II. About those around you--vv22-23

A. Sharing salvation with them--Rom 11:13-16; Daniel 12:3

B. But not getting corrupted by them--v23; 1 Cor 5:9-11, 15:33; Rev 3:4

III. About your eternal destination--vv24-25; 2 Cor 4:14; Eph 5:26-27; Col 1:22, 3:4

Matthew Henry’s Concise Commentary on the Whole Bible

Verses 24-25: God is able, and as willing as able, to keep us from falling, and to present us faultless before the presence of his glory. Not as those who never have been faulty, but as those who, but for God’s mercy, and a Saviour’s sufferings and merits, might most justly have been condemned long ago. All sincere believers were given him of the Father; and of all so given him he has lost none, nor will lose any one. Now, our faults fill us with fears, doubts, and sorrows; but the Redeemer has undertaken for his people, that they shall be presented faultless. Where there is no sin, there will be no sorrow; where there is the perfection of holiness, there will be the perfection of joy. Let us more often look up to Him who is able to keep us from falling, to improve as well as maintain the work he has wrought in us, till we shall be presented blameless before the presence of his glory. Then shall our hearts know a joy beyond what earth can afford; then shall God also rejoice over us, and the joy of our compassionate Saviour be completed. To Him who has so wisely formed the scheme, and will faithfully and perfectly accomplish it, be glory and majesty, dominion and power, both now and for ever. Amen.

CHILDREN’S MESSAGE

Jude 1:20: But you, dear friends, build yourselves up in your most holy faith and pray in the Holy Spirit.

Visual: picture of exercise equipment, such as the BOWFLEX

Do you have gym class at your school? Do they still call it that? It was also called "physical education" when I was in school. What do you do there? Why does the school schedule time for that?

Right! Your body needs exercise; it needs to be BUILT UP, and not just when you’re young but for your whole life. We have a health club near where we live that has 10,000 members!

In one of today’s Bible readings, Jude the Apostle tells us: But you, dear friends, build yourselves up in your most holy faith and pray in the Holy Spirit. Does that mean we will have PE classes here in church? No, but Jude is talking about exercise, just the same. It’s the exercise you need for your spirit, that part of you inside that knows God and follows him. You get BUILT UP by learning more and more of God’s Word. You get BUILT UP by learning what God’s Word means for your life, for the decisions you will make in your life. You get BUILT UP as you exercise God’s Word in deciding about what’s right and wrong.

The exercise is in God’s Word, but it is also in praying for God’s help and strength. And this is something that you don’t do just once in awhile. You need this kind of BUILDING UP EXERCISE for your whole life.

You don’t want to let your body go without exercise; don’t let your spirit be without it, either. You will need this strength down the road of your life.