Page 63 - Apostasy

verse 5 dealing with disbelief and verse 6,

disloyalty; verse 7, degeneration; verse 8,

defilers; verse 9, defamers; and verses 10 and

11, the Devil himself. It's dealing with apostasy.

Notice with me carefully as we read verse 3 and

verse 4. We've talked about the definition, the

development, and now the defense against

apostasy. What are you and I to do? Now, we

see apostasy defined for us in the Bible — a

very serious sin, a lot of warning against it, and

it can get into the church. I believe it's in the

churches across our land in America today. So

what about the defense against it? Well, here's

what we're told. Jude says in verses 3 and 4,

“Beloved, when I gave all diligence to write

unto you of the common salvation, it was

needful for me to write unto you, and exhort

you that ye should earnestly contend”—that is,

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