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<v Speaker 1>To the letter from Jude.

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<v Speaker 2>It's the second to last book in the Bible. This

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<v Speaker 2>is a good opportunity for me to remind you to

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<v Speaker 2>fill out a connection card. We ask everybody to do

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<v Speaker 2>that every week. Please just scan the QR code. You

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<v Speaker 2>got the whole worship service to do that. Scan the

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<v Speaker 2>QR code there in the seatback or the bulletin, and

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<v Speaker 2>just we need to know that you're here by name.

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<v Speaker 2>That's a really important pastoral tool for us. If you're new,

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<v Speaker 2>you can leave some contact information.

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<v Speaker 1>And we'll follow up with you.

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<v Speaker 2>If you are new, there's a table out in the

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<v Speaker 2>lobby called Step one, and that's where we like to

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<v Speaker 2>connect with folks and answer questions and welcome you into

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<v Speaker 2>the process of what looks like to become a part

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<v Speaker 2>of this church. So see it's Step one after this

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<v Speaker 2>service if you're new around here.

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<v Speaker 1>Oh and this thing first Wednesday?

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<v Speaker 2>Is this Wednesday?

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<v Speaker 3>Uh?

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<v Speaker 2>All right, I didn't even have to say it, but

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<v Speaker 2>this I will say. It starts at six o'clock this Wednesday.

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<v Speaker 2>Our ordinary start time is six forty five, but we're

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<v Speaker 2>doing an experiment this summer in July and in August.

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<v Speaker 2>We're gonna start at six and we're gonna see how

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<v Speaker 2>it goes. I think maybe there's some families with young

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<v Speaker 2>children who this is gonna work out better for Look,

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<v Speaker 2>you get to vote on this. You get to vote

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<v Speaker 2>by showing up, you vote with your feet. If you're there,

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<v Speaker 2>we're like, all right, this is strong. If you're not there,

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<v Speaker 2>we're like, all right, back to six forty five.

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<v Speaker 1>That's kind of what we're trying to do.

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<v Speaker 2>We'll see how it goes. Six o'clock though, Wednesday, let's

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<v Speaker 2>pray together, let's worship together. All right?

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<v Speaker 1>Did you find Jude?

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<v Speaker 2>We're in Jude. In Jude, some are the short books.

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<v Speaker 2>That's what I'm calling this summer. Some of the short books.

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<v Speaker 2>We were in Obadiah one chapter, we were in Phi

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<v Speaker 2>Lehman one chapter.

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<v Speaker 1>We're in Jude.

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<v Speaker 2>We're gonna take it in one go, which I think

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<v Speaker 2>is how Jude intended his letter to be read, not

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<v Speaker 2>dribbled out week by week, but read as a letter.

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<v Speaker 2>And I am sure we're gonna leave some grapes on

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<v Speaker 2>this cluster, no doubt. That's fine. You can study some

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<v Speaker 2>more of Jude as we go, but the message is

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<v Speaker 2>going to be clear. I'd like to start with this

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<v Speaker 2>picture you see in the title fighting to keep true.

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<v Speaker 2>That the term true is an important one in our

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<v Speaker 2>overall understanding of Jude.

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<v Speaker 1>True as in straightened.

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<v Speaker 2>On pitch. My grandfather was a woodworker and one of

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<v Speaker 2>the things that he would do work pretty hard at

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<v Speaker 2>is getting boards straight and keeping them straight, keeping them true.

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<v Speaker 1>And involved clamps and glue and stuff. I don't know.

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<v Speaker 2>I watched with bicycle mechanics. You know, they'll work on

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<v Speaker 2>the wheels of the bicycle and to keep them from wobbling,

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<v Speaker 2>they need to be put and kept true. And here's

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<v Speaker 2>the thing. It's a fight. You gotta adjust this spoke,

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<v Speaker 2>tighten this loosen that. If you are a piano tuner,

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<v Speaker 2>that means showing up, listening to each string in that

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<v Speaker 2>instrument and tuning it, truing it up to the proper pitch.

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<v Speaker 2>That's the sort of thing that Jude is about. I'm

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<v Speaker 2>gonna read this whole letter to us in just a moment,

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<v Speaker 2>but I just want to point out a couple of

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<v Speaker 2>things before we read. This is from Jude, who's a

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<v Speaker 2>church leader in the early Church. Says first one, Jude,

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<v Speaker 2>a servant of Jesus Christ and brother of James. To

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<v Speaker 2>those who are called beloved in God, the Father kept

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<v Speaker 2>for Jesus Christ. It's a key term throughout this letter, kept,

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<v Speaker 2>kept true, held stayed, and he uses the term a

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<v Speaker 2>variety of ways, kept keeping keep as an instruction. Keep

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<v Speaker 2>uses it both positively and negatively. You'll see it throughout

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<v Speaker 2>the letter. But here's the key verse verse three. Verse three,

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<v Speaker 2>Jude says, I found it necessary to write appealing to you.

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<v Speaker 1>To contend for the faith, to contend.

