Stay the Course (Jude 17-23)

Jude closes with practical instructions for perseverance: remember the apostles’ teaching, keep building in faith, keep praying, and keep waiting on the Lord. Instead of isolating or giving in, believers are to care for one another and stay rooted in Scripture.

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Stay the Course (Jude 17-23)

SESSION 6: Stay the Course (Jude 17-23)

Framing Jude’s Final Instructions

Standard but not unintentional
Wisdom for living between the comings…

How to Stay the Course

Remember

o Temptation:

o Antidote: Apostles and Prophets (the Bible!)

Keep

o Temptation: Quit.

o Antidote: Don’t! Instead…

▪ Building up

▪ Praying

▪ Waiting

Care

o Temptation: Isolate.

o Antidote:

o Temptation: Join in

o Antidote:

…

Questions for Reflection and Discussion:

If you were talking to some young people who you would not see in a long time, what sort of “final

instructions” would you give before saying goodbye? Why these and not others?

Choose another New Testament letter or two, and compare the final instructions to Jude. What is

similar and different?

Which of the “temptations” is most pressing for you right now? How does Jude help?
What from Jude’s final instructions resonates most deeply with you?

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