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JUDE CATEGORIZES THE DESTROYED, THE CHAINED, & THE BURNED (3 OF 9)

by Donald Cantrell

Scripture: Jude 1:5-7
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Title: "Jude Categorizes the Destroyed, the Chained, & the Burned" (3 0f
9)
Series: Jude
Text: Jude 1:5-7
Author: Donald Cantrell

I - Apostasy Plainly Defined & Explained

II - Apostasy Pictorially Demonstrated & Exampled

III - Apostasy Prudently Denounced & Expunged

Jude Series Sermon 3

Jde 1:5 KJV - I will therefore put you in remembrance, though ye once knew this,
how that the Lord, having saved the people out of the land of Egypt, afterward
destroyed them that believed not.

Jde 1:6 KJV - And the angels which kept not their first estate, but left their own
habitation, he hath reserved in everlasting chains under darkness unto the
judgment of the great day.

Jde 1:7 KJV - Even as Sodom and Gomorrha, and the cities about them in like
manner, giving themselves over to fornication, and going after strange flesh, are
set forth for an example, suffering the vengeance of eternal fire.

The audience of Jude is about to be reminded of 3 previous examples of Old
Testament apostasy. We will have the opportunity to discuss one of the most
debated passages of scripture. In looking at the angelic apostates we will
consider when their apostasy happened. Who were these angelic beings?

I - Apostasy Plainly Defined & Explained

In revealing these various Old Testament apostasy examples Jude is clearly
showing us how much God hates apostasy and that it will be judged hastily
and harshly.

Peter in his writings also discussed Old Testament apostasy. The examples
that he used were Lot, Noah, and the fallen angels. Jude did not use the same
examples in his letter; he considered the apostasy of Israel, the fallen angels,
and Sodom and Gomorrah.

A) Defined as Fallen Turncoats - Their Hellish Desire

We need to understand the apostasy is defined as "a falling away". The lord
himself spoke of this falling away when he predicted that the love of many
would wax cold. The closer we get to the coming of our L ...

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