Contend Earnestly For The Faith

Book of Jude

The Bible Teaching Commentary

The Book of Jude:
An Introduction and Outline

Paul J. Bucknell
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Purpose

The Book of Jude: An Introduction and Outline provides an introduction to the short Book of Jude in The Bible Teacher's Commentary series.

Introduction to Jude

“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" (Jude 3).

Introduction

Key: 'But you', 'but you'

1-2 Introduction

3-4
The Presentation of the Problem
The Appeal

5-16 The Punishment of Ugly Professors
From the past to the present

5 Law of Egypt
6 Angels
7 Sodom
Past punishment: Cain, Balaam, Korash

17-23 The Preparedness of Godly Believers
Need to deal with ungodly professors

24-25 Conclusion
Overall capability to carry it out

The Book of Jude: An Outline

Contend Earnestly For The Faith

The Introduction and Purpose (1-4)

A. ISOLATING THE UNFAITHFUL(5-16,)

Detecting dealings with “These men”

1. REMEMBERING THE GENERAL PATTERN 5-7
[God’s dealings with the ungodly]

2. ARTICULATING THE SIN 8-9,10-11
[Reject and revile authority]

3. DESCRIBING THE DANGER 12-13,14-15,16, 19
[To church & to ungodly]

B. ENCOURAGING THE FAITHFUL (17-23)

"But you, beloved, remember"

1. ESTABLISHING THE AUTHORITY (17-19)
[Don’t be surprised!]

2. OBEYING THE AUTHORITY (20-23)
[Obey and be merciful]

The Closing Blessing (24-25)

A Study and Message on Jude

Contend Earnestly For The Faith

The Introduction and Purpose (Jude 1-4)

Necessity of writing (3a)
Purpose of writing (3b)

• Examples not to follow
• Stand up strong in the faith
• Understand the evil in the church

Contend:To strive in opposition to someone or something. Battle, Fight, Tug, War; To uphold as true, right, proper, or acceptable often in the face of challenge or indifference. Maintain, Argue, Assert, Claim, Defend, Justify, Vindicate, Warrant

Earnestly: With intentness and determination. Hard, Assiduously, Exhaustively, Intensely, Intensively, Painstakingly, Thoroughly,

Problem perpetuated (4)

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