Good morning once again. Well this is the last
day I will have to watch girls beating each other up. Would you turn in your Bibles
to the book of Jude, please. Short little book right
before the book of Revelation. And this is our final message
called Victory in the Ring. You've all heard the
name Muhammad Ali, is considered one of the
greatest fighters of all time. In fact, the
Associated Press said that he was the greatest
heavyweight champion of the 20th century. Not only was Muhammad
Ali a great fighter, he was pretty skilled
at self promotion. If you know what I mean,
he was very confident let's put it that way. You could probably use
other words to describe him, but confident would
certainly fit there. And he liked clever axioms
that he would come up with for his audience. For example in 1965 when he
fought that classic match between he and Sonny
Liston, he said that he was going to
float like a butterfly, but sting like a bee. And he said that
Liston's hands can't hit what his eyes can't see. And he was just good
at that kind of stuff. Of course he stepped into the
ring against Sonny Liston, and he won the fight. But not everybody who steps into
the boxers ring wins the fight. There's always the other guy. The guy that gets knocked
out, or the guy that loses by points, and we call
that person the loser. One boxer boasted this way. He said during my
boxing career, I was the second best
boxer in the country. I fought over 100 fights, and
I came in second every time. Now that's called spin. That's a nice way of
saying, I'm a loser. I lost every fight
that I engaged in. What I want you to know is you
do not have to come in second, you do not have to be the loser. In fact, you can
be the champion. You should be able to look back
on your life without regret. Too many people live their
lives, fight the good fight, but they look back over
their lives with deep regret. I wish I could have
done things differently. I wish I could have
done things better. Now I'm going to move you from
1965 back a little bit to 1954 before I was born, it was
a movie a classic film. See if any of you have heard of
this, called On the Waterfront. Remember that film,
On the Waterfront. Black and white movie,
starring Marlon Brando who played the role of
a fighter or a boxer. And there's a famous line
he's in the back seat of the car he's talking
to his brother Charlie, and he says to him, I
could have had class, I could have been a contender. What he meant is,
I could have been somebody in my fighting career,
but I gave it away, I sold out. And he is looking
back with regret. You can be more
than a contender. You can be a victor,
you can be a conqueror. In fact, Paul said you can
be more than a conqueror. And the key to that
victory is realizing who is in your corner. Who is your coach? Who is your trainer? Do you realize that David
when he wrote some 144, spoke about the Lord is the one
who trains my hands for war. God is your trainer. Trained you to fight. By the way, did you know the
term, throwing in the towel is actually a boxing term. What it means is, if the
trainer in the corner feels like his man
and the ring is going to get pummeled or something
bad is going to happen, if he wants to end the fight,
he'll throw in the towel. And when he throws in the
towel the fight is ended. Your God will never
throw in the towel. He will help you to
go another round. Now I'm going to take you
back even further than 1965, or 1954, back to
the middle 1800s, and I'm confident nobody
here can remember that. But in the mid 1800s,
there was American boxer named Jim Corbett. He went by the
name gentleman Jim. Great name for a boxer, right? Gentlemen Jim Corbett. And gentlemen Jim
Corbett in the mid 1800s, was the heavyweight
boxing champion for five straight years. Somebody interviewed him
and asked him his secret. And these were his words. He said fight one more round. When your feet are
so tired, that you have to shuffle back to
the center of the ring, fight one more round. When your arms are so
tired, that you can hardly lift your hands to come on
guard, fight one more round. When your nose is bleeding,
and your eyes are black, fight one more round. When you're so tired, that
you wish your opponent would crack you on the jaw,
and put you to sleep, fight one more round. Always remembering that the
man who fights one more round is never whipped, he's always
battling one more round. I want to show you today,
how to go one more round. And that will take us
to the last two verses in this little book of Jude. Where we have three promises
that God gives to us. He'll protect us,
he will preserve us, he will present us. Let's look at our text. Now to him who is able to
keep you from stumbling, and to present you faultless
before the presence of his glory with exceeding joy. To God our Savior,
