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This keepsake hard cover edition of The Epistle of JUDE was taken from the King James translation of the Bible. The King James Translation is a masterwork of style, and the most important book in the English language, it has been the driving force in shaping the English-speaking world for hundreds of years. Jude urges his readers to defend the deposit of Christ’s doctrine that had been closed by the time he wrote his epistle, and to remember the words of the apostles spoken somewhat before. Jude then asks the reader to recall how even after the Lord saved his own people out of the land of Egypt, he did not hesitate to destroy those who fell into unbelief, much as he punished the angels who fell from their original exalted status and Sodom and Gomorrah. JUDE is one of the shortest books in the bible and is sold at or near the publisher’s cost and offered up for the collector who wished to have an unbroken set of this keepsake editions.
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May 21, 2022
The book of Jude is a short letter which speaks of the danger of wolves in sheep's clotheing amung the flock. He warns against following false teachers and keeping their ears and eyes upon Jesus and His teachings alone.
I recommend this book to all.
I recommend this book to all.
December 25, 2025
Jude made his one job count. What a splendid letter! There’s so much exhortation and truth in here, reminding us, despite the false Christians in the world, ‘building up yourselves on your most holy faith, praying in the Holy Ghost, keep yourselves in the love of God,’ and ‘of some have compassion, making a difference: and others save with fear, pulling them out of the fire; hating even the garment spotted by the flesh.’
March 2, 2017
“But ye, beloved, building up yourselves on your most holy faith, praying in the Holy Ghost, Keep yourselves in the love of God, looking for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ unto eternal life. And of some have compassion, making a difference:”
~ Jude 1:20-22 KJV
~ Jude 1:20-22 KJV
January 2, 2022
The letter of Jude is one of the General Epistles and a very short read. Jude sought to protect Christian truth and strongly opposed heretics who threatened the faith. He reminded his readers that they shared a common salvation and alerted them to the need for vigilance in contending for the faith because of the intruders who were troubling the church. The letter's message is relevant to any day and age because it encourages followers of Christ to defend the gospel passionately, actively, and boldly wherever they are in life. Jude's content is very similar to 2 Peter, as that book also deals with false teachers who were infiltrating the church.
February 19, 2016
A short book of warning, and some interesting topics.
"To Him who is able to keep you from falling and to present you before His glorious presence without fault and with great joy - to the only God our Savior be glory, majesty, power, and authority, through Jesus Christ our Lord, before all ages, now and forevemore! Amen. Jude 1:24-25 NIV
"To Him who is able to keep you from falling and to present you before His glorious presence without fault and with great joy - to the only God our Savior be glory, majesty, power, and authority, through Jesus Christ our Lord, before all ages, now and forevemore! Amen. Jude 1:24-25 NIV
August 5, 2022
Jude is the shortest book in the Bible with only 32 verses. Jude was one of Jesus' brothers. In this short book, Jude repudiates those who oppose Christianity because the church had degenerated. He tells the faithful to fight for a historic faith and not be taken in by false prophets.
December 26, 2025
Jude has 1 chapter.
12/19/2024 with The Bible Recap
12/24/2025 with The Bible Recap
12/19/2024 with The Bible Recap
12/24/2025 with The Bible Recap
May 23, 2024
not even a minute after i finished this book gillian asked where my review was.
i thought this book was good ! i honestly chose it just because im behind on my reading goal for 2024 and it was short.
i liked how this book told you to live with God’s values as your own, even when other around you aren’t doing the same.
i thought this book was good ! i honestly chose it just because im behind on my reading goal for 2024 and it was short.
i liked how this book told you to live with God’s values as your own, even when other around you aren’t doing the same.
April 1, 2025
If Jude was a rapper, Drake would be dead.
March 15, 2022
Jude is a strange book but still good and necessary. I love that he mentions Enoch and quotes a bit from his book.
January 4, 2021
Only one book left to go. Ooh, the anticipation!
MY BIBLE CHALLENGE:
In January 2015 I set myself the challenge to read the complete Bible within a year. I discovered that was an unrealistic challenge, and decided to pick up my Bible as and when I felt ready to read more of it. Here is a link to all the reviews in my Bible challenge so far:
https://www.goodreads.com/review/list...
MY BIBLE CHALLENGE:
In January 2015 I set myself the challenge to read the complete Bible within a year. I discovered that was an unrealistic challenge, and decided to pick up my Bible as and when I felt ready to read more of it. Here is a link to all the reviews in my Bible challenge so far:
https://www.goodreads.com/review/list...
April 19, 2023
I didn't realize this brief book had so much to say. It parallels the themes and information in 1 & 2 Peter. We did a comparison in our Bible study group. I also found PDF charts online that compare the qualities of false teachers or wolves that threaten the congregation, and review how to identify scoffers and mockers. Good short study.
February 4, 2022
To God our Savior, Who alone is wise, Be glory and majesty, Dominion and power, Both now and forever. Amen.
Jude 1:25 NKJV
Jude 1:25 NKJV
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September 1, 2018
The book of Jude has only one chapter but it is very potent.
Words from the entire book of Jude:
1 Jude, the servant of Jesus Christ, and brother of James, to them that are sanctified by God the Father, and 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 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 lasciviousness, and denying the only Lord God, and our Lord Jesus Christ.
5 I will therefore put you in remembrance, though ye once knew this, how that the Lord, having saved the people out of the land of Egypt, afterward destroyed them that believed not.
6 And the angels which kept not their first estate, but left their own habitation, he hath reserved in everlasting chains under darkness unto the judgment of the great day.
7 Even as Sodom and Gomorrha, and the cities about them in like manner, giving themselves over to fornication, and going after strange flesh, are set forth for an example, suffering the vengeance of eternal fire.
8 Likewise also these filthy dreamers defile the flesh, despise dominion, and speak evil of dignities.
9 Yet Michael the archangel, when contending with the devil he disputed about the body of Moses, durst not bring against him a railing accusation, but said, The Lord rebuke thee.
10 But these speak evil of those things which they know not: but what they know naturally, as brute beasts, in those things they corrupt themselves.
11 Woe unto them! for they have gone in the way of Cain, and ran greedily after the error of Balaam for reward, and perished in the gainsaying of Core.
12 These are spots in your feasts of charity, when they feast with you, feeding themselves without fear: clouds they are without water, carried about of winds; trees whose fruit withereth, without fruit, twice dead, plucked up by the roots;
13 Raging waves of the sea, foaming out their own shame; wandering stars, to whom is reserved the blackness of darkness for ever.
14 And Enoch also, the seventh from Adam, prophesied of these, saying, Behold, the Lord cometh with ten thousands of his saints,
15 To execute judgment upon all, and to convince all that are ungodly among them of all their ungodly deeds which they have ungodly committed, and of all their hard speeches which ungodly sinners have spoken against him.
16 These are murmurers, complainers, walking after their own lusts; and their mouth speaketh great swelling words, having men's persons in admiration because of advantage.