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<v Speaker 2>To fight, to struggle, to work at it, just like

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<v Speaker 2>the woodworker contends to keep the board straight, or the

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<v Speaker 2>bicycle mechanic contends to keep the wheel true, or the

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<v Speaker 2>piano tuner contends to keep that instrum meant in pitch.

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<v Speaker 2>Jude saying I had to write to you to encourage you,

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<v Speaker 2>to exhort you to fight to keep true. We're gonna

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<v Speaker 2>read this altogether in just a moment, and as we do,

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<v Speaker 2>I want to encourage you to not get stuck in

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<v Speaker 2>the weeds. There are gonna be a bunch of references

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<v Speaker 2>in this letter. You know, Jude is written. It's an

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<v Speaker 2>ancient letters. He talks funny, okay, And there are references

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<v Speaker 2>in here to old Testament accounts. You might not be

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<v Speaker 2>familiar with, or even Jewish traditions that you're not familiar with.

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<v Speaker 2>Don't get hung up. I think if you zoom out

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<v Speaker 2>a little bit, you'll get the big picture. In fact,

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<v Speaker 2>if you keep this one question in mind as we read,

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<v Speaker 2>how important does God's words say it is to fight

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<v Speaker 2>to keep true? If you keep that question in mind

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<v Speaker 2>as we read, I think the big picture will come

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<v Speaker 2>leaping off the page. Okay, so stand for the reading

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<v Speaker 2>of God's word and let's read the letter from Jude Jude,

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<v Speaker 2>a servant of Jesus Christ and brother of James, to

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<v Speaker 2>those who were called beloved in God the Father and

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<v Speaker 2>kept for Jesus Christ. May mercy, peace and love be

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<v Speaker 2>multiplied to you, beloved. Although I was very eager to

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<v Speaker 2>write to you about our common salvation, I found it

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<v Speaker 2>necessary to write appealing to you to contend for the

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<v Speaker 2>faith that was once for all delivered to the saints.

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<v Speaker 2>For certain people have crept in unnoticed, who long ago

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<v Speaker 2>were designated for this condemnation. Ungodly people who pervert the

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<v Speaker 2>grace of our God into sensuality and deny our only

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<v Speaker 2>Master and Lord, Jesus Christ. Now I want to remind

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<v Speaker 2>you although you once fully knew it that Jesus, who

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<v Speaker 2>saved a people out of the land of Egypt, afterward

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<v Speaker 2>destroyed those who did not believe, and the angels who

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<v Speaker 2>did not stay within their position of authority, but left

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<v Speaker 2>their proper dwelling. He has kept in eternal chains under

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<v Speaker 2>gloomy darkness until the judgment of the Great Day. Just

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<v Speaker 2>as Sodom and Gomorrah and the surrounding cities, which likewise

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<v Speaker 2>indulged in sexual immorality and pursued unnatural desire, serve as

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<v Speaker 2>an example by undergoing a punishment of eternal fire. Yet

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<v Speaker 2>in like manner, these people, also relying on their dreams,

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<v Speaker 2>defile the flesh, reject authority, and blaspheme the glorious ones.

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<v Speaker 2>But when the archangel Michael, contending with the Devil, was

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<v Speaker 2>disputing about the body of Moses, he didn't presumed to

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<v Speaker 2>pronounce a blasphemous judgment, but he said, the Lord rebukeu

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<v Speaker 2>these But these people blasphem all that they do not understand,

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<v Speaker 2>and they are destroyed by all that they, like unreasoning

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<v Speaker 2>animals understand instinctively. Woe to them, for they walked in

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<v Speaker 2>the way of Cain and abandoned themselves for the sake

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<v Speaker 2>of gained Balem's error, and perished in Cora's rebellion. These

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<v Speaker 2>are hidden reefs at your love feasts, as they feast

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<v Speaker 2>with you without fear. Shepherds feeding themselves, waterless clouds, swept

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<v Speaker 2>along by winds, fruitless trees, and laid autumn twice dead,

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<v Speaker 2>uprooted wild waves of the sea, casting up the foam

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<v Speaker 2>of their own shame, wandering stars for whom the gloom

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<v Speaker 2>of utter darkness has been reserved forever. It was also

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<v Speaker 2>about these that Enoch the seventh from Adam prophesied, saying, behold,

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<v Speaker 2>the Lord comes with ten thousand of his holy ones

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<v Speaker 2>to execute judgment on all, and to convict all the

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<v Speaker 2>ungodly of all their deeds of ungodliness that they have

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<v Speaker 2>committed in such an ungodly way, and of all the

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<v Speaker 2>harsh things that ungodly sinners have spoken against him. These

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<v Speaker 2>are grumblers, malcontents, following their own sinful desires, their loud

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<v Speaker 2>mouth boasters, showing favoritism to gain advantage. But you must remember, beloved,

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<v Speaker 2>the predictions of the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ.

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<v Speaker 2>They said to you in the last time, there will

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<v Speaker 2>be scoffers following their own ungodly passions. It is these

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<v Speaker 2>who cause divisions, worldly people devoid of the spirit. But you, beloved,

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<v Speaker 2>building yourselves up in the most holy faith and praying

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<v Speaker 2>in the Holy Spirit. Keep yourselves in the love of God,

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<v Speaker 2>waiting for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ that

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<v Speaker 2>leads to eternal life. And have mercy on those who doubt.

