The Strand Study Bible

JUDE

Author: Jude, half brother of the Lord Jesus Christ (Mt 13:55) Theme: The Coming Apostasy; beware of False Teachers

About the Author: It appears that Jude (along with his brothers and sisters - Mk 6:3), did not believe that his half brother, Jesus, was the promised MESSIAH during his earthly ministry (Jn 7:5). Only after Jesus’ resurrection did they accepted Him as their Savior (Acts 1:14). About the Book: Jude exhorts his readers to earnestly contend for their faith and warns them about false teachers. Jude was 1. There are no OT quotations found in Jude . 2. Prophecies are referred to 5 times in Jude . 3. Prophecies concerning CHRIST are referred to 4 of those 5 times. 4. There are 6 OT characters referred to in the book of Jude : Adam, Cain, Enoch, Moses, Korah, and Balaam 5. There are no inset maps used in the book of Jude . Outline of Jude : 1. Jude cautions against deceivers (Jude 1-7) 2. Jude cautions against false teachers (Jude 8-19) 3. Jude exhorts the believer (Jude 20-25) Jude 1 Jude cautions Christians to beware of those who deny the Deity of JESUS CHRIST Date Written - c. AD 67 1. Mt 13:55 & Mk 6:3 2. Gal 1:19 & Jms 1:1 3. or, “kept” 1. Israel - God judges His own 5 I will therefore put you in remembrance, though ye once knew this, how that the Lord, having 7 saved the people out of the land of Egypt, 8 afterward destroyed them that believed not. 2. Angels - God judges fallen angels (Fulfilled - Rev 20:10) written in c. AD 67. Notes of Interest:

Note - Assurance of salvation rests upon God ( preserved in Jesus Christ ), not us (II Tim 1:12) 4. II Pet 2:1 5. or, “wantonness; shameless conduct” – Rom 13:13 & II Pet 2:18 6. II Pet 2:1 & Isa 44:6 7. or, “delivered” - Exo 12:51 8. Num 14:23,28-30 9. or, “heavenly bodies” - Gen 6:2 & II Pet 2:4 & Job 4:18 10. Fulfilled - Rev 20:10 (Demon Punishment) 11. Gen 19:24 & II Pet 2:6 12. or, “same flesh; homosexuality” - Gen 13:13

1 Jude, the servant of Jesus Christ, and 1 brother of 2 James, to them that are sanctified by God the Father, and 3 preserved in Jesus Christ, and called: 2 Mercy unto you, and peace, and love, be multiplied. 3 Beloved, when I gave all diligence to write unto you of the common salvation, it was needful for me to write unto you, and exhort you that ye should earnestly contend for the faith which was once delivered unto the saints. 4 4 For there are certain men crept in unawares, who were before of old ordained to this condemnation, ungodly men, turning the grace of our God into 5 lasciviousness, and denying the only 6 Lord God, and our Lord Jesus Christ. Six examples of apostsy in the past:

6 And the angels which kept not their first estate, but left their own 9 habitation, he hath reserved in everlasting chains under darkness 10 unto the judgment of the great day. P 3. Sodom - God judges the world 7 Even as 11 Sodom and Gomorrha, and the cities about them in like manner, giving themselves over to fornication, and going after 12 strange flesh, are set forth for an example, suffering the vengeance of eternal fire. 8 13 Likewise also these filthy dreamers defile the flesh, despise dominion, and speak evil of 14 dignities.

13. II Pet 2:10 14. or, “angels”

1:2 If we only comprehended howmuch God really loves us ( and love, be multiplied ), we’d be in tears. We can keep from experienc- ing God’s love, but we cannot keep Him from loving us. We can’t keep the sun from shining, but we can put an umbrella up to keep the sun from shining on us. Sadly, there are a number of umbrellas we can open in this life that can keep the love of the Son from shining on us. Failing to confess sin or forgive sin or to do His will instead of ours are just a few of those umbrellas. 1:3a Jude’s initial desire was to write about some facet of our salvation ( Rom 13:11 ), but the Spirit detoured him and led him to warn us about the impending apostasy, especially in the last days before the return of Christ. 1:3b Christians are admonished to contend for the faith (the eternal, not the temporal - I Cor 6:1-8), not be contentious. As believers, we are exhorted to fight ( contend ) for two eternal truths: (1) Who God is (vs 1) - We must worship God in “spirit” ( Jn 4:23 ); and (2) How God saves (vs 3) - We must worship God in “truth” ( Jn 4:24 ). 1:6 “ The angels which kept not their first estate, but left their own habitation ” is a reference to the group of fallen angels, whom Satan, no doubt, persuaded to cohabit with mortal women and were imprisoned immediately because of the gross nature of that sin ( Gen 6:2 , Rev 9:1 b , Psa 9:17 and II Pet 2:4 ). 1:8 This term ( filthy dreamers ) is used to depict the evil men of Sodom and Gomorrah (vs 7). According to the Bible, sodomites despise authority (Gen 19:9 and I Tim 1:9-10). NOTE – There is a direct correlation between perversion and rebellion against moral disciplines and legal authorities. 2134