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DO NOT HOLD ON TO ME / JOHN 20:17

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(KJV) John 20:17

 Jesus saith unto her, Touch me not; for I am not yet ascended to my Father: but go to my brethren, and say unto them, I ascend unto my Father, and your Father; and to my God, and your God.

Letting Go to Move Forward: The Powerful Message of John 20:17

We have all experienced moments we wished could last forever. Imagine being Mary Magdalene in the garden outside the empty tomb. Deep in grief, she suddenly hears her name spoken by a familiar voice. It is Jesus—alive, risen, and standing right in front of her. In a rush of overwhelming joy and relief, her natural instinct is to cling to Him, determined never to let Him go again.

But Jesus gently stops her with words that have puzzled readers for centuries: “Do not hold on to me.” (John 20:17)

At first glance, this command might sound distant or harsh. However, when we look closer at the context, we discover a beautiful truth about transitions, reassurance, and our divine purpose.

Shift from Clinging to Sending

When Jesus tells Mary, “Do not hold on to me, for I have not yet ascended to the Father,” He isn’t rejecting her affection. Instead, He is shifting her perspective.

The original phrasing implies a continuous action—essentially meaning, “You can let go of me; I am not going back to my Father quite yet. You will still have the opportunity to see me again.”

Jesus was assuring Mary that this wasn’t a fleeting, ghostly apparition. He was truly there, and His final departure was not happening that very second. She didn’t need to hold on out of fear that He would vanish if she let go.

But more importantly, Jesus had an urgent, historic task for her. He tells her: “Go instead to my brothers and tell them, ‘I am ascending to my Father and your Father, to my God and your God.’”

The First Apostle to the Apostles

By telling Mary to let go, Jesus was inviting her into a grander mission. If she remained there clinging to His feet in the garden, the rest of the disciples would remain trapped in their despair locked behind closed doors.

Through her obedience, Mary Magdalene became the very first person to spread the wonderful news of the risen Christ. She was commissioned to announce the turning point of human history. Her letting go was directly tied to her going.

What Are You Holding Onto?

Jesus’ words echo in our lives today. Sometimes, we cling so tightly to a specific season, a past comfort, or our own expectations of how God should work that we miss what He is calling us to do next.

Holding on can keep us stagnant. Jesus reminds us that letting go of our comfort zones is often the prerequisite for stepping into our calling. He gives us the reassurance of His presence so that we have the courage to go and share His love with a world that desperately needs to hear it.

A Closing Prayer

Heavenly Father,

Thank You for the glorious reality of the resurrection and the life-changing joy found in Your Son, Jesus Christ. Forgive us for the times we cling too tightly to our own comforts, our past seasons, and our fears of the unknown.

Give us the faith of Mary Magdalene. Help us to hear You call our names, to release our grip on the things that hold us back, and to trust Your perfect timing. Fill us with the urgency and joy of the resurrection message. Boldly send us out into our communities, workplaces, and families to be the first to speak hope, to share truth, and to spread the wonderful news that Jesus is alive.

In the mighty and beautiful name of Jesus, we pray, Amen.

