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Thanks for joining. Today, we're reading the book of Jude. And wow, did anyone wake up this morning, read the chapter and wonder what in the world is going on. First of all,

it feels kind of weird calling it a book since it's only one chapter. Second, authoritative angels,

a punishment of eternal fire, the angel Michael contending with the devil. These are not the typical

passages we read with our morning coffee. Yet, as is the case

with all scripture, we've got to ask the same questions. What does this passage mean? How can I

personally live differently in response to what I'm reading? What's the application? If we really

believe all scripture is God breathed, then even in a crazy passage like this,

we can find truth from, because there is truth from the Lord, an application for our lives.

And as the chapter begins, Jude describes a certain type of person.

He says, certain people, they've crept in unnoticed, who long ago were designated

for this condemnation, ungodly people who pervert the grace of our God into sensuality

and deny our only master and Lord Jesus Christ. And in this verse, it's verse four, scholars believe he's describing apostasy.

Apostasy can present itself as either what appears to be a gradual falling away from right theology

and acceptance of heresy, or as a total and blatant rejection of the Christian faith.

Now, as a reminder, we can't lose our salvation, so this apparent, gradual falling away

and acceptance of heresy would mean the person wasn't ever saved to begin with.

And here at the beginning of the chapter, Jude defines the character of apostasy.

Let me read verse 4 again.

Certain people have crept in unnoticed who long were designated for this condemnation. Ungodly people who pervert the grace of our God

into sensuality and deny our only master in Lord Jesus Christ. Some interpreters have believed that

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