The David Spoon Experience 3-7-24 part 1

A) By a vote of the people, we will be journeying into the Book of Jude. But that was just in fun and for fun. Contrary to popular opinion and flawed theology, the voice of the people is not the voice of God. The word of God is the voice of God, and we study the word of God. In the Book of Jude, we discover many powerful truths that seem to be at the forefront of the very century we live in.

B) As we delve into one of the shorter books of the New Testament, we learn that Jude himself was a brother of Jesus Christ and James. The latter was the leader of the early church from Acts 15 and was also a sibling of Jesus. What’s amazing about James and Jude is that they came to believe in Jesus later in life. However, in their earlier lives, they could not see the truth.

C) Most scholars date the writing of this epistle to roughly around 65 to 70 AD. This particular letter has a very specific purpose. The theme is simple: one must defend the one true faith. Believers must remain faithful to the end by resisting false teachings and adhering to the truth. This is probably more relevant now than it was even at the beginning of the church, given how accommodating different denominations and seminaries are to the cultural shifts of the day.

D) To fully understand this letter, it’s important to note that false teachers had infiltrated the church and were distorting the truth. As it was then, just as it is now. Some think that Jude was referring to Gnostics who worship knowledge versus God, but it appears that this is only part of the picture. Other individuals were introducing different forms of false teachings, all of which were contrary to the gospel. Jude is not for the faint of heart, and neither is being a Christian.