Antidote To Apostasy

TEXTJude 17-23

INTRODUCTION:

A.  CONTEXT.

            1.  Contend for the faith (vs. 3).  Why?

            2.  Same beginning as 2 Pet. 2. (vs. 42 Pet. 2:1-3).

            3.  Description of false teachers using figures of speech (vs. 5-16)

B.  THE ANTIDOTE TO THE LEADING OF APOSTATES (vs. 17-23).  WHAT DO WE DO?

I.  vs. 17-18REMEMBER THE WARNINGS.

A.  PETER (2 Pet. 2:1-3).

B.  PAUL (Acts 20:29-302 Tim. 3:1, 5-9, 144:2-4Gal. 1:6-9).

C.  JOHN (1 John 4:12 John 9).

II.  vs. 19MAKING SEPARATIONS.

A.  WHO GETS BLAMED FOR TROUBLE?  WHO SPLITS CHURCHES?

            (1 Kings 18:16-1822:7-8Gal. 4:16).

B.  WHO DOES GOD BLAME? (1 Cor. 4:16-17Rom. 16:17-18).

III.  vs. 19SENSUAL, HAVING NOT THE SPIRIT.

A.  WE ACT FROM A COMMON PERSPECTIVE (1 Cor. 1:10).

            1.  Christians are involved in a cause (Phil. 1:27).

            2.  Heaven is our preoccupation (Col.  3:1-2).

B.  OUR PERSPECTIVE HAS AN EFFECT ON OUR ATTITUDE AND BEHAVIOR

            (1 Cor. 2:14-16;  Gal. 5:16).

C.  AND AN EFFECT ON OUR DESTINY (Rom. 8:1).

IV.  vs. 20BUILD YOURSELF UP IN THE HOLY FAITH.

A.  PROTECTION FROM THE FIERY DARTS OF SATAN (Eph. 6:16).

B.  AND ERROR (Eph. 4:12-14)

C.  SEE WHAT ACCOMPANIES PAUL’S WARNING (Acts 20:29-30, 32).

D.  WHERE DOES FAITH COME FROM? (Rom. 10:17).

V.  vs. 20PRAY.

A.  FOR WISDOM (James 1:5).

B.  FOR STRENGTH AND BOLDNESS (Eph. 6:18-19).

C.  FOR OPPORTUNITY (Col. 4:2-6).

D.  IN THE SPIRIT (1 John 5:14).

VI.  vs. 21KEEP YOURSELVES IN THE LOVE OF GODHOW?

            (1 John 5:32:4-5John 14:2123-24, 15).

VII.  vs. 21. LOOKING FOR THE MERCY.

A.  HOPE OF THE RESURRECTION (1 Pet. 1:3).

B.  THE HOPE OF FORGIVENESS (Heb. 8:12Luke 18:13).

VIII.  vs. 22-23SHOWING MERCY.

A.  vs. 22.  ON THOSE WHO WOULD DISPUTE WITH YOU.

            1.  Teaching and preaching to impart God’s true will (2 Tim. 4:2).

            2.  In season and out (Phil. 3:1Acts 20:26-27).

            3.  Our object (2 Tim. 2:23-26).

B.  vs. 23.  SOME SAVE, SNATCHING THEM OUT OF THE FIRE.

            THOSE WHO STUMBLE (Gal. 6:1-2)..

C.  vs. 23.  HAVE MERCY WITH FEAR. 

            THOSE WHO FALL (2 Thess. 3:6, 14-15;  Heb. 12:11).

D.  LOVE THE SINNER ç è HATE THE SIN.

CONCLUSION:

A.  WHAT DO WE DO ABOUT ERROR?

            1.  Ignore it?

            2.  Tolerate it?

            3.  Embrace it?

C.  JUDE GIVES US CLEAR INSTRUCTION.