2. THREATS AGAINST THE CHURCH “Given over to Immorality” Part III, Jude 1:7

3. Jude 1:4-7 7 as Sodom and Gomorrah, and the cities around them in a similar manner to these, having given themselves over to sexual immorality and gone after strange flesh, are set forth as an example, suffering the vengeance of eternal fire. 4 For certain men have crept in unnoticed, who long ago were marked out for this condemnation, ungodly men, who turn the grace of our God into lewdness and deny the only Lord God and our Lord Jesus Christ. 5 But I want to remind you, though you once knew this, that the Lord, having saved the people out of the land of Egypt, afterward destroyed those who did not believe. 6 And the angels who did not keep their proper domain, but left their own abode, He has reserved in everlasting chains under darkness for the judgment of the great day; 7 as Sodom and Gomorrah, and the cities around them in a similar manner to these, having given themselves over to sexual immorality and gone after strange flesh, are set forth as an example, suffering the vengeance of eternal fire.

4. Examples of the condemnation of Apostasy: (vs.5) Judgment against Apostate Israel. (vs.5) Judgment against Apostate Israel. (vs.6) Judgment against Apostate Angels: (vs.6) Judgment against Apostate Angels: (vs.7) Judgment against Apostate Gentiles: (vs.7) Judgment against Apostate Gentiles:

5. THE SURRENDER OF ORIGINAL DESIGN: (God is about Community) 1. Protecting Community: (God and His People) 2. Pleasure between married people. (“husband and wife render was is due to each other) 3. Pro-creation. (“be fruitful and multiply”) 4.Purity and protection until marriage. (I Cor 7:1; “not to touch a woman/man”

6. Genesis 19:1-11 The Gross Immorality of Sodom: (vs.1-3) (vs.1-3) The Holy Messengers meet Lot in the public square; (vs.4-5) (vs.4-5) The community gang rape mentality surrounded Lot’s home; (vs.7-8) (vs.7-8) Lot was aware of the “wickedness of these deeds and desires. (vs.9-11) (vs.9-11) The Heavenly beings rescue Lot,

7. THE SUFFERING OF VENGENCE OF ETERNAL FIRE: God’s Judgment is certain: Hebrews 10:29-31 God’s Judgment was chastisement: Amos 4:11 God’s Judgment was a case study: 2 Peter 2:6-8

8. Applying the Message Embrace God’s View of Sexuality: Embrace God’s View of Sexuality: Expose Sexuality that is Immoral: Expose Sexuality that is Immoral: Expect Justice from God: Expect Justice from God: Evangelize everyone: Evangelize everyone: