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[1109.28 --> 1110.56] You will be like God.
[1110.56 --> 1110.64] God.
[1113.44 --> 1121.04] Only God brings life. And when we refuse life, we by default choose death and darkness.
[1121.68 --> 1128.72] Sin leads to death. Romans 6.23 says it rather well. For the wages of sin is death.
[1129.84 --> 1135.28] Death in all kinds of ways. Not just dropping dead, but living a dead life. But the gift of God is
[1135.28 --> 1140.88] eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord. So either we embrace God, your will be done, and we embrace life.
[1140.88 --> 1147.44] Or you say, my will be done, and we embrace death, and we embrace brokenness. Those are the options.
[1150.00 --> 1156.88] We either trust the maker of life, or we trust ourselves, and then wonder later why it's going so poorly.
[1156.88 --> 1164.32] Jude is saying, trust God, and don't let false teachers mislead you.
[1165.44 --> 1169.12] And then in verses 8 through 10, Jude gives us another weird sounding story,
[1169.12 --> 1176.08] with another reference out of their day to a book called The Testament of Moses, a first century
[1176.08 --> 1182.00] retelling of Moses' final days. You can read about that in Deuteronomy 30 through 34. But in this story,
[1182.00 --> 1187.52] an angel, Michael, defends Moses against the accusations of the devil after Moses has died.
[1189.04 --> 1193.92] And says, and the angel says, leave the final judgment to God alone. It's not up to us.
[1193.92 --> 1204.40] It says, corrupt teachers are driven by their thoughts and their appetites, and therefore will not yield to God,
[1205.20 --> 1208.56] the God who alone judges.
[1208.56 --> 1218.08] And uses this phrase, woe to them.
[1221.12 --> 1221.92] That word woe.
[1223.76 --> 1226.56] Woe is trouble. So yet, troubles to them.
[1228.72 --> 1234.80] The way Sid has taken it is, woe means like, whoa, stop. So I'm going with that just because I like it.
[1234.80 --> 1239.68] No. Scripture is talking about trouble to them. But I think, I think, whoa, stop. You know,
[1239.68 --> 1243.44] stop listening to lies. That's what he's saying to those people who are following false teachers.
[1243.44 --> 1249.92] But I think he's also saying to the false teachers, stop giving lies, because it's destroying you too.
[1254.64 --> 1262.96] Woe. Woe to them who live like, and then he goes on, Kay and Balaam and Korah, because all of us know who they are.
[1262.96 --> 1269.60] No, and I know a lot of you probably don't. I had to remind myself some of who these were too.
[1270.56 --> 1273.44] There's more examples of rebellion that led people astray.
[1274.72 --> 1278.24] Paul writes in 1 Corinthians 1533.
[1279.76 --> 1284.96] He said to those folks, don't be misled. Notice where the onus is. Don't be misled.
[1284.96 --> 1287.84] He said, bad company corrupts good character.
[1291.52 --> 1299.70] A little aside to young people. Young people, this is why, you know, your parents will sometimes, you know, take a look at your friends and make sure that they're trustworthy kind of friends.
[1299.70 --> 1311.04] I remember a pastor talking about this once where, saying, you know, if somebody were down here and they were going to pull me, I'm going to pull them up or they're going to pull me down.
[1311.56 --> 1317.30] You know, who's going to win that pull? And it's going to be them because it's easy to pull people down. It's harder to pull them up.
[1318.98 --> 1319.14] Right?
[1320.82 --> 1321.14] Yeah.
[1322.26 --> 1323.66] Paul's teachers are out there.
[1323.66 --> 1327.72] And Cain, he said, they're like Cain.
[1327.98 --> 1329.90] Well, we all know about Cain and Abel.
[1330.32 --> 1331.86] Cain murdered his brother out of jealousy.
[1332.16 --> 1333.14] But then what did he do?
[1333.26 --> 1333.88] Did he repent?
[1334.06 --> 1334.86] No, no, he didn't.
[1335.10 --> 1339.14] He built a city and a culture that was dedicated to self.
[1341.96 --> 1343.22] Balaam, who's that guy?
[1343.54 --> 1347.40] He was a sorcerer hired by a king to curse Israel.
[1347.62 --> 1348.28] They were going to have a war.
[1348.60 --> 1349.80] God stopped him with a donkey.
[1349.80 --> 1350.82] That's a whole other story.
[1350.82 --> 1358.26] But he advises this king then, Balaam advises the king, another way to destroy Israel through idolatry and sexual corruption.
[1359.00 --> 1361.52] He continues to work against God.
[1362.36 --> 1364.72] The God who stopped him with a talking donkey.
[1364.84 --> 1366.76] And he thinks that that wasn't enough of a sign.
[1366.84 --> 1367.42] I don't know.
[1370.92 --> 1371.40] Korah.
[1371.92 --> 1372.68] He's a Levite.
[1372.76 --> 1375.42] They were set aside to take care of the temple and serve God.
[1375.42 --> 1379.42] But he rebelled against Moses, who was God's chosen leader.
[1379.42 --> 1381.66] And it ends up in the death of many of the Israelites.
[1382.24 --> 1385.60] And Jude is saying, corrupt teachers are after what?
[1386.02 --> 1390.86] They're after wealth, position, power, sex, all while wearing the mask of self-righteousness.
[1393.84 --> 1396.06] And they'll lead you to death.
[1396.06 --> 1403.06] And we see the fruit or lack thereof of these false teachers.
[1403.94 --> 1413.02] And then in verse 12, 13, to hit it home a little bit more, Jude uses some metaphors to help us see the chaos that the false leaders left in their wake.
[1413.50 --> 1415.54] All these images that he uses are found in Scripture.
[1416.26 --> 1418.32] As I said, he's driving the point home.
[1418.98 --> 1421.18] He's saying, they're like selfish shepherds.
[1421.72 --> 1421.84] Right?
[1421.90 --> 1423.02] Shepherds are supposed to take care of the sheep.
[1423.36 --> 1424.54] Well, they're like selfish shepherds.
[1424.54 --> 1425.56] They're not worth following.
[1425.66 --> 1427.48] They're only looking out for themselves.
[1427.60 --> 1428.96] They don't have your interests at heart.
[1429.50 --> 1431.48] They're like empty clouds with nothing to give.
[1431.90 --> 1435.62] They're like offering, they offer no fruit.
[1436.28 --> 1437.28] They're dead trees.
[1437.64 --> 1438.78] They're like waves of chaos.
[1439.08 --> 1440.90] They're like wandering stars leading you nowhere.
[1440.90 --> 1449.78] And then finally we get down to 14 and 19 where we read about it.
[1449.78 --> 1456.40] And then in the final days, God is going to come and he is going to deal with all who mislead.
[1456.40 --> 1466.06] When I see God's anger at its deepest, I see especially toward leaders who mislead.
[1466.92 --> 1474.14] That's why Jesus said anybody who misleads a child, it would be better a big stone to get tied around their neck and they get chucked into the ocean than mislead a kid.
[1474.42 --> 1475.70] I mean, this is serious business.
[1478.84 --> 1479.30] Right?
[1479.30 --> 1483.18] He will judge that.
[1483.18 --> 1489.56] The gospel of John, John 10, 10, Jesus says it this way.
[1490.04 --> 1493.94] He says, the thief, the false teacher comes only to do what?
[1494.06 --> 1496.08] To steal and kill and destroy.
[1496.58 --> 1501.46] And Jesus says, I have come that they may have life and life to the full.
[1502.96 --> 1506.08] The ungodly, Jude says, don't have the Holy Spirit.
[1506.34 --> 1507.58] They aren't guided by God.
[1507.58 --> 1509.34] They only lead to death and division.
[1511.90 --> 1513.46] And that's as far as I'm going to go.
[1513.58 --> 1516.84] Because otherwise next week, Jonathan is going to blame me for taking his stuff.
[1518.08 --> 1521.04] So, let me summarize.
[1522.76 --> 1525.82] Who we follow matters.
[1528.86 --> 1530.52] Who we follow matters.
[1531.22 --> 1532.94] And we're hearing all kinds of voices there.
[1533.32 --> 1534.60] Who are you following?
[1534.94 --> 1535.98] And where are they leading?
[1535.98 --> 1538.86] False teachers are all around.
[1539.28 --> 1542.42] And we are responsible to look at who's influencing us.