• 3 John 1:9-15; Jude 1:1-5
  • 3 John 1:10 – This is a case of people being put out of the church in which the people being put out were innocent, but the one putting them out was not.
  • Jude 1:1 – Jude is the writer. The Holy Spirit is the author.
    • Luke 6:13-16 – It is generally assumed that Judas the brother of James wrote the book of Jude.
    • The writer uses triplets 14 times in this book.
    • “Kept for Jesus Christ” is not something permanent. People who are obeying God must work to maintain that relationship lest they fall away.
  • Jude 1:4 – When one teaches that one cannot so sin as to be lost (i.e., “God’s grace is greater than my sin”), he is turning God’s grace into licentiousness. It’s possible that Jude was trying to combat Gnosticism, which taught that the spirit was good, and the physical was evil. Therefore, you could give in to lust as long as you kept your spirit pure.