{"id":10499,"date":"2022-05-23T08:54:21","date_gmt":"2022-05-23T12:54:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ovcf.org\/ovcf_wp\/?p=10499"},"modified":"2022-05-23T08:54:21","modified_gmt":"2022-05-23T12:54:21","slug":"lookoutforspies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ovcf.org\/ovcf_wp\/2022\/05\/lookoutforspies\/","title":{"rendered":"Look Out for Spies!"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1><strong>2022 THEME: For Such a Time. . .<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/h1>\n<h1><strong>Series: Snapshots<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/h1>\n<h1><strong>TITLE: Look Out for Spies!<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/h1>\n<h1><strong>Scripture: Jude 1-16<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4><strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 I.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 THE CALL TO FOLLOW \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 80px;\">Jude is the half-brother of (<strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Jesus<\/span><\/strong>) and the full brother of (<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>James<\/strong><\/span>) mentioned in Gal. 1:19. He introduces himself as a (<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>bondservant<\/strong><\/span>) of Jesus Christ.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 80px;\">\n<p style=\"padding-left: 80px;\">Why did he write this book? Originally to write a positive letter: making every effort to write you about our (<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>common salvation<\/strong><\/span>).\u00a0 But he was hit with some alarming news: (<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>false teachers<\/strong><\/span>) had wormed their way into the churches he was writing to.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4><strong>\u00a0\u00a0 II.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 THE CREEP WE MUST AVOID \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 80px;\">What creep were they to avoid? (<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Apostates<\/strong><\/span>) who lived corrupt lives and distorted the truth.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 80px;\">\n<p style=\"padding-left: 80px;\">Why should we fight against false teachers?\u00a0 (Main thoughts from Chuck Swindoll)<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 120px;\">1.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Because their (<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>doom is certain<\/strong><\/span>).\u00a0 [Verses 5-7]<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 120px;\">2.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Because their (<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>tongues are blasphemous<\/strong><\/span>). [Verses 8-10]<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 120px;\">3.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Because their (<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>religion was empty<\/strong><\/span>).\u00a0 [V.11]<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 120px;\">4.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Because their (<strong>ways are godless<\/strong>). [14-16]<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Series: Snapshots<\/p>\n<p>Next Week: Get Your Act Together- Jude 17-25<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>2022 THEME: For Such a Time. . . Series: Snapshots TITLE: Look Out for Spies! Scripture: Jude 1-16 &nbsp; \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 I.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 THE CALL TO FOLLOW \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 &nbsp; Jude is the half-brother of (Jesus) and the full brother of (James) mentioned in Gal. 1:19. He introduces himself as a (bondservant) of Jesus Christ. Why did he &hellip; <\/p>\n<p><a class=\"more-link btn\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ovcf.org\/ovcf_wp\/2022\/05\/lookoutforspies\/\">Continue reading<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_topic_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0,"_crdt_document":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10499","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sermon-notes","nodate","item-wrap"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ovcf.org\/ovcf_wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10499","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ovcf.org\/ovcf_wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ovcf.org\/ovcf_wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ovcf.org\/ovcf_wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ovcf.org\/ovcf_wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10499"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.ovcf.org\/ovcf_wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10499\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10500,"href":"https:\/\/www.ovcf.org\/ovcf_wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10499\/revisions\/10500"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ovcf.org\/ovcf_wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10499"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ovcf.org\/ovcf_wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10499"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ovcf.org\/ovcf_wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10499"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}