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  1. JESUS APPEARS TO MARY / JOHN 20:16
  2. A NEW TOMB / JOHN 19:41
  3. IT IS FINISHED / JOHN 19:30
  4. WINE VINEGAR / JOHN 19:29
  5. DEAR WOMAN HERE IS YOUR SON / JOHN 19:26
  6. WE HAVE NO KING BUT CAESAR / JOHN 19:15
  7. THE SIXTH HOUR / JOHN 19:14
  8. POWER … GIVEN TO YOU FROM ABOVE / JOHN 19:11
  9. I FIND NO BASIS FOR A CHARGE / JOHN 19:4
  10. TESTIFY TO THE TRUTH / JOHN 18:37
  11. MY KINGDOM IS NOT OF THIS WORLD / JOHN 18:36
  12. THE CUP / JOHN 18:11
  13. THE GLORY THAT YOU GAVE ME / JOHN 17:22-23
  14. THAT ALL OF THEM MAY BE ONE / JOHN 17:21
  15. I SANCTIFY MYSELF / JOHN 17:19
  16. SANCTIFY THEM BY THE TRUTH / JOHN 17:17
  17. THEY HAVE OBEYED YOUR WORD / JOHN 17:6
  18. ETERNAL LIFE / JOHN 17:3
  19. JESUS’ PRAYER JOHN 17:1
  20. THE FATHER HIMSELF LOVES YOU / JOHN 16:27
  21. TAKING FROM WHAT IS MINE / JOHN 16:14
  22. HE WILL GUIDE YOU INTO ALL TRUTH / JOHN 16:13
  23. CONVICT THE WORLD / JOHN 16:8
  24. IF I GO I WILL SEND HIM / JOHN 16:7
  25. THEY WILL PERSECUTE YOU ALSO / JOHN 15:20
  26. GO AND BEAR FRUIT / JOHN 15:16
  27. REMAIN IN MY LOVE / JOHN 15:9-10
  28. ASK WHATEVER YOU WISH / JOHN 15:7
  29. LIKE A BRANCH THAT IS THROWN AWAY / JOHN 15:6
  30. REMAIN IN ME / JOHN 15:4
  31. EVERY BRANCH / JOHN 15:2
  32. WE WILL … MAKE OUR HOME WITH HIM / JOHN 14:23
  33. I AM THE TRUE VINE / JOHN 15:1
  34. HOLY SPIRIT / JOHN 14:26
  35. HE WHO DOES NOT LOVE ME / JOHN 14:24
  36. WE WILL … MAKE OUR HOME WITH HIM / JOHN 14:23
  37. WHOEVER HAS MY COMMANDS / JOHN 14:21
  38. I WILL COME TO YOU / JOHN 14:18
  39. THE SPIRIT OF TRUTH – WITH YOU AND WILL BE IN YOU / JOHN 14:17
  40. I WILL ASK THE FATHER – COUNSELOR / JOHN 14:16
  41. IF YOU LOVE ME YOU WILL OBEY / JOHN 14:15
  42. ASK IN MY NAME / JOHN 14:13
  43. GREATER THINGS / JOHN 14:12
  44. I AM THE WAY AND THE TRUTH AND THE LIFE / JOHN 14:6
  45. I WILL COME BACK / JOHN 14:3
  46. MY FATHER’S HOUSE / JOHN 14:1-4
  47. LOVED PRAISE FROM MEN / JOHN 12:42-43
  48. KNOW THAT YOU ARE MY DISCIPLES / JOHN 13:35
  49. LOVE ONE ANOTHER / JOHN 13:34
  50. AT A LOSS TO KNOW WHICH OF THEM HE MEANT / JOHN 13:22
  51. WASH ONE ANOTHER’S FEET / JOHN 13:14
  52. UNLESS I WASH YOU / JOHN 13:8
  53. WASH HIS DISCIPLES FEET /JOHN 13:5
  54. LOVED PRAISE FROM MEN / JOHN 12:42-43
  55. THEY COULD NOT BELIEVE / JOHN 12:39-40
  56. DRAW ALL MEN TO MYSELF / JOHN 12:32
  57. PRINCE OF THIS WORLD WILL BE DRIVEN OUT / JOHN 12:31
  58. WHOEVER SERVES ME / JOHN 12:26
  59. HATES HIS LIFE IN THIS WORLD / JOHN 12:25
  60. SON OF MAN … GLORIFIED / JOHN 12:23-24
  61. MARY … POURED IT ON JESUS’ FEET / JOHN 12:3
  62. FOR THE SCATTERED CHILDREN OF GOD / JOHN 11:52
  63. THE DEAD MAN CAME OUT / JOHN 11:44
  64. JESUS WEPT / JOHN 11:35
  65. DEEPLY MOVED IN SPIRIT / JOHN 11:33
  66. I BELIEVE THAT YOU ARE THE CHRIST / JOHN 11:27
  67. I AM THE RESURRECTION / JOHN 11:25-26
  68. STAYED WHERE HE WAS TWO MORE DAYS / JOHN 11:6
  69. JESUS LOVED MARTHA AND HER SISTER AND LAZARUS / JOHN 11:5
  70. SICKNESS … FOR GOD’S GLORY / JOHN 11:4
  71. THEY SHALL NEVER PERISH / JOHN 10:28
  72. YOU ARE GODS? / JOHN 10:34
  73. THEY SHALL NEVER PERISH / JOHN 10:28
  74. MY SHEEP LISTEN TO MY VOICE / JOHN 10:27
  75. I KNOW MY SHEEP / JOHN 10:14-15
  76. I AM THE GOOD SHEPHERD / JOHN 10:11
