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Scriptures: Jude
Among the shortest books of the New Testament, Jude nonetheless is packed with powerful teaching. The theme of Jude is "keeping your guard up". Jude details the actions of apostasy--counterfeit Christians. These individuals who false teachers who at one point confessed Christ as Lord but have turned or fallen away. The word apostasy comes from the Greek word for "depart". In this short book, Jude teaches us how apostates attack the church and pervert the faith. It is a warning of the danger of the church crumbling from within. In this series, Dr. Merritt teaches verse-by-verse through Jude's remarkable and still timely writing.
Keywords: apostasy, apostate, fallen away, disciple, apostle, Jude
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Pastors Edge provides Bible preachers and teachers with ready-to-use resources and materials based on the preaching of Dr. James Merritt, Senior Pastor at Cross Pointe Church in Duluth, GA and host of the international broadcast ministry Touching Lives.