1 00:00:04,280 --> 00:00:07,320 This is living. Waters of Grace, the teaching 2 00:00:07,320 --> 00:00:10,920 ministry of Lewis Harold, assistant pastor of Calvary 3 00:00:10,920 --> 00:00:14,560 Chapel of Westmoreland County in Greensburg, PA. 4 00:00:15,000 --> 00:00:18,520 Now here's Pastor Lewis as he continues teaching through God's 5 00:00:18,520 --> 00:00:38,610 Word. Is this in line with what the 6 00:00:38,610 --> 00:00:43,530 apostles of Jesus Christ taught? That was their test and it 7 00:00:43,530 --> 00:00:47,690 should be our test. When we open the Scriptures, we 8 00:00:47,690 --> 00:00:49,530 should know what the apostles are teaching. 9 00:00:49,530 --> 00:00:53,250 So when someone comes in our company and they want to teach 10 00:00:53,250 --> 00:00:56,850 something or try to get you to consider something that is 11 00:00:56,850 --> 00:01:01,720 contrary to what the Word of God says, we should know what the 12 00:01:01,720 --> 00:01:04,599 apostles talk. What do the apostles teach? 13 00:01:05,239 --> 00:01:08,960 How does it line up with that? That should be our test as well. 14 00:01:09,280 --> 00:01:11,920 Have you ever read a passage from the Bible with a friend or 15 00:01:11,920 --> 00:01:14,800 a family member and noticed that you both interpreted it 16 00:01:14,960 --> 00:01:18,160 differently? In today's message, Pastor Lewis 17 00:01:18,160 --> 00:01:22,400 encourages you to study the Bible diligently, but also to 18 00:01:22,400 --> 00:01:25,640 learn about the apostles who wrote the passages under the 19 00:01:25,640 --> 00:01:29,600 guidance of the Holy Spirit. While spending time with God in 20 00:01:29,600 --> 00:01:32,840 the Bible is essential, it is equally important to know 21 00:01:32,840 --> 00:01:36,360 doctrine, to understand the intended message and the 22 00:01:36,360 --> 00:01:38,120 audience for whom it was written. 23 00:01:38,760 --> 00:01:42,480 Now here's Pastor Lewis in the book of Jude chapter 1 as he 24 00:01:42,480 --> 00:01:46,600 begins his message Building up yourselves and Others. 25 00:01:47,040 --> 00:01:50,320 So we're looking at verse 16 and I'm just going to read through 26 00:01:50,520 --> 00:01:53,080 and then we're going to go back and we will comment and it just 27 00:01:53,080 --> 00:01:56,800 says this. These are grumblers, 28 00:01:57,160 --> 00:02:02,440 complainers, walking according to their own lusts, and they 29 00:02:02,440 --> 00:02:06,640 mouth great swelling words, flattering people to gain 30 00:02:06,640 --> 00:02:09,240 advantage. And we'll stop there. 31 00:02:09,240 --> 00:02:13,560 So one of the things that was really laid heavy upon my heart 32 00:02:13,560 --> 00:02:19,200 as I was preparing for this is I just sensed that there is a need 33 00:02:19,200 --> 00:02:29,240 for unity in the church. Unity, not unity in Word, but 34 00:02:29,240 --> 00:02:35,920 unity indeed, that we truly, truly love each other in these 35 00:02:35,920 --> 00:02:37,960 times. Because this is the time when 36 00:02:37,960 --> 00:02:43,160 the enemy is roaring the most. This is the time that he's 37 00:02:43,160 --> 00:02:46,600 attacking the most. This is the time that the enemy 38 00:02:46,600 --> 00:02:48,880 is the most active. Because I believe he knows his 39 00:02:48,880 --> 00:02:52,160 time is short. And one of the ways, the only 40 00:02:52,160 --> 00:02:57,360 real hope of this world is Jesus Christ and his church. 41 00:02:58,640 --> 00:03:03,320 And if he's going to destroy any hope of righteousness, it would 42 00:03:03,320 --> 00:03:05,640 have to be him trying to destroy the church. 43 00:03:07,360 --> 00:03:11,120 So I believe he's attacking the unity of the church. 44 00:03:12,360 --> 00:03:15,280 And I believe that he's doing that in a number of ways, but 45 00:03:16,120 --> 00:03:19,320 he's attacking the small areas. Remember we talked last week 46 00:03:19,320 --> 00:03:25,760 about how the, the boats would go over these hidden reefs and 47 00:03:25,760 --> 00:03:29,040 it, and, and, and it would get destroyed not by what they see 48 00:03:29,040 --> 00:03:33,480 on top of the water, but what they can't see under the water. 49 00:03:35,120 --> 00:03:38,200 It would be destroyed by these hidden reefs, these hidden rocks 50 00:03:39,200 --> 00:03:42,840 that tear up a boat from beneath, underneath. 