As Acts is called “The Acts of the Apostles,” Jude could be termed “The Acts of the Apostates. The Author: Jude, the brother of James and half-brother of the Lord Jesus. He and his brothers did not believe in and accept Jesus as the Messiah until after His resurrection. Aubrey Johnson, in his book, “Spiritual […]
Verse 11 — Follow means to imitate. From this Greek word comes our English word “mimic.” We must be careful who we imitate. Even in Christian circles there are bad examples like Diotrophes. Demetrius was worthy of imitation, but not Diotrophes. This was probably encouragement from John not to give in to Diotrophes or to […]
Verse 9: In contrast to Gaius was Diotrophes: Gaius received the brethren, Diotrophes cast them out Gaius spoke truth, Diotrophes spoke lies. Gaius spread love, Diotrophes spread fear. It is possible that the church met in Diotrophes’ home which would have given him more power. He SOUGHT the PLACE of CHRIST. He loved to have […]