We often think of “false teachers” in terms of doctrinal error. But “doctrine” simply means “teaching.” Jude says that these false teachers “pervert the grace of our God into sensuality” (in other words, there is a sort of “antinomian” tendency to false teaching).
Or, to put it more simply, the idea is “No one tells me what to do!”
Think for a moment about what Jude highlights about these examples of false teachings: - the wilderness generation “did not believe” - the angels “did not stay within their own position of authority” -the men of Sodom “indulged in sexual immorality and pursued unnatural desire.”
And he shows us how there is a sort of continuity between all false teachers in all of history. Because what do Cain, Balaam, and Korah, have in common with the rebellious angels and the men of Sodom?!!
They pervert the grace of our God into sensuality (into the pursuit of their own desires) and deny our only Master and Lord, Jesus Christ. They desired all sorts of different things – but they pursued whatsoever they desired.
But as we saw, Jude never really gets all that specific in terms of the particular faults of the false teachers of his own day either!
Why is that? Because – whether he knew it or not! – Jude was writing under the inspiration of the Holy Spirit – and the Holy Spirit knew that every generation would need this epistle!
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