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THREATS AGAINST THE CHURCH Part X . Pictures and Preaching Against Apostasy Jude 12-15. Jude 1:12-15 .
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THREATS AGAINST THE CHURCHPart X Pictures and Preaching Against Apostasy Jude 12-15
Jude 1:12-15 12 These are spots in your love feasts, while they feast with you without fear, serving only themselves. They are clouds without water, carried about by the winds; late autumn trees without fruit, twice dead, pulled up by the roots; 13 raging waves of the sea, foaming up their own shame; wandering stars for whom is reserved the blackness of darkness forever.
Jude 1:12-15 14 Now Enoch, the seventh from Adam, prophesied about these men also, saying, "Behold, the Lord comes with ten thousands of His saints, 15 to execute judgment on all, to convict all who are ungodly among them of all their ungodly deeds which they have committed in an ungodly way, and of all the harsh things which ungodly sinners have spoken against Him."
Natural phenomena to illustrate spiritual lessons: • Destructive Reefs: “hidden reefs in your love feasts” • Drought filled clouds: “clouds without water” • Disappointing Harvest: “autumn trees without fruit” • Dangerous Waves of the Sea: “raging waves of the sea” • Disappearing Stars: “wandering stars” (metor’s; shooting stars)
Inside Information on future Judgment: (vs.14,15) • Enoch was an early prophet of God who preached the coming of the Lord: • Enoch announced the judgment of God upon people: • Enoch described the nature of unregenerate people, “ungodly” (4 X’s) • Enoch preached a message of redemption:
Applications for life • There are noticeable characteristics of Ungodliness. • There multitudes of scripture announcing the judgment of God: • There is still a message of redemption for those who will repent.