Beware of the touch of the ungodly. But as for you, beloved, remember the [prophetic] words spoken by the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ.
They used to say to you, “In the last days there will be scoffers, following after their own ungodly passions.” [2Pe_3:3-4]
These are the ones who are [agitators] causing divisions–worldly-minded [secular, unspiritual, carnal, merely sensual–unsaved], devoid of the Spirit. Jude 1:17-19
OUTLINE OF THE EPISTLE OF JUDE
INTRODUCTION
The James mentioned in Jud_1:1 is almost certainly the brother of our Lord, who was the well-known and universally revered leader of the mother church at Jerusalem, and the writer of the Epistle that bears his name. Jude, therefore, was also related to our Lord as brother; see Mat_13:55; Mar_6:3. These two were probably with the Apostles after the Ascension, and finally engaged in evangelistic efforts. See Act_1:14; 1Co_9:5.
We have no certain information concerning him, but Eusebius states that when Domitian ordered all the posterity of David to be slain, “some of the heretics accused the descendants of Jude, as the brother of our Savior according to the flesh, because they were of the family of David, and as such were also related to Christ.” It appears from the historian’s subsequent statement that these people made a good confession before their persecutors.
The Epistle was probably addressed to churches eastward of Judaea, among whom Jude had labored; and was probably written about A.D. 66. There are remarkable similarities between this Epistle and II Peter, indicating close communication between the two writers, as they looked out on the heretical teachers of the age and the low state of prevailing morals.
Contend Earnestly for the Faith
The Faith and Hope of the Christian, Jud_1:17-22
CONCLUSION, Jud_1:24-25
Jude 1:12-25
These men are hidden reefs [elements of great danger to others] in your love feasts when they feast together with you without fear, looking after [only] themselves; [they are like] clouds without water, swept along by the winds; autumn trees without fruit, doubly dead, uprooted and lifeless;
wild waves of the sea, flinging up their own shame like foam; wandering stars, for whom the gloom of deep darkness has been reserved forever.
It was about these people that Enoch, in the seventh generation from Adam, prophesied, when he said, “Look, the Lord came with myriads of His holy ones
to execute judgment upon all, and to convict all the ungodly of all the ungodly deeds they have done in an ungodly way, and of all the harsh and cruel things ungodly sinners have spoken against Him.”
These people are [habitual] murmurers, griping and complaining, following after their own desires [controlled by passion]; they speak arrogantly, [pretending admiration and] flattering people to gain an advantage.
A Call to Persevere
But as for you, beloved, remember the [prophetic] words spoken by the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ.
They used to say to you, “In the last days there will be scoffers, following after their own ungodly passions.” [2Pe_3:3-4]
These are the ones who are [agitators] causing divisions–worldly-minded [secular, unspiritual, carnal, merely sensual–unsaved], devoid of the Spirit.
But you, beloved, build yourselves up on [the foundation of] your most holy faith [continually progress, rise like an edifice higher and higher], pray in the Holy Spirit,
and keep yourselves in the love of God, waiting anxiously and looking forward to the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ [which will bring you] to eternal life.
And have mercy on some, who are doubting;
save others, snatching them out of the fire; and on some have mercy but with fear, loathing even the clothing spotted and polluted by their shameless immoral freedom. [Amo_4:11; Zec_3:2-4]
Doxology
Now to Him who is able to keep you from stumbling or falling into sin, and to present you unblemished [blameless and faultless] in the presence of His glory with triumphant joy and unspeakable delight,
to the only God our Savior, through Jesus Christ our Lord, be glory, majesty, dominion, and power, before all time and now and forever. Amen.
Comments by
F.B.Meyer
On
Jude 1:12-25
“BEWARE OF THE TOUCH OF THE UNGODLY”
What traps and pitfalls beset us! How many have fallen who had as good or a better chance than we! The angels kept not their first estate; Adam, though created in innocency, fell; Cain was rejected; Balaam, who saw with open eyes, was slain; Korah, who had carried a censer filled with holy fire, was hurled into the abyss! How can we expect to stand! Be of good cheer! He is able to keep you from falling, and to present you faultless, Jud_1:24.
In the succession of terrible metaphors in Jud_1:12-13, notice that in each case there is promise without fulfillment and appearance without reality. Such is much of the Christian profession of the present day. And from time to time, as Enoch foretold, the day of the Lord comes, with its retribution for all such.
The four exquisite admonitions of Jud_1:20-21 are worth pondering. Keep yourselves in the main current of God’s love. Build your character after the likeness of Christ. Pray in the Holy Spirit; keep at the oriel window of hope. Christ is able to keep, and when at last we are presented by Him to the Father, we shall realize how much we owe Him.
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