Fighting Truth Decay (3 of 4)
Series: Summer Postcards
Keith Krell
Jude 1-25
I have a confession to make. I've always loved a good fight. I started watching boxing with my grandpa when I was just a little tike. While growing up, I was fascinated with wrestling, boxing, and martial arts. I wasn't great at any of these, but I wasn't afraid to mix it up with my friends. Even now I like to tell my two sons (19 and 17) that I could take them on at the same time. Of course, they laugh hysterically when I utter such nonsense. I continue to enjoy action movies and mixed martial arts. I just love a good fight.
What about you? Do you love a good fight? If so, what are you willing to fight for? Down South when a man insults you, people will say, ''Those are fightin' words.'' We all know that some things are ''fightin' words,'' like when someone says something insulting about a spouse, children, or dear old mama. But is there anything as a Christian that you will fight for? To what lengths are you willing to go to fight for your biblical convictions? To what lengths are you willing to go to fight for the gospel?
One of the great tragedies of Christendom is that the contemporary church doesn't love a good fight. We have become so used to sin and compromise that anything goes and nothing makes us angry anymore. Thus, over the past 200 years the American church has failed to fight for the truth of God's Word. At no time in the history of our nation has this been truer. We've simply lost any fight we may have had. However, there are times when we must rise up and fight for the faith lest we lose it altogether! The simple and straightforward message of the letter of Jude is: Fight truth decay. In a single chapter Jude provides four essentials for defending the faith and fighting truth decay.
1. Affirm the saints (1:1-2). Since opponents constantly seek to tear down the faith, we must build up the body of Christ. Verse 1a opens with these words: ''Jude, a bond ...
Series: Summer Postcards
Keith Krell
Jude 1-25
I have a confession to make. I've always loved a good fight. I started watching boxing with my grandpa when I was just a little tike. While growing up, I was fascinated with wrestling, boxing, and martial arts. I wasn't great at any of these, but I wasn't afraid to mix it up with my friends. Even now I like to tell my two sons (19 and 17) that I could take them on at the same time. Of course, they laugh hysterically when I utter such nonsense. I continue to enjoy action movies and mixed martial arts. I just love a good fight.
What about you? Do you love a good fight? If so, what are you willing to fight for? Down South when a man insults you, people will say, ''Those are fightin' words.'' We all know that some things are ''fightin' words,'' like when someone says something insulting about a spouse, children, or dear old mama. But is there anything as a Christian that you will fight for? To what lengths are you willing to go to fight for your biblical convictions? To what lengths are you willing to go to fight for the gospel?
One of the great tragedies of Christendom is that the contemporary church doesn't love a good fight. We have become so used to sin and compromise that anything goes and nothing makes us angry anymore. Thus, over the past 200 years the American church has failed to fight for the truth of God's Word. At no time in the history of our nation has this been truer. We've simply lost any fight we may have had. However, there are times when we must rise up and fight for the faith lest we lose it altogether! The simple and straightforward message of the letter of Jude is: Fight truth decay. In a single chapter Jude provides four essentials for defending the faith and fighting truth decay.
1. Affirm the saints (1:1-2). Since opponents constantly seek to tear down the faith, we must build up the body of Christ. Verse 1a opens with these words: ''Jude, a bond ...
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