Jesus
in Jude
The Epistle of Jude was described by
Origen, one of the early church fathers as: "An Epistle of few lines but
full of the mighty words of heavenly grace." The Epistle of Jude was
written to believers for the purpose of exhorting and encouraging them to
contend for the faith, that is, the body of Christian truth contained in the
Scriptures, that was once for all entrusted to them. Inspired by the Holy
Spirit, Jude exposed apostates and false teachers who secretly slipped in
among God's true believing children. In doing so, Jude was guided by the
Spirit to point the Person of the Lord Jesus Christ, Master and Lord, Judge,
and Ruler, who will bring about their ultimate doom and damnation. Also, under
the inspiration of the Holy Spirit, Jude presented Jesus Christ as the One who
preserves believers and through whom they are brought into God's presence
faultless and with great joy. Hallelujah! In other words, Jesus is the
Preserver and Perfecter of God's believing people. In Jude, we see Jesus
Christ as One who is in control and who will bring history to an end exactly
as He has predicted. It is therefore important for us to see Jesus
as He is revealed in Jude, Lord, Master, Judge, Preserver, and One who is
absolutely in control. "Open our eyes, Lord, we want to see Jesus as Lord
and know Him better, and make Him known," is our prayer!
Jesus
in Jude
- Jesus Christ is the One in whom His chosen servant's
will is altogether consumed, and is therefore owned by Him body and soul
(Jude 1:1). [Earlier in life, Jude, along with his siblings, had denied
Jesus as the Christ of God (John 7:5). But later Jude and his siblings
believed in Him, yielding completely their lives to Him.]
- Jesus Christ is the One through whom God the Father
initiates and completes salvation, thus preserving believers secure for
eternal life (Jude 1:1).
- Jesus Christ is the believers' only Master (Gr. despotes)
and Lord (Gr. kurios) (Jude 1:4).
- Jesus Christ, the only Lord and Sovereign is denied by
apostates (Jude1:4).
- Jesus the Lord saves (Jude 1:5).
- Jesus the Lord judges the unbelieving (Jude 1:5).
- Jesus the Lord has kept disobedient and rebellious
angels in eternal bonds under darkness for judgment on the great Day
(Jude1:6).
- Jesus the Lord is Victor over the devil (Jude1:9).
Hallelujah!
- Jesus Christ the Lord is Judge of all (Jude 1:14-15).
- Jesus Christ the Lord is coming again to judge
everyone (Jude1:14-15).
- Jesus Christ the Lord and Judge is coming again to
convict all the ungodly of all their ungodly acts which they have done in
an ungodly way (Jude 1:15).
- Jesus Christ the Judge and Lord is coming again to
judge ungodly sinners of all the harsh words they have spoken against Him
(Jude 1:15).
- Jesus Christ is the believers' Lord, who spoke through
the apostles to warn believers of the deceptive and destructive work of
mockers in the last times (Jude 1:17-18).
- Jesus Christ's Second Coming to provide eternal life
in its ultimate form for believers is to be their eager anticipation in
life (Jude1:21).
- Jesus Christ the believers' Lord is full of mercy
(Jude 1:21).
- Jesus Christ's imminent return to take His people home
to heaven is not an empty promise (Jude 1:21).
- Jesus Christ is able to preserve genuine born again
believers from falling to the temptation of apostasy (Jude1:24).
- Jesus Christ is the Preserver of all God's true
Christians (Jude 1:24).
- Jesus Christ is able to present true believers before
God's glorious presence without fault and with great joy (Jude1:24).
- Jesus Christ is the Perfecter of all sincere believers
(Jude1:24).
- Jesus Christ is the One through whom God the Savior's
plan of redemption is revealed and perfectly carried out (Jude1:25).
- Jesus Christ is the embodiment of God "who alone
is wise" (Jude 1:25).
- Jesus Christ deserves superlative honor for all He is
and all He's done for believers of all ages (Jude 1:25).
- Jesus Christ deserves dignity and splendor as the
Supreme King and Ruler of the universe (Jude1:25).
- Jesus Christ is worthy of sovereign right over all
(Jude 1:25).
- Jesus Christ is worthy of power to rule all that His
hands have made. Jesus Christ is absolutely in control (Jude1:25).
Jesus Christ is the central figure in the Bible. He is the
focus of all Scripture. To study the Bible without seeing Jesus as He is
revealed in the Word of God and knowing Him in a deeper and more intimate way,
is a failure of the purpose of true biblical study. We do not merely study the
Bible just to get answers or facts. We study the Bible in order to grow in the
grace and true, intimate, real, full knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus
Christ. To Him be the glory, both now and to the day of eternity. Amen. (2
Peter 3:18). As you study the Word, ask the Holy Spirit to reveal the Person
of Jesus Christ to you. He will be so delighted to do that. This is because
His chief work is to glorify Jesus (John 16:14). And what better way to
glorify Christ our Lord than to reveal Him to us in our hearts!
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