“How To Identify a False Teacher” Jude 1-25

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Date: June 17, 2026 Author: Wayne J. Edwards

Tonight at 6:00 PM, we will continue our study of the Book of Jude. As we have said before, there could not be a timelier study for the evangelical church today. Jude said, in the last days of the “church age,” Christians will have to “earnestly contend for the faith,” against spiritual corruption. Recent research from the Cultural Research Center at Arizona Christian University shows that only 37% of today’s pastors have a biblical worldview – 62% have a syncretistic worldview, blending elements from various sources. The church’s greatest issue is not keeping the next generation in the organization or denomination. The greatest issue facing the church today is its survival without the preservation and proclamation of TRUTH. We encourage you to review the attached study guide and share it with others who may benefit from it. Thank you for your continued support. Please share these guides with anyone who may find them helpful.

Tonight at 6:00 PM, we will continue our study of the Book of Jude. As we have said before, there could not be a timelier study for the evangelical church today. Jude said, in the last days of the “church age,” Christians will have to “earnestly contend for the faith,” against spiritual corruption.

Recent research from the Cultural Research Center at Arizona Christian University shows that only 37% of today’s pastors have a biblical worldview – 62% have a syncretistic worldview, blending elements from various sources.

The church’s greatest issue is not keeping the next generation in the organization or denomination. The greatest issue facing the church today is its survival without the preservation and proclamation of TRUTH.

We encourage you to review the attached study guide and share it with others who may benefit from it.

Thank you for your continued support. Please share these guides with anyone who may find them helpful.

Download the following translated Sermon guides:

Old Testament Reading: Jeremiah 23:1-40 New Testament Reading: Acts 20:28-38

The greatest question facing the Church today is not Calvinism versus Arminianism, contemporary versus traditional, or the King James versus the New International translation of the Bible. The main question facing the Church today is whether it can survive without truth.

The History of Biblical Truth:

While it is not within our purview to stop the apostasy, for God has ordained it to take place at the end of the church age, as Jude said, it is our responsibility to “earnestly contend for the faith which was once delivered unto the saints.”

According to the latest survey, the Church of the 21 st century is shrinking rapidly.

Jude, one of the four half-brothers of Jesus, lived in a time when Christianity was under attack politically from the Roman government and doctrinally from false teachers who had infiltrated the churches to nullify the work of Christ.

From verses 4-16, Jude lists 18 characteristics of an apostate. He divided them into three major categories:

The Bible says apostasy will increase and become widespread just before the end of the Church age. (Matt. 24:11, 2 Peter 3:3-4, 1 Timothy 4:1-2, 2 Thess. 2:3)

How can the church “contend” for the faith today? Where should we focus our energies and our resources?

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