51 00:03:43,560 --> 00:03:45,880 And there are things that can happen in the church that can 52 00:03:45,880 --> 00:03:51,080 cause a church to become divided from within the church. 53 00:03:52,400 --> 00:03:56,240 And Jude talks about that here in this verse when he mentions 54 00:03:56,560 --> 00:04:02,920 these are grumblers, complainers walking according to their own 55 00:04:02,920 --> 00:04:05,640 lusts. Now he's talking about the false 56 00:04:05,640 --> 00:04:08,040 teachers is what he's talking about. 57 00:04:08,680 --> 00:04:12,560 But this also applies to false Christians, you know, those 58 00:04:12,560 --> 00:04:17,120 tears that grow up with us and sit with us and we think that 59 00:04:17,120 --> 00:04:19,880 they believe what we believe because they profess that they 60 00:04:19,880 --> 00:04:24,320 believe it, but in truth do not. And these false teachers that 61 00:04:24,320 --> 00:04:27,320 he's talking about here, he says that they, they, they, you know, 62 00:04:27,560 --> 00:04:29,840 they're grumblers and they're complainers. 63 00:04:30,280 --> 00:04:32,960 And that is one of the first ways that the enemy would try to 64 00:04:32,960 --> 00:04:37,040 come in and cause a divide is to get people grumbling and 65 00:04:37,040 --> 00:04:39,720 complaining. If the Lord can get us grumbling 66 00:04:39,720 --> 00:04:43,560 and complaining instead of praying and praising that he can 67 00:04:43,560 --> 00:04:47,960 tear this place apart. But because we understand that 68 00:04:47,960 --> 00:04:52,360 it's it's these things that can cause these small holes to to 69 00:04:52,600 --> 00:04:57,640 take place in the undercurrent or the under body of our church, 70 00:04:58,440 --> 00:05:00,640 we want to be aware of it. And Judas said, I want the 71 00:05:00,640 --> 00:05:04,440 church to be aware of the grumbling and complainers. 72 00:05:04,560 --> 00:05:08,280 Even way back when the children of Israel first came out of 73 00:05:08,320 --> 00:05:12,600 Egypt, one of the first things that Moses had to deal with was 74 00:05:12,600 --> 00:05:15,400 the murmuring and complaining of the people. 75 00:05:15,680 --> 00:05:20,120 The Bible says back in Numbers 11 one that they were just out 76 00:05:20,120 --> 00:05:23,280 of they were just out of Egypt three days when they started 77 00:05:23,280 --> 00:05:28,360 complaining. The Lord showed his hand many 78 00:05:28,360 --> 00:05:33,240 times against Pharaoh caused them to be able to be let go 79 00:05:33,880 --> 00:05:39,680 after the after all of the the the miracles that he did there 80 00:05:39,960 --> 00:05:43,760 and he calls them to be let go. They came through the Red Sea 81 00:05:44,360 --> 00:05:46,560 that divided. They watched this Red Sea 82 00:05:46,560 --> 00:05:49,880 divide. They came through it on dry 83 00:05:49,880 --> 00:05:52,320 land. Three days later they're 84 00:05:52,320 --> 00:05:56,600 complaining and grumbling and murmuring. 85 00:05:58,240 --> 00:06:00,960 And that can also happen with the church. 86 00:06:00,960 --> 00:06:04,200 We can start complaining, we can start murmuring. 87 00:06:04,400 --> 00:06:08,960 All after all the things that God has done for us, rather 88 00:06:08,960 --> 00:06:12,800 individually or corporately. We can get to a point where the 89 00:06:12,800 --> 00:06:16,040 devil can put a light on something we don't like or 90 00:06:16,040 --> 00:06:21,160 something that goes against our flesh, because it is the flesh 91 00:06:21,720 --> 00:06:23,040 that does the murmuring and complaining. 92 00:06:23,040 --> 00:06:28,200 That's not of the Spirit that is the flesh calls us not to like 93 00:06:28,200 --> 00:06:30,120 something and we just start complaining. 