Hebrews, James, Peter, John, Jude

Southern Christian University

Study Questions On Jude

James A. Turner

1. How does the writer describe himself?

2. Which Jude is he?

3. What kind of epistle had he planned to write?

4. What caused him to change his plans?

5. The Epistle of Jude is very similar to what chapter of another book?

6. How were the false teachers teaching about the grace of God?

7. What three things does he list to show that God will punish the disobedient?

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8. Why did God overthrow Sodom and Gomorrah? What is the meaning of His statement that they had “gone after strange flesh” and how relevant is this instruction for people everywhere today (Genesis 19:1-28; Judges-19:1-2O: 18, 20:44-21:5, 17:6,21:25; Lev. 20:13; Rom. 1:24-27; Eph. 4:17-24; Gal 5:19-24; Col. 3:5; I Thess. 4:3-8)? Has the nature of God changed? Read all of the passages and discuss with considerable detail. This question will also be on the final test.

9. Jude affirms that the false teachers had run riotously in “the error of Balaam for hire, and perished in the gainsaying of Korah.” Discuss the “error of Balaam” and the “gainsaying of Korah.” (Nu. 22:1-25:1, 31:1-8; Nu. 16:1-17:10)r?

10. List two things that are recorded by Jude that are not recorded by any other New Testament writer.