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Disbelief: A Gateway Drug to Abandonment
Jude 1:5-7
Posted by
Jared Millican
on September 16, 2021
As in Hebrews 3, Jude takes the tone of warning and exhortation in Jude 5-7 to admonish believers to remember how God had judged past unbelief. As believers we must regularly exhort one another so that we are not taken captive by disbelief or deception. Contending for the faith is not only an offensive stance. It is defensive. All sin is rooted in disbelief, so we must contend to abandon disbelief before we abandon God.
Big Idea: Abandon disbelief before you abandon God.
Outline: Three incidents of judgment that show disbelief is a gateway drug to abandonment.
Jude 5 Judgment Upon Israel’s disbelief
Jude 6 judgment upon angels’ disbelief
Jude 7 judgment upon gentile disbelief
Jared Millican
Former college pastor at Faith, Jared and his family are currently preparing to move to the Czech Republic and work as global outreach partners in 2024. He and his wife, Claire, have three children.
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