Family Worship Center, Beloit WI
Hey Jude: Keys for Living in a Deprived World
Jude 1:1-10 NIV
Jude 1:11-19 NIV
Background of Jude
1. Jude and James did not believe that Jesus was the son of God
2. Once they saw that Jesus died and rose again, they became followers of Jesus
3. Jude was written around AD 67
Keys for Living in a Deprived World
1. Understand who you are
A. Jude states that they “have been called.”
1) Our primary calling as followers of Jesus is by him, to him and for him.
2) We are called Someone (-OsGuinness, The Call).
Keys for Living in a Deprived World
1. Understand who you are
A. Jude states that they “have been called.”
B. Jude states that they are “loved in God the Father.”
C. Jude states that they are “kept for Jesus Christ.”
Keys for Living in a Deprived World
2. Contend for the faith (stand up for the Gospel of Jesus)
Contend: To engage in a competition or campaign in such a way to win or to achieve something. And that you are not going to let go until you have achieved.
Keys for Living in a Deprived World
2. Contend for the faith (stand up for the Gospel of Jesus)
A. Are you a contender or a pretender
1) Pretenders are false teachers
2) Pretenders rebel against authority
3) Pretenders live by the flesh
4) Pretenders slander the church leaders and other Christians
Jude 1:7 NIV
Jude 1:11 NIV
Keys for Living in a Deprived World
2. Contend for the faith (stand up for the Gospel of Jesus)
A. Are you a contender or a pretender
B. Contend for the faith by knowing the truth
John 8:31-32 NLT
Keys for Living in a Deprived World
2. Contend for the faith (stand up for the Gospel of Jesus)
A. Are you a contender or a pretender
B. Contend for the faith by knowing the truth
C. Contend for the faith by growing in Christ
1 Timothy 4:1-3 NLT
1 Timothy 4:6 NLT
Keys for Living in a Deprived World
2. Contend for the faith (stand up for the Gospel of Jesus)
A. Are you a contender or a pretender
B. Contend for the faith by knowing the truth
C. Contend for the faith by growing in Christ
D. Contend for the faith by being united
Ephesians 4:1-6 ESV
Keys for Living in a Deprived World
3.The baptism of the Holy Spirit
A. An overflowing fullness of the Spirit
B. A deeper reverence for God
C. A deeper concentration of God and His church
D. A more active love for Christ, for His word and for the lost
Jude 1:19 NIV