Jude

Jude sat down to write about the salvation believers share, but the danger was so urgent that he changed course: he must instead urge them to contend for the faith once delivered to the saints. Ungodly people had slipped into the churches, twisting God's grace into a license for sin and denying the Lord. With vivid examples drawn from Israel's history and Jewish tradition, Jude warns that such people face certain judgment. Yet his aim is not panic but perseverance: build yourselves up in faith, pray in the Spirit, keep yourselves in God's love, and mercifully rescue those who are wavering. The little letter ends with one of the Bible's greatest doxologies — praise to the God who is able to keep you from stumbling and present you blameless with great joy.