94 00:06:31,000 --> 00:06:34,000 And unfortunately, when the people start complaining, just 95 00:06:34,000 --> 00:06:37,520 like these grumblers, they don't just complain amongst 96 00:06:37,520 --> 00:06:39,400 themselves. They go and complain to other 97 00:06:39,400 --> 00:06:42,200 people. It's not like they find these 98 00:06:42,200 --> 00:06:44,760 things that they don't like and they go to the source or go to 99 00:06:44,760 --> 00:06:48,640 the leader or go to the person that they have this issue with. 100 00:06:48,800 --> 00:06:52,120 But what they end up doing is complaining to other people and 101 00:06:52,120 --> 00:06:57,360 to try to get them complaining and murmuring and grumbling and 102 00:06:57,360 --> 00:07:04,440 it's all out of flesh. So we know back in #16 that Cora 103 00:07:04,560 --> 00:07:08,240 complained that he grumbled and he and he and he murmured 104 00:07:08,240 --> 00:07:11,000 against Moses. Moses, who are you that you 105 00:07:11,000 --> 00:07:13,160 should be the one to to make the call? 106 00:07:13,160 --> 00:07:16,720 God doesn't only talk to you. He talked to other people too. 107 00:07:17,240 --> 00:07:19,440 Who are you that you should be the ministry leader? 108 00:07:19,520 --> 00:07:21,320 You know, God talks to other people too. 109 00:07:21,320 --> 00:07:23,760 He can give me direction to run that ministry too. 110 00:07:24,360 --> 00:07:28,040 Why are you the pastor? God can speak to any of us. 111 00:07:28,920 --> 00:07:31,880 This is what the enemy would do. And he did that back in the book 112 00:07:31,880 --> 00:07:35,600 of Numbers and he and, and it caused the people to, to, to 113 00:07:35,600 --> 00:07:40,080 grumble and to and to complain. And Moses dropped to his knees 114 00:07:40,080 --> 00:07:42,160 and said, look, tomorrow we're going to settle this. 115 00:07:42,280 --> 00:07:46,560 The Lord is going to tell who is going to who he called for this 116 00:07:46,560 --> 00:07:49,520 position. And unfortunately, many of them 117 00:07:49,520 --> 00:07:54,280 lost their lives because they continue to murmur and complain 118 00:07:54,440 --> 00:07:59,120 and to rebel against the authority that the Lord put in 119 00:07:59,120 --> 00:08:02,440 place. Jude is telling us here, Mump, 120 00:08:02,440 --> 00:08:05,600 these grumblers and, and, and complainers, these false 121 00:08:05,600 --> 00:08:08,600 teachers, they complain against the, the, the pastors who were 122 00:08:08,600 --> 00:08:12,160 teaching the truth. They complain against the, the 123 00:08:12,160 --> 00:08:15,720 teachers who were teaching the apostles doctrine. 124 00:08:15,720 --> 00:08:18,520 And they're trying to get people to question it. 125 00:08:18,640 --> 00:08:20,400 They're trying to get people to doubt it. 126 00:08:22,040 --> 00:08:24,480 And he's already told him that because of that, God bless you. 127 00:08:24,800 --> 00:08:28,520 And he already told him that because of that they are going 128 00:08:28,520 --> 00:08:32,799 to be judged. Philippians tells us that we're 129 00:08:32,799 --> 00:08:36,640 not to do anything but complaining and grumbling or 130 00:08:36,640 --> 00:08:41,520 murmuring anything. Peter tells us that your 131 00:08:41,520 --> 00:08:44,240 hospitality, when we offer hospitality, we're to do it 132 00:08:44,240 --> 00:08:48,200 without grumbling. We do it without grumbling. 133 00:08:48,680 --> 00:08:50,960 So then he says, these grummers and complainers, they're walking 134 00:08:50,960 --> 00:08:53,960 according to their own lust. That is what motivates the 135 00:08:53,960 --> 00:08:57,320 complaining and the murmuring is because they're looking at, 136 00:08:57,400 --> 00:08:59,080 they're being driven by their lust. 137 00:08:59,240 --> 00:09:02,600 They want things to be done and whether they want to do it, not 138 00:09:02,600 --> 00:09:05,600 according to the word of God, but according to the way that 139 00:09:05,600 --> 00:09:10,600 they want to do what fits them, what will benefit them. 140 00:09:11,800 --> 00:09:14,440 And if the decision that's made doesn't benefit, then then they 141 00:09:14,440 --> 00:09:17,640 grumble when they complain about it because it's out of their 142 00:09:17,640 --> 00:09:22,880 flesh that these false teachers are complaining out of their 143 00:09:22,880 --> 00:09:25,560 flesh. So they're, they're, they're 144 00:09:25,560 --> 00:09:30,200 living according to the desires of their own flesh. 145 00:09:31,560 --> 00:09:34,200 And the thing about a complainer and a grumbler, they're never 146 00:09:34,200 --> 00:09:36,960 satisfied. So even if they did complain and 147 00:09:36,960 --> 00:09:39,600 grumble, and if you did address that, there would be something 148 00:09:39,600 --> 00:09:41,680 else that they would complain and grumble about because 149 00:09:41,680 --> 00:09:45,640 they're never satisfied, never satisfied. 