1. Jude & Responsibility to Self

2. Jude & Responsibility to Self
building yourselves up on your most holy faith
What makes someone’s faith “most holy”?
How did the saints in Acts 2 build up their most holy faith? Verses 42-46

3. Jude & Responsibility to Self
Praying in the Holy Spirit
Eph. 6:18 (Gal. 5:25; 6:18; Phili. 3:3; Col. 1:8)
Are you? Col. 4:2
A. The threat of error is one of many reasons to pray.
B. What is “praying in the Holy Spirit”?
1. Paul says the same thing Eph. 6:18
2. Paul also says that we live in the Spirit, walk in the Spirit, worship in the Spirit, love in the Spirit (Gal. 5:25; 6:18; Phili. 3:3; Col. 1:8)—pray in a way that pleases the Holy Spirit because He is God.
3. It would mean the same thing if Jude said “praying in Christ, praying in the Father.”
C. Are you doing it? Col. 4:1, The Holy Spirit says
1. continue praying, only to God---no one in Scr prayed to Mary or dead people
2. pray earnestly, with the variety and detail that you read in psalms and from Jesus
3. pray with vigilance, pay attention (and let people know you are praying for them)
a. did you pray for our elders and deacons last week?
b. our bulletin or Steve’s is an excellent aid to praying with vigilance
c. who is someone who knows you well, who needs the gospel of Christ?
4. with thanksgiving (Col. 4:1) for prosperity and adversity

4. Jude & Responsibility to Self
keep yourselves in the love of God
the love God has 1 Jn. 4:9
the love you have from God 1 Jn. 4:11

5. Jude & Responsibility to Self
looking for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ unto eternal life
past mercy Ti. 3:4-5
future mercy Col. 3:4; 1 Thess. 4:17

6. Jude & Responsibility to Self
Are you washed? Acts 22:16; 1 Jn. 1:9