  77. THE THIEF COMES … I HAVE COME / JOHN 10:10
  78. I AM THE GATE / JOHN 10:9
  79. JESUS THE GOOD SHEPHERD / JOHN 10:1
  80. THOSE WHO SEE WILL BECOME BLIND / JOHN 9:39
  81. THEY THREW HIM OUT / JOHN 9:34
  82. WORK OF GOD MIGHT BE DISPLAYED / JOHN 9:3
  83. BEFORE ABRAHAM WAS BORN, I AM / JOHN 8:58
  84. HE IS A LIEAR AND THE FATHER OF LIES / JOHN 8:44
  85. IF GOD WERE YOUR FATHER / JOHN 8:42
  86. YOU WILL BE FREE INDEED / JOHN 8:36
  87. EVERYONE WHO SINS / JOHN 8:34
  88. THE TRUTH WILL SET YOU FREE / JOHN 8:32
  89. IF YOU HOLD TO MY TEACHING / JOHN 8:31
  90. I PASS JUDGMENT ON NO ONE / JOHN 8:15
  91. I AM THE LIGHT OF THE WORLD / JOHN 8:12
  92. NEITHER DO I CONDEMN YOU / JOHN 8:11
  93. IF ANY ONE OF YOU IS WITHOUT SIN / JOHN 8:7
  94. GAIN HONOR FOR HIMSELF / JOHN 7:18
  95. JESUS HAD NOT YET BEEN GLORIFIED / JOHN 7:39
  96. AS THE SCRIPTURE HAS SAID – STREAMS OF LIVING WATER / JOHN 7:38
  97. GAIN HONOR FOR HIMSELF / JOHN 7:18
  98. IF ANYONE CHOOSES TO DO GOD’S WILL / JOHN 7:17
  99. IT HATES ME / JOHN 7:6-7
  100. FEAST OF TABERNACLES / JOHN 7:2-3
  101. JESUS HAD KNOWN FROM THE BEGINNING / JOHN 6:64
  102. EATS MY FLESH AND DRINKS MY BLOOD / JOHN 6:54
  103. THE FATHER … DRAWS HIM / JOHN 6:44
  104. MY FATHER’S WILL / JOHN 6:40
  105. I WILL NEVER DRIVE AWAY / JOHN 6:37
  106. I AM THE BREAD OF LIFE / JOHN 6:35
  107. MIRACLES / JOHN 6:1-2
  108. DO NOT BELIEVE WHAT HE WROTE / JOHN 5:47
  109. ACCEPT PRAISE FROM ONE ANOTHER / JOHN 5:44
  110. YOU DILIGENTLY STUDY / JOHN 5:39-40
  111. THOSE WHO HAVE DONE GOOD – RISE TO LIVE – THOSE WHO HAVE DONE EVIL / JOHN 5:29
  112. HAS GRANTED THE SON TO HAVE LIFE IN HIMSELF / JOHN 5:26
  113. HEARS … BELIEVES – WILL NOT BE CONDEMNED / JOHN 5:24
  114. MAKING HIMSELF EQUAL WITH GOD / JOHN 5:18-24
  115. PERSECUTED HIM / JOHN 5:16
  116. STOP SINNING / JOHN 5:14
  117. THE MAN WAS CURED / JOHN 5:9
  118. THIRTY-EIGHT YEARS / JOHN 5:5
  119. SIGNS AND WONDERS / JOHN 4:48
  120. CROP FOR ETERNAL LIFE / JOHN 4:36
  121. SURPRISED TO FIND HIM TALKING WITH A WOMAN / JOHN 4:27
  122. TRUTH / JOHN 4:24
  123. WORSHIP … IN SPIRIT AND TRUTH / JOHN 4:23-24
  124. SAMARITANS WORSHIP WHAT YOU DO NOT KNOW / JOHN 4:22
  125. WATER … ETERNAL LIFE / JOHN 4:14
  126. SAMARITAN WOMAN / JOHN 4:7
  127. WHOEVER REJECTS / JOHN 3:36
  128. LOVED DARKNESS INSTEAD OF LIGHT / JOHN 3:19
  129. GOD SO LOVED THE WORLD / JOHN 3:16
  130. JUST AS MOSES LIFTED UP THE SNAKE / JOHN 3:14-15
  131. THE WIND … THE SPIRIT / JOHN 3:8
  132. BORN OF WATER / JOHN 3:5
  133. DROVE ALL FROM THE TEMPLE AREA / JOHN 2:15
  134. SIGNS / JOHN 2:11
  135. CHOICE WINE – HAD TOO MUCH TO DRINK / JOHN 2:10
  136. WINE – THEY HAVE NOT MORE WINE / JOHN 2:3
  137. YOU SHALL SEE HEAVEN OPEN / JOHN 1:51
  138. CEPHAS … PETER / JOHN 1:42
  139. THE FIRST THING ANDREW DID / JOHN 1:41
  140. WILL BAPTIZE WITH THE HOLY SPIRIT / JOHN 1:33
  141. LAMB OF GOD / JOHN 1:29
  142. GRACE AND TRUTH / JOHN 1:17
  143. THE WORD BECAME FLESH / JOHN 1:14
  144. BORN NOT OF … HUMAN DECISION / JOHN 1:13
  145. RECEIVED … BELIEVED / JOHN 1:12
  146. THE WORLD DID NOT RECOGNIZE HIM / JOHN 1:10
  147. GIVES LIGHT TO EVERY MAN / JOHN 1:9
  148. LIGHT SHINES IN THE DARKNESS /JOHN 1:5
  149. LIFE WAS THE LIGHT OF MEN / JOHN 1:4
  150. WITH GOD IN THE BEGINNING / JOHN 1:2
  151. THE WORD / JOHN 1:1
  152. GUIDED BY GRACE ABOUT

