Obligations of a Believer
Jude 1:20-23
Introduction:
I. Your responsibility as a believer vv.20-21
A. Building yourselves up in faith v.20a
-Rom. 10:17
B. Praying in the Holy Spirit v.20b
-Rom. 8:26
-The silent prayers of Nehemiah: Neh. 13:14, 22,31
C. Keeping yourself in the love of God v.21a
-Remember the church at Ephesus Rev. 2:4
D. Waiting for eternal life v.21b
-Titus 2:13
II. Your responsibility to the unbeliever vv.22-23
-Three types of unbelievers
A. The doubter v.22
-2 Tim. 2:25
-The doubters like Thomas and salvation
-Rom. 10:9 “…believe that God raised him from the dead,
and you shall be saved
B. The hell-bound v.23a
-Jn. 3:36
-To reject Christ is to be condemned
-Can still be saved
C. The stained by this world v.23b
-Old Testament examples
-Paul sent out cloths and aprons Acts 19:12