An Inductive Examination of 2 Peter & Jude Part 2

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ynductive Exarningg; 0,
ye of 2¥ Peter and Jude

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fu 2 Poter chapter 2, we have cxamined how Peter
wrote about “false teachers”, In 2 Peter chapter 3, we
ave scen low these false teachers adoptot the
doctine of unformitarianism, This word may be new
to some of you doing this study: therefore, let me give
you Webster's definition. Sn. the doctrine that all
geologic changes may be explained by existing
Physical and chemical processes, as. erosion,
deposition, volcanic action, efe., that have operated
in essentially the same way throughont gooloic
time.” Enephasis mine.

‘this definition may leave some of you cold: however,
‘what il is saying is that since time began all things
have been happeaing Hike they always have. There
have been upheavals, tain and floods, fire and storms,
however, the idea is that over a period of a hundred.
years everything has been going the way it has always
been fiom the beginning, Using the “Evolutionary
model” there has been no “world wide” catastrophic
events since time began. You may say “where is this
going?” I began by saying that “.. these false
teachers adopt the doctrine of unitonmitarianism.”
Lotine give you an example from 2 Peter 3:1

"Beloved. I now write to you this second epistle (ip buth of
swhict | sti up your pure minds yy way of reminder), “tha
may be mindful of the wurds which were spoken Before by the
oly praylels, and of te eoxaruendenent a us, the aporles of
the Lor and Savior, “knowrng, this tirst: tat scoters vill
goane in the Tasl days, walking aecorainy ta their cnwe fists,
“vod soying, “Whereis tke promise of His coming? For since
Tv Raters ffl alee all thinys comic as they were Hom the
bevinting of creation.” For this they willfully forget: ehal by
the word of God the heavens were of ald, and the eam
standing out of water and in the water, “by which dhe warld
‘at then existed perished, being flooded with water. "Bue the
heavens and ute earth which are now provervell By the sume

n
word, ae reserved for Lire until the day of judgment und
perdition of ungodly muen.”

Write out where the doctrine of ‘uniformitarianism
was being used by these fate teachers.

2 Peter 2 and 3 are 60 vory essential for CIIRISTians
today in order to see what is being taught in the
nnajority of old fine denominational local churches,
colleges and seminaries. Since so many iecal
churches, colleges and seminayies are not teaching
‘that the only AUTHORITY we have as CHRISTians.
is the Word of God, then CHRISTias have no
authority for their speakiig. It is basically one
person's opinion against anolher person’s opinion.
The abysmal ignorance of Gad’s Word by so many
CHRIS ans is because they are not being taught how
to read, study, memorize and APPLY the Word of
God to themselves and to the situations of life they
fice daily in their relationship with their sponses,
childron, parents, neighboes, friends, employers and
employees. They have not been told that they are to
have ministry twenty-four hours a day seven days a
week, And even a greater crime is that they are not
being prepared to have this ministry by the very ones
‘who are supposed 20 he equipping them. ‘The reason
is Simple enough. Tt doesm't take a “rocket scientisc
to roalize that those who are supposed to be teaching
them how to do these very things are themselves
‘ignorant of the Word of Cou!

Ax a CHRISTian leader of nearly a halfa century ago
suid, “Mother hens five been tremeadously
successful in equipping their chicks to survive, Tow
hhave they done this? Well they seratch scratch, step
back two steps, look down and clack cluek, if they
didn't do this there would be no ‘next? generation.”
Oh, to God that those who serve in the oftice of pastor
would do the same thing,
tt inay sound like your teacher is painting a “horrible”
Picture of the situation the church is iw today,
ly in Amesica. Well, a8 we will see, Jude
started to write to his addvessees about the “common
salvation” but he found i necessary “te waite (6 thent
exhorting them “... to eotlend eatuestly Zor the faith
which was once for all delivered to the saints. For
certain men have crept in unnoticed, who long ayo
swore marked ont for this condemnation, godly mes,
wlio tum the grace of oar God into lewdness and deny
he onfy Lord God and our Lord Jesus Christ.” Jude
3d