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TO HIM WHO IS ABLE TO KEEP YOU FROM FALLING / JUDE 1:24-25

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(KJV) Jude 1:24-25  

Now unto him that is able to keep you from falling, and to present you faultless before the presence of his glory with exceeding joy, 25 To the only wise God our Saviour, be glory and majesty, dominion and power, both now and ever. Amen.

TO HIM WHO IS ABLE TO KEEP YOU FROM FALLING / JUDE 1:24-25

After all of Jude’s sober warnings against the corruption and deception of ungodly people, he concludes by turning positive attention to God and His ability to preserve the faith of those who love, trust and obey Him.

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  1. SHOW MERCY, MIXED WITH FEAR / JUDE 1:22-23
  2. BUILD YOURSELVES UP / JUDE 1:20-21
  3. FOLLOW MERE NATURAL INSTINCTS / JUDE 1:19
  4. UNGODLY … UNGODLY … UNGODLY / JUDE 1:15
  5. ENOCH … PROPHESIED / JUDE 1:14
  6. THESE MEN ARE LIKE / JUDE 1:12-13
  7. TWICE DEAD / JUDE 1:12
  8. WAY OF CAIN … BALAAM’S ERROR … KORAH’S REBELLION / JUDE 1:11
  9. MICHAEL … DISPUTING WITH THE DEVIL /JUDE 1:9
  10. THESE DREAMERS / JUDE 1:8
  11. SODOM AND GOMORRAH / JUDE 1:7
  12. GRACE OF OUR GOD INTO A LICENSE FOR IMMORALITY / JUDE 1:4
  13. THE FAITH … ENTRUSTED TO THE SAINTS / JUDE 1:3
  14. JUDE & JAMES – MERCY … IN ABUNDANCE / JUDE 1:1-2
  15. THE ANGELS / JUDE 1:6
  16. GUIDED BY GRACE ABOUT

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SHOW MERCY, MIXED WITH FEAR / JUDE 1:22-23

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(KJV) Jude 1:22-23

And of some have compassion, making a difference: 23 And others save with fear, pulling them out of the fire; hating even the garment spotted by the flesh.

SHOW MERCY, MIXED WITH FEAR / JUDE 1:22-23

Jude urges true believers to show mercy, not to the false teachers, but to those who were coming under their deceptive influence and were nearly to the point of spiritual destruction. They should pray for them and try gently but firmly to persuade them to remain loyal to the truth and to their faith (Jude 1:3; Jude 1:20-21; James 5:19-20). But they must also be very careful in the process of trying to help that they themselves do not get caught in the enticement of sin, which is so corrupting that even the clothes of the wicked are described as “stained by corrupted flesh.”

