Lesson 3
Jude
Maintaining
the Faith Entrusted to Us
Proofs of Eternal Security
continued:
7. Greek
tense proof: Eph 2:8-9; 2:5
The perfect tense is often used with
reference to salvation. Completed action, when we believed in
Christ, which has lasting results, eternity.
So complete and perfect is this work
of God in Christ that the believer is declared permanently saved and secure
forever.
8.
Inheritance approach: 1 Pet. 1:4-5
9. God's desire: 1 Tim. 2:4; 2 Pet. 3:9; [is He
not able to provide?] Jude 24.
10. Sealing Ministry of the Holy Spirit: 2 Cor
The indwelling
of the Holy Spirit is our guarantee of our position, our protection and safe
delivery face to face. [avrrabw,n] pledge,
earnest
1:2 May mercy and peace and love be multiplied to you.
- verb may be multiplied
- Implication of the optative, recognizes that
most believers will never get with the source of the multiplication of mercy,
peace and love -> takes doctrine,
thinking dvpt, takes making choices to live out the
truth.
Jude emphasizes here; Attitudes; Christian virtues that
are to be increasing in our lives mercy, peace and love
- mercy e;leoj( mercy, compassion, used of both God and man;
- Mercy is
also to be an attitude of the advancing, growing believer, as we respond to
God's provision for us.
- Here the
emphasis is on mercy, peace and love being a reality and increasing in the life
of the believer and having a tremendous impact in our life and in others.
- peace, eivrh,nh(
-
What Jude is emphasizing here is the peace of mind that flows from
knowing the word; developing our relationship with Christ.
- Phil. 4:6-7
- When is it available? In what kind of circumstances? 2 Ths. 3:16
Understanding your eternal security
in Christ gives you great peace.
- love, avga,ph [no def. art.] take it to refer to the capacity to love
others, His love for you which is to be reflected towards others.
Observations:
1. Believe that this opening
salutation expresses Jude's concern for believers that they would know the
reality of the provision that is theirs in Christ.
2. Maintaining your spiritual
momentum, that is, to keep advancing in our relationship with Christ, and our
integrity as believers in a time of apostasy often tests the believer
extensively.
3. If we are spiritually prepared
we should not fear whatever situation we might face relative to the dominate
attitude of the people of the day in which we live.
4. Provision for each of these
virtues being a reality in one’s life, is ultimately God through our
relationship with Christ and the Word! That is the fruit of the Spirit
produced!
Side Note on the fruit of the
Spirit – Some Observations:
1.
Fruit only grows and matures in the right climate.
2.
There will be a necessity for some weed pulling!
We need to separate, to pull the weeds of human vpt from
our thinking, our F/O/R.
3.
Another aspect of fruit is that it is produced to be eaten, not admired,
not to be put on display.
4.
People around us are starving for this fruit that is they’re looking for
these things and all the other virtues we should be manifesting in our lives as
believers.
5. The 9 characteristics Paul
lists as fruit of the Spirit empowering the life: love, joy, peace, patience,
kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control.
1:3-4
Jude's purpose for writing
1:3 Beloved,
while I was making every effort to write you about our common salvation, I felt
the necessity to write to you appealing that you contend earnestly for the
faith which was once for all delivered to the saints.
His intention stated: - Beloved, while I was making
every effort to write you about our common salvation
Compelling obligation:
I felt the necessity to write
to you
His
strong appeal: appealing that you contend earnestly for the faith which was once
for all delivered to the saints.