CLEAR FAITH IN A BLURRY WORLD (1 OF 4)
by Tim Badal
Scripture: Jude 1:1-4
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Title: Clear Faith in a Blurry World (1 of 4)
Series: Jude
Text: Jude 1:1-4
Author: Tim Badal
I want you to grab God's Word and go to the end of the New Testament, to the second to the last book of the Bible, the little one-page letter called the book of Jude. For the next four weeks, we are going to study what many Bible scholars say is the most neglected book in all the Scriptures.
I believe that while it is short on words-only 461-it is full of awesome truth that I think is so vitally important to us as a contemporary congregation in the 21st century. Today we'll read the first four verses of this book as we look at it under the heading "Clear Faith in a Blurry World."
1 Jude, a servant of Jesus Christ and brother of James,
To those who are called, beloved in God the Father and kept for Jesus Christ:
2 May mercy, peace, and love be multiplied to you.
3 Beloved, although I was very eager to write to you about our common salvation, I found it necessary to write appealing to you to contend for the faith that was once for all delivered to the saints. 4 For certain people have crept in unnoticed who long ago were designated for this condemnation, ungodly people, who pervert the grace of our God into sensuality and deny our only Master and Lord, Jesus Christ.
Growing up, I had a vision problem. Many of you did not know me as a child, but I had difficulty seeing. All the way up to third grade, I tried to keep this secret to myself, especially in school. I had these little things I would do to make sure I could see. I mentioned a chalkboard in an earlier service and saw a teenager ask, "What's a chalkboard?" It's this black thing in the front of a classroom, what they had before white boards.
I would sit in front of the class, take notes from my friends, anything I could do to keep my little secret, because I did not want glasses. I remember in third grade class, my teacher, Mrs. Lynn, pulled me aside right before recess. "Tim, I need to talk wit ...
Series: Jude
Text: Jude 1:1-4
Author: Tim Badal
I want you to grab God's Word and go to the end of the New Testament, to the second to the last book of the Bible, the little one-page letter called the book of Jude. For the next four weeks, we are going to study what many Bible scholars say is the most neglected book in all the Scriptures.
I believe that while it is short on words-only 461-it is full of awesome truth that I think is so vitally important to us as a contemporary congregation in the 21st century. Today we'll read the first four verses of this book as we look at it under the heading "Clear Faith in a Blurry World."
1 Jude, a servant of Jesus Christ and brother of James,
To those who are called, beloved in God the Father and kept for Jesus Christ:
2 May mercy, peace, and love be multiplied to you.
3 Beloved, although I was very eager to write to you about our common salvation, I found it necessary to write appealing to you to contend for the faith that was once for all delivered to the saints. 4 For certain people have crept in unnoticed who long ago were designated for this condemnation, ungodly people, who pervert the grace of our God into sensuality and deny our only Master and Lord, Jesus Christ.
Growing up, I had a vision problem. Many of you did not know me as a child, but I had difficulty seeing. All the way up to third grade, I tried to keep this secret to myself, especially in school. I had these little things I would do to make sure I could see. I mentioned a chalkboard in an earlier service and saw a teenager ask, "What's a chalkboard?" It's this black thing in the front of a classroom, what they had before white boards.
I would sit in front of the class, take notes from my friends, anything I could do to keep my little secret, because I did not want glasses. I remember in third grade class, my teacher, Mrs. Lynn, pulled me aside right before recess. "Tim, I need to talk wit ...
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