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  1. BUILD YOURSELVES UP / JUDE 1:20-21
  2. FOLLOW MERE NATURAL INSTINCTS / JUDE 1:19
  3. UNGODLY … UNGODLY … UNGODLY / JUDE 1:15
  4. ENOCH … PROPHESIED / JUDE 1:14
  5. THESE MEN ARE LIKE / JUDE 1:12-13
  6. TWICE DEAD / JUDE 1:12
  7. WAY OF CAIN … BALAAM’S ERROR … KORAH’S REBELLION / JUDE 1:11
  8. MICHAEL … DISPUTING WITH THE DEVIL /JUDE 1:9
  9. THESE DREAMERS / JUDE 1:8
  10. SODOM AND GOMORRAH / JUDE 1:7
  11. GRACE OF OUR GOD INTO A LICENSE FOR IMMORALITY / JUDE 1:4
  12. THE FAITH … ENTRUSTED TO THE SAINTS / JUDE 1:3
  13. JUDE & JAMES – MERCY … IN ABUNDANCE / JUDE 1:1-2
  14. THE ANGELS / JUDE 1:6
  15. GUIDED BY GRACE ABOUT

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BUILD YOURSELVES UP / JUDE 1:20-21

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(KJV) Jude 1:20

But you, dear friends, by building yourselves up in your most holy faith and praying in the Holy Spirit, 21 keep yourselves in God’s love as you wait for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ to bring you to eternal life.

BUILD YOURSELVES UP / JUDE 1:20-21

True believers must defend and promote the Christian faith and resist false teaching in four ways:

  1. By building ourselves up in our most holy faith. The holy faith is the New Testament revelation handed down by Christ and His original messengers as we have it in the New Testament of God’s Word (Jude 1:3). This requires the diligent study of God’s Word and a determined effort to apply the Bible’s teachings to our lives (Acts 2:42; 20:27; 2 Timothy 2:15; Hebrews 5:12).
  2. By praying in the Spirit. We should communicate and interact with God by relying on the power of the Holy Spirit. This means depending on the Spirit to inspire, guide, energize, sustain and help us pray according to God’s will (1 John 5:14). The Spirit also helps us to do effective spiritual battle as we pray (Romans 8:26, Galatians 4:6; Ephesians 6:18). Praying in the Spirit includes praying with one’s mind (in one’s own language and understanding) and praying with one’s spirit (1 Corinthians 14:14-15).
  3. By remaining under the care and influence of God’s love. This involves faithful obedience to God and His Word (John 15:9-10; 1 John 5:3).
  4. By living with great desire and anticipation for Jesus’ return and the eternal glory that will accompany His return (John 14:2).

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  1. FOLLOW MERE NATURAL INSTINCTS / JUDE 1:19
  2. UNGODLY … UNGODLY … UNGODLY / JUDE 1:15
  3. ENOCH … PROPHESIED / JUDE 1:14
  4. THESE MEN ARE LIKE / JUDE 1:12-13
  5. TWICE DEAD / JUDE 1:12
  6. WAY OF CAIN … BALAAM’S ERROR … KORAH’S REBELLION / JUDE 1:11
  7. MICHAEL … DISPUTING WITH THE DEVIL /JUDE 1:9
  8. THESE DREAMERS / JUDE 1:8
  9. SODOM AND GOMORRAH / JUDE 1:7
  10. GRACE OF OUR GOD INTO A LICENSE FOR IMMORALITY / JUDE 1:4
  11. THE FAITH … ENTRUSTED TO THE SAINTS / JUDE 1:3
  12. JUDE & JAMES – MERCY … IN ABUNDANCE / JUDE 1:1-2
  13. THE ANGELS / JUDE 1:6
  14. GUIDED BY GRACE ABOUT

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FOLLOW MERE NATURAL INSTINCTS / JUDE 1:19

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(KJV) Jude 1:19 These are the people who divide you, who follow mere natural instincts and do not have the Spirit.

FOLLOW MERE NATURAL INSTINCTS / JUDE 1:19

The false teachers claimed to be totally “spiritual,” which is why they showed complete disregard for immoral behavior. They felt that it did not matter what they did with their physical bodies. Ironically, they labeled others as “sensual.” Here, Jude turns their faulty reasoning against them, showing that they are the ones controlled by sensual desire. Rather than being the spiritual ones they claimed to be, Jude says that these corrupt individuals do not have the Spirit of God at all, which means they are not saved (Romans 8:9).