17 But, beloved, remember ye the words which were spoken before of the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ;
18 How that they told you there should be mockers in the last time, who should walk after their own ungodly lusts.
19 These be they who separate themselves, sensual, having not the Spirit.
20 But ye, beloved, building up yourselves on your most holy faith, praying in the Holy Ghost,
21 Keep yourselves in the love of God, looking for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ unto eternal life.
22 And of some have compassion, making a difference:
23 And others save with fear, pulling them out of the fire; hating even the garment spotted by the flesh.
24 Now unto him that is able to keep you from falling, and to present you faultless before the presence of his glory with exceeding joy,
25 To the only wise God our Saviour, be glory and majesty, dominion and power, both now and ever. Amen.
Bless the name of Jesus!
Words from the entire book of Jude:
1 Jude, the servant of Jesus Christ, and brother of James, to them that are sanctified by God the Father, and 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 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 lasciviousness, and denying the only Lord God, and our Lord Jesus Christ.
5 I will therefore put you in remembrance, though ye once knew this, how that the Lord, having saved the people out of the land of Egypt, afterward destroyed them that believed not.
6 And the angels which kept not their first estate, but left their own habitation, he hath reserved in everlasting chains under darkness unto the judgment of the great day.
7 Even as Sodom and Gomorrha, and the cities about them in like manner, giving themselves over to fornication, and going after strange flesh, are set forth for an example, suffering the vengeance of eternal fire.
8 Likewise also these filthy dreamers defile the flesh, despise dominion, and speak evil of dignities.
9 Yet Michael the archangel, when contending with the devil he disputed about the body of Moses, durst not bring against him a railing accusation, but said, The Lord rebuke thee.
10 But these speak evil of those things which they know not: but what they know naturally, as brute beasts, in those things they corrupt themselves.
11 Woe unto them! for they have gone in the way of Cain, and ran greedily after the error of Balaam for reward, and perished in the gainsaying of Core.
12 These are spots in your feasts of charity, when they feast with you, feeding themselves without fear: clouds they are without water, carried about of winds; trees whose fruit withereth, without fruit, twice dead, plucked up by the roots;
13 Raging waves of the sea, foaming out their own shame; wandering stars, to whom is reserved the blackness of darkness for ever.
14 And Enoch also, the seventh from Adam, prophesied of these, saying, Behold, the Lord cometh with ten thousands of his saints,
15 To execute judgment upon all, and to convince all that are ungodly among them of all their ungodly deeds which they have ungodly committed, and of all their hard speeches which ungodly sinners have spoken against him.
16 These are murmurers, complainers, walking after their own lusts; and their mouth speaketh great swelling words, having men's persons in admiration because of advantage.
17 But, beloved, remember ye the words which were spoken before of the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ;
18 How that they told you there should be mockers in the last time, who should walk after their own ungodly lusts.
19 These be they who separate themselves, sensual, having not the Spirit.
20 But ye, beloved, building up yourselves on your most holy faith, praying in the Holy Ghost,
21 Keep yourselves in the love of God, looking for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ unto eternal life.
22 And of some have compassion, making a difference:
23 And others save with fear, pulling them out of the fire; hating even the garment spotted by the flesh.
24 Now unto him that is able to keep you from falling, and to present you faultless before the presence of his glory with exceeding joy,
25 To the only wise God our Saviour, be glory and majesty, dominion and power, both now and ever. Amen.
Bless the name of Jesus!
March 30, 2021
3/29/21: Leave it once again to a footnote to deepen my appreciation for a familiar text.
"From Judah, a loving servant of Jesus, the Anointed One, and brother of James."
~Jude 1 (TPT)
The first verse of Jude may not seem like much to get excited about at first. But the editor reminds us that Jude isn't just anyone. He was one of Jesus's own brothers.
The editor also points out that the way Jude presents himself is significant here. He isn't the "brother of Jesus." He's the "brother of James."
Why does this distinction matter, when both James and Jude are technically brothers of Jesus in any case? It's about what Jude is choosing to emphasize. Rather than boast about his "physical commonality with Jesus," he is standing on the "spiritual relationship he has with the risen Christ" (1n).
This is even more interesting when you look back at how Jesus' brothers treated him early on in his ministry. In John 7, Jesus's brothers were trying to give him advice about how best to gain fame, even though they didn't really buy into who he was: "His brothers were pushing him, even though they didn’t yet believe in him as the Savior" (John 7:5, TPT).
. . . and then, some 20-30 years later, you have one of those brothers stepping back from any fame he might have claimed from his kinship with Jesus, instead referring to himself as "a loving servant."
What a turnaround. I'd love to know what the defining moment was that made Jude realize that his brother was something far more than he had ever dreamed.
8/13/20: Na, na, na, NA NA NA NA!!! Oh, sorry. Wrong Jude . . .
*Ahem*
Jude is a short but passionate letter, with a few curious passages that hint at intriguing stories long lost (presumably) to our common storehouse of lore.
"Yet when Michael the archangel was disputing with the devil in an argument about Moses's body, he did not dare utter a slanderous condemnation against him . . ."
Jude 9
Um . . . what?
Michael and Satan once argued over Moses's body? Now THAT would have been an argument well worth hearing, I'm sure. My best guess at the subject of their argument is that Satan wanted to carry Moses's body to Hell, Limbo, or whatever you want to call it (since he died before the time of Christ and all) and that Michael disagreed.
Otherwise . . . I've got nothing. That's one head-scratching reference, one that's almost enough to distract from the rest of the letter's important message!
"From Judah, a loving servant of Jesus, the Anointed One, and brother of James."
~Jude 1 (TPT)
The first verse of Jude may not seem like much to get excited about at first. But the editor reminds us that Jude isn't just anyone. He was one of Jesus's own brothers.
The editor also points out that the way Jude presents himself is significant here. He isn't the "brother of Jesus." He's the "brother of James."
Why does this distinction matter, when both James and Jude are technically brothers of Jesus in any case? It's about what Jude is choosing to emphasize. Rather than boast about his "physical commonality with Jesus," he is standing on the "spiritual relationship he has with the risen Christ" (1n).
This is even more interesting when you look back at how Jesus' brothers treated him early on in his ministry. In John 7, Jesus's brothers were trying to give him advice about how best to gain fame, even though they didn't really buy into who he was: "His brothers were pushing him, even though they didn’t yet believe in him as the Savior" (John 7:5, TPT).
. . . and then, some 20-30 years later, you have one of those brothers stepping back from any fame he might have claimed from his kinship with Jesus, instead referring to himself as "a loving servant."
What a turnaround. I'd love to know what the defining moment was that made Jude realize that his brother was something far more than he had ever dreamed.
8/13/20: Na, na, na, NA NA NA NA!!! Oh, sorry. Wrong Jude . . .
*Ahem*
Jude is a short but passionate letter, with a few curious passages that hint at intriguing stories long lost (presumably) to our common storehouse of lore.
"Yet when Michael the archangel was disputing with the devil in an argument about Moses's body, he did not dare utter a slanderous condemnation against him . . ."
