Very interesting little book. More heresy and more warnings. Sobering warnings, indeed! Jude remindes the readers, who are being enticed away from the Gospel by false teachers, of the judgement of God. He reminds them about Israel. They were delivered from Egypt but when they distrusted God they were destroyed. He makes reference to “fallen angels” who have been disobient and are “chained up” for the final judgment day. Then he reminds them of Sodom and Gomorrah which experienced the firey judgment of God for thier sexual sin and inhospitable treatment of strangers. Then Jude mentions names–Cain, Balaam, and Korah.
Jude warns but he also encourages. If they pay attention to the Gospel and God’s word delivered to them, God is able to keep them from falling and to present them blameless on the day of judgment. However this “blamelessness” is only theirs if they continue to cling to the finished work of Christ–his sacrifice for them on the cross and his resurrection from the dead. This is the Gospel, once again, proclaimed as the ONLY way to secure eternal life. Only judgment is possible for those who refuse God’s grace in Christ.