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  1. UNGODLY … UNGODLY … UNGODLY / JUDE 1:15
  2. ENOCH … PROPHESIED / JUDE 1:14
  3. THESE MEN ARE LIKE / JUDE 1:12-13
  4. TWICE DEAD / JUDE 1:12
  5. WAY OF CAIN … BALAAM’S ERROR … KORAH’S REBELLION / JUDE 1:11
  6. MICHAEL … DISPUTING WITH THE DEVIL /JUDE 1:9
  7. THESE DREAMERS / JUDE 1:8
  8. SODOM AND GOMORRAH / JUDE 1:7
  9. GRACE OF OUR GOD INTO A LICENSE FOR IMMORALITY / JUDE 1:4
  10. THE FAITH … ENTRUSTED TO THE SAINTS / JUDE 1:3
  11. JUDE & JAMES – MERCY … IN ABUNDANCE / JUDE 1:1-2
  12. THE ANGELS / JUDE 1:6
  13. GUIDED BY GRACE ABOUT

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UNGODLY … UNGODLY … UNGODLY / JUDE 1:15

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(KJV) Jude 1:15

to judge everyone, and to convict all of them of all the ungodly acts they have committed in their ungodliness, and of all the defiant words ungodly sinners have spoken against him.”

UNGODLY … UNGODLY … UNGODLY / JUDE 1:15

This use of repetition, along with the description of judgment, emphasized the eternal punishment that awaits these shameful and corrupt people.

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  1. ENOCH … PROPHESIED / JUDE 1:14
  2. THESE MEN ARE LIKE / JUDE 1:12-13
  3. TWICE DEAD / JUDE 1:12
  4. WAY OF CAIN … BALAAM’S ERROR … KORAH’S REBELLION / JUDE 1:11
  5. MICHAEL … DISPUTING WITH THE DEVIL /JUDE 1:9
  6. THESE DREAMERS / JUDE 1:8
  7. SODOM AND GOMORRAH / JUDE 1:7
  8. GRACE OF OUR GOD INTO A LICENSE FOR IMMORALITY / JUDE 1:4
  9. THE FAITH … ENTRUSTED TO THE SAINTS / JUDE 1:3
  10. JUDE & JAMES – MERCY … IN ABUNDANCE / JUDE 1:1-2
  11. THE ANGELS / JUDE 1:6
  12. GUIDED BY GRACE ABOUT

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ENOCH … PROPHESIED / JUDE 1:14

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(KJV) Jude 1:14

And Enoch also, the seventh from Adam, prophesied of these, saying, Behold, the Lord cometh with ten thousands of his saints,

ENOCH … PROPHESIED / JUDE 1:14

Jude may be quoting from the book of Enoch, written prior to 110 B.C., or simply from Jewish tradition. His use of this passage confirms only the truth of Enoch’s prophecy; it does not mean that he endorses the entire book of Enoch.

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  1. THESE MEN ARE LIKE / JUDE 1:12-13
  2. TWICE DEAD / JUDE 1:12
  3. WAY OF CAIN … BALAAM’S ERROR … KORAH’S REBELLION / JUDE 1:11
  4. MICHAEL … DISPUTING WITH THE DEVIL /JUDE 1:9
  5. THESE DREAMERS / JUDE 1:8
  6. SODOM AND GOMORRAH / JUDE 1:7
  7. GRACE OF OUR GOD INTO A LICENSE FOR IMMORALITY / JUDE 1:4
  8. THE FAITH … ENTRUSTED TO THE SAINTS / JUDE 1:3
  9. JUDE & JAMES – MERCY … IN ABUNDANCE / JUDE 1:1-2
  10. THE ANGELS / JUDE 1:6
  11. GUIDED BY GRACE ABOUT

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THESE MEN ARE LIKE / JUDE 1:12-13

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(KJV) Jude 1:12-13 These are spots in your feasts of charity, when they feast with you, feeding themselves without fear: clouds they are without water, carried about of winds; trees whose fruit withereth, without fruit, twice dead, plucked up by the roots; 13 Raging waves of the sea, foaming out their own shame; wandering stars, to whom is reserved the blackness of darkness for ever.