Jude 9
Um . . . what?
Michael and Satan once argued over Moses's body? Now THAT would have been an argument well worth hearing, I'm sure. My best guess at the subject of their argument is that Satan wanted to carry Moses's body to Hell, Limbo, or whatever you want to call it (since he died before the time of Christ and all) and that Michael disagreed.
Otherwise . . . I've got nothing. That's one head-scratching reference, one that's almost enough to distract from the rest of the letter's important message!
April 24, 2018
The letter of Jude only contains 32 verses. However the letter demonstrates that Jude was very serious about his faith in Jesus Christ. Jude provides an exhortation of how to and the importance of contended for our faith.
Recommended for ALL Christian's!
Recommended for ALL Christian's!
December 3, 2019
Jude v. 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.
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.
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March 9, 2023Reading through the Scriptures alongside the book introductions of the ESV Study, Calvin and Luther.
March 23, 2016
THE AUTHOR
So first, off, who is the author? It is Judas... but... as we all know, another man by this name spoiled it forever. So there was a name changed to protect the innocent, yes they replace the AS with an E, leaving us with Jude.
Jude, was likely the youngest brother of Jesus, with his others brothers, he had his doubts about Jesus, if you think about it, how bizarre would it be if your oldest brother went about claiming to be God and the savior of the world! I am sure it was unsettling to say the least, when Jesus was arrested and put to death, it likely seemed a tragic end to a not so sane brother. But something, happened...
The resurrection of Jesus does give a reasonable explanation for the change of heart amongst Jesus' brothers. Paul mentioned after Jesus rose from the dead, he visited with James, Jude's brother, before going to the apostles. It appears James and Jude went from being skeptical to being devoted followers of the Lord. James became a Bishop of the Jerusalem church and some think Jude became a missionary, spreading the gospel wherever he went.
TO WHOM WAS IT WRITTEN?
Jude's short letter was likely passed about by those in Asia Minor. This part of Asia contained the Western coastlines and its great cities were centers of Hellenized culture. The area had great harbors, and thus a significant amount of trade. So undoubtedly, these areas would be subject new ideas and different customs that regularly shuffled through their cities.
THE REASON FOR THE LETTER
Jude wanted to write them a “Positive and Encourage KLOVE” letter, and if he got to do such, surely his letter would be more popular today, but Jude found it necessary to write a gloomy cautionary letter because he learned “SOME CREPT IN UNNOTICED”
How did this happen? Likely, these wicked men who crept in unnoticed, talked the religious talk and they partook in religious activities. Christians noticed some external signs of devotion to God and though they saw some questionable behavior they didn't want to judge, and therefore, brushed aside and overlooked what Jude thought a cancer in the church. Jude, desired to see the Christians kept for Christ, and he saw the church was in danger. These Christians were surrounded by error and bad examples and in order to not be influenced, they must be alerted.
THE PROBLEM
The men Jude warned against were changing the grace of God into a license for sin, Denying the Lord Jesus Christ. It appears they loved their sin and use the doctrine of grace as a way to continue in it with peace of mind. Since they were “in Christ” God couldn't see their sin, and Christ righteousness was imputed to them, so it didn't matter how they lived.
DESCRIPTION OF THE EVIL MEN
“Now I desire to remind you, though you know all things once for all...”
Jude knew the Christians he was warning were familiar with the stories in the Old Testament and the teachings of the apostles, but were still at risk for truth can be staring one in the face and yet, if its not brought to ones attention, it can be overlooked or forgotten.
Jude continued on to give three historical examples
The Egyptians who, died in the wilderness after escaping
Angels who sinned, and are kept in chains for judgment
Sodom and Gomorrah who suffered punishment by eternal fire.
"8 Yet in the same way these men, also by dreaming, defile the flesh, and reject authority,
and revile angelic majesties."
These guys Jude is writing against are like those people in these three historical examples.
What Jude meant by “Dreaming and reviling angelic majesties” needs to be understood in light of Egypt, Wanton Angels and Sodom.
These men Jude is warning them about, are doing the same things as those whom God judged.
"9 But Michael the archangel, when he disputed with the devil and argued about the body of Moses, did not dare pronounce against him a railing judgment, But said, “The Lord rebuke you!”10 But these men revile the things which they do not understand; and the things which they know by instinct, like unreasoning animals, by these things they are destroyed"
Those Jude is warning us about seemed to have some odd obsession with angels, I suppose Jude is pointing out that even Michael the Archangel was more measured when disputing with the devil, than they were. It seems these folks were dabbling in things that they knew nothing about.
In Jude's day there were worldly people who had gained an interest in the Christian religion. Some of these people likely embraced gnostic heresies and tried to harmonize Hebrew scriptures with mythologies. And when they couldn't mix the two, they criticized and reviled the bible. But since they were like unreasoning animals, they had no right to be critics. No more so then I, with my elementary understanding of Physics, have the right to criticize Einstein's theory of relativity. Sure I could run my mouth, but my criticisms would not amount to much, for I would be reviling that which I don't understand.
“they have gone the way of Cain...”
Ultimately, the way of Cain, I think can be summed up by the words “murderous envy”. In the story we see how Cain was angry that Abel's offering was accepted, while his was not. He was prideful, so he couldn't be content while his brother was more highly esteemed then himself.
So these men by going the way of Cain, were likely in the church envying others spiritual authority and spiritual gifts. Their Pride insisted upon being more honored and highly esteem and if the best way to get to the top is by cutting others down, then so be it!
Error of Balaam
These men, of whom Jude warns, likely saw religion as a means to profit. We learn the ultimate treasure of Balaam's heart was not the Lord, but wealth (Numbers 22:1-21). He genuinely hoped the Lord would allow him to curse the Lord's chosen people so he could get a reward from the King of Moab. Though, Balaam only spoke the blessings of the Lord over the God's people, his heart motive was off, he really wanted God to change his mind and allow him to curse the chosen people.
Rebellion of Korah
Numbers 16:1-50 tells of the tragic story of the rebellion of Korah. Korah's rebellion resulted from severe discontent, a biased view of history, a rejection of God's authority and a lust for power. Likewise, these men Jude is writing against, likely were discontent, they saw themselves as more qualified and worthy of leading and therefore, they rejected authority and wanted lead instead.
5 metaphorical descriptions of these wicked men
“hidden reefs in your love feasts...”
Possibly Jude is intending to give us a visual picture of calm and beautiful water (represented by the love feast), and yet below the surface is a hidden reef (these evil men) that can rip a hole in the underside of a ship when you think its smooth sailing.
“clouds without water, carried along by winds”
These men likely had the air of spiritual ministers, but, they were like clouds without water to a farmer longing for rain. These men, went about promising much, but never gave any genuine nourishment, those who hoped in them were left dry.
"autumn trees without fruit, doubly dead, uprooted"
Fruit trees such as the pear and apple tree grew in such regions and their harvest time was in autumn. So indeed during the season these trees should be bearing fruit, these were without for they are “doubly dead, uprooted”. Since these men are not connected to the true source of life, it is as impossible for them to bear spiritual fruit, as it is for a dead and uprooted tree to produce a ripe apple.