150 00:09:47,280 --> 00:09:49,720 And, and, and it's because it's out of their own. 151 00:09:49,920 --> 00:09:54,840 It's out of selfishness, wrong motives and, and, and, and wrong 152 00:09:54,840 --> 00:09:57,840 way of dealing with things. It's evil they're just doing 153 00:09:57,840 --> 00:10:02,400 with their evil instincts or their flesh prompts them to do. 154 00:10:03,240 --> 00:10:06,240 And then the Bible says over here in the the bottom of verse 155 00:10:06,240 --> 00:10:11,800 16, it says in they mouth, great swelling words, flattering to 156 00:10:11,800 --> 00:10:15,120 gain advantage. Now these great swelling words, 157 00:10:15,120 --> 00:10:17,640 these are just like, you know, the, the, these men who will 158 00:10:17,640 --> 00:10:21,520 stand up and and and speak these long these vocabularies. 159 00:10:21,640 --> 00:10:25,080 You know, they have this great vocabulary and they can stand up 160 00:10:25,080 --> 00:10:28,800 and, and just dazzle the people, you know, with their vocabulary 161 00:10:28,800 --> 00:10:32,000 and their long, their big words. And you know, these words that 162 00:10:32,000 --> 00:10:36,240 sound so impressive and sound, you know, so convincing, but yet 163 00:10:36,240 --> 00:10:39,480 there's no substance. There's no substance. 164 00:10:39,720 --> 00:10:43,760 You still leave and and we're hungry, we're thirsty for what, 165 00:10:43,760 --> 00:10:45,560 what did I learn? What was I taught? 166 00:10:45,560 --> 00:10:49,040 What did I get from that? Because it's just like great 167 00:10:49,040 --> 00:10:52,440 swelling words but nothing of substance. 168 00:10:52,680 --> 00:10:54,680 And he said they flatter the people. 169 00:10:54,960 --> 00:10:58,160 And we know that the flattering of of the people, it is 170 00:10:58,160 --> 00:11:00,800 something that is also, excuse me, selfish. 171 00:11:00,920 --> 00:11:04,160 And it's of the flesh flattering speech. 172 00:11:04,840 --> 00:11:08,160 Again, that's due to manipulation for the purpose of 173 00:11:08,160 --> 00:11:12,120 manipulation to manipulate people to do what they want them 174 00:11:12,120 --> 00:11:14,160 to do. They pay compliments and, you 175 00:11:14,160 --> 00:11:16,240 know, in order to try to get advantage. 176 00:11:17,040 --> 00:11:18,960 And it's not even compliments that they're planning that are 177 00:11:18,960 --> 00:11:21,240 that they're not even being truthful about it. 178 00:11:21,240 --> 00:11:24,840 They're just speaking in order to try to gain advantage. 179 00:11:25,000 --> 00:11:28,920 But it's deceitful. It's deceitful speech. 180 00:11:30,040 --> 00:11:34,640 Now, don't get me wrong. Genuine encouragement is a value 181 00:11:36,200 --> 00:11:38,280 in the church. We need to have genuine 182 00:11:38,280 --> 00:11:42,200 encouragement and that's one of the reasons why I really love 183 00:11:42,200 --> 00:11:45,440 what I see in this body of believers often because I'm 184 00:11:45,440 --> 00:11:49,720 always hearing people encourage other people, regardless of what 185 00:11:49,720 --> 00:11:52,080 it is that they're doing. It's not just, you know, Clark 186 00:11:52,080 --> 00:11:54,920 and myself or people that are that are teaching the word, but 187 00:11:55,000 --> 00:11:59,320 but they also encourage the AV. They courage, praise and 188 00:11:59,320 --> 00:12:01,200 worship. They courage, you know, 189 00:12:01,200 --> 00:12:05,160 encourage the the announcements or encourage the people who are 190 00:12:05,280 --> 00:12:07,480 who are teaching youth or teaching the kids. 191 00:12:07,600 --> 00:12:11,880 You know, there's always people encouraging one another and 192 00:12:11,880 --> 00:12:15,120 helping one another and speaking life to one another and not 193 00:12:15,120 --> 00:12:18,520 tearing them down. This is what we are to be about, 194 00:12:18,520 --> 00:12:20,760 that unified church. And this is what the enemy 195 00:12:20,760 --> 00:12:23,960 doesn't like, which is why he tries to get people to grumble 196 00:12:24,080 --> 00:12:29,680 instead of build people up, complain instead of praise and 197 00:12:29,680 --> 00:12:33,600 encouraging people. And this is what he's saying 198 00:12:33,600 --> 00:12:35,920 about these, these these false teachers. 