THESE MEN ARE LIKE / JUDE 1:12-13

These verses describe the corrupt teachers using six metaphors, or symbolic illustrations:

  1. “Blemishes at your love feasts” (1 Corinthians 11:21, 27; 2 Peter 2:13).
  2. “Shepherds who feed only themselves” – They were not feeding the flock (the people) for whom they were responsible a leader (Ezekiel 34:8-10).
  3. “Clouds without rain” – They promised refreshing truth but left people spiritually dry.
  4. “Autumn trees without fruit and uprooted” – Trees in that season should have been full of fruit, but they were spiritually dead.
  5. “Wild waves of the sea” – They were tossed by the winds of false belief, churning up moral filth and corruption.
  6. “Wandering stars” – Like shooting stars that appear for a moment but then disappear into darkness, these ungodly individuals will be shut out from God’s presence forever.

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  2. WAY OF CAIN … BALAAM’S ERROR … KORAH’S REBELLION / JUDE 1:11
  3. MICHAEL … DISPUTING WITH THE DEVIL /JUDE 1:9
  4. THESE DREAMERS / JUDE 1:8
  5. SODOM AND GOMORRAH / JUDE 1:7
  6. GRACE OF OUR GOD INTO A LICENSE FOR IMMORALITY / JUDE 1:4
  7. THE FAITH … ENTRUSTED TO THE SAINTS / JUDE 1:3
  8. JUDE & JAMES – MERCY … IN ABUNDANCE / JUDE 1:1-2
  9. THE ANGELS / JUDE 1:6
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TWICE DEAD / JUDE 1:12

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(KJV) Jude 1:12

These are spots in your feasts of charity, when they feast with you, feeding themselves without fear: clouds they are without water, carried about of winds; trees whose fruit withereth, without fruit, twice dead, plucked up by the roots;

TWICE DEAD / JUDE 1:12

The apostate teachers (spiritually rebellious, faithless, broken off from relationship with God) who have positioned themselves among the believers to whom Jude is writing are “twice dead” (Greek dis apothanonta). Literally, Jude is saying these imposters are “twice dying” or “twice having died.” This seems to say that at least some of the false teachers were once believers in Christ who had “crossed over from death to life” (John 5:24) but had sometime afterward turned away from God by rejecting their union with Christ. As a result, they had abandoned true life and crossed back into spiritual death, which is separation from God (Ephesians 2:1; Romans 8:13).

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  1. WAY OF CAIN … BALAAM’S ERROR … KORAH’S REBELLION / JUDE 1:11
  2. MICHAEL … DISPUTING WITH THE DEVIL /JUDE 1:9
  3. THESE DREAMERS / JUDE 1:8
  4. SODOM AND GOMORRAH / JUDE 1:7
  5. GRACE OF OUR GOD INTO A LICENSE FOR IMMORALITY / JUDE 1:4
  6. THE FAITH … ENTRUSTED TO THE SAINTS / JUDE 1:3
  7. JUDE & JAMES – MERCY … IN ABUNDANCE / JUDE 1:1-2
  8. THE ANGELS / JUDE 1:6
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WAY OF CAIN … BALAAM’S ERROR … KORAH’S REBELLION / JUDE 1:11

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(KJV) Jude 1:11

Woe unto them! for they have gone in the way of Cain, and ran greedily after the error of Balaam for reward, and perished in the gainsaying of Core.

WAY OF CAIN … BALAAM’S ERROR … KORAH’S REBELLION / JUDE 1:11

Cain the first child of Adam and Eve, was known for his hidden sin, outward disobedience and as the first murderer (Genesis 4:3-8; Genesis 4:3-5; Genesis 4:7); he was ultimately cursed by God (Genesis 4:9-14; Genesis:4:10; Genesis 4:11-12). Baalam was a false prophet, driven by pride and greed at the expense of God’s people (Numbers 25:2; 31:16; 2 Peter 2:15). Korah caused dissension among the Israelites and led a rebellion against the godly leader, Moses, that ended in Korah’s destruction (Numbers 16:1-3, 31-35). The false teachers of Jude’s time possessed these same ungodly traits and would suffer similar destruction.

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  1. MICHAEL … DISPUTING WITH THE DEVIL /JUDE 1:9
  2. THESE DREAMERS / JUDE 1:8
  3. SODOM AND GOMORRAH / JUDE 1:7
  4. GRACE OF OUR GOD INTO A LICENSE FOR IMMORALITY / JUDE 1:4
  5. THE FAITH … ENTRUSTED TO THE SAINTS / JUDE 1:3
  6. JUDE & JAMES – MERCY … IN ABUNDANCE / JUDE 1:1-2
  7. THE ANGELS / JUDE 1:6
  8. GUIDED BY GRACE ABOUT

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