"Wild waves of the sea, casting up their own shame like foam;"
Jude expressed how these men are never at rest, continually stirring things up and “Casting up their own shame like foam”
"wandering stars, for whom the black darkness has been reserved forever."
and that they were like “wandering stars” by which Jude may have been pointing out how these men were moving to house church, to house church, sharing their false doctrine, looking for those they could corrupt and taking advantage of. As far as the “black darkness” that has been reserved for them, possibly Jude, by referring to wandering stars, actually means a meteor, that shoots across the heavens only to disappear into the blackest darkness. Likewise, these men will eventually come to an end and will be judged.
It was also about these men that Enoch, in the seventh generation from Adam, prophesied, saying, “Behold, the Lord came with many thousands of His holy ones, to execute judgment upon all, and to convict all the ungodly of all their ungodly deeds which they have done in an ungodly way, and of all the harsh things which ungodly sinners have spoken against Him.”
Jude now draws from a prophesy made my Enoch, further making the point of how they will be judged. the context of the prophecy is in the chapter proceeding and goes as followed: The prophecy “will not take place in in this [Enochs] generation, but in a generation which is to succeed at a distant period, on account of the elect...who will be manifested in the strength of his power from heaven. All shall be afraid and the Watchers be terrified, great fear and trembling shall seize them, even to the ends of the earth. But... he shall preserve the elect” So it seems Enoch is referring to the final judgment when the evil men and the Watchers (the angels that left their proper abode for the daughters of men) will be judged. I suppose these men Jude is writing about will be among the wicked judged in the last days, therefore, Jude could safely say this “About these men... Enoch...prophesied”
A Few final Descriptive Remarks
These are grumblers, finding fault, following after their own lusts; they speak arrogantly, flattering people for the sake of gaining an advantage.
Jude, masterfully in this one verse paints a portrait of a worldly man, he captures it so well. Due to the depravity of man, without the work of God in their lives, they would likely be inclined to such behavior. I fear we all know people who fit this caricature, those who grumble, finds fault with others, follow after their own lust, talk the talk and flatter others for their own advantage. Tragically, sometimes such people are in the church, with the title of deacon or elder. Jude is wanting to warn them against such people. Jesus said that they shall know them by their fruit. Most likely, if one consistently conveys these characteristics shown here by Jude, it is evidence they are not in relationship with God.
But you, beloved, ought to remember the words that were spoken beforehand by the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ, that they were saying to you, “In the last time there will be mockers, following after their own ungodly lusts.”
Once again Jude is driving home how the church has been warned, all of this shouldn't have come as any surprise, in fact the church should have been prepared for it.
"19 These are the ones who cause divisions, worldly-minded, devoid of the Spirit.
This verse shows one of the primary reasons why these men are such a threat, there presence and influence will surely lead to divisions. As history has unfolded and we've witnessed the countless fractions and splits in the church, we see the significance of the warning."
SUMMERY THUS FAR
1. Ungodly men crept in the church unnoticed, who use the grace of God as a license for sin.
2. Then we see three examples of how God destroys the ungodly in history,
3. Jude then makes it clear that these men, like those of history, will also be judged
4. Jude is very descriptive, so can easily identify these evil men and not be influenced by them
5. Also, he warns us, letting us know they're divisive and harmful to the church of God.
The PROPER RESONSE
20 But you, beloved, building yourselves up on your most holy faith, praying in the Holy Spirit, 21 keep yourselves in the love of God, waiting anxiously for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ to eternal life.
Now Jude moves into the proper response, which centers first and foremost around strengthening their own relationship with the Lord. This is the proper antidote and the necessary prerequisite if they are to confront these evil men without putting their own faith at risk. Jude wants these Christians to be solid in their relationship with God, before they, with compassion and holy fear, must determine who the trouble makers are and how to deal with them.
“22 And truly that you show compassion while they are being discerned”23 Save others, snatching them out of the fire; and on some have mercy with fear, hating even the garment polluted by the flesh.”
So in other words, Jude is saying don't jump to conclusions, be compassionate as you discern between those who are really a threat and those who are not. And now once this discerning process has been applied, Jude exhorts that with great caution they would seek to save these men from the error of their ways.
Jude didn't want to cause a “witch hunt”. It is significant that after such scathing allegations, prophecies of their coming damnation and a warning to the church of the wreckage these worldly men would bring, we then hear Jude say, “snatch these people out of the fire”, rather than “tie them to the stake and light the fire!” Even after all his harsh words, it seems Jude still believes these men could be saved, if indeed these men being referred to, are the very ones who are the hidden reefs at their love feast, the clouds without water and the wandering stars.
After we've compassionately differentiated between the immature Christians and the rotten pagans, we than must do all we can to save them, snatching them out of the fire! This is a call to evangelism.
The question for us is while we seek to help reconcile sinners with a righteous God, are we disturbed by the sin and all the things it has stained? Jude says we're to HATE even the garment polluted by the flesh.
I think we can grasp what Jude is wanting to communicate, for example, if we were ministering to a child molester, even if God gave us a supernatural love for the person, nonetheless, every part of us would be appalled by their sin and its effects. We've heard it said, “hate the sin, love the sinner”. It seems that Jude is expressing this vary idea in the text.
“Now to Him who is able to keep them from stumbling, and to make them stand in the presence of His glory, blameless with great joy” -Jude 1:24
Jude spent a considerable amount of time writing a scathing critique of men who make the grace of God into a license for immorality. Jude ascribes to them everything imaginable that is horrible, vile and evil and he prophecies their swift damnation. Yet Jude still believed these evil men could be redeemed and all the promises of condemnation need not come to pass if they repent! Jude then says that the Lord is able to keep them from stumbling and to make them stand in the presence of His glory, blameless with great joy. So Jude shows there is hope for the most vile of sinners, and encourages us in evangelism. We can witness to people and no matter how self-righteous, power hungry and immoral a person is, if we can “save them from the fire”, then God is able to keep them and make them blameless!
"to the only God our Savior, through Jesus Christ our Lord, be glory, majesty, dominion and authority, before all time and now and forever. Amen."
Conclusion
As we've seen, Jude knew how the apostles had warned that in the last days, mockers would come. Jude was witnessing this prophecy coming to pass and desired the church to be keenly aware and to correctly respond to the situation. If the people were to oppose these false teachers they needed to consciously aware of their identity. So Jude paints for them a vivid portrait, with a variety of colors, textures and shapes, to help to make it possible for church to spot them right away. But Jude does not end there, but exhorts the people to build up their most holy faith... in the love of God and then seek to evangelize those lost souls, so God could redeem them and make them blameless.
So first, off, who is the author? It is Judas... but... as we all know, another man by this name spoiled it forever. So there was a name changed to protect the innocent, yes they replace the AS with an E, leaving us with Jude.