who alone is wise be glory and majesty,
dominion, and power, both now and forever Amen. Now what I would like to do
is take you back to verse 25. I'm going to sort
of begin backwards, I'm going to begin with God
as our Savior, our protector, our deliverer, because that's
where salvation begins. Everything begins in our
walk with the Lord the day we are saved. And so I just want you to
look at verse 25 to God our Savior, who alone is wise. Now let me give you a few words
about these last two verses. The last two verses
of the Book of Jude are what we call a doxology. And you maybe have heard the
term doxology in reference to a song that we sing. The doxology. The word doxology comes
from two Greek words, doxa, which means praise or glory,
and logia, which means word. A doxology is a word of praise,
or a word of giving God glory. It's a short little
hymn of praise. And that's what we have
in verse 24 and 25. It's a two verse utterance
or word of praise. One author said,
this, the one in Jude, is universally recognized
as one of the fullest and most beautiful doxology
in all of scripture. Now you get some of these
little doxology smattered throughout the Bible, for
example the Book of Psalms, there are five doxologies. The whole 150 Psalm book
is filled with praise. But Psalms is divided up
into five distinct sections, five books of Psalms in 150,
and those five books all end with a doxology. In the New Testament, we
also have several doxologies. In fact, you can find
21 of them to be exact. Just a little short
hymn of praise usually followed
by that word, Amen. But Jude's purpose in
including this doxology isn't just to give
you a nice ending, it's not just to give
you a liturgical form, a doxological procedure. Rather I believe, he wants
to assure his readers, that God is going to help
you go one more round. It's jude's way of saying,
it's always too soon to quit. And he does that by moving
the battle to a higher level. The battle that we
go through on Earth. The battle in this
case, the book of Jude, all the things he talked
about with the apostates those who fall away from
the faith, that battle. He moves the battle on
Earth to the heavenly realm. And I want you to see that. These closing verses
are all about God. They're not about them, they're
not about the apostates, they're not about you
and I, they're about God. Now, most of this letter
has been about them. That's the purpose
of his writing. I wanted to write to you
about our common salvation but I thought it necessary to
tell you to contend earnestly for the faith. Once for all delivered
to the Saints. That's verse three. Then, he launches into talking
all about those guys, them, these grumblers, et cetera. I want you to see how
this letter flows. Go back to verse four. He says, for certain men
have crept in unnoticed, who long ago were marked out for
this condemnation, verse eight, likewise also these
dreamers defile the flesh, reject authority, speak
evil of dignitaries. Verse 10, but these speak evil
of whatever they do not know. Verse 11, woe to them for they
have gone in the way of Cain. Verse 12, these are spots
in your love feasts. While they feast
with you without fear serving only themselves, they
are clouds without water. Verse 14, now Enoch
the seventh from Adam prophesied about these men. Verse 16, these are
grumblers, complainers, walking according
to their own laws, and they mouth great swelling
words, flattering people, to gain advantage. The whole book is about them. This short little
letter is about them. The apostates, the
defectors, the detractors, those who fall away,
and some that are still among the congregation. But then, Jude pivots
slightly, and he goes from them to you, his audience. Look at verse 17, but
you beloved, remember the words which were spoken
before by the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ. Look at verse 20,
but you beloved, building yourselves up
on your most holy faith praying in the Holy Spirit. Now in verse 24
there's another pivot. Now to him who is able to
keep you from stumbling and present you faultless
before the presence of his glory with exceeding joy
to God our Savior, who alone is wise be glory,
majesty, dominion, power, both now and forever, Amen. You see the flow. First he points outward to them,
then he points inward to us, now he points upward to God. And he's saying, he's
ending with our trainer, the one who is going
to see us through, make us get through this. Now I want you to notice
something in verse 25, notice he puts the word
God next to Savior. We know that Jesus is our
Savior, he saves us from sin. He is regularly called
Savior in the Bible. Here Jude puts God next
to Savior to show us that Jesus is God. In fact, some translations
even add the phrase through Jesus Christ our Lord. This is Jude's way of
