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Angels, biblically speaking, are mediators of God's law.
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! Acts 7 verse 53 refers to the received law,
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! That was given through angels.
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So anybody can tell you that there cannot be two captains of the same ship.
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There cannot be two supreme commanders of the same army.
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Jesus himself says in Matthew 6, 24,
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No one can serve two masters,
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for either he will hate the one and love the other,
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or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other.
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You cannot serve God in money.
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So these false teachers are teaching against the law given by the angels from God
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because they want their authority to reign,
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their dreams to dictate the will of their followers.
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Essentially, they want to dethrone God and rule in his stead.
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And their followers are people from within the church
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who have been duped by these dreamers.
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And that should serve as a warning to all of us.
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When you have anyone approach you saying,
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I have had a prophetic dream or God told me something,
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you should immediately be cautious and on guard,
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regardless of whether they're a cessationist or a continuationist, right?
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And the way to test them is to see what they are saying is in accordance with Scripture.
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We know that from texts like Deuteronomy 18, 20 through 22,
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or Acts 17, 11.
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So, for example, if they dream a dream and they say to you that in that dream,
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someone told me, God is love.
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And then you search the Scriptures and you find 1 John 4, 8,
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which says, God is love.
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Well, you can be okay with that dream.
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But for me, you know, as a cautious cessationist,
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I would tell that person, you know, congrats.
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You just had an unnecessary dream.
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And if you spent less time sleeping and got up in the morning to read your Bible,
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you could have figured that out a long time ago.
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But that's just my opinion.
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But all joking aside, whether you are a cessationist or a continuationist,
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you should always go to Scripture as the sole authority,
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regardless of what some dreamer says.
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Authority is never innate to any individual,
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but is exclusively the claim of God and His Word.
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And that serves any Christian's authority.
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That is the guidestone.
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That is the plumb line.
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That and that alone.
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And to illustrate this understanding of God being the sole authority,
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Jude gives us another interesting reference in verse 9.
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This reference does not come from the Old Testament or the New Testament.
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Rather, it comes from a document known as the Testament of Moses
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or the Assumption of Moses.
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Although they may have been the same document,
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scholars aren't sure, and for a load of reasons,
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we won't get into this today.
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But essentially, this is a story
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in which the devil comes to claim the body of Moses
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on account of the fact that Moses murdered an Egyptian,
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which we know Moses actually did murder.
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We know that from the book of Exodus.
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But in this extra-biblical story,
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Moses is about to be honorably buried by the archangel Michael.
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But the devil comes along accusing him,
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saying, no, he doesn't deserve an honorable burial.
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He's a murderer.
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And so that's the background to this story.
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They're arguing over where he deserves to be buried.
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But here, the point Jude wants to make
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isn't about this debate necessarily,
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but we see in the second half of verse 9
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that the archangel Michael says,
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or he says of Michael,
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that he did not presume to pronounce
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a blasphemous judgment in response to the devil.
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But what did he say?
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He said, quote,
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the Lord rebuke you.
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So contrary to the rebellious angels from last week
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who left their proper dwelling in verse 6
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and made judgments for themselves,
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the archangel Michael knows his place
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and he knows it is under the authority of God.
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Michael knows that God is,
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as James 4.12 says,
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the one lawgiver and one judge of the universe.
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Who is Michael that he could condemn the devil or any sinner?
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That is God's role alone
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and God will execute his judgment in the end of days.
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So Michael says,
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the Lord rebuke you.
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It's the Lord who has this authority,
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who has this position,
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and he will do it.
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So we should be like Michael.
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We should know our place and stay there
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when it comes to the kingdom of God.
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We have no other authority
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and we have no power of our own.
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So the authority of these false teachers
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is inherently self-serving.
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It is an attempt to justify their lifestyles
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and to teach it to others,
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to have influential control over others.
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In short, their authority is one of their own making
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and it's not real.
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And in verse 10,
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we see their understanding
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and Jude is contrasting it with Michael.
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So this is the second part of our outline.
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Number two,
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the false teacher's understanding.
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He goes on to say in comparison to Michael,
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but these people,
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these people blaspheme all that they do not understand
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and they are destroyed by all that they,
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like unreasoning animals,
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understand instinctively.
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So Michael does not blaspheme the devil
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because he knows his place,
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but these people blaspheme.
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Blaspheme meaning to speak evil against
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or to accuse.
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And what do these false teachers blaspheme?
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Well, Jude says everything they do not understand.
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So we can guess with good authority
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that they don't understand God.
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They don't understand God's word.
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Romans 3, 10 through 11,
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Paul says,
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no one is righteous,
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no not one,
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no one understands,
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no one seeks for God.
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He puts it more pointedly in 1 Corinthians 2, 14.
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He says,
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but a natural man does not accept
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the things of the spirit of God,
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for they are foolishness to him
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and he cannot understand them
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because they are spiritually appraised.
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And we see this kind of language
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all throughout the Bible.
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These teachers,
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these false teachers,
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they blaspheme everything
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that is good,
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honorable,
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and praiseworthy,
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chiefly God himself.
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But Jude goes on to say
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what they do understand,
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what they do understand,
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and he says it will destroy them.
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What is it that they understand?
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Everything that unreasoning animals
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would understand instinctively.
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Recognize that Jude is employing
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typical Greco-Roman trash talk.
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He is mocking them.
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Every animal does three things essentially,
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sleeps, eats, and reproduces.
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They do not think,
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nor do they weigh issues.
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They just do,
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and do for themselves.
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What a fitting comparison
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to the false teacher.
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All they know is what their flesh desires,
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and they chase it.
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They are,
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as Paul says in Romans 6,
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slaves to sin.
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And I want to make a quick aside here
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that I think is pertinent
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to Jude's comments here.
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I think it's okay,
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or even biblical,
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to mock false teachers
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if done rightly.
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Okay, last week we talked about
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how we ought not to be like the Pharisee
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who mocks the tax collector
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praying aloud,
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God, I thank you
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that I'm not like this tax collector
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in Luke 18.11.