Jude, was likely the youngest brother of Jesus, with his others brothers, he had his doubts about Jesus, if you think about it, how bizarre would it be if your oldest brother went about claiming to be God and the savior of the world! I am sure it was unsettling to say the least, when Jesus was arrested and put to death, it likely seemed a tragic end to a not so sane brother. But something, happened...
The resurrection of Jesus does give a reasonable explanation for the change of heart amongst Jesus' brothers. Paul mentioned after Jesus rose from the dead, he visited with James, Jude's brother, before going to the apostles. It appears James and Jude went from being skeptical to being devoted followers of the Lord. James became a Bishop of the Jerusalem church and some think Jude became a missionary, spreading the gospel wherever he went.
TO WHOM WAS IT WRITTEN?
Jude's short letter was likely passed about by those in Asia Minor. This part of Asia contained the Western coastlines and its great cities were centers of Hellenized culture. The area had great harbors, and thus a significant amount of trade. So undoubtedly, these areas would be subject new ideas and different customs that regularly shuffled through their cities.
THE REASON FOR THE LETTER
Jude wanted to write them a “Positive and Encourage KLOVE” letter, and if he got to do such, surely his letter would be more popular today, but Jude found it necessary to write a gloomy cautionary letter because he learned “SOME CREPT IN UNNOTICED”
How did this happen? Likely, these wicked men who crept in unnoticed, talked the religious talk and they partook in religious activities. Christians noticed some external signs of devotion to God and though they saw some questionable behavior they didn't want to judge, and therefore, brushed aside and overlooked what Jude thought a cancer in the church. Jude, desired to see the Christians kept for Christ, and he saw the church was in danger. These Christians were surrounded by error and bad examples and in order to not be influenced, they must be alerted.
THE PROBLEM
The men Jude warned against were changing the grace of God into a license for sin, Denying the Lord Jesus Christ. It appears they loved their sin and use the doctrine of grace as a way to continue in it with peace of mind. Since they were “in Christ” God couldn't see their sin, and Christ righteousness was imputed to them, so it didn't matter how they lived.
DESCRIPTION OF THE EVIL MEN
“Now I desire to remind you, though you know all things once for all...”
Jude knew the Christians he was warning were familiar with the stories in the Old Testament and the teachings of the apostles, but were still at risk for truth can be staring one in the face and yet, if its not brought to ones attention, it can be overlooked or forgotten.
Jude continued on to give three historical examples
The Egyptians who, died in the wilderness after escaping
Angels who sinned, and are kept in chains for judgment
Sodom and Gomorrah who suffered punishment by eternal fire.
"8 Yet in the same way these men, also by dreaming, defile the flesh, and reject authority,
and revile angelic majesties."
These guys Jude is writing against are like those people in these three historical examples.
What Jude meant by “Dreaming and reviling angelic majesties” needs to be understood in light of Egypt, Wanton Angels and Sodom.
These men Jude is warning them about, are doing the same things as those whom God judged.
"9 But Michael the archangel, when he disputed with the devil and argued about the body of Moses, did not dare pronounce against him a railing judgment, But said, “The Lord rebuke you!”10 But these men revile the things which they do not understand; and the things which they know by instinct, like unreasoning animals, by these things they are destroyed"
Those Jude is warning us about seemed to have some odd obsession with angels, I suppose Jude is pointing out that even Michael the Archangel was more measured when disputing with the devil, than they were. It seems these folks were dabbling in things that they knew nothing about.
In Jude's day there were worldly people who had gained an interest in the Christian religion. Some of these people likely embraced gnostic heresies and tried to harmonize Hebrew scriptures with mythologies. And when they couldn't mix the two, they criticized and reviled the bible. But since they were like unreasoning animals, they had no right to be critics. No more so then I, with my elementary understanding of Physics, have the right to criticize Einstein's theory of relativity. Sure I could run my mouth, but my criticisms would not amount to much, for I would be reviling that which I don't understand.
“they have gone the way of Cain...”
Ultimately, the way of Cain, I think can be summed up by the words “murderous envy”. In the story we see how Cain was angry that Abel's offering was accepted, while his was not. He was prideful, so he couldn't be content while his brother was more highly esteemed then himself.
So these men by going the way of Cain, were likely in the church envying others spiritual authority and spiritual gifts. Their Pride insisted upon being more honored and highly esteem and if the best way to get to the top is by cutting others down, then so be it!
Error of Balaam
These men, of whom Jude warns, likely saw religion as a means to profit. We learn the ultimate treasure of Balaam's heart was not the Lord, but wealth (Numbers 22:1-21). He genuinely hoped the Lord would allow him to curse the Lord's chosen people so he could get a reward from the King of Moab. Though, Balaam only spoke the blessings of the Lord over the God's people, his heart motive was off, he really wanted God to change his mind and allow him to curse the chosen people.
Rebellion of Korah
Numbers 16:1-50 tells of the tragic story of the rebellion of Korah. Korah's rebellion resulted from severe discontent, a biased view of history, a rejection of God's authority and a lust for power. Likewise, these men Jude is writing against, likely were discontent, they saw themselves as more qualified and worthy of leading and therefore, they rejected authority and wanted lead instead.
5 metaphorical descriptions of these wicked men
“hidden reefs in your love feasts...”
Possibly Jude is intending to give us a visual picture of calm and beautiful water (represented by the love feast), and yet below the surface is a hidden reef (these evil men) that can rip a hole in the underside of a ship when you think its smooth sailing.
“clouds without water, carried along by winds”
These men likely had the air of spiritual ministers, but, they were like clouds without water to a farmer longing for rain. These men, went about promising much, but never gave any genuine nourishment, those who hoped in them were left dry.
"autumn trees without fruit, doubly dead, uprooted"
Fruit trees such as the pear and apple tree grew in such regions and their harvest time was in autumn. So indeed during the season these trees should be bearing fruit, these were without for they are “doubly dead, uprooted”. Since these men are not connected to the true source of life, it is as impossible for them to bear spiritual fruit, as it is for a dead and uprooted tree to produce a ripe apple.
"Wild waves of the sea, casting up their own shame like foam;"
Jude expressed how these men are never at rest, continually stirring things up and “Casting up their own shame like foam”
"wandering stars, for whom the black darkness has been reserved forever."
and that they were like “wandering stars” by which Jude may have been pointing out how these men were moving to house church, to house church, sharing their false doctrine, looking for those they could corrupt and taking advantage of. As far as the “black darkness” that has been reserved for them, possibly Jude, by referring to wandering stars, actually means a meteor, that shoots across the heavens only to disappear into the blackest darkness. Likewise, these men will eventually come to an end and will be judged.
It was also about these men that Enoch, in the seventh generation from Adam, prophesied, saying, “Behold, the Lord came with many thousands of His holy ones, to execute judgment upon all, and to convict all the ungodly of all their ungodly deeds which they have done in an ungodly way, and of all the harsh things which ungodly sinners have spoken against Him.”
