Heroes Part Eight: Jude

Heroes Part Eight: Jude

Speaker: Pastor Jon Zondervan
Date: August 17, 2019

Heroes explores the lives, work, and ministries of men and women in the New Testament whose lives made enormous impact on the world. This series will help broaden your perspective of the early Church, enlighten the eyes of your heart, and fascinate your imagination as we discover hidden truths behind some of the most important people in scripture.

In this sermon, Pastor Jon Zondervan talks about the story of Jude and his mission to expose false teachers, while encouraging Christians to stand firm in their faith and to continue fighting for truth.

Focus Scripture

Jude 1:3 (ESV)

“Beloved, although I was very eager to write to you about our common salvation, I found it necessary to write appealing to you to contend for the faith that was once for all delivered to the saints.”

Sermon Highlights:

• Contend: To exert an intense or strenuous effort on behalf of something; to fight or contend for something.

• “The chief danger that confronts the coming century will be religion without the Holy Ghost, Christianity without Christ, forgiveness without repentance, salvation without regeneration, politics without God, heaven without hell.” - William Booth

• Signs of false teachers:

  • Mixing heresy with truth (Jude 1:4)

  • Perverting the grace of God

  • Denying Jesus as Lord

  • Rejecting Authority (Jude 1:8)

  • Showing favoritism to gain an advantage (Jude 1:16)

  • Causing Division (Jude 1:19)

• What we as Christians have to do:

  • Be built up in faith (Jude 1:20)

  • Keep yourself in God’s love (Jude 1:21)

  • Remember it’s God’s power, not yours (Jude 1:24-25)