Jude, a Letter to the Church, Page 4
While Jesus told his followers that they would be known by their fruit, Jude calls these troublemakers “fruitless.” He says they are useless, even a burden on the church. In the face of destructive false teaching, Jude warns the church to build their faith and pray in the Holy Spirit. We looked at that briefly last week, but I want to reiterate it because there was so much in last week’s message that this part might have slipped by you. Building yourself up in your most holy faith is extremely important. Don’t just accept someone else’s faith – not my faith, not your parents’ faith, but build up your own faith. Did any of you share your faith stories this past week? How did it go? Did any of you listen to anyone else’s story? If you were here for the Baccalaureate service, you got to hear some powerful stories of faith from our grads. Faith is rarely built when it isn’t tested. One of my friends recently complained that his ru...