Jude now draws from a prophesy made my Enoch, further making the point of how they will be judged. the context of the prophecy is in the chapter proceeding and goes as followed: The prophecy “will not take place in in this [Enochs] generation, but in a generation which is to succeed at a distant period, on account of the elect...who will be manifested in the strength of his power from heaven. All shall be afraid and the Watchers be terrified, great fear and trembling shall seize them, even to the ends of the earth. But... he shall preserve the elect” So it seems Enoch is referring to the final judgment when the evil men and the Watchers (the angels that left their proper abode for the daughters of men) will be judged. I suppose these men Jude is writing about will be among the wicked judged in the last days, therefore, Jude could safely say this “About these men... Enoch...prophesied”
A Few final Descriptive Remarks
These are grumblers, finding fault, following after their own lusts; they speak arrogantly, flattering people for the sake of gaining an advantage.
Jude, masterfully in this one verse paints a portrait of a worldly man, he captures it so well. Due to the depravity of man, without the work of God in their lives, they would likely be inclined to such behavior. I fear we all know people who fit this caricature, those who grumble, finds fault with others, follow after their own lust, talk the talk and flatter others for their own advantage. Tragically, sometimes such people are in the church, with the title of deacon or elder. Jude is wanting to warn them against such people. Jesus said that they shall know them by their fruit. Most likely, if one consistently conveys these characteristics shown here by Jude, it is evidence they are not in relationship with God.
But you, beloved, ought to remember the words that were spoken beforehand by the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ, that they were saying to you, “In the last time there will be mockers, following after their own ungodly lusts.”
Once again Jude is driving home how the church has been warned, all of this shouldn't have come as any surprise, in fact the church should have been prepared for it.
"19 These are the ones who cause divisions, worldly-minded, devoid of the Spirit.
This verse shows one of the primary reasons why these men are such a threat, there presence and influence will surely lead to divisions. As history has unfolded and we've witnessed the countless fractions and splits in the church, we see the significance of the warning."
SUMMERY THUS FAR
1. Ungodly men crept in the church unnoticed, who use the grace of God as a license for sin.
2. Then we see three examples of how God destroys the ungodly in history,
3. Jude then makes it clear that these men, like those of history, will also be judged
4. Jude is very descriptive, so can easily identify these evil men and not be influenced by them
5. Also, he warns us, letting us know they're divisive and harmful to the church of God.
The PROPER RESONSE
20 But you, beloved, building yourselves up on your most holy faith, praying in the Holy Spirit, 21 keep yourselves in the love of God, waiting anxiously for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ to eternal life.
Now Jude moves into the proper response, which centers first and foremost around strengthening their own relationship with the Lord. This is the proper antidote and the necessary prerequisite if they are to confront these evil men without putting their own faith at risk. Jude wants these Christians to be solid in their relationship with God, before they, with compassion and holy fear, must determine who the trouble makers are and how to deal with them.
“22 And truly that you show compassion while they are being discerned”23 Save others, snatching them out of the fire; and on some have mercy with fear, hating even the garment polluted by the flesh.”
So in other words, Jude is saying don't jump to conclusions, be compassionate as you discern between those who are really a threat and those who are not. And now once this discerning process has been applied, Jude exhorts that with great caution they would seek to save these men from the error of their ways.
Jude didn't want to cause a “witch hunt”. It is significant that after such scathing allegations, prophecies of their coming damnation and a warning to the church of the wreckage these worldly men would bring, we then hear Jude say, “snatch these people out of the fire”, rather than “tie them to the stake and light the fire!” Even after all his harsh words, it seems Jude still believes these men could be saved, if indeed these men being referred to, are the very ones who are the hidden reefs at their love feast, the clouds without water and the wandering stars.
After we've compassionately differentiated between the immature Christians and the rotten pagans, we than must do all we can to save them, snatching them out of the fire! This is a call to evangelism.
The question for us is while we seek to help reconcile sinners with a righteous God, are we disturbed by the sin and all the things it has stained? Jude says we're to HATE even the garment polluted by the flesh.
I think we can grasp what Jude is wanting to communicate, for example, if we were ministering to a child molester, even if God gave us a supernatural love for the person, nonetheless, every part of us would be appalled by their sin and its effects. We've heard it said, “hate the sin, love the sinner”. It seems that Jude is expressing this vary idea in the text.
“Now to Him who is able to keep them from stumbling, and to make them stand in the presence of His glory, blameless with great joy” -Jude 1:24
Jude spent a considerable amount of time writing a scathing critique of men who make the grace of God into a license for immorality. Jude ascribes to them everything imaginable that is horrible, vile and evil and he prophecies their swift damnation. Yet Jude still believed these evil men could be redeemed and all the promises of condemnation need not come to pass if they repent! Jude then says that the Lord is able to keep them from stumbling and to make them stand in the presence of His glory, blameless with great joy. So Jude shows there is hope for the most vile of sinners, and encourages us in evangelism. We can witness to people and no matter how self-righteous, power hungry and immoral a person is, if we can “save them from the fire”, then God is able to keep them and make them blameless!
"to the only God our Savior, through Jesus Christ our Lord, be glory, majesty, dominion and authority, before all time and now and forever. Amen."
Conclusion
As we've seen, Jude knew how the apostles had warned that in the last days, mockers would come. Jude was witnessing this prophecy coming to pass and desired the church to be keenly aware and to correctly respond to the situation. If the people were to oppose these false teachers they needed to consciously aware of their identity. So Jude paints for them a vivid portrait, with a variety of colors, textures and shapes, to help to make it possible for church to spot them right away. But Jude does not end there, but exhorts the people to build up their most holy faith... in the love of God and then seek to evangelize those lost souls, so God could redeem them and make them blameless.
January 4, 2024
Jude is writing a supplication for believers to FIGHT for the faith. He then warns, as a "reminder," what happens to those who do not respect this. He points out that he knows there are some people not living in faith who have infiltrated them.
His brings up what happened in Egypt, destroying those who did not believe. He also mentions the angels that left their proper dwelling place and now are chained in darkness, awaiting judgement. He also mentions the infamous Sodom and Gammorah.
These evil people slander what they do not understand, and what they do understand (their animal instinct), is what will destroy them.
Jude gets extremely poetic, making a lot of really interesting metaphors in verses 12-13.
The most impactful thing about these evil people, is that they are mingling with believers and most likely labeling themselves as believers... and it seems like true believers are being influenced.
So how do you combat this? Jude says to build yourself up in the faith and pray in the Holy Spirit, abide in God's love, and wait on eternity.
God is able to keep us from stumbling and to present us before his glorious presence without fault and with great joy.
His brings up what happened in Egypt, destroying those who did not believe. He also mentions the angels that left their proper dwelling place and now are chained in darkness, awaiting judgement. He also mentions the infamous Sodom and Gammorah.
These evil people slander what they do not understand, and what they do understand (their animal instinct), is what will destroy them.
Jude gets extremely poetic, making a lot of really interesting metaphors in verses 12-13.
The most impactful thing about these evil people, is that they are mingling with believers and most likely labeling themselves as believers... and it seems like true believers are being influenced.
