This entry is part 1 of 1 in the series James ExpositionSYNOPSIS. James [actually “Jacob” in Greek, the half-brother of the Lord Jesus], a bond-servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ [Note, though he was half-brother to the Lord, he called himself a slave. Since he was a slave to God, he was also a slave to Christ because Christ is inseparable from God.], to the twelve tribes who are dispersed abroad [Jews in the...
This entry is part 5 of 5 in the series Jude ExpositionNow to Him [Dark days must be directed to God] who is able [no lack of resources] to keep you [a passionate guard] from stumbling [free from being blindsided by false teaching], and to make you stand [in confidence and dignity] in the presence of His glory [Note the contrast of destinies between the false and true.] blameless [applies to both character and pure...
This entry is part 4 of 5 in the series Jude ExpositionBeware of Foretold Danger (v. 17-19). But you [the condition of the times always invokes a response from God’s people], beloved, ought to remember [the watchword of faithfulness] the words that were spoken beforehand [indicating a relatively late date of writing] by the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ [Just as Jude appeals to the apostles, so Peter appeals to prophets and Christ’s words...
This entry is part 3 of 5 in the series Jude ExpositionCain, Balaam, and Korah Illustrate the Destructiveness of Reviling God’s Things (v. 10-11). SYNOPSIS. But these men revile the things which they do not understand [Their ignorance of the gravity of spiritual things feeds their foolishness in reviling angelic authorities.]; and the things which they know by instinct, like unreasoning animals, by these things they are destroyed [They act on irrational lust, leading to...
This entry is part 2 of 5 in the series Jude ExpositionIsraelites Illustrate the Destructiveness of Unbelief (v. 5). SYNOPSIS. Now I desire to remind you [cf. Rom. 15:14-15; 2 Pet. 1:12; 1 John 2:21, 27], though you know all things once for all [a general attainment to “the faith,” the body of truth committed to the believers], that the Lord [Some manuscripts render it “Jesus.” Cf. 1 Corinthians 10:4], after saving a people out...
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