The Fight Continues - No Christmas Truce

By David & Stephen Olford

Text: “Beloved…contend earnestly for the faith which was once for all delivered to the saints” (Jude 3).

Thought: Terrorism has taken center stage for many years now. Prevention of terrorist activities and protection from terrorist attacks are priority national concerns every day. Jude wrote his little epistle to confront “spiritual terrorists” or “errorists” in his day.

Spiritual terrorists can operate “unnoticed” and can cause chaos and disaster. Jude believed that subversive spiritual terrorism was taking place at that time, and his endangered readers needed to be aware of the crisis and respond accordingly.

What was to be done? Jude says that his readers were to “contend earnestly for the faith.” Some fights are not worth fighting, but the fight of faith and the fight for the faith are worth earnest engagement. How are we to engage in this fight, what is our strategy to be, according to Jude?