equating Savior with God. Jesus the Savior is
God in human flesh. Now, hold that thought. We learned in our
very first study of this little book of
Jude, that Jude himself was related to Jesus. Physically he was the
half brother of Jesus. That Jude was one of the
children of Joseph and Mary. And we also learned
that Jude did not believe that Jesus was
the Savior, at first. But later on he became
convinced that Jesus was the Messiah of Israel,
and the Savior of the world. And we looked at. After the resurrection of
Jesus, Jude became a believer. Now I think that this adds
weight to Jude's testimony, and here's why. Jude watched Jesus up-close. Little Jude was at the dinner
table with Jesus, for years. Little Jude was out
playing whatever they played in those days
in the streets of Nazareth. He watched the whole
life of Jesus unfold. And then when Jesus Christ grew
up, and started his ministry, Jude heard about it. Maybe even heard
a sermon or two. We know that you
tried to rescue Jesus. He thought he was crazy because
he wasn't eating properly, we remember that little story
in our first study of this book. But maybe he even saw
a miracle Jesus said, but he did not believe till
after the resurrection. Now I say this adds weight
to his testimony, here's why. How many of us, would ever
say of our brother, he's God. I've had three older
brothers, I wouldn't even say they're godly,
let alone God. So for Jude to equate Jesus
his half brother as being God our Savior is monumental. But that's where it
all begins for us, when Jesus becomes our Savior,
when he saves us, delivers us. That's why I say he protects us. It's that salvation
that protects us. Now let me color
this in a little bit I'm gonna fill in the blanks. Did you know that the Bible
speaks of salvation three ways? Past, present, and future,
we call these three tenses of salvation. I just want to
briefly explain that. We are saved past tense. We have been saved from
the penalty of sin. The moment you
believe in Christ, the eternal penalty is
lifted from off your life. We have been saved from
the penalty of sin. Paul said, if we confess with
our mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe in our
heart, we will be saved. So that's past tense, done deal. If you've trusted
him you are saved. But there is a second aspect
in which you are being saved, present tense. Not from the penalty of sin,
but now from the power of sin, the grip of sin. Hopefully the more you follow
Jesus, you sin less and less. You're not perfect, but
you sin less and less. And the reason you're
not perfect, we know that because it
says in John one nine, if we confess our
sins he is faithful and just to forgive us
our sins, and cleanse us from all unrighteousness. He's writing to believers,
who still blow it, still sin, and still need confession. But he is saving us from
the grip the power of sin. So past tense, from the penalty. Present tense, from the power. There's a third tense. One day we will be saved from
the very presence of sin. We won't be able
to commit a sin. We'll be in glorified bodies
in the presence of God, we'll get to that
in a minute here in this last couple of verses. But that is when our
salvation is complete. Now maybe be
labelling this point, because I want you to remember
that you are saved, if you are. Remember that when you step
into the ring to fight. Remember when you're
in a battle, I'm saved. When you're being
attacked by outsiders, when you are the subject of
dissenters, and bloggers, and can't cancel culture
warriors, and tweeters, and Instagrammers,
who want to make you seem like you're a
loser, you're not the loser, you're the winner. You're saved. That battle has been won. They're the losers,
if they're not saved. Not you. You are the winner. In Romans eight 32, one
of my favorite verses in the New Testament, he who
did not spare his own son, but delivered him up for us
all how shall he not with him freely give us all things. If he was willing to die
for you, to save you, to bring you eternal protection,
then there's more coming. He's not going to
stop with that. He's going to freely give
you whatever you need. Which takes us to the second. After he protects us,
now he preserves us. Now I take you back to verse 24. The beginning of this
doxology, now to him who is able to keep
you from stumbling. Word stumbling
means apostatizing. That's what he's been talking
about this whole book. He's been talking about
those who had fallen away, those who had walked
away, those who had defected from the faith. And Jude is saying, that does
not have to happen to you. You don't have to be a casualty. He who saved you, will be he
who sustains you, he keeps you. This happens to be one of the
great promises in scripture. And the reason he is so
adamant that he will keep you is because, he was
