Jude's Advice to Christians

1.  Jude writes, "...I gave all dilegence to write unto you---and exhort you that ye should earnestly contend for the faith which was once delivered unto the saints" (Jude 3).  We are living in a time of great spiritual and moral falling away.  We need to strongly hold to biblical faith.  We need to believe it.  We need to hear it taught, and preached.  We need to read it at home.  We need to grow stronger in it.

2.  "But ye, beloved building up yourselves on your most holy faith..." (Jude 20).  The biblical faith we have is holy faith.  It is holy because it came from God.  We need to keep it holy in our minds.  We need to tell others that this faith is holy and needs to be regarded as such.

3.  We need to be "...praying in the Holy Ghost" (Jude 20).  The Spirit will lead us to pray more often as we yield to him.  He will  lead us to pray about people we know are lost.  The Spirit will lead us to pray about backsliders, that they will return to church.  We need to pray for our church and workers that we will grow and be faithful.

4.  "Keep yourselves in the love of God..." (Jude 21).  Tell ourselves that God loves us.  Thank God in prayer for loving us.  Tell God that we love them.  Tell others that we love God.  We ask for so many things.  We tell our family members we love them.  We need to tell God that we love them.

5.  "And others save with fear, pulling them out of the fire..." (Jude 23).  The lost are going to hell fire.  We need to pull, that's right, pull them out of hell fire.  We need to pray that they will get saved.  We need to witness to them about Christ on the cross and his resurrection.  We need to tell them to repent and believe in Jesus.  That will save them.  Who do you know that's lost?