So how do you combat this? Jude says to build yourself up in the faith and pray in the Holy Spirit, abide in God's love, and wait on eternity.
God is able to keep us from stumbling and to present us before his glorious presence without fault and with great joy.
February 5, 2025
Jude confronts corrupt teachers who distort the message about his brother Jesus and lead others astray. The book of Judah illustrates God's judgment on rebellion, while warning against the rebels who are corrupting other people. Judah then challenges the church to contend for the faith and stay faithful to God. The epistle reassures its readers that these people will soon be judged by God. It is possible that the group being referred to would have been obvious to the original recipients of the letter, but if a specific group was being referred to, knowledge of the details has since been lost. The one bit of their potential ideology discussed in the letter is that these opponents denigrate angels and their role. If this was indeed a part of the ideology of this group the author opposed, then the epistle is possibly a counterpoint to the Epistle to the Colossians. Colossians condemns those who give angels undue prominence and worship them; this implies the two letters might be part of an early Christian debate on Christian angelology.
December 13, 2021
The book of Jude is the sixty-fifth book in the Bible, and it is the twenty-sixth book in the New Testament. The author of this book is Jude, who identifies himself as “the brother of James.” It is likely that Jude was the half-brother of Jesus, along with James. If that is the case, Jude came to faith in Jesus not while He lived, but only after He was crucified. The book of Jude is difficult to date, but some scholars believe that Jude was written around the same time as Second Peter.
Jude spoke vehemently against false teachers in his short letter. He exhorts the people to root out false teachers that had snuck into the church, but he also exhorts believers to stand strong and fight for the truth. He commands believers to remember the teachings of the apostles, staying in God’s love, and praying in the Holy Spirit in order to remain rooted in truth.
In today’s world of itching ears, it is very easy to find false teachers in every sector of life. Perhaps because the church has been infiltrated by those who believe that God’s love is far more important than His justice, we have not fought for the truth to remain steady. The modern church could take a few pages out of Jude’s exhortations to keep the truth as a pillar in our communities.
Jude spoke vehemently against false teachers in his short letter. He exhorts the people to root out false teachers that had snuck into the church, but he also exhorts believers to stand strong and fight for the truth. He commands believers to remember the teachings of the apostles, staying in God’s love, and praying in the Holy Spirit in order to remain rooted in truth.
In today’s world of itching ears, it is very easy to find false teachers in every sector of life. Perhaps because the church has been infiltrated by those who believe that God’s love is far more important than His justice, we have not fought for the truth to remain steady. The modern church could take a few pages out of Jude’s exhortations to keep the truth as a pillar in our communities.
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February 8, 2025
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 𝕝𝕒𝕤𝕔𝕚𝕧𝕚𝕠𝕦𝕤𝕟𝕖𝕤𝕤, 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕕𝕖𝕟𝕪𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕠𝕟𝕝𝕪 𝕃𝕠𝕣𝕕 𝔾𝕠𝕕, 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕠𝕦𝕣 𝕃𝕠𝕣𝕕 𝕁𝕖𝕤𝕦𝕤 ℂ𝕙𝕣𝕚𝕤𝕥.
- Jude 1:4
𝕋𝕠 𝕖𝕩𝕖𝕔𝕦𝕥𝕖 𝕛𝕦𝕕𝕘𝕖𝕞𝕖𝕟𝕥 𝕦𝕡𝕠𝕟 𝕒𝕝𝕝, 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕥𝕠 𝕔𝕠𝕟𝕧𝕚𝕟𝕔𝕖 𝕒𝕝𝕝 𝕥𝕙𝕒𝕥 𝕒𝕣𝕖 𝕦𝕟𝕘𝕠𝕕𝕝𝕪 𝕒𝕞𝕠𝕟𝕘 𝕥𝕙𝕖𝕞 𝕠𝕗 𝕒𝕝𝕝 𝕥𝕙𝕖𝕚𝕣 𝕦𝕟𝕘𝕠𝕕𝕝𝕪 𝕕𝕖𝕖𝕕𝕤 𝕨𝕙𝕚𝕔𝕙 𝕥𝕙𝕖𝕪 𝕙𝕒𝕧𝕖 𝕦𝕟𝕘𝕠𝕕𝕝𝕪 𝕔𝕠𝕞𝕞𝕚𝕥𝕥𝕖𝕕, 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕠𝕗 𝕒𝕝𝕝 𝕥𝕙𝕖𝕚𝕣 𝕙𝕒𝕣𝕕 𝕤𝕡𝕖𝕖𝕔𝕙𝕖𝕤 𝕨𝕚𝕥𝕙 𝕦𝕟𝕘𝕠𝕕𝕝𝕪 𝕤𝕚𝕟𝕟𝕖𝕣𝕤 𝕙𝕒𝕧𝕖 𝕤𝕡𝕠𝕜𝕖𝕟 𝕒𝕘𝕒𝕚𝕟𝕤𝕥 𝕙𝕚𝕞.
- Jude 1:15
𝔹𝕦𝕥 𝕪𝕖, 𝕓𝕖𝕝𝕠𝕧𝕖𝕕, 𝕓𝕦𝕚𝕝𝕕𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕦𝕡 𝕪𝕠𝕦𝕣𝕤𝕖𝕝𝕧𝕖𝕤 𝕠𝕟 𝕪𝕠𝕦𝕣 𝕞𝕠𝕤𝕥 𝕙𝕠𝕝𝕪 𝕗𝕒𝕚𝕥𝕙, 𝕡𝕣𝕒𝕪𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕚𝕟 𝕥𝕙𝕖 ℍ𝕠𝕝𝕪 𝔾𝕙𝕠𝕤𝕥, 𝕜𝕖𝕖𝕡 𝕪𝕠𝕦𝕣𝕤𝕖𝕝𝕧𝕖𝕤 𝕚𝕟 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕝𝕠𝕧𝕖 𝕠𝕗 𝔾𝕠𝕕, 𝕝𝕠𝕠𝕜𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕗𝕠𝕣 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕞𝕖𝕣𝕔𝕪 𝕠𝕗 𝕠𝕦𝕣 𝕃𝕠𝕣𝕕 𝕁𝕖𝕤𝕦𝕤 ℂ𝕙𝕣𝕚𝕤𝕥 𝕦𝕟𝕥𝕠 𝕖𝕥𝕖𝕣𝕟𝕒𝕝 𝕝𝕚𝕗𝕖.
- Jude 1:20-21
𝕋𝕠 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕠𝕟𝕝𝕪 𝕨𝕚𝕤𝕖 𝔾𝕠𝕕 𝕠𝕦𝕣 𝕊𝕒𝕧𝕚𝕠𝕦𝕣, 𝕓𝕖 𝕘𝕝𝕠𝕣𝕪 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕞𝕒𝕛𝕖𝕤𝕥𝕪, 𝕕𝕠𝕞𝕚𝕟𝕚𝕠𝕟 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕡𝕠𝕨𝕖𝕣, 𝕓𝕠𝕥𝕙 𝕟𝕠𝕨 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕖𝕧𝕖𝕣. 𝔸𝕞𝕖𝕟.