‘We are living in such a day ond that is why we must
study Jude in conjmetion with 2 Perer, However,
before we begin our study 1 have copied from the
‘Nelson Study Bible, New King James Version a note
from page 2158 an INDeptk article entitled ‘The Use
of Apocryphat Seurces, The Jewish Apocrypha
consists of books and writings that were never
recognized as vart of the canou of Setiptore, but
which served devotional purpose for many believers
of ancient times, including some of the authors of the
New Testament, Jude cites two books of Apocrypha
in Wis letter, Jude 9 apparently comes form 7he
Assumption of Moses, and verse 14 comes froin The
Book of noch, ‘Today we do not have a complete
text of The assumption of Moses, tut two early church
fathers, Clement of Alexandria and Origen, testify
that v6 is a reference to that book,

Juule #8 nok the only New ‘Testament author who
quotes exttubiblieal sources, In 7 Cor 14, Panl
apparently male use of a Hebrew commentary (the
Midrash) to support his inictpretation of Tsrael's
swildemess wanderings. In Acts 17:28 and Titus 1:12,
he quoted fiom pagan pocts io support some of his
assertions. Though we do not Know where the nates,
Jannes and Jennbres come From (see 2 ‘inn, 3:8}, Panl
did not hesitate to use their story as an example of
godlessness for ‘timothy.

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Should the New Testament writers have quoted from
apocryphal sources? Surely God had no trouble
guiding the biblical writers in selecting material from
these sources, Luke knew of “many” nocounts of the
life of Christ (see Lanke: 1:1), whici he set out to better
with his own “orderly account” (1:3). ‘Along the same
Jines, Panl had at feast one letter from the Corinthian
ehareh to guide his responses in First and Second
Corinthians. Even the devil is quoved in Mall. 4:3, 6,
9, This does not mean that these sources are inspired,
for even aocurate, but it does mean that sometimes
New Testament writers drew from the written sources
God had given them to eormmunicate effectively what
He wanted them fo say. The writers of Sotiptur
wrote all that, and oly that, whieh Cod had inspired
them to say. We must affirm with Peter that the
ultimate otigin of Scripture is the mind of God (see 2
Pot, 119-21)"

‘You aay want i reread this IN Depth article a
number af lites and brings to class any questions you
tmay leave regarding its content. Write ont your
questions in the space provided.

There has been a aumber of different opinions about
whether 2 Peter was written befirre the book of Jude
or whether it was written after the beok of Jude
‘There are those who believe that Peter borrowed from
Inde whan he wrote 2 Peter, However, it seems rather
clear from the toxt of 2 ffoter 2:1 and Jude 4 that Jude
‘was written shortly after 2 Peter. Tu 2 Peter 2:1 we
vead, “Dut there were afsn false prophets among the
people, cven as there will be false teachers among
you, who will secretly bring in destructive heresies,
‘even denying the Lord who bought hem and bring on
themselves swift destruction.” When docs Peter say
the “false teachers”, “will secretly bring in destructive
heresies”?

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in Jude 4 Jude says: “For certain men have crepl in
umnoticed, who fong ago wore marked out for this
condermiation, ungodly men, who tom the grace of
our God inte lewduess and deny the only Lord God.
and out Lord Jesus Christ.” When does Jude say the
ungodiy mien (flse teachers} will come i among the
CARISTians? _

With this background cow let us proceed to examine
the book of mde.

JUDE 1, What does Inde call himgett in v

Jude, # bondgervane of

Jesus Chri: and rc rs
iwother of Sames, 10 The first word Jude used to identify himsclt is

Nese whey anes the Greek word Sothos (doo-los) which was
ee oa as used to describe a person who was bom info
Fate, aud. preserved slavery. A SotiRos had only one purpose in
Jesus Chis: fife and that was to please tis master, Under
Roman law they had no “tights” The
CHRIS inn life is s0 easy to live when you
are a Song. Jesus said “No ope ean serve
two masters, for either he will hate the one
and lave the other, or efse he will be loyal to
the ume and despise the other. You egnnot
serve God and! mammon.” Matthew 6:24
mnphisis tine.

Could it be she reason su. many in our day

> Merey, peace, and love
bo rmultiptied te you.

