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“ Summary, Part 5 (final) ” PRACTICAL OBSERVATION [48:45]: beware of any teacher who denies the abiding authority of the Ten Commandments as the Christian’s rule of life. Rom 6:15, Titus 2:11-14 are strong refutations of this idea. ii. THEY DENY CHRIST’S PERSON AND WORK [50:16]. They deny four aspects of His person and work: His absolute sovereignty, reducing His divinity; His lordship, denying His divine honor and distinction; His saving mission, denying His holiness; His messiahship, robbing Him of His prophetic, priestly, and regal offices. iii. THEY TEACH RELIGIOUS PLURALISM [53:42]. “…and deny our only Master and Lord, Jesus Christ.” Cf. Acts 4:12. CONCLUSION. Who is Jesus Christ to you? Is He your sovereign, lord, savior, and master? Is he prophet, priest and king? If you have not the whole Christ, you have not Christ.
Ian Migala (2/17/2015)
from Minneapolis, Minnesota
“ Summary, Part 4 ” 4. It is ungodliness to not trust in God’s absolute sovereignty in all things. To do this robs God of His rightful honor. b. THEIR PRACTICE [41:12]. They “pervert the grace of our God into sensuality...” There is no higher crime than this. As theological error leads to practical error, heretical doctrine paves the way for a wicked life. Jude charges them with the following: i. THEY TEACH ANTINOMIANISM: “against law”. It teaches that God’s law has no authority for the Christian, who lives in grace. This leads to licentiousness: living without moral restraint. Wherever this word is used in Scripture, it describes the behavior of godless pagans living out of the flesh and not out of the Holy Spirit. In Jude’s day, Gnosticism was already taking form. One of its leading doctrines was an absolute dichotomy of body and soul; that the body could engage in wickedness without harming the soul. They supplemented this with the false conclusion that since all things belong to Christ, all things are good; therefore, all things should be enjoyed.
Ian Migala (2/17/2015)
from Minneapolis, Minnesota
“ Summary, Part 3 ” 5. Heresies and errors do not happen by chance, but are according the certain preordination and foreknowledge of God. Nothing comes to pass apart from or against God’s will. Though God ordains evil, He is free from sin. Though He decrees sin, He does not cause it. Sin is a violation of His moral law, which is His revealed will, yet He decreed it from His secret will. 4. THEIR PORTRAYAL AND PRACTICE [33:04]. a. THEIR PORTRAYAL. They are ungodly persons, ‘unworshipers’ of God. There was no fear of God before their eyes. See verses 15 and 18. PRACTICAL OBSERVATIONS [35:43]: 1. Ignorance is a part of ungodliness. 3 Jn 11 – what we think about God is the most important thing about us; it demonstrates whether we are godly or ungodly. Though the Samaritans worshiped what they did not know, Jesus condemned them. God only accepts worship in TRUTH. Cf. 2 Thes 1:7-8. Ignorance of God is not innocent. 2. It is ungodly to not depend upon God. Trust and dependence on God are the essence of godliness. Self-trust and self-esteem rule out God. Trust and dependence in something other than God is idolatry. 3. It is ungodliness to trust in providence without trusting in the God who provides all things. Chance, luck, ritual, and material things should not command our trust.
Ian Migala (2/17/2015)
from Minneapolis, Minnesota
“ Summary, Part 2 ” So Jude is not speaking here of some stated prophecy (which is only a revelation of God’s eternal decree), but of the fact that God decreed all that comes to pass. b. THEIR CONDEMNATION [20:07]. What is this condemnation? God decreed that these men would rise up and test the church. They are fully responsible because they do it willingly. Their damnation is just. Yet God’s people can find blessing in this: the forewarning of His word, which furthers our sanctification. PRACTICAL OBSERVATIONS [25:35]: 1. Observe that the objects of God’s decrees are not only men’s ways, but men’s persons. Many Christians deny the latter since they deny the doctrines of election. 2. Observe from the words ‘ordained’ or ‘forewritten’ that God has His books and registers in which the being, behaviors, and eternal state of all men are recorded. These are the books of Rev 20:12. Recorded is all we do (Jer 17:1), say (Mal 3:16), and think (1 Cor 4:5). 3. Observe that in all those things that pertain to the judgment of sinners, God does nothing rashly, but proceeds by foresight and foreordination. He does everything purposefully, according to His will. 4. No man ever perverts God’s truth but to his own loss. Men’s sins find them out.
Ian Migala (2/17/2015)
from Minneapolis, Minnesota
“ Summary, Part 1 ” We continue in part II. JUDE’S CONCERN FOR HIS CHRISTIAN READERS (vv. 3-4), section C. JUDE’S CONCERN FOR HIS READERS LED HIM TO IDENTIFY DANGEROUS APOSTATES THAT HAD ENTERED THE CHURCH (v. 4), and move along this week to point 3. THEIR PREDICTION BY GOD (v. 4) [starting at 6:12 of the audio]. As dangerous as these teachers are, they should not surprise us. They were marked out by Scripture long ago.
a. THEIR ANTICIPATION. “Beforehand marked out” comes from a Greek word meaning “written beforehand”. It is an interesting word. It is a perfect tense participle, meaning that though it was stated in the past, it applies today. It is also in the passive voice, meaning that the writing was accomplished due to an outside force or guidance (cf. 2 Pet 1:21). Commentators struggle with two questions here: when was this marked out, and who uttered these condemnations? Many suggest that it came from biblical books that predate Jude, but that falls short of the obvious answer: that God decreed it before time by His own counsel, as He decreed everything else (Eph 1:11, 2 Thes 2:13, Prov 8:22, 2 Pet 2:1-3). In Rom 9:22, Paul poses the question that supports this truth.
