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Hey Jude! -The Abbreviated Version

Revisiting a post from 5 years ago, trimmed down to the needs of the moment.

Jude was written to a church which was dealing with leaders who were rejecting the authority of Jesus Christ and who were bringing in teachings of license. They were advocating continuing in sin that grace may abound, an idea which Paul condemned saying, "May God forbid that we who are dead to sin should continue in it any further." The passage makes clear that the behavior they were licensing was homosexual activity:
...just as Sodom and Gomorrah and the cities around them, since they in the same way as these indulged in gross immorality and went after strange flesh, are exhibited as an example in undergoing the punishment of eternal fire. Yet in the same way these men, also by dreaming, defile the flesh, and reject authority, and revile angelic majesties.
Jude 1:7-8 (NASB)
"In the same way as these indulged in gross immorality and went after strange flesh" makes clear that there were leaders in the church at that time who were doing these things and teaching that grace made it o.k.

The revealed Word of God is important, right and wrong is important, and through Jude's letter God encourages His people to contend for truth. He admonishes us to pray in the Holy Spirit, loving, encouraging, saving, and snatching from the fire those who are in danger. I would encourage you to read this epistle today and be blessed by the word of God which is always, relevant, living and active and powerful.

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