Beloved, while i was
very diligent to write to
you concerning, our
omen salvation, 1
found it necessary’ to
write 19 you extorling
you contend

eamnestly for tho faith who call dhemselves Christians are $0
‘hich was ouee for all ineffective and camel ne used by the Holy
Gelivered to the saints Spirit the way Mey are supposed to be is

because they have born deceived by Fal

teachers inlo believing thal getting arcl
having more and more money ix God
Blessing instead of sin? Jesus also said, “But
seek first the Kingdom of God and Tis
Fighteouaness, and all hese things shall be
added unto to you” — Matthew 6:33

* Tor certain men have
crept in unnoticed, who
long, ago were marked
out for this
condermnation, ungodly
men, who turn the
grace of our God inte
Jewdness aud deny the
only Tord God and our
Lott Jesus Christ 2

conul thing Jude cally himself in y,1

on
* But 1 want to remind Tere is a small homework assignment. Check
‘you, though you ones your exhaustive concordance that is keyed to
knew this, that the ‘your English translation and look up the word
Lord, having saved the ‘Tames in the New Testament. Come to etass
peapke out of the and tu defend who was Jude's brother

of Egypt, afterward
destroyed those who
did not believe,

‘And. the angels who
id not keep their
Proper domain, but left a -
their own abode, He

3. To whom was Jude addressing his Felten? v.1

has seserved in ‘Why do you think the “called” atter they were
everlasting chains saved av icf here upon the earth? “(Give
under darkness for the Seripture 1 support your answer)

Judgment of the great

day; -

as Sodom and
Gomorrah, andthe

itis around them in a ‘Merey only appears dour times in our New

similar manner to Testament as part of a “greeting”, however,
these, having — given they all have one fing in common they all
themselves over to precede a waruing against false teaching, |

sexual immorality aud ‘Vinnothy 1:2;2 Timothy 4:2: Titus 1:4; 2 Jon 3.

gone after strange

flesh, are set forth as 4. When Jude slatted to write this letter what was. the
am example, suffering suibjeot he was going ta wets about? v1
the vengeance of
ternal fire. _ _

Likewise also. thes
dreamers defile the
flesh, reject authority, -
amd speak evil of

5. What did the Holy Spirit guide him to write about? v1

dignitaries. 6. TTow many times had The Faith been delivered to men?
” Yet Michacl the WS ee -

archangct, in

contending with the Flow would your go aboul answering someone

devil, when he today who would try to fell you that he had

disputed about the (or bis group had) received new revelation

body of Mases, dated about “The Taith” and now it is more

not bring agains

hin a comple

esse
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reviling, aocusation, but

said, “The Lord rebuke

you!”

‘int these speak evil of

whatever they do not

know; and whatever
they “know naturally,

Vike bude bests, ia

these things they

count themselves,

Woe to them! For they

have gone in the way

of Cain, have run
sieedily in the exror of

Ralaamn for profit, and

perished in” the

rebellion of Korah,

2 These are spots it your
love feasts, while they
feast with you without
fear, serving only
themselves. “They ane
cloudy without water,
casried abou by the
winds; late autumn
frees without fui
twice dead, pulled up
fay the roots;

caging waves of the
sea, foaming up their
own shame, wandering
Mars for whom is
reserved the blackness
of darkness forever
“Now — Enoch, — the
seventh from Adana,
prophesied about these
men also, saying,
“Behold, the Toxt
comes with ton
thousands of Tis
saints,

{Give Scripture to suppor your answer)

7. Yoday the “Emerging Chureh” doosw’t believe that all
vwe neeid odo is {slave everybody aunt say we believe:
in Jesus, ic. we are just one happy fiunily, The
emphasis is supposed fo be upon “unicy”and doctrine
(leaching) shoutd not separate us. If you have fad
through the book of Jude, do you believe Jude would
agree: with this? Txplain your answer.
Please dowament with Scripture.

8. Why does Tade say they need “to contend eamestiy
foe the faith which was once lor alk deliversd io the
saints?” vA

9, Ro you believe as a CIIRISTiaa today that you should
follow the same iustretion? ____ Explain. your
amswer, please document with Seriptare

11, Boes Jude say these are haby CHRIS Tang? v4
Does Jude say these are CHRIS Tans who are seeking
“unity” at the cost of setting aside the Word of Gad?

What does be say about these men?

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to execute judgment
om all, to convict all
who are ungodly
among them of all
their “ungodly deeds
which they have
committed in an
ungodly way, aod of
all the harsh things
which ungodly
sinners have spoken
against Hin.”

