Jude 12-13

What do each of the 5 analogies of Jude in verses 12-13 teach us about apostasy & its

false teachers?

1. HIDDEN REEFS~Explain how apostate false teachers are hidden reefs?

What was the purpose of the love feast in the early church?

How did it come to be abused?

What eventually happened to it?

Whom do false shepherds really feed?

2. CLOUDS WITHOUT WATER~How do clouds without rain exemplify false teachers?

3. AUTUMN TREES~How do autumn trees picture apostates?

Why are apostate false teachers described as doubly dead?

4. WILD WAVES~What is the only thing that Jude says those wild waves leave behind?

5. WANDERING STARS~How are apostates wandering stars?

What has been reserved for them?

What does Paul compare false teachers to in Acts 20:29-30? 

Peter uses much of the same imagery as Jude in describing apostates.  Read his

descriptions in 2 Peter 2:12-17.

After having written about false teachers and scoffers, Peter ends his 2nd letter this way

(2 Peter 3:17-18).  What does he warn us about? 

What is it that we can fall from? 

Were you once more steadfast in the faith than you are now? Why? 

Rather than becoming weaker, what does Peter say that we are to do to remain

steadfast? 

Are you following his instructions?

Teaching others & finding answers to their questions will cause you to grow more in the

knowledge of our Lord than merely listening to someone else teach.

One is reminded by way of contrast with the Lord whom these men deny.  He is the

Rock of our salvation; they are hidden rocks threatening shipwreck to the faith.  He

comes with clouds to refresh His people forever; these are clouds which do not even

bring temporary blessing.  He is a tree of life; these are trees of death.  He leads beside

still waters; these are like the restless troubled sea.  He is the bright & morning Star,

heralding the coming day; these are wandering stars presaging a night of eternal

darkness.

~Maxwell Coder, Jude: The Acts of the Apostates, p. 76~