Judgment on False Teachers
Likewise also these filthy dreamers defile the flesh, despise dominion, and speak evil of dignities. Jude 1:8
defile the flesh... Sixteen Sins of Homosexuals:
1. They practice sex perversion (Jude1:8; Rom. 1:1-32).
2. They despise government and law (Jude 1:8).
3. They insult rulers (Jude 1:8; 2Pet. 2:1-22).
4. They speak evil in ignorance (Jude 1:10).
5. They corrupt themselves (Jude 1:10; Rom. 1:1-32).
6. They commit sin in maintaining error in religion (Jude 1:11; Gen. 4:1-26).
7. They serve in religion for gain (Jude 1:11; 2Pet. 2:15; Num. 31:8, 31:16).
8. They rebel like Korah (Jude 1:11; Num. 16:1-50).
9. They practice hypocrisy (Jude 1:12).
10. They commit ungodly deeds (Jude 1:15; Rom. 1:1-32).
11. They blaspheme God (Jude 1:15).
12. They murmur and complain (Jude 1:16).
13. They live in ungodly lusts (Jude 1:4, 1:16, 1:18).
14. They brag and boast (Jude 1:16).
15. They mock truth (Jude 1:18; 2Pet. 3:3).
16. They live in sensual lusts (Jude 1:19).
This refers to a confused state of the soul or abnormal imagination, producing delusions and sensual confusion. These men’s minds were numb to the truth of God’s Word so that, being beguiled and deluded, they fantasized wicked perversions, being blind and deaf to reality and truth. Perhaps they falsely claimed these were dreams/visions from God. “These” occurs 5 more times (in verses 10, 12, 14, 16, 19), in reference to the apostates, who are characterized in 3 ways. Similar to the inhabitants of Sodom and Gomorrah (verse 7), apostates have few, if any, moral restraints and thus are frequently characterized by immoral lifestyles (verse 4).
despise dominion, and... Like the sinning angels of (verse 6), these pretenders rejected all authority, civil and spiritual, thus rejected the Scriptures and denying Christ (verse 4).
speak evil of… Speaking of angels which is supported by the illustration (in verse 9).
Jude describes the false teachers against whom he writes. Instead of God’s revealed Word, they pay attention to their own visions or dreams. In doing so they lapse into immorality and insubordination, refusing to obey authorities (whether angelic or perhaps apostolic), and even criticizing them openly.
This is saying that the sins of the flesh lead a person to come against all authority of God and the authority He has set up upon the earth. To defile the flesh is to do things against the laws of nature.
Actions of apostates in the present
Rejecting Authority
Jude returned to the apostates within the church, altering the order of his historical references in Jude 1:5-7. Those who pollute their own bodies are like Sodom and Gomorrah. “Pollute” is miainousin, literally, “defile, deprave” used elsewhere only in Tit. 1:15 and Heb. 12:15. Those who reject authority are like the unbelieving Israelites who rejected the authority of both Moses and Yahweh. Those who slander celestial beings recall the angels who abandoned their home. These three actions reveal their inner attitudes of physical immorality (cf. Rom. 1:24, 1:26-27; Eph. 4:19), intellectual insubordination, and spiritual irreverence. As dreamers, they are unrealistic in thinking their ways will bring satisfaction.
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