Jude 5-7 “Will the Real Jesus please stand up?”

⁵ “Now I want to remind you, although you once fully knew it, that Jesus, who saved a people out of the land of Egypt, afterward destroyed those who did not believe.
⁶ And the angels who did not stay within their own position of authority, but left their proper dwelling, he has kept in eternal chains under gloomy darkness until the judgment of the great day—
⁷ just as Sodom and Gomorrah and the surrounding cities, which likewise indulged in sexual immorality and pursued unnatural desire, serve as an example by undergoing a punishment of eternal fire.”

When I was a kid, there was a popular TV show called “To Tell the Truth.” Three guests would come on the show (usually with a bag over their head) and answer questions which would help the panelists know which of the three people under the hoods the real person was.

It was funnier than it sounds from my memories of it…

When I read these verses about Jesus, I thought about that show. I wonder if Jesus came on a show like this and answered truthfully about Himself, if most of His followers could pick Him out.

Jude, the half-brother of Jesus, tells something about Him in these verses that most so-called followers of His would likely reject immediately – namely, that He destroys His enemies!

Many people want to only think about the “sweet little Jesus boy lying in the manger” and totally reject the reality of His being a righteous Judge Who will pronounce eternal judgment and damnation upon those people who reject Him.

As you read over (and over and over I hope) these verses this coming week, I hope you will think about the following questions:

Why does Jude say that the LORD that led Israel out of Egypt was Jesus?

Why would Jesus bring them out of Egypt just to destroy them in the wilderness?

Why does God do any good thing for people that HE knows will ultimately be judged by Him and damned for all of eternity?

What did they do to deserve this?

What does Jude mean in verse 6 about the angels? When did this happen and what exactly did they do to deserve this judgment?

We hear a lot today about homosexual sin and Jude mentions it in this passage. What is it about this sin that caused God to destroy two entire cities and many villages along with them?

Beloved, Jude tells us much in these verses about Jesus about which many people would prefer not to think. Why do you think people are like that?

Do you think that people who refuse to think about the biblical Jesus have created “another Jesus” that only lives in their minds?

As the LORD allows, I hope to answer these questions – and a few more next Lord’s Day morning.

I hope to see you here with your Bible in your hand, a smile on your face, and your family and friends by your side!