Kevin Winn
May 22, 2024
Join us as we start part 2 of the book of Jude. Jude exposes the lie that God’s grace provides a license for sinning.
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Jude 1:4 The charge against these agents of darkness: They pervert the grace of
God into a license for sin.
Jude 1:5-7 Though you already know all this, I want to remind you that the Lord[c]
at one time delivered his people out of Egypt, but later destroyed those who
did not believe. 6 And the angels who did not keep their positions of authority but
abandoned their proper dwelling—these he has kept in darkness, bound with
everlasting chains for judgment on the great Day. 7 In a similar way, Sodom
and Gomorrah and the surrounding towns gave themselves up to sexual immorality
and perversion. They serve as an example of those who suffer the punishment of
eternal fire.
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God hates and does not turn a blind eye to sin.
Genesis 6:5 The Lord saw how great the wickedness of the human race had become on the
earth, and that every inclination of the thoughts of the human heart was only
evil all the time.
Jude 1:8-10 In the very same way, on the strength of their dreams these ungodly
people pollute their own bodies, reject authority and heap abuse on celestial
beings. 9 But
even the archangel Michael, when he was disputing with the devil about the body
of Moses, did not himself dare to condemn him for slander but said, “The Lord
rebuke you!”[d] 10 Yet these people slander whatever they do not understand, and the very
things they do understand by instinct—as irrational animals do—will destroy
them.
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Faith in dreams is a very unstable foundation.
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What does it mean to scoff?
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To speak about someone or something in a
scornful or mocking way.
1 Corinthians 5:1-5 It is actually reported that there is sexual
immorality among you, and of a kind that even pagans do not tolerate: A man is
sleeping with his father’s wife. 2 And you are proud! Shouldn’t you rather have gone
into mourning and have put out of your fellowship the man who has been doing
this? 3 For
my part, even though I am not physically present, I am with you in spirit. As
one who is present with you in this way, I have already passed judgment in the
name of our Lord Jesus on the one who has been doing this. 4 So when you are assembled
and I am with you in spirit, and the power of our Lord Jesus is present,
5 hand this man over
to Satan for the destruction of the flesh,[a][b] so that his spirit may be
saved on the day of the Lord.
Jude 1:11 Woe to them! They have taken the way of Cain; they have rushed for profit
into Balaam’s error; they have been destroyed in Korah’s rebellion.
Revelation 2:14 Nevertheless, I have a few things against you: There are some among you
who hold to the teaching of Balaam, who taught Balak to entice the Israelites
to sin so that they ate food sacrificed to idols and committed sexual
immorality.
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The
grace of God is what empowers us to walk in victory over sin.
Romans 8:5-9 Those who live according to the flesh have their minds set on what the
flesh desires; but those who live in accordance with the Spirit have their
minds set on what the Spirit desires. 6 The mind governed by the flesh is death, but the
mind governed by the Spirit is life and peace. 7 The mind governed by the flesh is hostile to
God; it does not submit to God’s law, nor can it do so. 8 Those who are in the realm
of the flesh cannot please God. 9 You, however, are not in the realm of the flesh but
are in the realm of the Spirit, if indeed the Spirit of God lives in you. And
if anyone does not have the Spirit of Christ, they do not belong to Christ.
Jude 1:12-16 These people are blemishes at your love feasts, eating with you without
the slightest qualm—shepherds who feed only themselves. They are clouds without
rain, blown along by the wind; autumn trees, without fruit and uprooted—twice
dead. 13 They
are wild waves of the sea, foaming up their shame; wandering stars, for whom
blackest darkness has been reserved forever. 14 Enoch, the seventh from Adam, prophesied
about them: “See, the Lord is coming with thousands upon thousands of his holy
ones 15 to
judge everyone, and to convict all of them of all the ungodly acts they have
committed in their ungodliness, and of all the defiant words ungodly sinners
have spoken against him.”[e] 16 These people are grumblers and faultfinders; they
follow their own evil desires; they boast about themselves and flatter others
for their own advantage.
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Do not be deceived, someone’s lifestyle either
testifies to or exposes their faith.
Matthew 7:15-20 “Beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep’s clothing, but
inwardly they are ravenous wolves. 16 You will know them by their fruits. Do men gather
grapes from thornbushes or figs from thistles? 17 Even so, every good tree
bears good fruit, but a bad tree bears bad fruit. 18 A good tree cannot bear
bad fruit, nor can a bad tree bear good fruit. 19 Every tree that does not
bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire. 20 Therefore by their fruits
you will know them.
2 Timothy 3:4-5,7 lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God— 5 having a form of godliness
but denying its power. Have nothing to do with such people… 7 always learning but never
able to come to a knowledge of the truth.
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The Devil twists God’s truth by claiming God
forgives without repentance.
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