‘These are grumblers,
complainers, watking
according ta ther
own Tusts; and they
mouth preat swelling
wards, Mlsitering.
people to gain
advantage,

But you, beloved,
remember (he words
which were spoken
before by the spostles
of ow Lord Jesus
Christ:

ow they told you
that there would be
mockers in the fast
time who would walk
according to theit
‘own nogodly lusts,
These are sensual
persons, who cause
divisions, aot having
the Spirit

Bat you, beloved,
building yourselves
up on your mast holy
faith, praying in the
Holy Spirit,

12. Was Jude giving them “new” information that they

3.

i]

15,

6.

know nothing about? v.5
that?

Jude liked to arrange his thoughts in groups of
three. Read vs. 5-7 and sce what this proup of
three is atking about, Wile oul your
conclusion.

‘Who does Jude mention first in v.57

How do you know

Who dows Jude mention as his second illustration in v.

6

Who did Jude pick, under the dirction of the Tloly

Spirits bis third iustration in v.7

Jude's first lusiration in question 13 is
efcarly umderstood by those who know
thei Old Testament. On the other fund
the second illustration ig nai so simple.
There aro basically two different views
that are held on this Seripture, This was
discussed inoue study on 2 Peter 2,
boginning with page 28 and question 30,
going throngh page 35, question 39. Please
refer io your stady on 2 Poer 2, One word of
caution: remember that one of the common
explanations conceming Genesis 6:13. is
dependent upon having Peter's and lude’s
Passages 40 change the original meaning of
Genesis 6:1

To what does Jude say Sodom and Gomorrah
given themselves over 10? v. 7 __.

or

had
21. What woutda’t Michael the archangel da in v,

keep youselves in 17. What does Jude say Sodom and Gomorrah serve as an
the love of God, example? ¥. 7 ete tesa nine
looking for the mercy

of oir Tord Jesus

Christ unto clernal In Genesis 1931-27 you ean refresh your
like. amermory about the judgment that eamne upon

‘And en some have Sodom and Gomorrah 2s well as the story af
compassion, making, Lot and his fomily,

a distinction;

but others save with 18. What application does Jude make of what he has just
fear, potting shem out said to the “dreamers” (Halse teachers} he has been
of the fie, hating faking about? 8

even the — gatinent ee
defi by the flesh

eu on elon 19, What are the second and third accusations that Jude
Stumbling and th makes regarding these false feachers in v.8?

present you faultless |

before the presence * ~ meen

of His glory with

exceading je ——

To God our Savior, 4 a

Hho alone issn be 2 What isthe content of your ansiver fo “a” in question

slory and majesty,
dominion and purwer,
both now and
forever. Amen

i?

Make an application te your answer in question 20, in

the Tight of Hefews 13:57

Your author can think of 4 sittution where a
CERISTian would not have to comply with your
answer to question 24; however, be would have to sin
in order to do 80. Can you think of what that situation
would he?

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Have you ever heard anyone rebuke the devil in Jesus
pame? In the light of Jude 7 and the insienctions

in James 4:7 did the person who said these things go
beyond Scripture? Did he/she add to the Seripture?
Do you recall in our past study that someone added
to the Soripiure? —_ If you do whore was it and who
did it? Why would & peison

doing this today think that i was the thing to do? Give
at least two teams)

22. Unlike Michacl the archangel, why da these false (eachers speak evil of things the
Word of God teaches? v.10 __.

23, What docs Jude “Tiken” them to in yerse 87

24. What does Jude say they are doing to themselves in verse 8?

Winal are they obviously irying (o do to those who listen
to them? rep
Give a reason or reasons why a baby CHRISTian could
bbe fakew itr by anyone like this? __

Do you believe you know enough Sctipime that you
would not be affected by the error taught by “false
teachers?” Explain your answer.

‘Below is am error taught by a “False teacher” that every
‘one who has been a CARIS tian for six months should be
able to handle biblically. You will be asked in class ta
read your answer, please come prepared. TF you comet
angwer the question biblically thon you definitely need to
get into a study on the Basics of the CHRISTian life, as
taught in the ible so you can! “give an answer to every
aau that asketh you a reason for the hope that is with
you with meckness and fear” 4 Poler 3:15, Before 1
give you the quostfon and the verse } am reminded of a

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