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<v Speaker 2>Save others by snatching them out of the fire. To

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<v Speaker 2>show others, and show others mercy with fear, hating even

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<v Speaker 2>the garments stained by the flesh. Now to him who

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<v Speaker 2>is able to keep you from stumbling, to present you

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<v Speaker 2>blameless before the presence of His glory with great joy,

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<v Speaker 2>to the only God, our Savior, through Jesus Christ, our Lord,

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<v Speaker 2>be glory, majesty, dominion, and authority before all time and

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<v Speaker 2>now and forever. Amen, This is God's word. If I

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<v Speaker 2>was going to sum up Jude's message, you know, sentence

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<v Speaker 2>this morning, I would put it this way. Keeping true

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<v Speaker 2>is worth fighting for. Keeping true is worth fighting for.

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<v Speaker 2>And this morning, if you're here, let me just say,

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<v Speaker 2>if you're here, as a non Christian, I don't know

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<v Speaker 2>what kind of assumptions you're bringing about Christians. Maybe maybe

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<v Speaker 2>you're assuming that Christians are kind of fighting people, contentious people.

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<v Speaker 2>I think you may have some reasons to think that,

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<v Speaker 2>or or maybe you're you're you think that Christians are passive,

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<v Speaker 2>gutless people.

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<v Speaker 1>You may have some reasons to think that too.

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<v Speaker 2>I think it will actually be fascinating for you to

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<v Speaker 2>look at what God's word says that Christians are called

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<v Speaker 2>to actually contend for. What does Scripture call us to

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<v Speaker 2>struggle towards, to work for, to fight for? And if

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<v Speaker 2>you are a Christian here this morning, I hope that

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<v Speaker 2>after our time this morning, yes, you will understand the

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<v Speaker 2>letter from Jude a lot better, but that you will

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<v Speaker 2>be able to use it to detect theological.

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<v Speaker 1>Blowning so much better.

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<v Speaker 2>If you are here this morning and you are already wobbling,

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<v Speaker 2>you're already a drift. I pray that this letter this

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<v Speaker 2>morning will be part of what brings you back spiritually.

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<v Speaker 2>And I also hope that many of you will understand

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<v Speaker 2>this letter well enough that you'll be able to use

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<v Speaker 2>it to defend the faith when people around you or

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<v Speaker 2>I don't know, on the internet or maybe even in

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<v Speaker 2>a church that you're at some other time begin to

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<v Speaker 2>teach those things that are not true. Keeping true is

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<v Speaker 2>worth fighting for him, Jude's letter breaks down, I think

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<v Speaker 2>into about three basic steps for his argument. There are

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<v Speaker 2>a lot of things here that I'm sure will leave untouched.

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<v Speaker 2>They're going to be grapes left on this cluster. But

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<v Speaker 2>I think it breaks down in three pieces. Number one,

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<v Speaker 2>what's worth fighting for?

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<v Speaker 1>What do we fight for? Question number two? Why? Question

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<v Speaker 1>number three? How?

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<v Speaker 3>So?

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<v Speaker 1>Question one? What do we find? Four? Question two?

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<v Speaker 2>Why? And then I think the third question is actually

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<v Speaker 2>the most surprising. I think the answer surprises me the most, which.

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<v Speaker 1>Is, how do we go about fighting? Let's jump.

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<v Speaker 2>Five for what?

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<v Speaker 1>Five for?

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<v Speaker 3>What?

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<v Speaker 2>What is worth fighting to keep true?

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<v Speaker 1>Well?

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<v Speaker 2>Jude gives us this answer straight away in verse three,

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<v Speaker 2>the True Faith.

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<v Speaker 1>He says this in verse three, I wanted to write

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<v Speaker 1>you about our common salvation. I was eager to do it.

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<v Speaker 2>I found it, however, necessary, and put the party on Paul. Yes,

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<v Speaker 2>I needed to write you to appeal to you to

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<v Speaker 2>Which is to say that there is a body of

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<v Speaker 1>There is truth.

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<v Speaker 2>About who God is, who mankind is, what sin is,

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<v Speaker 2>is trued up. And that's what we can tend for,

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<v Speaker 2>which is to say that as people try to shape

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<v Speaker 2>that change that make it progressive, it's something worth fighting for.

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<v Speaker 1>But not when it comes to.

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<v Speaker 2>The truth of God's word. In fact, that there's a

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<v Speaker 2>term for it, orthodoxy. Orthodoxy Ortho means straightened right, just

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<v Speaker 2>and keep them straight. You go to the orthopedist to

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<v Speaker 1>And keep them straight.

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<v Speaker 2>And there essentially two approaches to God's word, essentially two approaches.

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<v Speaker 2>And this has been true since the beginning.

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<v Speaker 1>Of the church. It's been true since the beginning of time.

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<v Speaker 2>To take God's word as what is true, as what

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<v Speaker 2>approach of faithfulness is to take our lives and our

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<v Speaker 2>in this world and to straighten it up, to true

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<v Speaker 2>it up against God's word, to study his word, to

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<v Speaker 2>understand his word, to try to articulate his word right,

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<v Speaker 2>faith seeking understanding. That's what theology is, just faith seeking understanding.

