Today we're pleased to share with you an audio essay written and read by Matthew Harmon,

entitled Three Patterns That False Teachers Follow.

Matthew is the author of God Who Judges and Saves, a theology of 2nd Peter and Jude from Crossway.

Three patterns that false teachers follow.

Written and read by Matthew Harmon.

The authority of Jesus.

Both Peter and Jude are confronted with opponents

who deny the authority of Jesus Christ over them

through the indulgence of their sinful passions. In both situations, it seems that the opponents

rejected the possibility of facing final judgment for their actions, though this is clearer in

2 Peter than in Jude. The opponents demonstrate their departure from the one true gospel,

proclaimed by the apostles and confirmed by the Old Testament,

through lies that are out of step with the moral imperatives

that flow from what Jesus has done for his people.

Peter is dealing with opponents who explicitly deny the return of Christ and twist

scripture.

Neither seems to be the case with Jude's opponents.

Although more speculative, there's also likely a difference in the contexts in which their respective audiences

live. Jude appears to have been written to believers who were familiar with Jewish traditions

and non-canonical Jewish literature, whereas Peter seems to be addressing readers living in a more

Greco-Roman context.

One key takeaway from both 2nd Peter and Jude is the inseparable relationship between

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