Jude

• Contend for the Faith (v.3)
• "the faith" - doctrine, the body of truths taught by the apostles - not just the gospel proper
• "once for all" - the canon is closed
• "contend" - agonize, struggle (like a gladiator)
• Why - because it is true and essential
• Related Scripture
• 1 Thessalonians 5.21-22 - "Test everything"
• Ephesians 5.6-13 - "expose the works of darkness"
• 2 Corinthians 10.3-5 - "take every thought captive", "destroy arguments"
• The reason to contend - false teachers (v. 4)
• They are unnoticed. - "crept in unnoticed"
• They live immorally. - "turn the grace of God into licentiousness"
• They deny the truth. - "deny our only Master and Lord, Jesus Christ"
• Ungodly lives stem from a denial of God's truth.
• False Teachers (v. 5-19) (2 Peter 2.1-3)
• Francis Bacon - "Man prefers to believe what he prefers to be true."
• Characteristics (v. 8-13)
• Reject authority
• "by dreaming" - claiming special revelation
• "revile angelic majesties" - speaking flippantly
• pronounce judgment - when God is the ultimate judge
• Michael left Satan's personal judgment to God. (v.9)
• "Feelings" and instincts (v. 10, 18)
• Live by
• Destroyed by
• Walking in error (v. 11)
• Cain (Gen. 4) - "worshiped" his own way
• Balaam (Num 22) - seek gain
• Korah (Num 16) - reject God-given authority
• Leading falsely (v.12) - (2 Timothy 4.3-4)
• "caring for themselves"
• "clouds without water" (Ephesians 4:14)
• "trees without fruit" (Psalm 1)
• Barren (v. 12-13)
• "without water"
• "without fruit"
• "uprooted"
• "foam"
• Pleasing self (v. 16)
• "following after their own lusts"
• "flattering people" to gain advantage
• "Grumblers" (v. 16)
• "Fault-finders" (v. 16)
• "Arrogant" (v.16)
• Expected  (v.18) - their presence in the church is not a surprise
• Prophesied by the apostle Peter (2 Peter 3.3)
• Causing divisions (v.18)
• False teaching is what causes divisions (Romans 16:17)
• "Worldly-minded" (v. 18)
• "Devoid of the Spirit" (v.18)
• Punishment
• Real (v. 5-7)
• Israelites 
• Angels (Gen. 6)
• Sodom & Gomorrah (Gen. 19)
• Certain (v. 10-11, 13)
• "they are destroyed" (v. 10)
• "they have... perished" (v. 11)
• "for whom the black darkness has been reserved forever" (v. 16)
• Prophecied (v. 14-15)
• By Enoch (v. 14-15)
• Live obediently (v. 20-21) - "keep yourselves in the love of God"
• Incomplete
• Show mercy (v. 22-23)
• Incomplete
• Conclusion (v. 24-25)
• Incomplete