199 00:12:35,920 --> 00:12:39,800 He said they use flattery to try to gain advantage. 200 00:12:41,200 --> 00:12:45,160 Look, it's good to exhort one another in ministry, to build 201 00:12:45,160 --> 00:12:47,920 one another up, to affirm one another. 202 00:12:48,360 --> 00:12:51,800 Good to affirm one another in ministry, to let people know 203 00:12:51,800 --> 00:12:54,720 that, listen, the Lord is working through you. 204 00:12:55,400 --> 00:12:58,600 I can see the Lord working through you. 205 00:12:58,600 --> 00:13:02,000 And sometimes in ministry and in our own Christian walks, it just 206 00:13:02,000 --> 00:13:05,760 helps for somebody to just affirm what God is doing in our 207 00:13:05,760 --> 00:13:09,120 lives. It just helps, but it's with 208 00:13:09,120 --> 00:13:13,080 sincerity that that the affirmation and or that that 209 00:13:13,080 --> 00:13:16,840 encouragement, it has to be with sincerity and not just out of 210 00:13:16,840 --> 00:13:21,840 flattery, speaking in a deceitful manner, but insincere 211 00:13:21,840 --> 00:13:26,560 praise, like the flattery, insincere praise is only used to 212 00:13:26,560 --> 00:13:29,840 the to deceive and to the snare ensnare. 213 00:13:29,840 --> 00:13:33,760 Rather, you know, people who are unaware, people who are just 214 00:13:34,160 --> 00:13:37,800 unsuspecting, and it's not of the Lord. 215 00:13:38,440 --> 00:13:42,040 Proverbs 29 and five says a man who flatters his neighbor 216 00:13:42,160 --> 00:13:45,760 spreads a net for his feet. You know, he's literally trying 217 00:13:45,760 --> 00:13:50,960 to trap someone with a purpose or by means of flattery. 218 00:13:51,480 --> 00:13:54,840 Proverbs 27 and six says faithful are the wounds of a 219 00:13:54,840 --> 00:13:58,720 friend, but the kisses of an enemy are deceitful. 220 00:13:59,280 --> 00:14:02,920 But sometimes flattery can feel like kisses, but it's actually 221 00:14:02,920 --> 00:14:04,760 knives going in the back. It's deceitful. 222 00:14:05,000 --> 00:14:07,840 It's deceitful. There's a couple things on me 223 00:14:07,840 --> 00:14:11,440 because Paul talks about flattery as well and and he 224 00:14:11,440 --> 00:14:15,600 talks about how when he came to teach and he came to preach the 225 00:14:15,600 --> 00:14:18,200 gospel, he didn't use flattering words. 226 00:14:19,520 --> 00:14:25,000 He was just used the words of the Lord Romans 16, starting at 227 00:14:25,000 --> 00:14:28,760 verse 17, he says, Now I urge you, brethren, note those who 228 00:14:28,760 --> 00:14:33,120 cause divisions and offenses contrary to the doctrine which 229 00:14:33,120 --> 00:14:38,960 you learned, and avoid them. For those who are such do not 230 00:14:38,960 --> 00:14:43,320 serve our Lord Jesus Christ, but their own belly. 231 00:14:43,880 --> 00:14:48,680 And by smooth words here we go. And by smooth words and 232 00:14:48,680 --> 00:14:54,680 flattering speech deceive the hearts of the simple, by smooth 233 00:14:54,680 --> 00:14:59,480 words and flattering speech, swelling up, you know, words 234 00:14:59,480 --> 00:15:02,720 that swell people up, swell themselves up, bragging about 235 00:15:02,720 --> 00:15:07,400 themselves, but flattering you, they deceive the people. 236 00:15:07,640 --> 00:15:11,240 And then over in Second Thessalonians chapter 2, he also 237 00:15:11,240 --> 00:15:14,560 speaks about it as well when he was ministering to the that 238 00:15:14,560 --> 00:15:16,840 young church over in Thessalonica. 239 00:15:17,680 --> 00:15:20,320 And he ministered to them. And he said this to them over in 240 00:15:20,520 --> 00:15:23,640 First Thessalonica, chapter 2, verses four and five, he says 241 00:15:23,640 --> 00:15:26,200 this. But as we have been approved by 242 00:15:26,200 --> 00:15:30,720 God to be entrusted with the gospel, Even so we speak not as 243 00:15:30,720 --> 00:15:34,720 pleasing men, but God who test our hearts. 244 00:15:35,240 --> 00:15:39,280 For neither at any time did we use flattering words, as you 245 00:15:39,280 --> 00:15:42,560 know, nor a cloak for covetousness. 246 00:15:42,560 --> 00:15:46,760 God is our witness. We didn't use flattering words 247 00:15:47,040 --> 00:15:48,480 when we came to preach the gospel. 248 00:15:48,600 --> 00:15:50,880 When we go to minister to somebody, we don't use 249 00:15:50,880 --> 00:15:54,120 flattering words. We use the truth of the gospel. 