the one who saved you. You had nothing to
do with salvation. All you did is accept
it, receive it, believe. So if you had nothing
to do with that, then you'll really have
nothing to do with this. He who saved you is
the one who keeps you. Now, let's just kind of look at
it from two different angles. The road to heaven has
always been dangerous, from a human perspective. Our journey from
Earth to heaven, has always been a
dangerous journey. There are potholes in the road. There's litter and
there's roadblocks, there's all sorts of things
that happen to the Christian. We have trials, we
have temptations, we have accusations, we can
be subject to false teaching. So it seems to be a
very perilous journey, because we are special
targets of Satan. Even Paul, when he spoke to
the people at Lystra, Iconium, and Antioch in the book of Acts. We are told, strengthen
the souls of the disciples exhorting them to continue
in the faith saying, we must through
many tribulations enter the kingdom of God. Speaking about all the
potholes in the road. From a human perspective,
this is a dangerous journey. But from God's perspective,
this is a very safe and secure journey. From God's perspective
the road is totally safe, and absolutely secure. We don't keep
ourselves, he keeps us. Any more than we save ourselves. Now that word in verse 24,
keep, is a military term. It means to guard,
or to watch over. And the picture that
is painted by the word is that God is at his post. He is standing guard
over you, over your soul, to ensure eternal safety. There are so many
texts of Scripture that speak to the
security of the believer, I don't have time to
go through them all. But to tell you they're
there in abundance, but I do want to take you to
one in particular. And you don't want
to turn there, but you'll remember
when I say it. In John chapter 10, Jesus speaks
of himself as the good what? The good shepherd. And the good
shepherd is watching over his flock or his sheep. So the analogy, the picture
is Jesus is the shepherd, we are the sheep. And listen to this promise. My sheep hear my voice, and I
know them and they follow me. And I give them eternal life,
and they shall never perish. Neither shall anyone
snatch them out of my hand. I've always been
fascinated by the fact that of all the
analogies Jesus could have given of our relationship
to God he chose this one. And that of all the animals to
relate us to, he chose sheep. Not lions, not elephants,
not Tigers, not bears, sheep. Anybody who knows anything
about sheep knows this. They are not known
for their persevering. They are not known
for their endurance. Sheep are not great survivors. In fact, sheep without a
shepherd are called dead. They don't make it. The care of sheep is totally
dependent on the quality of care provided by a shepherd. Sheep are helpless. Sheep are helpless if
you leave them alone. You know that if you
leave a sheep alone, they can often get off balance,
they can roll to their side, and when they roll to their
side, they can't get up, and if they try to get
up, they find themselves on their back with their
feet straight up in the air. They can't manage like a
dog or a cat to get back up. It's called being cast. A cast sheep gets on its
back and eventually it cuts off the circulation, it
stops breathing, and it dies. It's pretty helpless. So if you leave a sheep
alone, it's helpless. When a sheep gets
attacked it's helpless. Because sheep don't
call their friends. Help. In fact sheep do nothing. They stand there they don't
even have one little bleat. Just not even
help, none of that. They just stand there
and get beaten up, and attacked, and chewed
up by the predator. Also, sheep are
helpless when they eat. Because they're indiscriminate
about what they eat. They eat anything,
they eat everything, they'll even eat poisonous
roots and they die. So if that sheep is
going to persevere, is going to endure, it has
to be kept by a shepherd. And that's the point of Jesus
saying, my sheep hear my voice. I give them eternal life,
and they will never perish, neither shall anyone
snatch them out of my hand. Now go back to the book of
Jude verse 1 where we started, a few weeks back. Jude here writes to
his audience and he calls them called,
sanctified by God the Father, and preserved in Jesus Christ. So he begins the
same way he ends, or I should say he ends the
book the same way he begins. He begins by saying,
you're preserved by Jesus Christ in
Jesus Christ, now under him who is able to
keep you from stumbling. This is a beginning
to end promise. What he begins in your life
he will carry to completion. Whatever God starts,
God finishes. Philippians one verse 6, he
who began a good work in you will complete it until
the day of Jesus Christ. Do any of you have any
unfinished projects at home? You're going to get to it. You tell yourself that,