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<v Speaker 2>but we're seeking to be straightened out by his word

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<v Speaker 2>It doesn't need to be progressed in that sense to

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<v Speaker 2>be understood, yes, to be articulated, yes, to be to

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<v Speaker 2>be fleshed out in our lives. Yet there are new

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<v Speaker 2>circumstances and occasions all the time that we need to

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<v Speaker 2>examine against God's word, but God's word once delivered. And

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<v Speaker 2>you'll notice that this, this contending is not about what's

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<v Speaker 2>going on out there. This is about listen, what is

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<v Speaker 2>it some people have crept in unnoticed? This isn't about

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<v Speaker 2>a culture war. This is about a family concern. This

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<v Speaker 2>isn't about what's what's untrue out there in the world.

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<v Speaker 2>It's about what's taught here in attitudes or suggestions from

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<v Speaker 1>It's a family concern, fight for what.

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<v Speaker 2>The true faith, and not only the true faith, but

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<v Speaker 2>also and especially and specifically the true grace, the true grace.

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<v Speaker 2>He goes on in verse four, for certain people crept

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<v Speaker 2>in unnoticed, long ago designated for this condemination, ungodly people

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<v Speaker 2>who pervert the grace of our God into sensuality. Pervert

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<v Speaker 2>the grace of our God into sensuality. Pervert just means twist,

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<v Speaker 2>to pervert, to twist. And the idea here is there

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<v Speaker 2>is a sense in which, because the scripture teaches us

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<v Speaker 2>that God is forgiving and gracious and merciful, that there

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<v Speaker 2>has been from the beginning of such truths about God,

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<v Speaker 2>there have been those who would twist that idea of

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<v Speaker 2>this has been going on since the Old Testament, right, Oh,

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<v Speaker 2>we've got to covenant with God. We can live how

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<v Speaker 2>we want. It has been going on since Romans. Should

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<v Speaker 2>we not then sin? More?

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<v Speaker 1>That grace may abound.

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<v Speaker 2>What Judas saying is that is a perversion of what

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<v Speaker 2>grace really is.

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<v Speaker 1>In that idea.

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<v Speaker 2>The idea of this perverted idea of grace is that

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<v Speaker 2>I want what I want and God is going to

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<v Speaker 2>forgive me for clinging to it. This way, with God's grace,

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<v Speaker 2>I can have my sin and it's covered. It's a

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<v Speaker 2>permission slip for me to live my life apart from God,

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<v Speaker 2>apart from his ways, apart from his person and intimacy

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<v Speaker 2>with him. But real grace, real grace doesn't get you

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<v Speaker 2>a permission slip. Real grace gets you God to enjoy

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<v Speaker 2>Him and all that he has created, To boldly enjoy

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<v Speaker 2>all that he has created as He has created it,

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<v Speaker 2>to be enjoyed under his design. Real grace gets you God,

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<v Speaker 2>not an idea of forgiveness, and a life apart from God.

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<v Speaker 1>It's not real grace. It's worth fighting for true grace.

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<v Speaker 2>It's worth fighting also for the true Christ, the true Christ.

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<v Speaker 2>We'll get it up there, there we go. He goes

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<v Speaker 2>on in verse four, the grace of our God into

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<v Speaker 2>sensuality and deny our only Master and Lord Jesus Christ.

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<v Speaker 2>Deny our only Master and Lord Jesus Christ. Now he's

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<v Speaker 2>not talking about people who are in the church denying

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<v Speaker 2>that Jesus existed, or that you know that Jesus is

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<v Speaker 2>you know what we're about. He's talking about people who

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<v Speaker 2>are in the church calling themselves Christians. But he's specifically

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<v Speaker 2>using these terms master and Lord, Master and Lord Jesus Christ.

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<v Speaker 2>That's what they're denying. Jude is not saying that Jesus

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<v Speaker 2>isn't savior. He is. He's not saying that he isn't

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<v Speaker 2>the blood of the Blood of God, the lamb of

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<v Speaker 3>He is.

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<v Speaker 2>But he's emphasizing master and Lord because it is those

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<v Speaker 2>who are denying that Jesus actually should.

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<v Speaker 1>Run our lives.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm old enough to remember the Lordship's Salvation debates from

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<v Speaker 2>way back when some of you are too.

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<v Speaker 1>Maybe you're familiar with them. I don't know, there were

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<v Speaker 1>a big deal.

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<v Speaker 2>I don't like debates, I know, but you might not

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<v Speaker 2>believe that it's true, Like I don't.

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<v Speaker 1>I don't like to fight. Something's worth fighting.

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<v Speaker 2>For the idea and it you know, it's going around

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<v Speaker 2>forever and ever, like this is not new. The idea

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<v Speaker 2>was like, maybe there's a way in which you can

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<v Speaker 1>Christ as savior.

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<v Speaker 2>Because we're saved by grace and and but not as Lord.

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<v Speaker 2>In fact, you I've heard many many people say something

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, it doesn't work like that.

