Bible Study

Bible Study May 20, 2025

Jude 5 – 7

“Three Acts of Apostasy”
“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.

In verse five of our reading Jude lays out three acts of apostacy that came from the Old Testament. God delivered the nation of Israel out of the hands of the Egyptians yet they lived in unbelief, rebellion, and doubt during much of their time wandering in the desert. God promised to deliver them. They complained and rebelled and a generation died during the thirty-eight years in the desert.

There is the fallen angels who were also in apostacy. As far back as the book of Genesis we see angels cohabiting with women. Then Jude picks up on Sodom and Gomorrah which was consumed with homosexuality. Judgement for those caught in sin will be the ”lake of fire.”

We live in a day when some accept homosexuality as acceptable but the scriptures are clear on it. We even have states, judges, politicians, and worse yet church denominations supporting this sin that scripture so clearly teaches is wrong. Judgement will come. The cities of Sodom and Gomorrah were destroyed approximately 450 years after the flood during the lifetime of Shem, Noah’s son. These people had to have a clue about sin from the preaching of Noah yet they rejected sound teaching. That is true of our day.

All forms of sexual sin is condemned. Homosexuality in Genesis 19:4 -5 and heterosexual activity in Genesis 19:8 outside of a marital bond. Just because society accepts something does not make it right. The destruction of these two cities is an example of God’s earthly judgement but nothing compared to the eternal judgement people will face.

God Bless.