JOY of Living

2,3 John & Jude

Knowing and Doing the Will of God Ann Dokken leading – Tuesdays 9:30am-11:30am

13 weeks, Beginning June 2nd

Keep yourselves in God’s love as you wait for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ to bring you life.

Jude 21

Memory Verse

1 Timothy 3 – to teach and preach to direct the affairs of the church to shepherd the flock of God to guard the church from error.

Duties of an Elder or overseer

Watch out that you do not lose what you have worked for, but that you may be rewarded fully.

2 John 8

Anyone who gets so progressive in his thinking that he walks out on the teaching of Christ, walks out on God. But whoever stays with the teaching, stays faithful to both the Father and the Son.

2 John 9The Message

They are godless men who change the grace of our God into a license for immorality and deny Jesus Christ our only Sovereign and Lord.

Jude 4

3 examples of divine judgment verses 5-

7 3 examples of OT evil persons

verse 11 6 metaphors about the evil false teachers

verses 12-13

Jude

Blemishes on your Love feasts Shepherds who feed only themselves Clouds without rain Autumn trees without fruit Wild waves of the Sea Wandering Stars

Jude

Enoch, the seventh from Adam prophesied about these men

Jude 14

Keep yourselves in God’s love as you wait for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ to bring you to eternal life.Be merciful to those who doubt; snatch others from the fire and save them; to others show mercy, mixed with fear – hating even the clothing stained by corrupted flesh.

Jude 22-23

To him who is able to keep you from falling and to present you before his glorious presence without fault and with great joy – to the only God our Savior be glory, majesty, power and authority, through Jesus Christ our Lord, before all ages now and forevermore! Amen.

Jude 24-25