you've told yourself that, some of you for years. You'll do that, one day
you'll finish that project. It might be in the
millennial kingdom, that you'll finish that
project, but you'll get to. Do you know that God has
no unfinished projects? What he starts he finishes. He is the author and
finisher of our faith. He who began a good work
in you will complete it till the day of Christ. What that means
is, God will never give up working on you
until you are like Christ. In his presence which we'll
get to in a minute like Christ. God never looks at your life
and says, I'm done, I quit. I've tried to work with
you, and you are just so hard to work with, go ahead
and get cast, go ahead and get stuck. Now he is the good shepherd. It's like this, when
you come to Christ, he hangs a sign over your life,
that says under-construction. And he doesn't
take that sign off until the day you are glorified. So now to him who is able has
all the ability, the power, to keep you from stumbling,
now that does not mean you'll never
make a mistake, it doesn't mean you'll
never fall down, you'll never slip up. This is not a guarantee
that you'll never have an ethical failure, or for
that matter a moral failure, or for that matter
a doctrinal failure. It does not mean that
you should feel secure if you have ongoing
patterns of unrepented sin. But it does mean that every
true believer is kept by God and preserved to the end. Now some in hearing this would
say, what about Judas Iscariot? Why wasn't he kept? Why wasn't he preserved
until the end? Didn't Jesus promise he
would keep his sheep? Didn't Jesus pray that
the Father would keep them just like he kept them? Well, listen to what
he said on John 17, this is his prayer
to the Father. He said while I was with
them in the world I kept them in your name, those whom
you gave me I have kept, and none of them is lost
except the son of perdition that the scripture
might be fulfilled. He's referring to
Judas Iscariot. You see Judas never
was one of Jesus own. The other 11 of the 12,
they were the real deal. Theirs was an authentic belief. Judas never had that, never
made that, it was always about himself. Except the son of perdition. So he will keep you. But you have to want to be kept. He's able, you
need to be willing. Paul the apostle,
2 Timothy 1 said, I know whom I have
believed, and am persuaded that he is able to
keep what I have committed to him until that day. That's Paul's way
of saying, I know I'll make it through to
the end because I know him. I know the kind of God he is. I know the character
of this God. So he protects us, he preserves
us, and he'll present us. Look back at verse
24, now to him who is able to keep
you from stumbling and to present you faultless
before the presence of his glory with exceeding joy. I hope you have noticed
the change here. The first part of
verse 24 is on Earth, the second part of
verse 24 is in heaven. Do you notice that? Now to him who is able to keep
you from stumbling, that's now, that's here, that's
Earth, and present you faultless before the presence
of his glory, that's heaven. Now look at how this is written. And to present you faultless. Does it say you are faultless? Didn't say that. Didn't say you're faultless. Doesn't even say that
he'll make you faultless, or produce you as
a faultless person. It says he'll present
you faultless. That's very different. I hope you know that you'll
never arrive on this Earth. You never on this
Earth, will get to a place where you
ever have to say, I don't need to grow anymore. I've arrived. I've made it. I'm sinlessly perfect. There are some who believe
in that doctrine called the doctrine of
sinless perfection. I've never met a
sinlessly perfect person. I've met a couple
who claimed to be, but I know they're not
because they just lied to me. Funny. Spurgeon once said
that he met a man who said he was sinlessly
perfect, Spurgeon proceeded to take a pitcher of
water and pour it on the man, the man started cursing and
Spurgeon said, I thought so. We never arrive. Even Paul the
apostle said, not as though I had already attained
neither were already perfect. But, he will present
you as faultless, because he has already
pronounced you faultless. Now listen carefully to this,
because I just described to you the doctrine of justification. If you've ever read the
New Testament through once, you've come across the
word justification. And if you've come here,
you know what that means. It means a pronouncement, a
declaration, is a legal term, it's a forensic term, it's like
a judge puts the gavel down and says you're not
guilty, even if you are. You may be filled
with fault, but God says I am declaring you,
pronouncing you as faultless. That's justification. He makes a declaration. Because Jesus took our sin,
