Jude Chapter 1 Vs. 19

 

A Call to Persevere

“These be they who separate themselves, sensual, having not the Spirit.” Jude 1:19

separate themselves, sensual,... Separate themselves from the true church and those who demand holy living, which they leave under the pretense of superior wisdom and ideals. Jude seems to have in mind their tendency to be schismatic or divisive, to set forth heretical notions and then separate themselves and their followers from those who hold to apostolic doctrine. But note that they get their start in the church itself, (verse 4). They fractured the church rather than united it (Eph. 4:4-6; Phil. 2:2). We should unite the Church.

Make my joy complete. Love in the same degree and be in agreement in all things for the Master.

Examine yourselves, whether ye be in the faith; prove your own selves:

Seven final commands to the Corinthians:

1. Examine yourselves to see if you are in the true faith (2Cor. 13:5). Greek: peirazo, make proof or trial of one; make a test. Translated try (Heb. 11:17; Rev. 2:2, 2:10; 3:10); prove (John 6:6); examine (2Cor. 13:5); tempter (Mat. 4:3; 1Thes. 3:5); assay (Acts 16:7); go about (Acts 24:6); and tempt 27 times (Mat. 4:1; etc.).

2. Prove your own selves (2Cor. 13:5). Greek: dokimazo, to assay metals; to prove or test. Translated "try" (1Cor. 3:13; 1Thes. 2:4; 1Pet. 1:7; 1Jhn. 4:1); "prove" (Luke 14:19; Rom. 12:2; 2Cor. 8:8, 8:22; 13:5; Gal. 6:4; Eph. 5:10; 1Thes. 5:21; 1Tim. 3:10; Heb. 3:9); "examine" (1Cor. 11:28); "discern" (Luke 12:56); "approve" (Rom. 2:18; 1Cor. 16:3; Phlp. 1:10); "allow" (Rom. 14:22; 1Thes. 2:4); and "like" (Rom. 1:28).

3. Be perfect (2Cor. 13:11). Greek: katartizo, to adjust; put in order again; restore; repair; settly by mediation. Translated "mend" (Mat. 4:21; Mark 1:19); "restore" (Gal. 6:1); fit (Rom. 9:22); "prepare" (Heb. 10:1-39:44); "frame" (Heb. 9:3); "perfectly joined together" (1Cor. 1:10); "be and make perfect" (Mat. 21:16; Luke 6:40; 1Thes. 3:10; 2Cor. 13:11; Heb. 13:21; 1Pet. 5:10).

4. Be of good comfort (2Cor. 13:11). Greek: parakaleo, (see, 2Cor. 1:4)

5. Be of one mind (2Cor. 13:11). Combination of the Greek: verb phroneo, to think, the impersonal pronoun with a definite article which here means "the same thing." Think and teach the same things; have no disputes (Rom. 12:16; 15:5; Phlp. 2:2; 3:16; 1Cor. 1:10).

6. Live in peace (2Cor. 13:11). Greek: eireneuo, as in Rom. 12:18; Heb. 12:14. Cultivate a disposition of peace and harmony.

7. Greet one another (2Cor. 13:12). Be friendly; be glad to see each other; encourage every friendly act by a show of affection. Your party spirit cannot live in such an atmosphere as genuine love and friendship (1Co. 13:1-13).

having not the... Sensual or worldly-minded people are people who are controlled by their flesh and not the Spirit of God. I have said this over and over, but we are either controlled by our flesh, or by our spirit. We must crucify our flesh, so that Jesus can quicken our spirit.

These worldly-minded, sensual apostate teachers advertise themselves as having the highest spiritual knowledge, but are actually attracted to the most debased levels of life. They are “soulish” not “spiritual” (Jas. 3:15).

John 3:6 “That which is born of the flesh is flesh; and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit.”

As stated in Jude 1:18-19, these intruders (a) scoffed (cf. Jude 1:10-15), (b) followed their own ungodly desires (cf. Jude 1:16) and mere natural instincts (cf. Jude 1:10, 1:16), and (c) sought to divide believers. Such men obviously did not have the Holy Spirit and thus were not born again (Rom. 8:9).