Wandering and falling stars doomed to destruction(2)

Jude 1:14-16
[14]Enoch, the seventh from Adam, prophesied about them: “See, the Lord is coming with thousands upon thousands of his holy ones
[15]to judge everyone, and to convict all of them of all the ungodly acts they have committed in their ungodliness, and of all the defiant words ungodly sinners have spoken against him.”
[16]These people are grumblers and faultfinders; they follow their own evil desires; they boast about themselves and flatter others for their own advantage.
Jude emphasized that the heretics would suffer divine retribution he pictured this judgment by a quoting a prophecy from Enoch
Jude 1:9
[9]But even the archangel Michael, when he was disputing with the devil about the body of Moses, did not himself dare to condemn him for slander but said, “The Lord rebuke you!”
Jude contrasted the heretics blasphemy of angels with the restraints that Michael the archangel showed in contending with the devil. Scholars generally believe the story was taken from the assumption of Moses an apocryphal book. In the story, Michael sought to bury the body of Moses. The devil opposed the burial the claim that he was Lord over matter and Moses was a murderer. Rather than assuming the rights to condemn Satan for his slander. Michael called the Lord to judge. Jude was not granting authority to the assumption of Moses but merely using it has an illustration
Acts 17:28
[28]‘For in him we live and move and have our being.’ As some of your own poets have said, ‘We are his offspring.’
Titus 1:12
[12]One of Crete’s own prophets has said it: “Cretans are always liars, evil brutes, lazy gluttons.”
Their punishment would take place when the Lord returns to judge the wicked.
After warning that the heretics would be judge for their deeds and words
Jude 1:15
[15]to judge everyone, and to convict all of them of all the ungodly acts they have committed in their ungodliness, and of all the defiant words ungodly sinners have spoken against him.”
Jude focused on their words. The false teachers were self-indulgent ( Self-indulgent means to allow yourself to have or do whatever you want, especially in an excessive or wasteful way. It can also mean to take pleasure in something to the point of being unrestrained.
Examples eating or drinking too much, mindlessly)
Discontented
What are the characteristics of a discontented person?
Answer:
They blame others and play the victim.
They don’t see the need to change anything about their beliefs, actions, behaviour, personality or thought process.
They don’t take responsibility for their actions and own up to their mistakes.
Complainers Complaining leads to destruction
Complainer is someone who frequently complains about things they dislike or their problems.
They utter arrogant words, flattering people in order to take advantage of them.

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