Jude Study Guide

BOOK OF JUDE Study Guide and Lesson Outline Lesson Outline Lesson -Part One Sunday, 10th at 11:30am Lesson -Part Two Sunday, 17th at 11:30am Jude Chapter 1:1-10 PART 1 Key References • False Teachers o Hidden in our midst o Must be corrected immediately • Three Examples of falling away o Children of Israel saved from Egypt o Satan and the Fallen Angels o Sodom And Gomorrha (Duet. 2:14…) (Gen. 6:4…) (Rev. 20:10, Rom. 1:27) • Michael The Archangel (Dan. 10:13…) Jude Chapter 1:11-25 PART 2 Key References • Three Reasons for falling away o Cain o Balaam o Co’re (Korah in the O.T.) (Gen. 4:3…) (Num. 22:5…) (Num. 16:1…) • Three Exhortations to keep from falling away o Build up your Faith o Praying in the Holy Ghost o Looking for his Coming (Rom. 10:17) Words used in Jude (definitions) unawares Unnoticed or transparent. Sanctified To be set apart for Gods use. To be Hollow Exhorting To make urgent appeals Earnestly An intense and serious state of mind. Gave, Important Contend To maintain, to assert. To struggle or fight for. Railings to scold, to criticize or to mock. Feast of Charity Lit. Feast of Love or (love-fest) Common in the early church a Fellowship/banquette part of services. Murmurers Half complainers, Grumbling secretly to incite others Lasciciousness Lewd, Crued, Lustfull Behavior Sensual Worldly, Gratifying the Flesh. Book Of Jude Study Guide – Lesson Outline The book of Jude was written by Jude as a letter to an unknown group of believers. Jude identifies himself as the brother of James. This indicates that this was the half brother of Jesus, (Mark 6:3). There are many parallels to the book of 2 Peter, with the central theme being a warning against false teachers. Jude takes great care to expose the workings of these false teachers who had crept into the church unnoticed and were leading God's people astray. While many of them had an appearance of holiness and spirituality, they did not teach the same Gospel nor did they hold fast to the way of truth. According to Jude, these leaders were ungodly men who followed their own lusts and desires. By leading sensual and immoral lives, they took advantage of the grace of Jesus Christ. They claimed that the purpose of grace was to pardon their sins, thus giving them an excuse to continue to sin. They spoke evil about those in spiritual authority over them. They were complainers and flatterers, and caused much division among the believers. Jude gives three Old Testament examples of Falling away from the love of God, then follows up with Three reasons that we fall away and concludes with Three Exhortations on how not to fall away. The urgency that the spirit birthed this message and overtook Jude to put it down demonstrates the importance in addressing false teachers in the church. These False Teachers were part of the followers of Gnosticism; a heresy that had began to infiltrate the church during the first century. Several times throughout the epistles, or letters to the church, warnings were given about these spiritually dangerous individuals. It was important for the believers to stay in close fellowship with those who taught the truth given by the Apostles, to avoid being led astray by the craftiness of false teachers.