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The Pharisee in that story
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is in the wrong on multiple fronts.
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He is depending on his own
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self-righteousness for salvation.
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That's problem number one.
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Problem number two,
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he's denying the grace of God
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and the life of that tax collector
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who is literally in the midst
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in verse 13
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of praying for mercy.
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And most importantly
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for what we're discussing,
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or I don't want to qualify that,
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for what we're discussing,
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this Pharisee did not mock
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the tax collector
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out of a pleading
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for this tax collector to repent.
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I want to repeat that.
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This Pharisee didn't mock
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the tax collector
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out of a pleading
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for this tax collector
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to repent.
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His motive and his mindset
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were wrong.
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So in other words,
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when and if we mock
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false teachers,
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it should be motivated
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by a desire
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to have them see
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the crazy and utter foolishness
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of their way.
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This mocking should be
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a zealous pleading
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for them to repent
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and believe.
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Not a put-down,
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but a pleading,
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like listen to reason.
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And it can also come
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from a motive
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to protect the flock,
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right?
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You might say to yourself,
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I'm going to mock
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this absurd teaching
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and this teacher
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so as to sober up
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the sheep
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whom God has entrusted
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to me
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to keep them
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from the error
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of that way.
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And frankly,
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you see this type of mocking
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all throughout
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the Bible.
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Jude does it here,
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calling his false teachers
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unreasoning animals
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to make a point
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that sticks.
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Likewise,
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Paul,
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in his letter
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to the Galatians,
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he addresses heretics
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who taught
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that we are saved
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by Christ
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and circumcision,
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right?
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Works.
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And he mocks them
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over and over again
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in his letter
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and he says,
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rather wittingly,
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he says in Galatians 5.12,
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I wish they would go
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the whole way
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and emasculate themselves.
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That's a clever way
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of saying circumcision
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is worthless
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for salvation
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and I hope that
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in your teaching
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you never reproduce
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disciples
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who follow your heresy.
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And if this idea
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of mocking
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is new to you
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or concerning,
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I would encourage you
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to spend time
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in the prophets
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who do this a lot.
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I would especially
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point you to
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Matthew 23
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where Jesus gives
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his seven woes
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discourse to the Pharisees
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and in there
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Jesus says some
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really hard things
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in witty
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and mocking ways.
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But when you read
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the whole discourse
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it ends with Jesus
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saying these words.
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He says in Matthew 23
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37,
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O Jerusalem,
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Jerusalem,
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the city that
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kills the prophets
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and stones
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those who sent it.
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How often would I
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have gathered
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your children together
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as a hen
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gathers her brood
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under her wings
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and you were not willing.
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So Jesus desired
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to save Israel,
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to gather them all
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under his wings
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and protect them
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but they were not
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willing.
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So even in the mockery,
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even in calling out
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foolishness
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what it is,
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foolishness,
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Jesus is working
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to protect the flock,
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the elect,
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to secure them
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in the way
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that they should go
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and to call sinners
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to repentance
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in faith.
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So feel the freedom
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to employ
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this kind of rhetoric
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but do so
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carefully.
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If you are unsure
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where the lines
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are with this
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then you're better off
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avoiding it altogether.
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It takes a great deal
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of sobriety,
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wisdom,
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and love
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to use this rhetoric
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in a way
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that is God honoring.
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But Jude goes on
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in verse 11.
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He wants to show us
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three more
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Old Testament types
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that characterize
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false teachers.
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So this is part three
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of our outline.
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Three Old Testament types
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that characterize
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false teachers.
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He says,
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Woe to them
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for they walked
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in the way of Cain
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and abandoned themselves
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for the sake of gain
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to Balaam's error
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and perished
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in Korah's rebellion.
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So Jude expresses
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divine judgment
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on these false teachers.
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He says,
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Woe to them.
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A phrase which literally
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carries the idea
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of damn them
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to hell
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but it also carries
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a connotation
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of grief
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or sorrow
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for the guilty.
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Jude is saying
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they will go to hell
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and I tremble
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for them.
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He's concerned
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for them.
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And then he charges
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them with having
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quote,
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walked in the way
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of Cain
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and let me remind you
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from last week
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you need to know
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your Old Testaments
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well.
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In Genesis 4,
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Adam and Eve
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have two sons
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after the fall,
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Cain and Abel.
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After they both
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make offerings
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to God,
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God lets it be known
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that he accepts
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Abel's offering
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and rejects
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Cain's offering.
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Genesis never
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explains why
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but the main
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thrust of the story
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is about Cain's
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response
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to the situation.
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After being angry
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and being confronted
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by God,
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Cain murders
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Abel
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in a rage
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of some kind.
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Now think about that.
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Two brothers
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who are supposedly
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worshipping God
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together,
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making sacrifices
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and all of a sudden
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Cain is murdering
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Abel.
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And so this is
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a story about
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persecution
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within the faith
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from professing
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believers.
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And in Jewish
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literature
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that writes
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about Cain
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which we know
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Jude is very
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familiar with,
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Cain becomes
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an archetype,
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a character
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of sin.
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He's the great
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teacher,
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the great sinner
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in Jewish
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thought.
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No one is worse
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than Cain
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to the Jew.
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And so Jude's
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accusation
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is that these
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false teachers
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are hurting
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the true believers
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with their
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disobedience
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and teaching.
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His accusation
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is that
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they are not only
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guilty of this
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once but are
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walking
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in this way.
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A well-known
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expression in the
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Bible.
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It carries the
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idea of one
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who is constantly
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doing something
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and seeking to
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practice it
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or improve it.
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They want to get
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better at it.
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So like Cain
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they are harmful
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to the true church
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and they share
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the motivation
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of Balaam.
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They are who
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they are
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and do what
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they do
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verse 11
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for the sake
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of gain.
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So in Numbers
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chapter 22
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through 24
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we read about
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the pagan
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king Balak
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who wanted
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his pagan
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prophet Balaam
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to curse
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Israel.
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So Balaam
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promised Balaam
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by saying
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quote
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I will reward
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you richly
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in Numbers
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24
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11.
