KEPT FOR JESUS CHRIST
JUDE 1

Overview to the letter;
MATTHEW 7:15
15 “Beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep’s clothing but inwardly are ravenous wolves.

MATTHEW 24:11
11 And many false prophets will arise and lead many astray.

ACTS 20:29
29 I know that after my departure fierce wolves will come in among you, not sparing the flock;

1 TIMOTHY 4:1
1 Now the Spirit expressly says that in later times some will depart from the faith by devoting themselves to deceitful spirits and teachings of demons,

Who is Jude, and to whom is he writing?;
MATTHEW 13:55
55 Is not this the carpenter’s son? Is not his mother called Mary? And are not his brothers James and Joseph and Simon and Judas?

JOHN 7:5
5 For not even his brothers believed in him.

ACTS 1:14
14 All these with one accord were devoting themselves to prayer, together with the women and Mary the mother of Jesus, and his brothers.

A slave of Jesus Christ;
JOSHUA 14:7
7 I was forty years old when Moses the servant of the LORD sent me from Kadesh-barnea to spy out the land…

JOSHUA 24:29
29 After these things Joshua the son of Nun, the servant of the LORD, died, being 110 years old.

2 KINGS 17:23
23 …as he had spoken by all his servants the prophets…

PSALM 89:20
20 I have found David, my servant; with my holy oil I have anointed him,

ROMANS 1:1
1 Paul, a servant of Christ Jesus, called to be an apostle, set apart for the gospel of God,

GALATIANS 1:10
10 For am I now seeking the approval of man, or of God? Or am I trying to please man? If I were still trying to please man, I would not be a servant of Christ.

PHILIPPIANS 1:1
1 Paul and Timothy, servants of Christ Jesus, To all the saints in Christ Jesus who are at Philippi, with the overseers and deacons:

TITUS 1:1
1 Paul, a servant of God and an apostle of Jesus Christ, for the sake of the faith of God’s elect and their knowledge of the truth, which accords with godliness,

JAMES 1:1
1 James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, To the twelve tribes in the Dispersion: Greetings.

2 PETER 1:1
1 Simeon Peter, a servant and apostle of Jesus Christ…

Brother to James;
GALATIANS 1:19
19 But I saw none of the other apostles except James the Lord’s brother.

1 CORINTHIANS 15:7
7 Then he appeared to James, then to all the apostles.

ACTS 15:13
13 After they finished speaking, James replied, “Brothers, listen to me.

To those who are called;
ROMANS 1:1, 6-7
1 Paul, a servant of Christ Jesus, called to be an apostle, set apart for the gospel of God…6 including you who are called to belong to Jesus Christ, 7 To all those in Rome who are loved by God and called to be saints…

ROMANS 8:28
28 And we know that for those who love God all things work together for good, for those who are called according to his purpose.

MATTHEW 22:14
14 “For many are called, but few are chosen.”

1 CORINTHIANS 1:1–2, 9, 18
1 Paul, called by the will of God to be an apostle of Christ Jesus, and our brother Sosthenes, 2 To the church of God that is in Corinth, to those sanctified in Christ Jesus, called to be saints together with all those who in every place call upon the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, both their Lord and ours…9 God is faithful, by whom you were called into the fellowship of his Son, Jesus Christ our Lord…18 For the word of the cross is folly to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God.

JOHN 10:26–27
26 …but you do not believe because you are not among my sheep. 27 My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me.

ROMANS 8:30
30 And those whom he predestined he also called, and those whom he called he also justified, and those whom he justified he also glorified.

Beloved in God the Father;
1 THESSALONIANS 1:4
4 For we know, brothers loved by God, that he has chosen you,

2 THESSALONIANS 2:13
13 But we ought always to give thanks to God for you, brothers beloved by the Lord, because God chose you as the firstfruits to be saved, through sanctification by the Spirit and belief in the truth.

Kept for Jesus Christ;
1 PETER 1:4
4 …to an inheritance that is imperishable, undefiled, and unfading, kept in heaven for you…

ROMANS 8:35
35 Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or danger, or sword?

3/16/2025