Jude's Letter in These Last Days

Couldn't sleep, and thought it'd be interesting to go through Jude. With all the study I've been doing on Warrenism and its ilk, I thought it might be very relevant to daily life. Doubtless, as we stand firm for the faith and contend for it, we feel we are a minority; and we are. But then biblically, it's the remnant that is vindicated in the end. So I can take a little heat for whatever time is left.

Note that the text is taken from the NASB (at Gospelcom.com). Why? I prefer it.

So, here's the book of Jude. It is time (as John MacArthur once told me in a class) to read, reread and reread it. Then we'll go through it and make some comments. And yes, anyone can comment and make observations.
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Jude 1

The Warnings of History to the Ungodly

1^(A)Jude, a ^(B)bond-servant of Jesus Christ, and brother of James, To ^(C)those who are the called, beloved in God the Father, and ^(D)kept for Jesus Christ:

2^(E)May mercy and peace and love ^(F)be multiplied to you.

3^(G)Beloved, while I was making every effort to write you about our ^(H)common salvation, I felt the necessity to write to you appealing that you ^(I)contend earnestly for ^(J)the faith which was once for all ^(K)handed down to ^(L)the saints.

4For certain persons have ^(M)crept in unnoticed, those who were long beforehand ^(N)marked out for this condemnation, ungodly persons who turn ^(O)the grace of our God into ^(P)licentiousness and ^(Q)deny our only Master and Lord, Jesus Christ.

5Now I desire to ^(R)remind you, though ^(S)you know all things once for all, that ^[a]the Lord, ^(T)after saving a people out of the land of Egypt, subsequently destroyed those who did not believe.

6And ^(U)angels who did not keep their own domain, but abandoned their proper abode, He has ^(V)kept in eternal bonds under darkness for the judgment of the great day,

7just as ^(W)Sodom and Gomorrah and the ^(X)cities around them, since they in the same way as these indulged in gross immorality and ^(Y)went after strange flesh, are exhibited as an ^(Z)example in undergoing the ^(AA)punishment of eternal fire.

8Yet in the same way these men, also by dreaming, ^(AB)defile the flesh, and reject authority, and revile angelic majesties.

9But ^(AC)Michael ^(AD)the archangel, when he disputed with the devil and argued about ^(AE)the body of Moses, did not dare pronounce against him a railing judgment, but said, "^(AF)The Lord rebuke you!"

10But ^(AG)these men revile the things which they do not understand; and ^(AH)the things which they know by instinct, ^(AI)like unreasoning animals, by these things they are destroyed.

11Woe to them! For they have gone ^(AJ)the way of Cain, and for pay they have rushed headlong into ^(AK)the error of Balaam, and ^(AL)perished in the rebellion of Korah.

12These are the men who are hidden reefs ^(AM)in your love feasts when they feast with you ^(AN)without fear, caring for themselves; ^(AO)clouds without water, ^(AP)carried along by winds; autumn trees without fruit, doubly dead, ^(AQ)uprooted;

13^(AR)wild waves of the sea, casting up ^(AS)their own shame like foam; wandering stars, ^(AT)for whom the black darkness has been reserved forever.

14It was also about these men that ^(AU)Enoch, in the seventh generation from Adam, prophesied, saying, "^(AV)Behold, the Lord came with many thousands of His holy ones,

15^(AW)to execute judgment upon all, and to convict all the ungodly of all their ungodly deeds which they have done in an ungodly way, and of all the harsh things which ^(AX)ungodly sinners have spoken against Him."

16These are ^(AY)grumblers, finding fault, ^(AZ)following after their own lusts; they speak ^(BA)arrogantly, flattering people ^(BB)for the sake of gaining an advantage.

Keep Yourselves in the Love of God

17But you, ^(BC)beloved, ^(BD)ought to remember the words that were spoken beforehand by ^(BE)the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ,

18that they were saying to you, "^(BF)In the last time there will be mockers, ^(BG)following after their own ungodly lusts."

19These are the ones who cause divisions, ^(BH)worldly-minded, devoid of the Spirit.

20But you, ^(BI)beloved, ^(BJ)building yourselves up on your most holy ^(BK)faith, ^(BL)praying in the Holy Spirit,

21keep yourselves in the love of God, ^(BM)waiting anxiously for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ to eternal life.

22And have mercy on some, who are doubting;

23save others, ^(BN)snatching them out of the fire; and on some have mercy with fear, ^(BO)hating even the garment polluted by the flesh.

24^(BP)Now to Him who is able to keep you from stumbling, and to ^(BQ)make you stand in the presence of His glory blameless with ^(BR)great joy,

25to the ^(BS)only ^(BT)God our Savior, through Jesus Christ our Lord, ^(BU)be glory, majesty, dominion and authority, ^(BV)before all time and now and forever. Amen.