Spurgeon's notes on JUDE

"Earnestly contend for the faith which was once delivered unto the saints."

 

Jude 1-4

If, while the apostles were yet alive, errors crept into the churches, we need not wonder that they multiply in these last days. We must set our faces as a flint against them.

Jude 5-6

If professors leave the gospel for unholy doctrine and impure living, he who cast down the angels for their sin will not spare them.

Jude 8-13

We do not know when this occurred, but the lesson of gentle speech is clear enough.

Jude 14, 15

From Jude we learn that Enoch had an eye to the coming of Christ. The pure in heart who see God are the seers of their age, and look far ahead of others. What Enoch saw he told forth for the warning of others, and it is our duty to do the same, that sinners may be led to flee from the wrath to come.

How important is the doctrine of the advent of the Lord from Heaven, since so early in the world's history one of the holiest of prophets proclaimed it. There must surely be some very powerful influence in this truth, since the greatest teachers of it mentioned in Scripture were also among the most eminent for close fellowship with Heaven. Enoch "walked with God" Daniel was a "man greatly beloved" and John was "that disciple whom Jesus loved." O Lord, if the expectation of your coming will make us walk with you, be pleased to fill us with it.

Jude 22, 23

Those who are in error are not all equally guilty: some are deceivers and others are dupes. We must restore all we can, but their error must be severely dealt with. Charity to error is cruelty to souls.