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So Jude's
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accusation
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of the false
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teachers
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in the church
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is that they
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are seeking
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financial gain.
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They are taking
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advantage
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of the church
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and so
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they will
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perish
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like Korah
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and those
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who followed
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him
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in his
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rebellion.
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Now again
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in Jewish
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thought
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Korah
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was the
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classic
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example
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of
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antinomian
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heresy
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the idea
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that God's
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law
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has no
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bearing
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on us
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and we
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can do
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what we
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want
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live
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how we
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want.
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In Numbers
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16
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is where
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we read
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about
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Korah's
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rebellion.
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Korah
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was known
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for contending
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with Moses
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and Aaron.
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We know
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that from
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the narrative
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we know
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that from
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a description
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given
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in Numbers
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26
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9.
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He embodies
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a disgruntled
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person.
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It says
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in Numbers
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16
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11
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that he
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was a
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grumbler.
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And upon
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leading
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250 other
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men
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and their
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families
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against
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Moses
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and Aaron
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God
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opens up
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the ground
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to send
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them all
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to Sheol
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as a
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punishment
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for their
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rebellion
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divine
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judgment
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on the
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apostate
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once
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again.
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So you
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might have
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noticed
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these three
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names are
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out of
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chronological
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order.
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Chronologically
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it should
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have been
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Cain,
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Korah,
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and Balaam.
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But I
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think Jude
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rearranges
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the order
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to highlight
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judgment
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again as
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an ending
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for all
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such
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people.
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These
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people are
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characterized
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by anger,
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murder,
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greed,
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grumbling
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in a spirit
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of rebellion.
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and that
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is who
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they are
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and they
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walk in
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that way.
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They
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practice
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such
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things.
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And so
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they pose
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a great
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threat to
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the true
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church.
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This leads
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us to the
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next part
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of our
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outline,
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part four,
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the threat
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of false
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teachers.
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Jude goes
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on and he
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says,
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these are
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hidden
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reefs
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at your
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love feasts
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as they
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feast with
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you without
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fear.
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So perhaps
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you've noticed
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by now in
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Jude's
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epistle,
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that he
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constantly
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refers to
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false
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teachers
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as
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these.
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He's
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creating
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distance
17:08
between
17:09
their
17:09
way
17:09
of
17:09
life
17:10
as
17:10
opposed
17:10
to
17:11
the
17:11
way
17:11
of
17:11
life
17:11
for
17:12
the
17:12
true
17:12
believer.
17:14
And here
17:15
we see
17:15
that their
17:15
way of
17:16
life
17:16
poses a
17:17
great
17:17
danger
17:17
to
17:18
the
17:18
church.
17:19
So the
17:20
love feast
17:20
that he
17:21
speaks of
17:22
is the
17:22
Lord's
17:23
supper.
17:23
That's
17:24
what early
17:24
Christians
17:25
called it,
17:26
the taking
17:26
of the
17:26
cup
17:27
and the
17:27
bread.
17:29
Now
17:29
theologically
17:30
this is
17:30
significant
17:31
because
17:32
this
17:32
ordinance
17:33
of the
17:33
church
17:33
calls
17:34
to
17:34
mind
17:34
Christ's
17:35
sacrificial
17:36
death
17:36
to
17:37
pardon
17:38
the
17:38
sins
17:38
of
17:38
the
17:38
elect.
17:40
The
17:40
cup
17:40
is
17:40
the
17:40
wrath
17:41
of
17:41
God,
17:41
the
17:41
wine
17:42
or
17:42
the
17:42
juice
17:42
is
17:42
the
17:43
blood
17:43
of
17:43
Christ
17:44
and
17:44
the
17:44
bread
17:44
is
17:45
Christ's
17:46
body.
17:48
So these
17:48
false
17:48
teachers
17:49
are partaking
17:49
of the
17:50
Lord's
17:50
supper
17:51
which is
17:51
blasphemy
17:52
because
17:53
they are
17:53
by
17:53
definition
17:54
not
17:54
in
17:55
Christ.
17:57
By
17:57
partaking
17:58
in the
17:58
cup
17:58
and the
17:58
bread
17:59
are
17:59
signaling
17:59
to the
18:00
world
18:00
and to
18:01
the
18:01
church
18:01
that they
18:01
believe
18:02
their sins
18:03
are forgiven
18:03
in Christ
18:04
but that is
18:05
only true
18:06
for those
18:06
who have
18:07
repented
18:07
and
18:08
believes
18:09
which these
18:09
false
18:10
teachers
18:10
have not
18:11
done
18:11
and so
18:12
they lie
18:13
when they
18:14
partake
18:14
in the
18:14
Lord's
18:15
supper.
18:16
And
18:17
significantly
18:17
too
18:17
in the
18:18
Greco-Roman
18:19
world
18:19
banqueting
18:20
with people
18:21
was a
18:21
social
18:22
institution
18:22
and it
18:23
was one
18:24
that
18:24
signaled
18:24
to the
18:25
world
18:25
at large
18:25
that you
18:26
identify
18:26
with these
18:28
people.
18:28
A way
18:29
of saying
18:29
we
18:30
are
18:30
one.
18:33
In
18:33
other
18:33
words
18:33
when these
18:34
false
18:35
teachers
18:35
banquet
18:36
with the
18:37
church
18:37
they are
18:38
falsely
18:39
signaling
18:39
that they
18:40
are one
18:40
in the
18:40
same
18:41
when nothing
18:41
could be
18:42
further
18:43
from the
18:43
truth.
18:45
And this
18:45
is why
18:45
Jude in
18:46
verse 12
18:46
calls them
18:47
hidden
18:48
reefs.
18:50
The
18:50
metaphor
18:50
is that
18:51
the
18:51
church
18:51
is the
18:52
ship
18:52
in the
18:52
sea
18:53
and if
18:53
that
18:53
ship
18:54
comes
18:54
into
18:54
contact
18:55
with
18:55
a
18:55
hidden
18:55
reef
18:56
then it
18:57
will be
18:57
stuck
18:57
or worse
18:58
it
18:58
will
18:58
sink
18:59
there
18:59
will
18:59
be
18:59
a
18:59
hole
18:59
punctured
19:00
and
19:00
people
19:01
will
19:01
die.