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<v Speaker 2>But in the intervening thirty years, you just perverted the

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<v Speaker 2>race of God into sensuality. You just lived how you

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<v Speaker 2>wanted to live and called yourself a Christian. That's exactly

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<v Speaker 2>what Jude is talking about here. He's saying, that's a

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<v Speaker 2>denial of our Master and Lord, Jesus Christ. It's a

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<v Speaker 2>denial of the faith, and it's a perversion of grace.

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<v Speaker 2>It doesn't work like that. When you receive Jesus, you

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<v Speaker 2>receive all of Jesus, and he is Lord now receiving

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<v Speaker 2>a partial Christ. Believe me, I understand. I understand the

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<v Speaker 2>attraction of a partial Christ. The attraction of a partial

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<v Speaker 2>Christ is the thought that I could be comforted by

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<v Speaker 2>the idea of forgiveness. I could receive that comfort, and

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<v Speaker 2>I could also maintain the satisfaction of the sin that

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<v Speaker 2>I love. But the fact is you get neither. You

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<v Speaker 2>get neither because a partial Christ doesn't exist. And if

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<v Speaker 2>you're not in Christ, then there is no forgiveness. You

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<v Speaker 2>don't receive the comfort of that forgiveness the pretend clear conscience,

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<v Speaker 2>nor do you receive satisfaction because in the end sin

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<v Speaker 1>It will all turn to ash in your mouth.

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<v Speaker 2>But I promise you the true Christ, the whole Christ,

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<v Speaker 2>will grant the comfort of real forgiveness, real covering, and

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<v Speaker 2>he will provide the satisfaction of knowing Him and enjoying

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<v Speaker 2>Him and enjoying all that He has created as he

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<v Speaker 2>has created it, to be enjoyed, to boldly enjoy whatever

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<v Speaker 1>Satisfying, and it grows sweeter as you go it's worth

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<v Speaker 2>It's worth fighting for because I want you to have

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<v Speaker 2>Here's the second question that moves us along through the

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<v Speaker 2>letter of Jude. Why Why is it worth fighting? Why

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<v Speaker 2>is keeping true worth the fighting? That's what Jude really

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<v Speaker 2>the fight? First of all, because of the danger, the danger?

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<v Speaker 2>What do I mean by the danger? Jude makes it

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<v Speaker 2>clear that judgment is a real danger that some don't expect.

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<v Speaker 2>Judgment is a real danger that some don't expect, and

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<v Speaker 2>saved the people out of Egypt, but later destroyed those

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<v Speaker 2>who did not believe. He's saying, there were a people

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<v Speaker 2>who called themselves the people of God. Christ was among them, right,

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<v Speaker 2>Jesus flag doesn't mean that you are exempt from judgment.

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<v Speaker 2>The question is have you received him by repentance and faith?

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<v Speaker 2>Because there were those who he saved, they called themselves

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<v Speaker 1>They were saved in a sense, they were brought.

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<v Speaker 2>Out of their captivity, and he would they counted themselves

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<v Speaker 2>among him. But in their disbelief he destroyed. It is dangerous.

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<v Speaker 2>This is judgment that people didn't expect.

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<v Speaker 1>He goes on.

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<v Speaker 2>He gives you the example of the angels. He says,

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<v Speaker 2>of given authority, God punished them. If if angels who

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<v Speaker 1>They weren't expecting judgment.

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<v Speaker 2>They were twisting the God's design for sexuality. They were

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<v Speaker 2>twisting God's designed for man and twisting God's design for women.

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<v Speaker 1>And God.

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<v Speaker 2>Said, okay, let me give you an example. Let me

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<v Speaker 2>warp what I have created and how that works out.

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<v Speaker 2>It's dangerous because there are people for whom judgment is

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<v Speaker 1>What is does God's design?

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<v Speaker 2>What? What difference does God's design make? Why is it

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<v Speaker 2>worth the fight to keep true? One of them is

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<v Speaker 2>the danger, but also the reality. We're just keep moving here.

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<v Speaker 2>The reality is this. This is what I mean by

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<v Speaker 2>the reality. The reality is that this is a church reality.

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<v Speaker 2>This isn't an ancient reality. This isn't an Old Testament reality.

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<v Speaker 2>This isn't now. That's what Jude goes on to say

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<v Speaker 2>in verse eight. Yet in like manner, Yet in like manner,

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<v Speaker 2>like those Old Testament examples. Right now in our churches,

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<v Speaker 2>people like this relying on their dreams right that their

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<v Speaker 2>sense of authority is located directly.

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<v Speaker 1>And only in their own minds.

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<v Speaker 2>They decide they're gonna decide what they're gonna do, defile

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<v Speaker 2>the flesh, reject authority, blaspheme the glorious ones. And then

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<v Speaker 2>Jude gets into this story, this Jewish story of Michael

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<v Speaker 2>debating disputing with the devil over the body of Moses.

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<v Speaker 2>It's it's pretty weird, right, It's pretty weird. Here's the

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<v Speaker 2>point that Jude is making. The point that Juda is

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<v Speaker 2>making is about presumption. He's saying, these folks in our churches,

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<v Speaker 2>they think they know.

