The Book of Jude (the brother of James) is a small work. It is only one chapter. It begins with a greeting and ends with a doxology.
“To those who are the called, loved by God the Father and kept by Jesus Christ. May mercy, peace, and love be multiplied to you.” [Jude 1:1-2 HCSB]
“Now to Him who is able to protect you from stumbling and to make you stand in the presence of His glory, blameless and with great joy, to the only God our Savior, through Jesus Christ our Lord, be glory, majesty, power, and authority before all time, now and forever. Amen.” [Jude 1:24 HCSB]
Jude is not usually a book we spend a lot of time in, but between the greeting and the ending, we find a book which is important for us today. Jude is a book which focuses on apostasy. Apostasy is the abandonment or renunciation of faith. It is a book for the End Times.
Jude admonishes us to contend for the faith because there are false prophets in the church and the saints are in danger. Whether or not we are living in the End Times, we know we are living in a historical time in this nation. All we hold dear in the church is under attack. False teachers and false doctrines abound.
Saints of God need to know the Gospel, they need to know the Scriptures. You cannot defend something you do not know!
And we need to be totally surrendered to the LORDship of Christ in every area of our lives. We need to know His voice so that we can readily obey. Only He is able to protect us from stumbling through this life. Only in His presence will we experience His Glory and share His Great Joy!
“Now to Him who is able to protect you from stumbling and to make you stand in the presence of His glory, blameless and with great joy….” Amen
