It's a firm of foundation,

Ye saints of the Lord is laid for your faith in his excellent word.

It's a tough question these days.

Who can you trust?

One preacher on TV or the Internet says one thing and another says something completely different.

So how do we know who's teaching the truth?

It's an important question.

And you know, the answer is simple, but also profound.

The Bible is our final authority.

It's the standard by which we measure all teaching.

Welcome to Through the Bible with Dr. J. Vernon McGee. I'm your host Steve Schwetz, and I'm so glad that you're with us as we continue our journey through the New Testament Book of Jude, where truth and how to recognize it is front and center.

Now, in our last study, we began a series of special introductions from

Dr. McGee on the judgments that are found in Scripture. He told us the Bible speaks of eight judgments,

and one of them has already happened. That's the judgment of our sin through the death of Jesus Christ.

John 316, a familiar verse to us all tells us that because of the cross, whoever believes in him

shall not perish but have eternal life.

Now, Dr. McGee continues by explaining why Jesus had to die and what that means for you and me.

And he died a death that was substitutionary.

It was a death in which he was made sin for us who know no sin. He was

delivered for our offenses, raised for our justification. It was a substitutionary death,

dying for each individual. When Jesus died, it actually revealed what God thinks of sin

and what God had to demand in order to forgive you and forgive me our sin.

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