From the series, "Unread Letters" at Church of the Apostles.
Jude 3 - 14a
Luke 18:9 - 14
v5 - Jude introduces the false teachers he’s going to condemn.
The Nature of the Scam
These scam artists are preventing the grace of God and encouraging others to sin.
God’s law was mediated by the angels (Hebrews 2:2 & Galatians 3:19) and these false teachers were trying to prevent the freedom we have in Christ.
These false teachers, in the guise of teaching the Gospel, were teaching that we can do whatever we want, in the freedom of Christ.
Jesus freed us from the curse of the law, and the penalty of not living up to it. But Jesus did not come to abolish the law but to fulfill it.
The Mechanics of the Scam
Jude gives six examples of judgement in the OT. But in the text he does not use these examples against the people he is writing too.
Jude is trying to condemn the false teachers, not those who are following them.
How to Avoid the Scam
Depend on the grace of God, and rely on the church to guide you toward truth.