19:04
So
19:04
Jude's
19:04
point
19:05
is that
19:05
they
19:05
will
19:05
destroy
19:06
the
19:07
church
19:07
not
19:07
eternally
19:08
but
19:09
in
19:09
this
19:09
life
19:10
if
19:11
they
19:11
are
19:11
allowed
19:11
to
19:11
continue
19:12
participating
19:13
in
19:14
the
19:14
Lord's
19:14
Supper
19:14
and the
19:15
activities
19:15
of the
19:16
church.
19:17
They
19:18
will
19:18
distort
19:18
the
19:19
witness
19:19
of
19:19
the
19:19
church
19:20
the
19:20
purity
19:20
of
19:21
the
19:21
church
19:21
and
19:21
the
19:22
identity
19:22
of
19:23
the
19:23
church.
19:25
So
19:26
what
19:26
do
19:26
they
19:26
do
19:26
then?
19:27
What
19:27
do
19:27
they
19:27
produce?
19:28
And
19:28
the
19:28
short
19:28
answer
19:29
is
19:30
nothing
19:30
short
19:30
of
19:31
wickedness
19:31
and
19:32
worthlessness.
19:34
So
19:34
this
19:34
leads us
19:35
to
19:35
number
19:35
five
19:35
the
19:35
produce
19:36
of
19:37
false
19:38
teachers.
19:38
Looking at
19:39
the second
19:39
half
19:40
of
19:40
verse
19:40
12
19:41
Jude
19:42
tells us
19:42
the
19:42
produce
19:43
of
19:43
false
19:44
teachers.
19:44
He says
19:45
that
19:45
these
19:46
false
19:46
teachers
19:46
are
19:47
shepherds
19:48
feeding
19:49
themselves.
19:50
Waterless
19:50
clouds
19:51
swept
19:51
along
19:52
by
19:52
winds.
19:53
Fruitless
19:53
trees
19:54
in late
19:54
autumn
19:55
twice
19:55
dead
19:55
uprooted
19:56
wild
19:57
waves
19:58
of
19:58
the
19:58
sea
19:58
casting
19:59
up
19:59
the
19:59
foam
20:00
of
20:00
their
20:00
own
20:00
shame
20:01
wandering
20:02
stars
20:02
for whom
20:02
the gloom
20:03
of utter
20:03
darkness
20:04
has been
20:04
reserved
20:05
forever.
20:06
So they
20:10
take care
20:10
of no
20:11
one
20:11
but
20:11
themselves.
20:12
They
20:12
feed
20:13
themselves.
20:15
They
20:15
cannot
20:15
give
20:16
water
20:16
to
20:16
anything
20:17
to
20:17
make
20:17
it
20:17
grow.
20:18
They
20:18
are
20:18
waterless
20:19
clouds.
20:22
They
20:22
themselves
20:22
are on
20:23
unstable
20:24
ground
20:24
being
20:24
swept
20:25
away
20:26
by
20:26
wind,
20:26
a
20:27
common
20:27
imagery
20:28
expressing
20:28
their
20:29
instability
20:29
and
20:30
lack
20:30
of
20:31
security.
20:33
They
20:34
are
20:34
good
20:34
for
20:34
nothing
20:35
just
20:35
as a
20:35
tree
20:36
that
20:36
bears
20:36
no
20:36
fruit
20:37
is
20:37
good
20:38
for
20:38
nothing.
20:40
That
20:40
sounds
20:40
like
20:40
Jesus
20:41
in the
20:41
Sermon
20:42
on
20:42
the
20:42
Mount.
20:43
And
20:44
these
20:44
trees
20:44
are
20:45
twice
20:45
dead
20:46
because
20:47
they
20:47
died
20:47
in
20:48
sin
20:48
like
20:48
all
20:48
of
20:48
us
20:49
but
20:50
also
20:50
because
20:50
upon
20:50
hearing
20:51
the
20:51
gospel
20:51
they
20:52
rejected
20:53
it
20:53
for
20:53
a
20:54
gospel
20:54
of
20:54
their
20:54
own
20:55
making.
20:56
Jesus
20:56
might
20:57
have
20:57
said
20:57
it
20:57
this
20:57
way
20:57
as
20:58
he
20:58
did
20:58
to
20:58
the
20:58
Pharisees
20:59
in
20:59
Matthew
20:59
23
20:59
he
21:00
might
21:00
have
21:00
said
21:00
twice
21:01
a
21:01
child
21:02
of
21:02
hell.
21:04
And
21:05
in
21:05
their
21:05
lawlessness
21:06
the
21:06
only
21:06
thing
21:07
that
21:07
shows
21:07
up
21:08
is
21:08
their
21:08
own
21:08
shame
21:09
because
21:10
they
21:10
are
21:10
shameless
21:11
in
21:12
pursuing
21:12
their
21:12
ungodly
21:13
lifestyle.
21:14
It
21:14
foams
21:15
up like
21:15
the
21:15
ocean.
21:16
You
21:16
will
21:16
notice
21:17
it.
21:18
And
21:19
they
21:19
are
21:19
wandering
21:20
stars.
21:21
Again
21:21
a common
21:21
expression
21:22
that
21:23
indicates
21:23
they
21:24
deviate
21:24
greatly
21:25
from
21:26
the
21:27
truth.
21:28
And
21:29
for
21:29
all
21:29
this
21:29
because
21:30
they
21:30
seek
21:30
sin
21:30
in
21:31
their
21:31
own
21:31
flesh
21:31
and
21:31
justify
21:32
it
21:32
they
21:33
will
21:33
perish
21:33
for
21:33
eternity
21:34
in
21:34
the
21:34
gloom
21:35
of
21:36
utter
21:36
darkness
21:36
better
21:37
known
21:37
as
21:38
hell.
21:40
So
21:40
they
21:40
are
21:40
good
21:41
for
21:41
nothing
21:41
when
21:41
it
21:42
comes
21:42
to
21:42
the
21:42
church.
21:42
They
21:43
can
21:43
and
21:44
only
21:44
will
21:44
harm
21:45
the
21:46
church.
21:47
And
21:48
I
21:48
have
21:48
to
21:48
tell
21:48
you
21:48
I
21:48
get
21:49
so
21:49
tired
21:50
when
21:50
I
21:50
hear
21:50
Christians
21:51
say
21:51
oh
21:51
I
21:52
know
21:52
this
21:52
preacher
21:53
or
21:53
this
21:53
song
21:53
is
21:54
heretical
21:54
but
21:55
I
21:55
just
21:55
love
21:55
the
21:55
way
21:56
it
21:56
makes
21:56
me
21:56
feel
21:57
or
21:57
I
21:57
have
21:58
my
21:58
own
21:58
understanding
21:58
of
21:59
what
21:59
they
21:59
mean
21:59
and
21:59
it
21:59
makes
22:00
me
22:00
love
22:00
God
22:01
more.
22:03
The
22:03
Bible
22:03
just
22:03
speaks
22:04
so
22:04
differently
22:05
from
22:05
this.
22:07
Jude
22:07
would
22:08
rebuke
22:08
that
22:08
person
22:09
and tell
22:09
them
22:09
have
22:10
nothing
22:10
to
22:10
do
22:11
with
22:11
some
22:11
worthless
22:12
fruitless
22:13
dangerous
22:14
teaching
22:14
and
22:15
teacher.
22:16
That
22:17
heretical
22:17
song
22:18
or
22:18
preacher
22:19
does
22:19
make
22:20
them
22:20
love
22:20
God
22:20
more
22:20
but
22:21
not
22:21
the
22:21
God
22:22
of
22:22
the
22:22
Bible
22:23
rather
22:23
a
22:23
God
22:24
of
22:24
their
22:25
own
22:25
making.
22:26
These
22:26
are
22:26
idolaters
22:27
who
22:28
tolerate
22:28
such
22:29
teachings
22:30
and
22:30
teachers.
22:33
Now
22:34
in the
22:34
Sermon on
22:34
the
22:35
Mount
22:35
Jesus
22:35
says
22:35
what
22:36
happens
22:36
to
22:36
bad
22:37
trees
22:37
that
22:37
bear
22:37
bad
22:37
fruit.
22:38
He
22:38
says
22:38
in
22:38
Matthew
22:39
7
22:39
19
22:40
every
22:41
tree
22:41
that
22:42
does
22:42
not
22:42
bear
22:42
good
22:43
fruit
22:43
is
22:43
cut
22:43
down
22:44
and
22:44
thrown
22:45
into
22:45
the
22:45
fire.
22:46
So
22:47
Jude
22:47
following
22:48
his
22:49
master's
22:49
teachings
22:50
echoes
22:50
this.
22:51
This
22:52
leads
22:52
us
22:52
to
22:52
the
22:52
sixth
22:52
point
22:53
of
22:53
our
22:53
outline
22:53
!
22:53
The
22:54
judgment
22:54
on
22:55
false
22:55
teachers.
22:57
So
22:57
looking
22:57
at
22:58
verse
22:58
14
22:58
Jude
23:00
writes
23:00
it
23:01
was
23:01
also
23:01
about
23:02
these
23:02
that
23:02
Enoch
23:03
the
23:03
seventh
23:03
from
23:03
Adam
23:04
prophesied
23:05
saying
23:05
behold
23:07
the
23:07
Lord
23:07
comes
23:07
with
23:07
ten
23:08
thousand
23:08
of
23:08
his
23:09
holy
23:09
ones
23:09
to
23:10
execute
23:10
judgment
23:11
on
23:11
all
23:11
and
23:11
to
23:12
convict
23:12
all
23:12
the
23:12
ungodly
23:13
of
23:13
all
23:14
their
23:14
deeds
23:14
of
23:14
ungodliness
23:15
that
23:16
they
23:16
have
23:16
committed
23:16
in
23:17
such
23:17
an
23:17
ungodly
23:18
way
23:18
and
23:19
of
23:19
all
23:19
the
23:19
harsh
23:20
things
23:20
that
23:20
ungodly
23:21
sinners
23:21
have
23:22
spoken
23:22
against
23:23
him.
23:24
So
23:25
here
23:25
Jude
23:25
explicitly
23:26
quotes
23:26
1
23:27
Enoch
23:27
1
23:28
9
23:29
if
23:29
you
23:29
missed
23:29
the
23:29
sermon
23:29
last
23:30
week
23:30
go and
23:30
listen
23:31
to
23:31
a
23:31
recording
23:31
for an
23:32
explanation
23:33
of how
23:33
that is
23:33
so
23:34
but
23:35
just
23:35
to
23:35
reiterate
23:36
1
23:36
Enoch
23:36
is not
23:37
canonical
23:38
scripture
23:39
but
23:40
notice
23:40
everything
23:40
in this
23:41
quotation
23:41
can be
23:42
traced
23:42
to
23:43
biblical
23:43
texts
23:44
we
23:45
know
23:45
that
23:45
Jesus
23:45
will
23:46
return
23:46
with
23:46
his
23:46
angels
23:47
to
23:47
judge
23:47
the
23:48
wicked
23:48
and
23:48
to
23:49
destroy
23:49
them
23:49
revelations
23:51
19
23:51
15
23:52
talking
23:53
about
23:53
Jesus
23:53
return
23:54
says
23:54
this
23:54
from
23:55
Jesus
23:56
mouth
23:56
comes
23:57
a
23:57
sharp
23:57
sword
23:58
with
23:58
which
23:58
to
23:58
strike
23:59
down
23:59
the
23:59
nations
24:00
and
24:01
he
24:01
will
24:01
rule
24:01
them
24:01
with
24:02
a
24:02
rod
24:02
of
24:02
iron
24:03
he
24:03
will
24:03
tread
24:04
the
24:04
wine
24:05
press
24:05
of
24:05
the
24:05
fury
24:06
of
24:06
the
24:06
wrath
24:06
of
24:07
God
24:07
the
24:07
almighty
24:09
so
24:09
that
24:09
phrase
24:10
about
24:10
the
24:10
wine
24:10
press
24:11
being
24:11
another
24:11
greco-roman
24:12
expression
24:13
that
24:13
pictures
24:13
Christ
24:14
crushing
24:15
the
24:15
skulls
24:16
of
24:16
his
24:16
enemies
24:17
and
24:19
so
24:19
I
24:19
think
24:19
Jude
24:20
is
24:20
quoting
24:20
first
24:21
Enoch
24:21
because
24:22
this
24:22
quote
24:22
captures
24:23
true
24:24
doctrine
24:24
in
24:25
the
24:25
Bible
24:25
but
24:26
also
24:26
because
24:27
this
24:27
quote
24:27
emphasizes
24:28
the
24:28
ungodliness
24:30
of
24:30
false
24:31
teachers
24:32
that
24:32
term
24:32
is
24:32
used
24:33
four
24:33
times
24:34
in
24:34
this
24:34
quote
24:35
ungodly
24:36
ungodly
24:36
ungodly
24:37
ungodly
24:39
just
24:44
lost
24:45
everything
24:45
here we
24:47
go
24:48
sorry
24:51
so
24:52
ungodly
24:53
ungodly
24:53
ungodly
24:54
and ungodly
24:55
and
24:56
Christ
24:56
is not
24:57
coming
24:57
to
24:57
convict
24:58
them
24:58
in the
24:59
sense
24:59
of
24:59
making
25:00
them
25:00
sorrowful
25:01
over
25:01
their
25:01
sin
25:01
or
25:01
to
25:02
lead
25:02
them
25:02
to
25:02
repentance
25:02
no
25:03
when
25:03
Christ
25:03
returns
25:04
the
25:04
time
25:05
is
25:05
up
25:06
the
25:07
word
25:07
convict
25:08
in this
25:08
context
25:09
is
25:09
referring
25:09
to
25:09
finding
25:10
them
25:10
guilty
25:11
in a
25:11
court
25:12
of
25:12
law
25:12
so
25:13
this
25:14
whole
25:14
quote
25:14
is
25:15
judgment
25:15
language
25:16
Jude
25:16
is
25:16
not
25:17
afraid
25:17
to
25:17
repeat
25:18
this
25:18
over
25:18
and
25:19
over
25:19
and
25:19
over
25:19
again
25:20
throughout
25:20
his
25:21
letter
25:21
these
25:22
apostate
25:23
heretics
25:23
will
25:24
go to
25:25
hell
25:25
for
25:25
all
25:25
eternity
25:26
apart
25:27
from
25:27
repentance
25:28
and
25:28
faith
25:29
in
25:30
Christ
25:30
and
25:32
that
25:32
is
25:32
a
25:32
sober
25:32
truth
25:33
a
25:33
sober
25:33
reality
25:34
that
25:34
we
25:34
need
25:34
to
25:34
be
25:35
thinking
25:35
about
25:36
and
25:39
finally
25:40
part
25:41
seven
25:41
of our
25:42
outline
25:42
the
25:42
speech
25:43
of
25:44
false
25:44
teachers
25:44
verse
25:45
sixteen
25:45
he
25:47
says
25:47
these
25:47
are
25:48
grumblers
25:49
malcontents
25:50
following
25:50
their own
25:51
sinful
25:51
desires
25:52
they
25:53
are
25:53
loud
25:54
mouth
25:54
boasters
25:55
showing
25:55
favoritism
25:56
to
25:56
gain
25:57
advantage
25:58
so
25:58
these
25:59
are
25:59
grumblers
26:00
doesn't
26:00
that
26:00
sound
26:01
like
26:01
Balaam
26:02
or
26:02
Korah
26:03
or
26:03
the
26:03
rest
26:04
of
26:04
the
26:04
exodus
26:04
generation
26:05
that
26:05
perished
26:06
in
26:07
the
26:07
wilderness
26:07
always
26:09
griping
26:09
always
26:10
having
26:10
a
26:10
bone
26:10
to
26:10
pick
26:11
busy
26:11
bodies
26:12
quarreling
26:13
types
26:14
and
26:15
I pray
26:15
we
26:15
never
26:16
behave
26:16
in
26:17
such
26:17
a
26:17
way
26:17
they
26:19
grumble
26:19
because
26:19
they
26:20
are
26:20
male
26:20
content
26:20
nothing
26:21
will
26:21
ever
26:22
please
26:22
them
26:22
in
26:24
all
26:24
this
26:25
they
26:25
are
26:25
merely
26:25
pursuing
26:26
the
26:26
desires
26:27
of
26:27
the
26:27
flesh
26:27
again
26:28
they
26:28
are
26:28
slaves
26:29
to
26:29
sin
26:29
as
26:30
Paul
26:30
says
26:30
in
26:30
Romans
26:31
6
26:31
and
26:32
you
26:32
can
26:32
always
26:33
hear
26:33
a
26:33
false
26:33
teacher
26:34
because
26:34
they
26:34
are
26:34
loud
26:35
mouth
26:35
boasters
26:36
because
26:38
they
26:38
are
26:38
so
26:38
bent
26:39
on
26:39
making
26:39
a
26:39
god
26:40
of
26:40
their
26:40
own
26:40
making
26:41
what
26:42
always
26:42
happens
26:42
inevitably
26:43
is
26:43
that
26:43
their
26:44
god
26:44
ends
26:44
up
26:44
being
26:44
made
26:45
in
26:45
their
26:46
image
26:46
their
26:46
god
26:47
looks
26:47
!