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<v Speaker 1>What they're talking about.

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<v Speaker 2>They have no speaking confidently about spiritual things that they

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<v Speaker 2>really don't know anything about. It's like even they are

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<v Speaker 2>changel Michael said the Lord rebuka, what you rebuke you

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<v Speaker 2>when he was debating with Satan. So like, what all

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<v Speaker 2>these people really understand as much as they confidently talk

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<v Speaker 2>to such a good game about understanding everything. All these

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<v Speaker 2>people really understand is what they want for themselves, their desires,

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<v Speaker 2>he says, is what they really understand, and they are

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<v Speaker 2>being destroyed by them. They're like, he says, they're like Cain, Baalim, Cora,

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<v Speaker 2>different guys, different circumstances. Here's what they have in common.

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<v Speaker 1>They should know.

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<v Speaker 2>They should know. Cain is one who had conversations with God.

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<v Speaker 2>Baalem was one of those one of the most prominent

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<v Speaker 2>prophets in all of ancient Bible times. Cora was the

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<v Speaker 2>worship leader, the head worship leader for the people of Israel.

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<v Speaker 2>He and his sons were writing songs about the living

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<v Speaker 2>God he should know, and yet each.

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<v Speaker 3>Of them, each of them wobbled off, wandered off, warped out.

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<v Speaker 2>It reminds me of an experience I had.

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<v Speaker 1>A few years back.

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<v Speaker 2>I went to a conference of worship and teaching conference

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<v Speaker 2>in Dallas. It's a lovely time. John Piper was there, Shane,

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<v Speaker 2>and Shane was leading worship. Awesome, and this one guy

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<v Speaker 2>was also there as a teacher, and I liked him.

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<v Speaker 2>I had read skimmed some of his books. I liked

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<v Speaker 2>his style and seen some of the clips of things

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<v Speaker 2>that he had written, and I was looking forward to this.

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<v Speaker 2>Then he came out and he started teaching. He was

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<v Speaker 2>teaching and he was making like this really strong law

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<v Speaker 2>gospel distinction, talking about how grace, grace means that we

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<v Speaker 2>don't have to concern ourselves too much with obedience.

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<v Speaker 1>That's law.

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<v Speaker 2>Obedience is about the law. Grace is about forgiveness, like, oh,

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<v Speaker 2>you haven't really been reading your Bible or you have

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<v Speaker 2>willfully forgotten. I mean, you can just turn to tide

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<v Speaker 2>us too. We can flip is too, Verse eleven. Grace,

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<v Speaker 2>What does grace do Verse eleven. The grace of God

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<v Speaker 2>trains us to renounce ungodliness and worldly passions and to

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<v Speaker 2>live self controlled, upright, godly lives.

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<v Speaker 1>In the present age.

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<v Speaker 2>Grace doesn't make obedience irrelevant. Grace makes it substantial. Grace

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<v Speaker 2>trains us and listen. The job is a long one,

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<v Speaker 2>that training job.

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<v Speaker 1>It's a long one.

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<v Speaker 2>I'll admit, I'm not trying to discourage you by telling

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<v Speaker 2>you otherwise. But it didn't take long. But thinking less

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<v Speaker 2>than a year, it was discovered that that particular Bible

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<v Speaker 2>teacher was living in an adulterous relationship.

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<v Speaker 1>I yeah, saw that coming.

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<v Speaker 2>He knew better. It's usually the Bible trivia kids. I'm

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<v Speaker 2>just saying, not saying to bail out on Bible trivia.

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<v Speaker 2>But the Bible trivia doesn't change your heart.

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<v Speaker 1>Pharisees Cora.

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<v Speaker 2>Bail them. Piling up Bible knowledge in your brain does

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<v Speaker 2>not change you. I say that as someone who teaches

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<v Speaker 2>Bible I spend all week piling up Bible knowledge in

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<v Speaker 2>my brain. Bible knowledge in your brain is like firewood.

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<v Speaker 2>It just stacks in rots if it ain't on fire. Listen,

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<v Speaker 2>if it's on fire, more firewood is great. Keep piling up,

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<v Speaker 2>give me more. But if it's just gonna sit there,

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<v Speaker 2>no warmth, no light, he says, they are hidden reefs.

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<v Speaker 1>That's what he says.

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<v Speaker 2>Next, These are hidden reefs at your love feasts. I

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<v Speaker 2>mean that conference was a lovely time, and there he was,

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<v Speaker 2>he sneaked in these This warning is not that, oh

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<v Speaker 2>you're gonna be able to tell.

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<v Speaker 1>No, they're hidden reefs.

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<v Speaker 2>They are shepherds without or they are shepherds feeding themselves.

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<v Speaker 2>They are waterless clouds swept along by winds. But they

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<v Speaker 2>are hidden. I promise you. I promise you. There are

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<v Speaker 2>people in this church.

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<v Speaker 1>There are six hundred people who come to this church

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<v Speaker 1>on a Sunday.

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<v Speaker 2>I promise you. There are people in this church. I

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<v Speaker 2>don't know who they are who would teach a orped grace,

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<v Speaker 2>who would suggest, maybe even in their joking or in

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<v Speaker 2>their attitudes or in the links they send around, who

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<v Speaker 2>would teach a partial Christ.

