Sermon Notes from Jude 17-23, "How To Keep Watch" by Tray Earnhart

[The following notes were taken at the 10:45AM service this morning at Kosmosdale Baptist Church. The is available to hear on-line HERE.]

I. Opening illustration:

Imagine a bomb squad that was trained to identify bombs, but not trained how to diffuse them; many in the Church are like this: they can identify our problems, but very few can offer proper solutions.

II. Examples from the Bible of wrong solutions:

A. Aaron responding to people complaining by building the golden calf.

B. Saul responding to Samuel's delay by offering sacrifices himself.

III. Examples from the Bible of right solutions:
Paul offering gospel-centered solutions to problems in the churches to which he wrote.

IV. The First Solution offered by Jude to the problem of apostasy = "remember:"

A. The Church is to continually remember the words of the apostles concerning apostates.
B. Description of the apostates:
1. Mockers
2. Followers of their own ungodly desires
3. Divisive
C. When we see those fitting the description of the apostates:
1. Don't be taken off guard
2. Don't lose hope
3. Don't try to redefine the apostates as Christians

V. Application:

When we see apostate-like tendencies in our own hearts, we must repent and flee to Christ in faith.