250 00:15:54,440 --> 00:15:57,880 We use the word of God. We have to, we don't want to. 251 00:15:57,880 --> 00:16:00,760 We don't want to entice people by flattering people. 252 00:16:01,200 --> 00:16:06,600 That has a deceitful purpose. The word of God draws the word 253 00:16:06,600 --> 00:16:11,280 of God is withdraws. So then also he goes on in verse 254 00:16:11,280 --> 00:16:17,040 17 and now he starts to move from talking about these these 255 00:16:17,040 --> 00:16:21,040 false teachers so much and he now wants to talk to the body of 256 00:16:21,040 --> 00:16:25,000 believers. So he says, But you, they 257 00:16:25,000 --> 00:16:30,280 grumble, they complain, they murmur, they walk according to 258 00:16:30,280 --> 00:16:34,080 their own lusts, they mouth great smelling words, and they 259 00:16:34,080 --> 00:16:41,960 flatter with their tongues. But you, he said, beloved, he 260 00:16:41,960 --> 00:16:49,080 speaks to them like children. Beloved, you who I love, he 261 00:16:49,080 --> 00:16:52,120 says, remember the words which were spoken before by the 262 00:16:52,120 --> 00:16:55,480 apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ. 263 00:16:56,640 --> 00:16:58,920 Remember the words. Remember we talked about that, 264 00:16:58,920 --> 00:17:02,800 being reminded how the Bible was always the gospel was always 265 00:17:02,800 --> 00:17:06,839 talking about being reminded of the things that God talks about, 266 00:17:06,839 --> 00:17:09,920 the things that God says, being reminded of the word of God, 267 00:17:10,440 --> 00:17:13,839 being reminded. We come here every Sunday to be 268 00:17:13,839 --> 00:17:18,000 reminded you guys read the word all the time, but you come here 269 00:17:18,280 --> 00:17:21,520 because you're being reminded of things that like we said, you 270 00:17:21,520 --> 00:17:23,359 maybe have not read in a long time. 271 00:17:23,359 --> 00:17:26,079 God reminds you of these things. So he tells them. 272 00:17:26,079 --> 00:17:30,840 He says, you know, be remember the words which were spoken by 273 00:17:30,840 --> 00:17:33,840 the apostles. So remember what? 274 00:17:33,840 --> 00:17:36,840 Remember the word of God and remember who spoke it. 275 00:17:37,320 --> 00:17:40,920 Remember who spoke it, the apostles, the apostles who were 276 00:17:40,920 --> 00:17:43,760 the eyewitnesses of Jesus Christ ministry. 277 00:17:44,520 --> 00:17:48,200 Remember who spoke these words? Who gave you this warning ahead 278 00:17:48,200 --> 00:17:51,000 of time? It was the apostles of Jesus 279 00:17:51,000 --> 00:17:53,800 Christ. It was Jesus who taught the 280 00:17:53,800 --> 00:17:59,640 apostles, who now teaches you and then now sends you out to 281 00:17:59,640 --> 00:18:02,040 teach. Same thing where it happens in 282 00:18:02,040 --> 00:18:04,400 the church, right? We are learning from the 283 00:18:04,400 --> 00:18:06,440 apostles as we go through His word. 284 00:18:06,560 --> 00:18:09,200 We're learning through the apostles, the apostles doctrine 285 00:18:09,640 --> 00:18:13,120 and he teaches us the Holy Spirit comes into our spirit and 286 00:18:13,120 --> 00:18:16,800 teaches us these things and reveals the truth of, of what's 287 00:18:16,800 --> 00:18:20,440 going on and what God is teaching us, warning us about in 288 00:18:20,440 --> 00:18:24,200 his word. And then we build each other up 289 00:18:24,800 --> 00:18:28,960 by sharing it and reminding one another of the word of God. 290 00:18:30,600 --> 00:18:34,040 What a blessing that is. What a blessing that is. 291 00:18:34,440 --> 00:18:39,200 He uses us all. So he says, remember the words 292 00:18:39,200 --> 00:18:43,040 which were spoken before by the apostles of our Lord Jesus 293 00:18:43,040 --> 00:18:47,040 Christ, how they told you. Now He's going to tell them what 294 00:18:48,120 --> 00:18:50,560 they need to remember and what they said to him. 295 00:18:50,800 --> 00:18:54,600 How they told you that there would be mockers in the last 296 00:18:54,600 --> 00:18:59,440 time who would walk according to their own ungodly lust. 297 00:19:00,720 --> 00:19:04,160 He told them that this was going to happen just like he's telling 298 00:19:04,160 --> 00:19:07,560 us it's going to