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Jude’s Focus

His warnings of false teachers

Another form of God’s healing can be other than freedom from some pain or the termination of some certain disease. He can heal us from being distracted by the false teachings of the world and those who would seek to deceive us. Thank you Jesus for the truth!

Jude; the second to the last book of the New Testament was authored by Jude (brother of Jesus). Probably out of reverence, Jude referred to himself only as brother to James, also one of Jesus’ brothers, but others of his time knew him as brother to Jesus. Jude, in his epistle, focused on the ethical dangers of false teachings by those that denied the lordship of Jesus by using Christian freedom and God’s grace as ”a license for immorality.” He referred to these false teachers as “grumblers and faultfinders” (v.16), scoffers who followed their own evil desires and natural instincts. Surely, in our world today, there are many false teachers -- they are all around us. Jude goes on to say that these are those who will divide you and who do not have the Holy Spirit within them. He also warned his readers there would be false brothers who would infiltrate the churches creating an irreverent atmosphere causing divisions and disseminating doubt and cynicism. We see this happening today in many of our churches.  

Jude’s letter emphasizes the lordship of Christ. In his letter he made clear Christian freedom was not a hall pass to do whatever one wishes. Rather, Christians are to build themselves up in the foundational teachings of faith, pray, remain faithful to God and be merciful to those around them.

Taking Jude’s advice we are healed from the consequences of being deceived by the world (false teachers); we are over-comers of this world because we have adopted a more desirable Christian behavior. Because of Jesus, we now know the truth and the truth sets us free.

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