Hilda Bright. The apostle prays, not that Christians may be content with a little; but that their souls and societies may be full of these things. The Sin and Doom of Ungodly People.
Our prayers are most likely to prevail, when we pray in the Holy Ghost, under his guidance and influence, according to the rule of his word, with faith, fervency, and earnestness; this is praying in the Holy Ghost. (24,25)Christians are called out of the world, from the evil spirit and temper of it; called above the world, to higher and better things, to heaven, things unseen and eternal; called from sin to Christ, from vanity to seriousness, from uncleanness to holiness; and this according to the Divine purpose and grace. As it is God who begins the work of grace in the souls of men, so it is he who carries it on, and perfects it. That is infinitely worse than to separate from any branch of the visible church on account of opinions, or modes and circumstances of outward government or worship. The links between the Epistle and 2 Peter, its use of the biblical apocrypha, and its brevity raised concern.It is one of the shortest books in the Bible: only 1 chapter of 25 verses long. The grace of faith is most holy, as it works by love, purifies the heart, and overcomes the world, by which it is distinguished from a false and dead faith.
And those are the worst of the ungodly, who take encouragement to sin boldly, because the grace of God has abounded, and still abounds so wonderfully, and who are hardened by the extent and fulness of gospel grace, the design of which is to deliver men from sin, and bring them unto God.Outward privileges, profession, and apparent conversion, could not secure those from the vengeance of God, who turned aside in unbelief and disobedience. Jude 1:9. If 2Pe 2 makes use of Jude -- a commonly accepted view (see Introduction to 2 Peter: 2 Peter and Jude) -- then Jude is to be dated prior to 2 Peter, probably c. a.d. 65. Jude, as inspired, could distinguish how much of the tradition was true, how much false.
Let us more often look up to Him who is able to keep us from falling, to improve as well as maintain the work he has wrought in us, till we shall be presented blameless before the presence of his glory. They had miracles as their daily bread; yet even they perished in unbelief. 1 Jude, a servant of Jesus Christ and a brother of James, To those who have been called, who are loved in God the Father and kept for [] Jesus Christ: 2 Mercy, peace and love be yours in abundance. The word servant, under the old covenant, was adapted to the spirit of fear and bondage, which cleaved to that dispensation. We ought to contend earnestly for the faith, in opposition to those who would corrupt or deprave it; who creep in unawares; who glide in like serpents.
In addition to these text commentaries, you can review the available audio and video commentaries. The one clue available to present-day readers is the striking similarity between the books of Jude and 2 Peter. Jude is the 4th smallest book of the Bible yet one of the most potent in exposing doctrinal errors and false teachers. Jude, in this account, either adopts it from the apocryphal "assumption of Moses" (as Origen [Concerning Principalities, 3.2] thinks), or else from the ancient tradition on which that work was founded.
Jude, the servant of Jesus Christ — The highest glory which any, either man or angel, can aspire to.
An EasyEnglish Commentary (2800 word vocabulary) on the letter of Jude.
A great number of the angels were not pleased with the stations God allotted to them; pride was the main and direct cause or occasion of their fall. All sincere believers were given him of the Father; and of all so given him he has lost none, nor will lose any one.
The destruction of Sodom is a loud warning to all, to take heed of, and flee from fleshly lusts that war against the soul, False teachers are dreamers; they greatly defile and grievously wound the soul.
For there are certain men (see the margin) crept in unawares — Insinuating themselves into people’s affections by their plausible pretences, and leavening them by degrees with their errors. But the application is to all believers, and only to such. Yet Michael the archangel By whom is meant, not a created angel, but an eternal one, the Lord Jesus Christ; as appears from his name Michael, which signifies, "who is as God": and who is as God, or like unto him, but the Son of God, who is equal with God? A 7-Session Study for Women and Teen Girls. www.easyenglish.bible. Jude 1:4. ÏοῦÏYet Michael the archangel, when contending with the devilIt is not permitted man ignominiously to rail at a race opposed to himWhen contending with the devil he disputed about the body of Moses, durst not bring against him a railing accusation, but said, The Lord rebuke thee.
Surely not.
It is to the weak as well as to the strong. Those who have received the doctrine of this common salvation, must contend for it, earnestly, not furiously. (1-4) The danger of being infected by false professors, and the dreadful punishment which shall be inflicted on them and their followers. Greeting to the Called.
Jude 1:23. Composition. God has commanded His beloved church to do the necessary work of contending for the faith in a world of unbelief, and as …