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<v Speaker 1>You don't know until you.

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<v Speaker 2>Know, and I hope Jude will help you smell it.

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<v Speaker 2>This is what I would encourage you in. Don't let

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<v Speaker 2>their presence wreck you. Yes, they're hidden reefs. They're wandering stars.

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<v Speaker 2>Wandering stars. Which is to say, if you followed them

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<v Speaker 2>by navigation, you'd drift off a field. Don't let them

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<v Speaker 2>wreck you, don't let them cause you to wander, and

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<v Speaker 2>don't let them discourage you.

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<v Speaker 1>I know you see the headlines.

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<v Speaker 2>It was disappointing when that guy turned out to be

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<v Speaker 2>a fraud. This preacher and this teacher and this guy

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<v Speaker 2>who claims the name of Christ, and I know you

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<v Speaker 2>see this happening, and you're.

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<v Speaker 1>Like, what is going on.

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<v Speaker 2>This is going on the same thing that's been going

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<v Speaker 2>on for a long long time. Christ himself said, Look,

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<v Speaker 2>they are gonna be sheep, and they are gonna be goats.

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<v Speaker 2>They're gonna be wheat, and they are gonna be weeds.

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<v Speaker 1>It will be like this.

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<v Speaker 2>Don't be discouraged, don't be surprised, and don't be deceived. Well,

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<v Speaker 2>we fight not just because the danger in the reality.

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<v Speaker 2>We also fight because of.

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<v Speaker 1>The continuity, the continuity. Why did I choose that word,

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<v Speaker 1>the continuity.

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<v Speaker 2>Here's what I mean to point out, and I think

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<v Speaker 2>Judas pointing out too.

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<v Speaker 1>The warning, the warning.

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<v Speaker 2>About this danger has been going on from the very beginning,

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<v Speaker 2>and it's going on now. The warning about the judgment

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<v Speaker 2>of God against the ungodly, even though they claim him

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<v Speaker 2>or they claim Christ. Is not just an Old Testament reality,

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<v Speaker 2>it's a New Testament reality too. He says, this has

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<v Speaker 2>been going on since Enoch verse fourteen, Enoch the seventh

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<v Speaker 2>from Adam. This is all news man. This is ancient,

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<v Speaker 2>but it's also current. This is not only has Enoch

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<v Speaker 2>prophesied this, but also verse seventeen. Remember beloved, the predictions

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<v Speaker 2>of the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ. This isn't

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<v Speaker 2>just an Old Testament reality, it's a New Testament reality too.

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<v Speaker 2>The continuity of this warning is from the beginning to

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<v Speaker 2>the end the gospel, right in this gospel administration, this place,

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<v Speaker 2>right now, in an after the cross. Doesn't just wave

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<v Speaker 2>away judgment for being crooked. The Gospel doesn't wave away

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<v Speaker 2>judgment for crooked as as you can remain a scoffer,

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<v Speaker 2>remain committed to ungodly passions and worldliness devoid of the spirit.

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<v Speaker 2>That's not what the gospel does. The Gospel shows that

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<v Speaker 2>Jesus Christ welcomed, with his arms wide enough to be

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<v Speaker 2>nailed to a cross, all who would receive him, who

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<v Speaker 2>would come to him to receive forgiveness in their repentance

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<v Speaker 2>and faith and be transformed, and get strewed up, set straight,

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<v Speaker 2>tuned to Him our Master and Lord, and under Him

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<v Speaker 2>and in Him, receive mercy and grace and forgiveness, in abundance,

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<v Speaker 2>in abundance, not a little separate our sins from far

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<v Speaker 2>as the east is from the west. We're not talking

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<v Speaker 2>about any bitty thumb like one of the thimbles. Fulls

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<v Speaker 2>of grace, all of it in Him, in Him. Well,

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<v Speaker 2>how how do we make this fight? How do we contend?

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<v Speaker 2>For keeping true? Quickly? Now?

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<v Speaker 1>Number one?

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<v Speaker 2>Keeping yourself, keeping yourself so, it says in verses twenty

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<v Speaker 2>through twenty one. He says, but you, beloved, building yourself

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<v Speaker 2>up in the most holy faith, praying in the Holy Spirit.

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<v Speaker 2>Keep yourselves in the love of God. Keep yourselves in

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<v Speaker 2>the love of God. Our hearts are prone to wander.

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<v Speaker 2>Don't you feel it? Don't you recognize that our hearts

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<v Speaker 2>and our minds and our lives continually need to be

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<v Speaker 2>tuned to the true pitch of the love of God.

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<v Speaker 2>Continually to contend in that way, building ourselves up in

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<v Speaker 2>our faith, praying in the Holy Spirit. We keep ourselves

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<v Speaker 2>like Proverbs four twenty three says one of my favorite verses.

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<v Speaker 2>Keep your heart with all diligence from it, froze flow

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<v Speaker 2>all the streams of life.

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<v Speaker 1>Keep yourself.

