:34:47.279 --> 00:34:47.659
 though we

00:34:47.659 --> 00:34:49.119
 don't deserve

00:34:49.119 --> 00:34:49.279
 it.

00:34:49.279 --> 00:34:49.659
 To remind

00:34:49.659 --> 00:34:50.340
 ourselves this

00:34:50.340 --> 00:34:51.319
 is not the

00:34:51.319 --> 00:34:52.179
 full picture,

00:34:52.500 --> 00:34:53.579
 but that God

00:34:53.579 --> 00:34:54.400
 is desiring to

00:34:54.400 --> 00:34:55.079
 save people if

00:34:55.079 --> 00:34:55.659
 they would only

00:34:55.659 --> 00:34:57.440
 repent and

00:34:57.440 --> 00:34:57.900
 believe.

00:34:59.319 --> 00:34:59.679
 And so that's

00:34:59.679 --> 00:35:00.099
 why I say we

00:35:00.099 --> 00:35:01.079
 have great hope

00:35:01.079 --> 00:35:01.739
 even for the

00:35:01.739 --> 00:35:02.340
 likes of false

00:35:02.340 --> 00:35:02.559
 teachers,

00:35:02.639 --> 00:35:03.259
 even for those

00:35:03.259 --> 00:35:03.900
 who know the

00:35:03.900 --> 00:35:04.279
 gospel,

00:35:04.699 --> 00:35:05.199
 have seemingly

00:35:05.199 --> 00:35:06.019
 rejected it,

00:35:06.019 --> 00:35:07.400
 even they are

00:35:07.400 --> 00:35:08.159
 not beyond

00:35:08.159 --> 00:35:09.340
 this grace if

00:35:09.340 --> 00:35:10.360
 they place

00:35:10.360 --> 00:35:10.780
 faith in

00:35:10.780 --> 00:35:11.199
 Christ.

00:35:12.679 --> 00:35:13.460
 So to that

00:35:13.460 --> 00:35:13.860
 end, let's

00:35:13.860 --> 00:35:14.079
 pray.