JUDE 2 PETER

The Church and False Teaching Jude 2 Peter I. AUTHOR: A. Jude B. Jesus’ half brother C. James’ brother D. Not an Apostle E. Antilegomena A. Peter B. Same as 1 Peter C. An Apostle D. Antilegomena

The Church and False Teaching Jude 2 Peter II. RECIPIENTS: III. DATE: Church infiltrated by heretics Same as 1 Peter N. Asia Minor

Jude 2 Peter IV. HERESY: A. Denial of holy living B. Denial of Lordship of Christ A. Denial of holy living B. Denial of Lordship of Christ C. Mocking Second Coming

Jude 2 Peter V. PURPOSE: VI. THEME: A. Call to defend faith B. Change of purpose C. Warn against heresy D. Exhort to Christian living A. Reminder B. Stimulate growth C. Combat heresy D. Encourage watchfulness The Faith Knowledge

Jude 2 Peter 2 “admission has been secretly gained … by ungodly persons who… deny our only master” (v. 4) “false teachers… who will secretly bring in … heresies even denying the Master” (v. 1)

Jude 2 Peter 2 “the angels that did not keep their own position…have been kept by him… in the nether gloom until judgment” (v. 6) “God did not spare the angels when they sinned, but committed them to the pits of nether gloom…until the judgment” (v. 4)

Jude 2 Peter 2 “just as Sodom and Gomorrah…acted immorally…serve as an example” (v. 7) “Sodom and Gomorrah…he made an example to those who were ungodly” (v. 6)

Jude 2 Peter 2 “these men defile the flesh, reject authority, and revile the glorious ones. But when the archangel Michael…disputed, he did not” (v. 8-9) “those who indulge in the lust of defiling passion and despise authority…are not afraid to revile the glorious ones, where as angels do not” (v )

Jude 2 Peter 2 “by those things that they know by instinct as irrational animals do, they are destroyed” (v. 10) “these, like irrational animals, creatures of instinct, will be destroyed” (v. 12)

Jude 2 Peter 2 “Balaam’s error… blemishes… waterless clouds, carried alone by winds…for whom the nether gloom of darkness has been reserved forever” (v ) “blemishes… the way of Balaam … waterless springs and mists driven by a storm; for them the nether gloom of darkness has been reserved” (v )

The judgment of false teachers assured by OT examples Jude only Both 2 Peter only 5 Exodus generation 6 Fallen angels 2:4 2:5 World of Noah’s day 7 Sodom and Gomorrah 2:6 2:7-9 Lot rescued

Characteristics of False Teachers Jude only Both 2 Peter only 8a Defile flesh 2:10 8b-10 Bold slander 2:10-13 (Michael-devil) 11Greed & gluttony 2:13-16 (Cain, Korah) (Balaam) 12-13Deceptive promises 2: Enoch’s prophecy 2:20-22 Apostasy