- Jude 1:25
- Jude 1:4
𝕋𝕠 𝕖𝕩𝕖𝕔𝕦𝕥𝕖 𝕛𝕦𝕕𝕘𝕖𝕞𝕖𝕟𝕥 𝕦𝕡𝕠𝕟 𝕒𝕝𝕝, 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕥𝕠 𝕔𝕠𝕟𝕧𝕚𝕟𝕔𝕖 𝕒𝕝𝕝 𝕥𝕙𝕒𝕥 𝕒𝕣𝕖 𝕦𝕟𝕘𝕠𝕕𝕝𝕪 𝕒𝕞𝕠𝕟𝕘 𝕥𝕙𝕖𝕞 𝕠𝕗 𝕒𝕝𝕝 𝕥𝕙𝕖𝕚𝕣 𝕦𝕟𝕘𝕠𝕕𝕝𝕪 𝕕𝕖𝕖𝕕𝕤 𝕨𝕙𝕚𝕔𝕙 𝕥𝕙𝕖𝕪 𝕙𝕒𝕧𝕖 𝕦𝕟𝕘𝕠𝕕𝕝𝕪 𝕔𝕠𝕞𝕞𝕚𝕥𝕥𝕖𝕕, 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕠𝕗 𝕒𝕝𝕝 𝕥𝕙𝕖𝕚𝕣 𝕙𝕒𝕣𝕕 𝕤𝕡𝕖𝕖𝕔𝕙𝕖𝕤 𝕨𝕚𝕥𝕙 𝕦𝕟𝕘𝕠𝕕𝕝𝕪 𝕤𝕚𝕟𝕟𝕖𝕣𝕤 𝕙𝕒𝕧𝕖 𝕤𝕡𝕠𝕜𝕖𝕟 𝕒𝕘𝕒𝕚𝕟𝕤𝕥 𝕙𝕚𝕞.
- Jude 1:15
𝔹𝕦𝕥 𝕪𝕖, 𝕓𝕖𝕝𝕠𝕧𝕖𝕕, 𝕓𝕦𝕚𝕝𝕕𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕦𝕡 𝕪𝕠𝕦𝕣𝕤𝕖𝕝𝕧𝕖𝕤 𝕠𝕟 𝕪𝕠𝕦𝕣 𝕞𝕠𝕤𝕥 𝕙𝕠𝕝𝕪 𝕗𝕒𝕚𝕥𝕙, 𝕡𝕣𝕒𝕪𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕚𝕟 𝕥𝕙𝕖 ℍ𝕠𝕝𝕪 𝔾𝕙𝕠𝕤𝕥, 𝕜𝕖𝕖𝕡 𝕪𝕠𝕦𝕣𝕤𝕖𝕝𝕧𝕖𝕤 𝕚𝕟 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕝𝕠𝕧𝕖 𝕠𝕗 𝔾𝕠𝕕, 𝕝𝕠𝕠𝕜𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕗𝕠𝕣 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕞𝕖𝕣𝕔𝕪 𝕠𝕗 𝕠𝕦𝕣 𝕃𝕠𝕣𝕕 𝕁𝕖𝕤𝕦𝕤 ℂ𝕙𝕣𝕚𝕤𝕥 𝕦𝕟𝕥𝕠 𝕖𝕥𝕖𝕣𝕟𝕒𝕝 𝕝𝕚𝕗𝕖.
- Jude 1:20-21
𝕋𝕠 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕠𝕟𝕝𝕪 𝕨𝕚𝕤𝕖 𝔾𝕠𝕕 𝕠𝕦𝕣 𝕊𝕒𝕧𝕚𝕠𝕦𝕣, 𝕓𝕖 𝕘𝕝𝕠𝕣𝕪 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕞𝕒𝕛𝕖𝕤𝕥𝕪, 𝕕𝕠𝕞𝕚𝕟𝕚𝕠𝕟 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕡𝕠𝕨𝕖𝕣, 𝕓𝕠𝕥𝕙 𝕟𝕠𝕨 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕖𝕧𝕖𝕣. 𝔸𝕞𝕖𝕟.
- Jude 1:25
October 15, 2024
Jude is a very short book in the Bible (only a page and a half in my version). Therefore, it only talks about one subject as Jude warns about false teachers in the end times. This was a great detailing as Jude references various stories in the Bible to make examples of cities that have fallen to sin and will suffer judgement on judgement day. He ends with explaining how to avoid caving into the flesh by keeping yourself in the spirit by praying to the Holy Ghost, and through that God will pick you up when you fall. This is a great book in the Bible for readers who are looking for more motivation to pray.
December 22, 2017
That was a fun short little book. It definitely was a product of its time in the warnings and the sayings but the message of it is the same, be warned against people who have twisted the gospel into something it is not, and that is a very good warning.
I read this in the message version but I wanted to include this as a separate book entry into Goodreads so that's why it's the ESV. I also compared some of the passages to my Kindle hcsb version (the one Beth Moore uses).
Hard copy and eBook cross-checks
I read this in the message version but I wanted to include this as a separate book entry into Goodreads so that's why it's the ESV. I also compared some of the passages to my Kindle hcsb version (the one Beth Moore uses).
Hard copy and eBook cross-checks
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October 2, 2025ამის გააზრება თავიდან გამიჭირდა ცოტა, მაგრან საბოლოო ჯამში ძალიან ბევრ რამეს მივხვდი. საოცრება იყო. ამ ერთ თავს მოვანდომე 20 წუთი მხოლოდ და დარწმუნებული ვარ ბოლომდე ჯერაც ვერ გავიგე ბევრი რამ.
იუდა 1:9 იყო რაღავ საოცრება მუხლი, მიყვარს ე��ეთი ისტორიები.
At first, it was a little difficult for me to understand, but in the end I realized a lot of things. It was wonderful. I spent 20 minutes just on this one chapter, and I’m sure there’s still a lot I don’t fully understand.
Jude 1:9 was such an amazing verse; I love stories like this.
იუდა 1:9 იყო რაღავ საოცრება მუხლი, მიყვარს ე��ეთი ისტორიები.
At first, it was a little difficult for me to understand, but in the end I realized a lot of things. It was wonderful. I spent 20 minutes just on this one chapter, and I’m sure there’s still a lot I don’t fully understand.
Jude 1:9 was such an amazing verse; I love stories like this.
November 15, 2018
Jude Review (No Spoilers)
Jude is the second to last book in the Bible. I see it as kind of a reminder and a warning to obey God’s commands and to be a good Christian. It says that God will judge us and that we have to be prepared. It said to not follow ungodly desires and warned us that the wicked will not go to heaven. I think this was a good warning and reminder. I give Jude 4/5 stars.
Jude is the second to last book in the Bible. I see it as kind of a reminder and a warning to obey God’s commands and to be a good Christian. It says that God will judge us and that we have to be prepared. It said to not follow ungodly desires and warned us that the wicked will not go to heaven. I think this was a good warning and reminder. I give Jude 4/5 stars.
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