Remembering, Building, Showing Mercy
Turn with me to the book of Jude, right at the end of your New Testament before the book of Revelation. We’re in the fourth of five studies in this book today. We’re in the meat, the heart, of Jude's argument. In Jude 3 and 4 he had told this congregation of Christians that he wanted to urge them to contend for the faith and to beware of false teachers. In verses 5-16, he expands on that warning against false teachers and brings a negative admonition to this local congregation and to all Christians to be on guard against false teaching. We live in a day and age where the world teaches many crazy things, but you can find much false teaching even within the church, and so Jude's warning is timely. But in verses 5-16 he doesn't present a positive program. He tells you…