Bible: 7 Lessons From The Book Of Jude Plus The Why..

Identify Jude as Jesus's brother and servant, and explain why his letter urges contending for the faith against false teachers. Note its context and ties to James and 2 Peter.

Discover the book of Jude's unique features, including Enoch as a prophet and the dispute over Moses' body, and see Jude's sovereignty of God and mercy for the doubting.

Explore how Paul describes the believer as a fighter who fights the good fight, finishes the race, and keeps the faith; Jude extends this theme toward being saved.

Fight the faith delivered to the saints, not as spectators; embrace generational responsibility to contend with issues like homosexuality or abortion by standing in the truth.

Explore contending for the faith amid suffering, with examples from Paul and Caleb, and decide whether you are a contender or spectator in the fight the good fight.

Contend for the faith given to us by learning from historic contenders. Strive to fight the good fight, finish the race, and keep the faith before the Lord.

Explore how to strengthen our most holy faith and practice praying in the Holy Spirit, with Jude explaining two meanings of this prayer.

Overcome ungodliness by building yourself up in your most holy faith through reading the Word and praying in the Spirit, including praying in tongues guided by the Holy Spirit.

Explore praying in the Holy Spirit and by the Spirit's help, including tongues. Understand the essential relationship between the Word of God and prayer.

Explore how prayer and the Word of God empower believers to stand firm, study Jude and Ephesians 6, and pursue God’s will to overcome godlessness in our generation.

Empower your will with God by anchoring prayer in the Word of God; learn that the Word comes first, then prayer, with examples from Elijah and Jude.

Examine the true meaning of thy will be done, distinguishing knowing God's will from asking for it in uncertain choices, and reject fatalistic prayers for healing.

Align your prayers with the Word of God to improve outcomes and deepen your prayer life. Trust the Lord in every situation and prepare for further teaching in upcoming lectures.

Explore the subject of reconciliation at the end of Jude's letter to the church, unpacking what it means to save others and how this theme connects to the lectures.

Advance the ministry of reconciliation by witnessing about Christ to others, guiding them back to God and away from sin.

Reconcile believers and unbelievers back to God through the ministry of reconciliation. Act daily in your neighborhood, recognizing Jesus died for us all and this commission is God’s priority.

Explore what prophecy means in the Bible, two ways it is used, and how we can prophesy and expect this gift to flow through us by God's desire.

Explore two forms of prophecy: messages through prophets and the spirit of prophecy available to every believer, and learn to open your heart, expect, and act on what you believe.

Explore the meaning of prophecy and how to respond when prophesied. Step out in faith and speak as the Holy Spirit gives utterance to encourage and build up others.

Learn how belief yields a new creation, sheds the old self, renews the mind, and puts on the new self, guiding daily abstaining from sin toward salvation.

This lecture traces how sin grows worse—from license for immorality to denying Jesus as the sovereign lord—and offers biblical warnings and corrective steps for believers.

Trace how sin worsens from smoking to heroin and how Jesus delivers believers, empowering abstinence, righteousness, and the redemption and forgiveness that save us.

Explore what it means that God is able to keep us and provide what we need to sustain ourselves, as this lecture introduction sets up the upcoming content.

Explore the two sides of this coin: keeping ourselves in God's love and trusting in God's ability to keep us from stumbling, so we may be presented faultless before him.

Examine the two sides of the coin in receiving God's promises—our response and his provision—and apply action so God can work in our lives.

Finish the book of Jude as its message opens with reading. Learn to test and approve God's will, stay in his love, and do the good works prepared for us.