and God treated Jesus like you and I deserve to be treated. So that God could treat us like
Jesus deserves to be treated. And that's justification. He makes that proclamation,
or declaration, that you are righteous,
you are justified. So he pronounced you and
one day he'll present you in his presence faultless. And I just got to again
tell you how monumental this is, that a human could ever
stand in the glorious presence of God at all. This is so counter-intuitive
to both the nature of God and the nature of humanity. For a fallen man to stand in
the presence of God's glory strikes terror into our hearts. Let me give you an example. Isaiah the prophet
had a vision of God. And this is how the story goes. Isaiah chapter 6, in
the year the King Uzziah died I saw the Lord sitting on
his throne high and lifted up, and the train of his
robe filled the temple. Above it stood Seraphim,
each having six wings. With two he covered his face,
with to he covered his feet, with two he flew. And one cried to
another holy, holy, holy is the Lord of hosts, the whole
Earth is filled with his glory. And the post of the door
were shaken by the voice of the one who cried out. So here's Isaiah seeing
God in his glorious throne room hearing the angelic praise,
and the very next verse Isaiah says, so I said woe is me. I am undone, for I am
a man of unclean lips, and I dwell amongst the
people of unclean lips, but my eyes have seen
the Lord of hosts. What's going on? He's recognizing that
I as a sinful person am seeing a holy God, and I'm
saying wow is him, woe is me. That's typical, that's normal. Same thing in the
New Testament, Jesus gets in Peter's
boat one day, and he said put it out just a
little bit from the land. So Jesus stands in
the boat and preaches to the crowd on the shore
like a natural amphitheater, he gives a sermon. And then after the
sermon, after the Amen, he says Peter launch out into
the deep, let's go fishing. And I'm just going
to kind of impose how I think Peter said it. Lord listen, we fished all
night, we've got nothing, you're a great preacher, but
I'm a pretty good fisherman. I know the Sea of Galilee. We fish here at night, and
if you don't catch anything at night you certainly don't
catch anything in daylight. We fished all night
and got nothing. Nevertheless, at your
command we'll do it. So he goes out to
humor the preacher. Let's down his nets,
you know what happens. He catches so many fish,
the net begins to break. And when the net begins to
break, Peter turns to Jesus and says depart from me
Lord, I'm a sinful man. What just happened? Peter just recognize
who is dealing with. Now Peter recognized not
only who he's dealing with, but who he really is as a man. You're perfect, you're not
what I thought you were, you must be somebody more
than just another guy, and I recognize I am
sinful in your presence. Happened to the Apostle John. John gets a vision of God
in the book of Revelation. And says when I saw him I
fell down like a dead man before his feet. That is typical. Why such a reaction? Because they knew they
were not faultless. They knew the only way
to stand before God in his glorious presence
is by being faultless. One day you will be presented
before God faultless, sinless, in a glorified body. So part of your salvation
is justification, but there's another part of your
salvation in the future called glorification. One day Skip Heitzig
will stand before God, not even having a
sin nature, not even able to commit a single
sin in a glorified body. That will be Skip 2.0. Actually maybe Skip 3.0, maybe
1.0 was me before Christ, 2.0 is the day I was born again,
3.0 is the glorified body. I'll be presented faultless. Will be raised up, resurrected
in a glorified body in the presence of God. A boxer had his friends put
on his tombstone these words, you can stop counting
I'm not getting up. That's novel. You can stop counting
I'm not getting up. Well I want you to
know, I am getting up. I am going to be resurrected,
and when I'm resurrected I'm going to be standing
before God faultless. And something else,
go back to our verse. He'll present you faultless
before the presence of his glory with exceeding joy. Now of course, that'll be the
happiest day of our lives. Of course, it almost
goes without saying, we're going to be joyful. We're going to be stopped
out of our minds, joyful. But in looking at
this verse, this does not seem to be a
reference to our joy, but a reference to his joy. That's the way it
is linguistically. Without getting
into all the weeds, the joy that he writes about
isn't our joy in his presence. It's his joy having us in
his presence as faultless. A one scholar says,
Jesus will have the special joy of presenting
his bride, the church. Now think about that. And I found this
verse this morning as I was getting my
