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[740.96 --> 742.80] They thought they had it all figured out.
[744.06 --> 746.42] I know exactly what God wants.
[746.84 --> 748.88] You can't tell me otherwise.
[751.66 --> 754.06] But Jesus, along with Jude,
[754.56 --> 757.20] his message is a message of love,
[757.52 --> 760.30] and it's good news for those that are sick,
[760.90 --> 761.52] Jesus says.
[762.02 --> 764.52] I have come as a healer for the sick,
[764.78 --> 767.10] not for those who think they're healthy,
[767.42 --> 769.74] who think that they have everything figured out.
[769.74 --> 773.28] And Jude is writing to those
[773.28 --> 776.88] who are struggling with that same humility,
[777.58 --> 779.56] that same brokenness.
[780.20 --> 783.22] And he wants to encourage those who are doubting
[783.22 --> 785.70] because doubting, we all doubt.
[786.72 --> 788.60] We can all doubt in our faith journeys.
[788.60 --> 791.04] And he says to love one another
[791.04 --> 792.88] and build one another up
[792.88 --> 795.32] to stand firm in our faith.
[796.62 --> 798.98] And that's the first encouragement from verse 20,
[799.10 --> 799.80] as Jude says.
[800.60 --> 802.34] But you, dear friends, beloved,
[803.04 --> 804.76] by building yourselves up
[804.76 --> 806.46] in your most holy faith
[806.46 --> 808.60] and praying in the Holy Spirit.
[808.60 --> 812.94] This image is sort of an architectural image
[812.94 --> 813.86] that you,
[814.72 --> 815.66] and I want to pause here
[815.66 --> 816.66] and emphasize this point.
[816.92 --> 818.48] Dave did it really well before.
[818.84 --> 819.90] I think I have a better accent.
[820.28 --> 821.56] We really need to retrieve
[821.56 --> 823.02] in our Canadian English
[823.02 --> 824.92] that this is not you singular.
[825.34 --> 827.10] You individually saved souls
[827.10 --> 827.84] gathered together
[827.84 --> 828.84] because this is for you.
[829.10 --> 831.60] No, it's always about you all.
[832.06 --> 832.74] It's y'all.
[833.24 --> 833.42] Right?
[833.50 --> 834.32] That Texan accent.
[834.70 --> 835.02] Y'all.
[835.18 --> 837.50] You need to build y'all selves up.
[837.50 --> 838.50] Okay?
[839.28 --> 840.20] I know it sounds funny
[840.20 --> 841.34] because we're not used to it.
[841.54 --> 843.10] If I were preaching this in Dallas or something,
[843.20 --> 843.64] they'd be like,
[843.68 --> 844.72] oh, sounds great.
[845.90 --> 847.52] You need to build your,
[847.70 --> 849.54] all of yourselves up together
[849.54 --> 851.94] in the teachings of the living Word of God.
[852.04 --> 852.90] Again, doctrine.
[854.00 --> 855.48] In community, through fellowship,
[855.92 --> 857.52] holding each other in accountability
[857.52 --> 859.20] with care and gentleness,
[859.50 --> 861.38] through confession and forgiveness,
[861.68 --> 865.56] through shared spiritual practices and rhythms,
[865.56 --> 867.06] like praying together,
[867.06 --> 868.86] which builds character.
[869.28 --> 871.08] Again, doctrine and character
[871.08 --> 873.16] founded in Jesus Christ.
[874.30 --> 876.86] This is the same image that we get from Paul.
[876.96 --> 879.20] This is not just Jude preaching to us.
[879.44 --> 881.02] Paul says the same thing in Ephesians.
[881.66 --> 883.00] You, right?
[883.14 --> 884.04] Hear it, y'all.
[884.04 --> 887.56] You all are no longer foreigners and strangers,
[888.06 --> 890.20] but fellow citizens with God's people
[890.20 --> 892.20] and also members of his household,
[892.48 --> 893.16] his family.
[894.74 --> 896.34] You are built on the foundation
[896.34 --> 899.24] of the apostles' and the prophets' doctrine,
[899.62 --> 901.64] with Christ Jesus himself
[901.64 --> 903.62] as the chief cornerstone.
[904.30 --> 905.18] That's our foundation.
[906.42 --> 908.28] In him, in Jesus Christ,
[908.62 --> 909.94] the whole building,
[909.94 --> 911.86] again, build yourselves up.
[911.86 --> 914.34] The whole building is joined together
[914.34 --> 917.92] and rises to become a holy temple in the Lord.
[919.52 --> 920.90] That's the church.
[921.76 --> 922.70] That's us.
[922.70 --> 927.66] And notice that it's significant
[927.66 --> 928.90] that Jude,
[929.26 --> 931.06] out of all the spiritual practices
[931.06 --> 932.18] that he could have named,
[932.70 --> 934.56] he names and emphasizes just one.
[935.50 --> 936.42] You know which one it is?
[937.78 --> 938.72] It's prayer.
[939.60 --> 940.88] Build yourselves up
[940.88 --> 942.94] in the most holy faith
[942.94 --> 945.46] and pray in the Holy Spirit.
[945.46 --> 949.06] I have this,
[949.06 --> 951.46] what do you call it,
[951.64 --> 952.08] a frame
[952.08 --> 953.82] that my mother-in-law got for me
[953.82 --> 954.98] as my ordination gift.
[955.22 --> 956.12] And it simply says,
[956.46 --> 957.88] turn your worries into prayer.