happen. So we got to be aware of people 299 00:19:07,720 --> 00:19:10,800 that we sit down with when we talk about the Word of God. 300 00:19:10,920 --> 00:19:14,920 We got to make sure that we're seeing out of eye, that it's not 301 00:19:14,920 --> 00:19:17,440 somebody that's preaching one thing and we're believing 302 00:19:17,440 --> 00:19:19,440 something different. We got to make sure that we're 303 00:19:19,440 --> 00:19:24,120 seeing eye to eye, that it correlates with the teaching of 304 00:19:24,120 --> 00:19:26,400 the apostles. When I was studying this, I've 305 00:19:26,400 --> 00:19:29,480 learned that when, you know, back in the times that they were 306 00:19:29,520 --> 00:19:32,320 having these people who would come to their cities and they 307 00:19:32,320 --> 00:19:35,000 want to, you know, sit before the OR stand before the people 308 00:19:35,000 --> 00:19:39,120 and teach the word in order for them to find out or to make sure 309 00:19:39,120 --> 00:19:42,560 that that word is true and that it is the word of God. 310 00:19:42,760 --> 00:19:48,480 The one question that they have, their test that they have is, is 311 00:19:48,480 --> 00:19:51,960 this what the apostles taught? Is this in line with what the 312 00:19:51,960 --> 00:19:56,760 apostles of Jesus Christ taught? That was their test and it 313 00:19:56,760 --> 00:20:00,880 should be our test. When we open the Scriptures, we 314 00:20:00,880 --> 00:20:02,720 should know what the apostles are teaching. 315 00:20:02,720 --> 00:20:06,360 So when someone comes in our company and they want to teach 316 00:20:06,360 --> 00:20:09,920 something or try to get you to consider something that is 317 00:20:09,920 --> 00:20:14,720 contrary to what the Word of God says, we should know what the 318 00:20:14,720 --> 00:20:17,600 apostles talk. What do the apostles teach? 319 00:20:18,160 --> 00:20:21,960 How does it line up with that? That should be our test as well. 320 00:20:22,640 --> 00:20:25,320 Glory to God. So then he goes on and he says 321 00:20:25,320 --> 00:20:28,360 here how they told you that there would be mockers who were 322 00:20:28,360 --> 00:20:32,040 coming according to their own ungodly lust. 323 00:20:32,560 --> 00:20:35,240 He told us that there's going to be mockers. 324 00:20:35,240 --> 00:20:39,680 These people are going to come and they're going to mock what 325 00:20:39,680 --> 00:20:42,560 you believe. They're going to make you doubt 326 00:20:42,840 --> 00:20:46,720 what you believe. They want to make you turn from 327 00:20:46,720 --> 00:20:51,080 what you believe, turn away from God and turn toward them, their 328 00:20:51,080 --> 00:20:54,720 Antichrist. And as we said, Antichrist, 329 00:20:54,720 --> 00:20:58,800 meaning they want you to follow them instead of Jesus Christ. 330 00:20:59,680 --> 00:21:02,840 But you were told that you were told that in many places that 331 00:21:02,840 --> 00:21:07,360 there would be mockers who would come and that would talk about 332 00:21:07,360 --> 00:21:11,000 things that were other than Jesus Christ. 333 00:21:11,280 --> 00:21:13,280 You know, I just want to go back here real quick. 334 00:21:13,280 --> 00:21:15,960 The second Peter 2, second Peter 2. 335 00:21:16,080 --> 00:21:19,800 And this is what Peter spoke. And it's just kind of gives you 336 00:21:19,800 --> 00:21:23,920 that, that correlation between what the apostles teach. 337 00:21:23,920 --> 00:21:27,120 They, you know, they're they're all teaching from the same 338 00:21:27,120 --> 00:21:29,040 thing. They're teaching the word of 339 00:21:29,040 --> 00:21:31,480 God. And this is what Peter says back 340 00:21:31,480 --> 00:21:35,360 in second Peter chapter 2 verse 1, he says, but there were also 341 00:21:35,360 --> 00:21:40,880 false prophets among the people, even as there will be false 342 00:21:40,880 --> 00:21:45,640 teachers among you who will secretly bring in destructive 343 00:21:45,640 --> 00:21:51,640 heresies and even denying the Lord who brought them, denying 344 00:21:51,640 --> 00:21:55,680 Jesus Christ, denying him. This is what they're teaching. 