Sermon 5 in Jude Series--(Also Attached In WordPerfect 9.0 Format)
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CONTENDING FOR THE FAITH
THE BOOK OF JUDE
JUDE 3-- JUDE'S COMPULSION--"TO WRITE UNTO YOU AND EXHORT YOU."
INTRODUCTION
"Exhort" means to call near, that is, invite, invoke.
The word translated "exhort" is also translated as "beseech", "call for", "(be of good) comfort", "desire", "intreat", "pray."
Exhortation can be used to encourage, to challenge, to cheer or to speak with authority.
I. EXHORTATION IS DONE WITH WORDS EITHER SPOKEN OR WRITTEN.
(Acts 2:37ff)
II. EXHORTATION SHOULD COME FROM THE LORD JESUS CHRIST IN US. (1 Thess 4:1ff)
III. EXHORTATION CAN BE TO EITHER THE UNBELIEVER OR TO THE BRETHREN. ( 1 Thess 5:14ff)
IV. EXHORTATION CAN BE TO A GENERAL AUDIENCE OR A SPECIFIC AUDIENCE. (2 Thess 3:12ff)
V. EXHORTATION IS TO BE WITH ALL LONGSUFFERING. (2 Timothy 4:2)
VI. EXHORTATION IS TO BE WITH SOUND DOCTRINE. (2 Timothy 4:2; Titus 1:9)
VII. EXHORTATION IS NEEDED.
A. To Encourage To Cleave Unto The Lord. (Acts 11:21-23)
B. To Encourage To Continue In The Faith. (Acts 14:21-22)
C. To Encourage To Receive A Faithful Brother. (Acts 18:27)
VIII. EXHORTATION IS NEEDED CONTINUALLY AND INCREASINGLY. (Hebrews 3:13; 10:25)
IX. ALL OF US SHOULD EXHORT, BUT THERE IS ALSO A GIFT OF EXHORTATION. (Romans 12:8)