September 15, 2024
Pastor Ricky Smith

Sermon Notes

I. Know What You Believe

Jude 3
Beloved, although I was very eager to write to you about our common salvation, I found it necessary to write appealing to you to contend for the faith that was once for all delivered to the saints.

The Gospel must be constantly defended because it is always under attack.

II. Know How to Live

Jude 4
For certain people have crept in unnoticed who long ago were designated for this condemnation, ungodly people, who pervert the grace of our God into sensuality and deny our only Master and Lord, Jesus Christ.

Psalm 78:5-8
He established a testimony in Jacob and appointed a law in Israel,
which he commanded our fathers to teach to their children, that the next generation might know them, the children yet unborn, and arise and tell them to their children, so that they should set their hope in God and not forget the works of God, but keep his commandments; and that they should not be like their fathers, a stubborn and rebellious generation, a generation whose heart was not steadfast, whose spirit was not faithful to God.

Next Steps

• I confess my sin and turn to Jesus as King for the first time.
• I commit to studying the Word of God on my own.
• I choose to be faithful to transfer faith to the next generation.

Deep Dive

1. Who in your life has strongly impacted your faith development?
2. How can we filter our influences of faith development with the truth of God’s Word?
3. Read Jude 3-4; why must we be on guard against false teachers, and how can we?

Springboards

1. Who are some well-known teachers, preachers, or authors you enjoy? Why?
2. How do you consume Christian content while guarding against false teaching?
3. Read Jude 5-16 and discuss how the writer characterized false teachers.