345 00:21:55,920 --> 00:22:00,320 And then just go over 1 chapter over to chapter 3, same book, 346 00:22:00,440 --> 00:22:05,600 second Peter over in chapter 3 verse 3 says this, knowing this 347 00:22:05,600 --> 00:22:09,000 first, that scoffers will come in the last days. 348 00:22:09,000 --> 00:22:14,520 Scoffers, mockers, same thing people who will come and they're 349 00:22:14,520 --> 00:22:17,320 going to make you doubt the word of God. 350 00:22:17,320 --> 00:22:21,360 They want to try to convince you to turn away from your faith 351 00:22:22,040 --> 00:22:24,560 that Jude is now telling you to contend for. 352 00:22:24,680 --> 00:22:27,360 He said they're going to come in the last days walking how 353 00:22:27,520 --> 00:22:31,000 according to their own lusts. I'll even read the next verse. 354 00:22:31,000 --> 00:22:33,360 It says insane. Where is the promise of his 355 00:22:33,360 --> 00:22:35,920 coming for since the fathers fell asleep. 356 00:22:36,040 --> 00:22:40,960 All these things continue as they were from the beginning of 357 00:22:40,960 --> 00:22:43,480 creation, something to make them doubt. 358 00:22:43,880 --> 00:22:45,920 So we got to be strong in what we believe. 359 00:22:45,920 --> 00:22:50,600 And first of all, know what we believe, Be strong in it, strong 360 00:22:50,600 --> 00:22:53,120 in what we believe. And then I want to go down here 361 00:22:53,120 --> 00:22:55,960 to verse 19. I'm, you know, because verse 19 362 00:22:55,960 --> 00:22:59,800 is very important in reference to everything we just talked 363 00:22:59,800 --> 00:23:05,240 about because it gives you the sum, total balance of who these 364 00:23:05,240 --> 00:23:07,920 men are. And he says this. 365 00:23:08,320 --> 00:23:11,880 These are sensual persons. These are spiritual people. 366 00:23:12,440 --> 00:23:15,440 They're sensual people. That means they're soulish, that 367 00:23:15,440 --> 00:23:20,360 means they're worldly, that means they're carnal, no spirit, 368 00:23:20,880 --> 00:23:23,120 no spirit. They're not teaching by the 369 00:23:23,120 --> 00:23:25,840 spirit, they're teaching according to their flesh. 370 00:23:26,120 --> 00:23:29,800 So these are sensual persons who cause the visions. 371 00:23:30,360 --> 00:23:32,400 And that's one of the things that will cause the visions 372 00:23:32,400 --> 00:23:37,440 whenever someone begins to speak or teach or do anything out of 373 00:23:37,440 --> 00:23:40,640 their flesh, it will cause divisions. 374 00:23:40,800 --> 00:23:45,160 It will go against what the Word of God teaches, and it will 375 00:23:45,160 --> 00:23:47,720 cause divisions among the people. 376 00:23:48,560 --> 00:23:52,160 And then the last four words says this, not having the 377 00:23:52,200 --> 00:23:54,440 Spirit. And that's what tells us these 378 00:23:54,440 --> 00:23:59,320 people aren't saved. This has been Living Waters of 379 00:23:59,320 --> 00:24:02,800 Grace, a ministry of Calvary Chapel Westmoreland in 380 00:24:02,800 --> 00:24:07,200 Greensburg, PA Pastor Lewis Harrell has been teaching 381 00:24:07,200 --> 00:24:10,760 through the book of Jude. This is a book of warning as the 382 00:24:10,760 --> 00:24:14,800 audience that Jude was writing to was coming under attack from 383 00:24:14,800 --> 00:24:17,480 false teachers. Even in the early days of the 384 00:24:17,480 --> 00:24:20,320 church, there were teachers who claimed to have a unique 385 00:24:20,320 --> 00:24:23,760 revelation from God that superseded Scripture. 386 00:24:24,360 --> 00:24:28,880 Pastor Lewis wants you to be sure to be on your guard against 387 00:24:28,880 --> 00:24:32,960 those teachers today, as they will try to distract you from 388 00:24:32,960 --> 00:24:36,800 following the way of Jesus. By focusing on what God's Word 389 00:24:36,800 --> 00:24:41,360 says, you can call out false teachers for what they are and 390 00:24:41,360 --> 00:24:44,360 stay on the good path. Do you want to hear more 391 00:24:44,360 --> 00:24:46,400 teaching from Living Waters of Grace? 392 00:24:46,600 --> 00:24:49,880 You can do so by visiting our website at 393 00:24:49,880 --> 00:24:54,680 calvarychapelonline.com. There you will find an archive 394 00:24:54,680 --> 00:24:59,320 of past teachings from Pastor Lewis and Pastor Clark, find a 395 00:24:59,320 --> 00:25:03,520 link to our mobile app, or even give to support the ministry of 396 00:25:03,520 --> 00:25:06,960 Living Waters of Grace. 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