New Testament Survey
FOR FURTHER STUDY
1. Make a list of the characteristics of false teachers identified in the book of Jude.
2. Study the Old Testament examples given in Jude:
- -Israel saved out of Egypt but later destroyed: Numbers 13-14;
- I Corinthians 10:5-10; Hebrews 3:17
-The angels which kept not their first estate: II Peter 2:4-Sodom and Gomorrah: Genesis 18:1-19:24-Cain: Genesis 4-Balaam: Numbers 22-24-Core (Korah): Numbers 16-Enoch (The seventh descendant from Adam): Genesis 5:18
3. Study Jude 20-23. List the keys given for protecting yourself from false teachers such as described in the book of Jude.
4. Study the commands in Jude:
| -Earnestly contend for the faith: Jude 1:3 | -Make a difference: Jude 1:22 | |
| -Remember the words of the apostles: Jude 1:17 | -Have compassion on some: Jude 1:22 | |
| -Build yourself up in the faith: Jude 1:20 | -Save others with fear: Jude 1:23 | |
| -Pray in the Holy Ghost: Jude 1:20 | -Pull them out of the fire: Jude 1:23 | |
| -Look for the mercy of Jesus: Jude 1:21 | -Hate even the flesh garments: Jude 1:23 | |
| -Keep yourselves in the love of God: Jude 1:21 |
5. One of the key words in Jude is "ungodly." He uses it to describe men, lusts, deeds, committed, sinners, speeches.
6. Note the relation between Jude and II Peter:
| Jude | II Peter | |
| Jude 1:4 | II Peter 2:1-3 | |
| Jude 1:6 | II Peter 2:4 | |
| Jude 1:7-10 | II Peter 2:6-12 | |
| Jude 1:11 | II Peter 2:15 | |
| Jude 1:12-13 | II Peter 2:13-17 | |
| Jude 1:16 | II Peter 2:18 | |
| Jude 1:17-18 | II Peter 3:1-3 |