26:48
like
26:48
them
26:49
and
26:49
they
26:50
cannot
26:50
help
26:50
but
26:50
boast
26:51
loudly
26:51
about
26:51
themselves
26:52
because
26:52
ultimately
26:53
in
26:53
their
26:53
mind
26:54
and
26:54
their
26:54
theology
26:55
and
26:55
their
26:55
gospel
26:56
they
26:57
are
26:57
god
26:58
and
26:59
that
27:00
is
27:00
so
27:00
contrary
27:00
to the
27:01
true
27:01
believer
27:01
who
27:02
as
27:02
Paul
27:02
says
27:03
boasts
27:03
only
27:04
in
27:04
the
27:05
Lord
27:05
1
27:05
Corinthians
27:06
1
27:06
31
27:07
and
27:09
we
27:09
see
27:09
the
27:09
motive
27:10
behind
27:10
their
27:10
speech
27:11
is
27:11
to
27:11
gain
27:12
advantage
27:14
so
27:15
hear
27:15
this
27:16
be
27:16
aware
27:16
of
27:16
this
27:17
they
27:17
will
27:18
flatter
27:18
you
27:19
they
27:19
might
27:19
tell
27:19
you
27:20
how
27:20
wonderful
27:20
you
27:21
are
27:21
they
27:21
may
27:21
say
27:22
things
27:22
like
27:22
the
27:22
cross
27:23
reveals
27:23
your
27:24
worth
27:25
because
27:26
they
27:26
know
27:26
that's
27:26
a
27:26
message
27:26
that
27:27
appeals
27:27
that
27:27
itches
27:28
the
27:29
ear
27:29
and
27:30
no
27:30
question
27:31
they
27:31
will
27:31
show
27:32
you
27:32
favoritism
27:33
they
27:33
will
27:33
be
27:33
really
27:34
nice
27:34
but
27:36
it
27:36
isn't
27:36
for
27:36
you
27:37
and
27:37
it
27:37
certainly
27:37
isn't
27:38
for
27:38
God
27:39
it
27:39
is
27:39
for
27:40
their
27:41
advantage
27:42
so
27:46
in
27:46
closing
27:46
and
27:47
I
27:47
know
27:47
I'm
27:47
going
27:47
long
27:48
today
27:48
so
27:48
I'm
27:48
going
27:48
make
27:48
this
27:48
quick
27:49
but
27:50
in
27:50
closing
27:50
I
27:50
just
27:50
want
27:51
to
27:51
offer
27:51
one
27:51
application
27:53
next
27:53
week
27:53
we're
27:53
going
27:54
to
27:54
think
27:54
about
27:54
this
27:54
text
27:55
more
27:55
in
27:55
relation
27:55
to
27:55
next
27:56
week's
27:56
text
27:56
but
27:58
I
27:58
think
27:58
this
27:59
is
27:59
fitting
27:59
for
27:59
today
28:00
so
28:00
just
28:01
one
28:01
application
28:02
know
28:02
and
28:03
name
28:03
false
28:04
teachers
28:04
for
28:05
what
28:05
they
28:06
are
28:06
now
28:08
when
28:08
I
28:08
say
28:08
that
28:08
I
28:09
do
28:09
not
28:09
mean
28:09
spend
28:09
the rest
28:10
of your
28:10
life
28:10
studying
28:11
cults
28:11
and
28:11
following
28:12
a bunch
28:12
of
28:12
heretics
28:12
on
28:13
Twitter
28:13
or
28:13
some
28:14
other
28:14
thing
28:14
like
28:14
that
28:15
to
28:17
maybe
28:17
help
28:17
illustrate
28:17
what
28:18
I
28:18
am
28:18
trying
28:18
to
28:18
say
28:18
I
28:35
to
28:36
judge
28:36
how
28:36
could
28:37
I
28:37
know
28:37
his
28:38
heart
28:38
and
28:39
they
28:40
will
28:40
speculate
28:40
and
28:40
they'll
28:40
say
28:41
something
28:41
like
28:41
for
28:41
all
28:41
we
28:42
know
28:42
Joel
28:43
Osteen
28:43
is
28:43
a
28:43
believer
28:44
and
28:44
just
28:44
confused
28:45
or
28:46
caught
28:46
up
28:46
in
28:46
the
28:47
money
28:47
and
28:48
at
28:48
first
28:49
you
28:49
might
28:49
think
28:49
well
28:49
that
28:49
sounds
28:50
humble
28:50
or
28:50
wise
28:51
or
28:51
kind
28:51
since
28:52
that
28:52
person
28:53
is
28:53
assuming
28:53
the
28:54
best
28:54
but
28:54
I
28:54
am
28:55
telling
28:55
you
28:55
it
28:55
is
28:56
ignorant
28:56
it
28:56
is
28:56
unloving
28:57
and
28:57
it
28:57
is
28:57
sinful
28:58
throughout
29:00
the
29:00
bible
29:00
false
29:01
teachers
29:01
are
29:02
named
29:03
take
29:03
your
29:03
pick
29:03
the
29:04
pharisees
29:04
the
29:04
sadducees
29:05
corah
29:06
king
29:06
saul
29:07
hymen
29:07
a
29:07
and
29:07
a
29:07
and
29:07
a
29:07
and
29:08
first
29:08
timothy
29:09
and
29:09
so
29:10
many
29:10
others
29:11
we
29:13
do
29:13
a
29:13
disservice
29:14
to
29:14
our
29:14
true
29:15
brothers
29:15
and
29:15
sisters
29:16
in
29:16
the
29:16
faith
29:17
when
29:17
we
29:18
acknowledge
29:18
in a
29:19
positive
29:19
way
29:20
these
29:20
types
29:21
of
29:21
teachers
29:21
these
29:22
wolves
29:22
in
29:23
sheep's
29:23
clothing
29:24
who
29:24
desire
29:24
to
29:25
tear
29:25
us
29:25
apart
29:27
and
29:28
maybe
29:30
even
29:30
more
29:30
importantly
29:30
we
29:31
do
29:31
a
29:31
disservice
29:31
to
29:32
the
29:32
false
29:32
teacher
29:33
by
29:33
leaving
29:34
them
29:34
in
29:34
their
29:34
own
29:35
blindness
29:36
