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On Sat, Dec 10, 2016 at 1:09 PM, Dua Flou <pauldy43@gmail.com> wrote:

1 Jude, the servant of Jesus Christ, and brother of James, to them that are sanctified by God the Father, 2 Mercy unto you, and peace, and love, be multiplied.

3 Beloved, when I gave all diligence to write unto you of the common salvation, it was needful for me to write unto you, and exhort you that ye should earnestly contend for the faith which was once delivered unto the saints.

Earnestly contend for the faith

1. Faith in God through Christ Jesus 14:1) Let not your heart be troubled: ye believe in God, believe also in me.

2 In my Father's house are many mansions: if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you.

3 And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you unto myself; that where I am, there ye may be also.

4 And whither I go ye know, and the way ye know.

5 Thomas saith unto him, Lord, we know not whither thou goest; and how can we know the way?

6 Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.

1. Faithfulness to Christ And unto the angel of the church in Smyrna write; These things saith the first and the last, which was dead, and is alive;

9 I know thy works, and tribulation, and poverty, (but thou art rich) and I know the blasphemy of them which say they are Jews, and are not, but are the synagogue of Satan.

10 Fear none of those things which thou shalt suffer: behold, the devil shall cast some of you into prison, that ye may be tried; and ye shall have tribulation ten days: be thou faithful unto death, and I will give thee a crown of life.

2. Essential truths of the faith

   a) the truths of Jesus, virgin birth, death and resurrection, deity of Christ, Jesus only way to God. Salvation by grace through faith in Christ.

b) bible inspired word of God infallibility of scripture and preserved in Jesus Christ, and called: