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Aug 02, 2015

Three "Just Becauses" From Jude

Passage: Jude 1:1-25

Preacher: Pastor Tim W. Young

Series: The Overlooked Letters

Category: Jude

Summary:

Main Text - Jude 1:1-4; NT Reading - Jude 1-25

Detail:

The Overlooked Letters- Jude 1-4

“Three ‘Just Becauses’ from Jude”  

 

              The Mere Existence of Something Does Not Necessarily Mean the Opposite Is Wrong

  1. Just Because We Are Called and Kept, Doesn’t Mean We Can Be Careless

 

               We ARE called and kept by God – Jude 1

                              Romans 8:29-30

 

               Therefore we must contend for our faith

 

                              (2 John 8 (2 Peter 1:10 (1 Tim 6:12

                              We are to “contend” but not be

 

                                             2 Timothy 2:23-26

 

  1. Just Because We Are To think On Whatsoever Is Lovely, Doesn’t Mean We Are Be Ignorant of, or Ignore Evil

 

               We are to be eager to talk of the sweetness of our salvation

                              Jude 3

                              Philippians 4:8-9

 

               But because we life in a fallen world…We must be willing to

                              Jude 3-4

               What happens if we say “love unites but doctrine divides?

                                             Jude 4

 

  1. Just Because the Times They Are A’Changing, Doesn’t Mean We Are To Change the Biblical Faith

 

               The times they are a changing and have been since the Fall

                              Gen 3 –

                              Early Church –

                              Rome –

                              Neo Orth –

                              Evangelicalism –

               The Substance of Christianity Must Not change

 

                              “the faith that was once for all delivered to the saints”

                                             It is propositional             

                                             It is exclusive –

                                             It is final –

                                             It is entrusted –

                              How serious is it to tweek it a bit?

                                             Jude 4

              What Should Change –