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fight — “for the faith which was once delivered

unto the saints.” The Devil wants to rob you

and me as individuals. He's robbed our nation

of any truths and principles, and he wants to

rob the churches across our land of any truth,

so Jude is saying here that we are to contend.

That word means to fight, to make warfare.

That word means to agonize, to strive, to stand,

no compromise, no traditions of men.

Now, look at this. Here's the reason that we

must contend for the faith that was once

delivered to the saints, and that's very easy to

find, by the way. Acts 2:42 talks about the

apostles' doctrine. There's that faith. Acts,

chapter 6, verse 7, talks about being obedient

to that faith, the faith. When Jude says

"contending for the faith," this is more than just

simple faith. When he says "the faith," he's

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