Jude’s Praise
The theme of Jude’s brief epistle is “contending for the faith.” And it is strategically placed in the canon of scripture just before the book of The Revelation. Jude warns about apostasy, that is “desertion, unbelief, and rebellion against God,” which had “crept in unnoticed” into the local Church (Jude 4). Hence the need for believers to contend for the faith. Apostasy leads to sinful living. The Church today needs to take heed. In context, Jude admits he originally intended to write concerning our “common salvation,” but chose instead to write concerning the need for christians to “contend for the […]