so
29:38
i
29:38
mentioned
29:38
joel
29:38
olstein
29:39
a
29:39
minute
29:39
ago
29:39
i
29:39
have
29:40
a
29:40
hundred
29:40
percent
29:41
certainty
29:41
that
29:42
he
29:42
is
29:42
a
29:42
false
29:43
teacher
29:43
because
29:44
jesus
29:45
tells
29:45
us
29:45
we
29:46
will
29:46
know
29:46
them
29:46
by
29:46
their
29:47
fruit
29:47
matthew
29:47
7
29:48
20
29:49
the
29:50
fruit
29:50
of
29:51
joel
29:51
olstein
29:51
only
29:52
feeds
29:52
him
29:53
he
29:54
exploits
29:54
the
29:54
gospel
29:55
to
29:55
dupe
29:56
the
29:56
ignorant
29:56
into
29:57
giving
29:57
him
29:57
all
29:58
kinds
29:58
of
29:58
money
29:59
he
29:59
is
29:59
a
29:59
predator
30:00
and
30:01
he
30:01
teaches
30:01
heresies
30:02
like
30:02
the
30:03
idea
30:03
that
30:03
jesus
30:04
is
30:04
not
30:05
the
30:05
only
30:05
way
30:05
to
30:05
heaven
30:06
that's
30:07
something
30:07
he
30:07
will
30:07
tell
30:07
you
30:08
and
30:09
jesus
30:09
would
30:09
be
30:09
shocked
30:10
to
30:10
learn
30:10
that
30:11
jesus
30:11
taught
30:11
quote
30:12
that
30:12
no
30:12
one
30:13
comes
30:13
to
30:13
the
30:13
father
30:14
except
30:14
through
30:15
me
30:15
in
30:15
john
30:15
14
30:16
6
30:17
and
30:18
i
30:18
could
30:19
go
30:19
on
30:19
with
30:19
a
30:19
list
30:20
of
30:20
heresies
30:20
that
30:21
that
30:21
man
30:21
alone
30:21
is
30:22
responsible
30:22
for
30:23
i
30:23
could
30:23
go
30:23
on
30:24
with
30:24
a
30:24
list
30:24
of
30:24
others
30:25
like
30:26
him
30:26
but
30:28
to
30:28
be
30:29
clear
30:29
i'm
30:29
not
30:29
being
30:29
a
30:30
jerk
30:30
for
30:30
saying
30:31
that
30:31
or
30:31
for
30:31
calling
30:31
that
30:31
out
30:32
what
30:32
i'm
30:32
doing
30:32
is
30:33
loving
30:33
because
30:34
it
30:34
is
30:34
a
30:34
pleading
30:34
for
30:35
him
30:35
as
30:36
well
30:36
as
30:36
anyone
30:36
like
30:37
him
30:37
to
30:38
repent
30:38
and
30:38
believe
30:39
in
30:39
the
30:39
true
30:39
gospel
30:41
so
30:43
i
30:43
don't
30:44
know
30:44
about
30:44
everybody
30:45
here
30:45
but
30:45
i
30:46
am
30:46
so
30:47
thankful
30:47
that
30:48
god
30:48
addresses
30:48
false
30:49
teaching
30:50
in
30:50
the
30:50
bible
30:50
over
30:51
and
30:51
over
30:52
again
30:53
such
30:54
grace
30:54
and
30:54
such
30:55
love
30:55
that
30:55
opportunity
30:56
upon
30:56
opportunity
30:57
to
30:58
repent
30:58
and
30:58
to
30:58
understand
30:59
are
30:59
given
31:00
and
31:01
furthermore
31:02
what a
31:02
testimony
31:03
to me
31:03
and all
31:04
of us
31:04
as we
31:04
read
31:05
scripture
31:05
to see
31:06
the
31:06
consistent
31:07
message
31:08
of the
31:08
cross
31:09
be
31:09
reiterated
31:10
against
31:11
every
31:11
false
31:11
idea
31:12
and
31:13
in
31:13
that
31:14
exchange
31:14
whenever
31:14
there's
31:15
this
31:15
confrontation
31:16
in the
31:17
bible
31:17
of what
31:17
the
31:17
gospel
31:17
is
31:18
and
31:18
isn't
31:19
it
31:19
brings
31:19
clarity
31:20
for us
31:21
to know
31:21
exactly
31:21
what
31:22
we
31:23
are
31:23
professing
31:24
frankly
31:26
i
31:26
personally
31:27
probably
31:28
would
31:29
have
31:29
fallen
31:29
into
31:29
the
31:30
works
31:30
based
31:30
mentality
31:31
of
31:31
the
31:31
pharisees
31:32
a
31:33
long
31:33
time
31:33
ago
31:34
if
31:34
it were
31:35
not
31:35
for
31:35
christ
31:35
himself
31:36
denouncing
31:37
their
31:37
teachings
31:37
as
31:37
blasphemy
31:38
in the
31:39
gospels
31:40
and he
31:41
does so
31:42
in the
31:42
clearest
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and starkest
31:44
terms
31:45
it sobers
31:45
me up
31:46
it wakes
31:46
me up
31:47
so again
31:49
that christ
31:50
loves his
31:51
church
31:51
and desires
31:52
more to be
31:52
saved
31:53
that he
31:53
is willing
31:54
to have
31:54
hard
31:55
conversations
31:56
to name
31:57
names
31:58
to correct
31:59
and rebuke
32:00
and when
32:00
he
32:00
wills
32:00
it
32:01
to
32:01
reconcile
32:02
praise
32:04
the
32:04
lord
32:05
so to
32:07
that
32:07
let's
32:08
pray
32:08
that we
32:09
will be
32:09
discerning
32:10
and loving
32:10
enough
32:11
to know
32:11
and name
32:12
false
32:13
teachers
32:13
for the
32:13
sake
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of the
32:14
world
32:14
the
32:15
church
32:15
and
32:15
chiefly
32:16
the
32:17
glory
32:17
of
32:18
god
32:18
let's
32:18
pray