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<v Speaker 2>I don't want you to be discouraged by that, because

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<v Speaker 2>this is a lifelong process. It's glorious, it's actually enjoyable,

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<v Speaker 2>but it's long. Sin is strong, and I've talked to

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<v Speaker 2>young people who are like, I've been fighting sin for weeks. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 2>gonna be a few weeks more. But as you do,

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<v Speaker 2>don't be discouraged. Don't be discouraged that you get tripped up.

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<v Speaker 2>Don't get discouraged that your affections fall out of tune. Instead,

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<v Speaker 2>as you recognize that, know that you serve a gracious Lord,

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<v Speaker 2>and continue to keep yourself in his love, tuning your

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<v Speaker 2>heart to the true pitch of his love. As you go,

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<v Speaker 2>he is patient, he's patients, seniors. As you go out

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<v Speaker 2>from your families, you go into communities made up of

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<v Speaker 2>who knows what kind of people. Keep yourself in the

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<v Speaker 2>love of God. Guard your heart with all diligence. That's

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<v Speaker 2>part of the fight. How do we fight? First? The

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<v Speaker 2>fight is here, second, reaching them, reaching them, And Jude

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<v Speaker 2>then now turns his attention to those who would be

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<v Speaker 2>hidden reefs, who would be drifting, who would cause others

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<v Speaker 2>to drift? And he says this, have mercy on those

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<v Speaker 2>who doubt, save others by snatching them out of the fire,

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<v Speaker 2>even to others. Show mercy with fear, hating even the

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<v Speaker 2>garment stained by the flesh. In other words, different people

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<v Speaker 2>are different places, Different people are in different places. Show

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<v Speaker 2>mercy to those who were doubting, save others, snatch them

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<v Speaker 2>from the fire. There there's work to be done here.

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<v Speaker 2>Show mercy with fear, like be a real accountability partner,

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<v Speaker 2>don't be the accountability partners like, oh you were rolling

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<v Speaker 2>around in the mud this week, So was I happens

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<v Speaker 2>to the best of us. See you next week. Mercy

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<v Speaker 2>with fear. Guys, we got to take this seriously. We

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<v Speaker 2>may we may may be on the drift. I hate

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<v Speaker 2>that we have stumbled in descent. I love how much

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<v Speaker 2>mercy shows up here. Mercy which is to say, don't

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<v Speaker 2>go on a church purity pitchfork campaign. Right, Jude isn't

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<v Speaker 2>saying church just like, don't practice church discipline. He's just

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<v Speaker 2>saying people are in different places. Be discerning, don't be

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<v Speaker 2>a discernmentalist, Be discerning.

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<v Speaker 1>Win those who are wandering.

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<v Speaker 2>And also this, lastly, this, how do we keep fighting

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<v Speaker 2>to keep true?

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<v Speaker 1>Trusting God?

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<v Speaker 2>Trusting God? Verse twenty four and twenty five says, now

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<v Speaker 2>to him who is able to keep you from stumbling

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<v Speaker 2>and to present you blameless great joy.

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<v Speaker 1>Hold on a second, Is he keeping me? Or do

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<v Speaker 1>I keep myself?

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<v Speaker 2>Yes, keep yourself in the love of God and trust

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<v Speaker 2>that he is able to keep you. He is able

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<v Speaker 2>to keep.

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<v Speaker 1>You, and that's not passive. The picture I like.

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<v Speaker 2>To think of as like a baby who's being held

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<v Speaker 2>by a father. Is he being held absolutely? And he

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<v Speaker 2>says to the father says to the child, hey, hold

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<v Speaker 2>on to my finger. I want you to learn to

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<v Speaker 2>hold on to dad. And the baby's holding non tight.

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<v Speaker 2>But the real difference maker.

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<v Speaker 1>His dad.

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<v Speaker 2>The real trust belongs in him, not in ourselves. He's

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<v Speaker 2>called us to keep ourselves tuned to the love of God,

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<v Speaker 2>but he's called us to trust his ability to keep

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<v Speaker 2>us true. If we truly trust that he is worthy

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<v Speaker 2>of all of this glory, we truly trust that he's

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<v Speaker 2>worthy of majesty, that we truly trust that he's worthy

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<v Speaker 2>of dominion, truly trusted he is worthy of authority before

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<v Speaker 2>all time and now and forever then we will actively

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<v Speaker 2>tune our lives to him.

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<v Speaker 1>It's a step of faith.

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<v Speaker 2>It's a step of faith.

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<v Speaker 1>Would you stand and pray with me?

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<v Speaker 2>Lord God, We thank you for your good and righteous warnings,

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<v Speaker 2>but thank you for this letter so relevant to the

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<v Speaker 2>true Church of today and the Church of fifty years

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<v Speaker 2>ago and the Church of five hundred years ago, and

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<v Speaker 2>the church that you was ministering to, because we haven't changed,

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<v Speaker 2>and neither have you, And so we celebrate the grace

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<v Speaker 2>that you've shown us. We celebrate the true grace of

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<v Speaker 2>our God, and we celebrate the true Christ who has

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<v Speaker 2>won us from sin and delivered.

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<v Speaker 1>Us to You and Jesus. Th Amen. Let's sing