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Jude devoted his entire epistle exclusively to confronting those who had defected from the true biblical faith and the false teachers who had led them astray. Revealing the character of these godless men who changed the grace of God into a license for immorality, Jude calls the church to discernment. He also encourages believers to persevere in their faith with prayer and the knowledge that the...

. Enoch … prophesied about these men. Observe that what is spoken about in general terms in Scripture concerns us as much as if it had been written to us personally. Enoch prophesied about these. So although the word is spoken in general terms, we take home with us our share of it, just as men take out of the common river water for their own fields. . Note something here about prophecy or preaching. Such a calling is an ancient one, for Enoch, the seventh from Adam,
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