thoughts together again. This is Zephaniah chapter 3,
the Lord your God in your midst, the mighty one will save. He will rejoice over
you with gladness. He will quiet you with his love. He will rejoice over
you with singing. Do you ever think
about the Lord singing? He must have a good voice. But the idea is he
will sing for you. He will sing over you with joy. That's the joy I believe
it's talking about. By the way, it was this joy that
helped Jesus endure the cross. Do you know that? Hebrews chapter 12 verse
2, who for the joy that was set before him endured the
cross, despising the shame. It's as if he went
to the cross being able to just slightly taste
what that joy is going to be like when
you and you and me, are going to be in his presence. Presented before God
the Father as faultless, and he would be so joyful
that he would sing over it. So the purpose of
salvation isn't just to rescue you from hell, it's
also to present you in heaven. You will be a salvation trophy
that will bring him joy. Now doesn't that make you want
to stand up and go one more round. It does me. Like Jim Corbett
said, one more round. Now I want to close this
message and this series by showing you a little
clip of two fighters. Somebody in our church
showed this to me the very first weekend
of our study and Jude. But I want to close with
this, is two fighters. You'll see him squaring
off with each other. And you'll see one very kind
of braggadocios, and very much like the apostates
written about. Full of hot air,
and they can do it. And just remember
this as you watch it that, pride goes before a
fall, and a hearty Spirit before destruction. And I picture you as the winner
filled with the Holy Spirit. Let's just watch this clip. Just one well-placed blow
took care of the guy. Now I want to invite you to
be a part of the eternal joy of Jesus Christ. Where you stand
before him victorious, presented his faultless, and
look at verse 25 as we close, to God our Savior. Here's the question you
have to be able to say is he your Savior, is he? It's not enough to say he's our
Savior, he's even the Savior, you have to be able to
say, he's my Savior. And if he's not, you know it. You know if you have
asked him to save you, or if you said no I can manage
this life on my own, not a good idea. Make him your Savior. Commit your life to Him. Ask him to wash away your sins. And he will save you. He will preserve you. And he will present you. If you've never asked Jesus
to be yours, do it today. Father, thank you
for this little study in the Book of Jude. How enriching it has been,
how challenging it has been, how informative it has
been for our faith. I pray, Lord for anybody
here who might not know you, has never committed their
lives to you, though they may have grown up going to
church from time to time or even regularly, may
have been very religious in their background,
it's never been personal, they've never come
to a place where they realized I can't do this. There's got to be more to life
than what I've experienced. And I pray, Lord, that some
who have come to that place this morning would
say yes to the Savior. And maybe others of you,
you have an apostate ties, but you have walked away, or
you have taken steps away, or you have dabbled in certain
things that are not right and you know that, and you
need to come back to him. You need to make a
commitment to him. You need to let him keep you. Let him bless you. Let him save you. I don't know where
you stand with him, but I do know that you can
stand before him faultless if you give him your life. If you need to do that this
morning our heads are bowed, our eyes are closed,
mine will be open, I'd like to
acknowledge your hand if you are ready to receive
Christ as your Savior, make it real, make it your
own, walk and forgiveness. I want you to raise your hand
up, just raise it in the air so I can see it, as
we close this service. Raise it up so I
can acknowledge you. Raise it up high. God bless you, on my
left toward the back. Anyone else. You know they keep the lights
dim so I can't always see, so you may have to wave
your hands around wildly so I'll be able to see that. God bless you to my
right, thank you. Right in the middle
yes, thank you ma'am. Right where you are. If you raise your hand. You just make it a
simple prayer just say, "Lord, I give you me. I give you my life. I know I'm a sinner. I ask you to forgive me. I believe that Jesus died on a
cross, shed his blood for me. I believe that he was
raised from the dead. I believe he's alive. And I turn my life over to you. I repent of my sin. I turn to you as Savior. I want to live for you as Lord. Help me to do that. I ask it in Jesus' name, Amen." We hope you enjoyed this special
service from Calvary Church. We'd love to know how
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