Jude

Question 1

Author

Answer 1

Likely Jude, brother of Jesus

Question 2

Audience

Answer 2

Christians being threatened by false teachers, general

Question 3

Date

Answer 3

AD 50 and 80, 50 if 2 Peter makes use of Jude (likely), 80 if Jude makes use of 2 Peter.

Question 4

Theme - Major

Answer 4

To warn Christians about false teachers who are trying to convince them that being saved by grace gives them license to sin. Probably early Gnostics.

Question 5

Outline

Answer 5

1. Greetings
2. Occassion for the letter
   A. The change of subject
   B. The reason for the change: The presence of Godless apostates
3. Warning against false teachers
   A. Historical examples of the judgement of apostates
   
   1. Unbelieving Israel
   2. Angels who fell
   3. Sodom and Gomorrah
      B. Description of the apostates of Jude’s day
   4. Their slanderous speech deplored
   5. Their character graphically portrayed
   6. Their destruction prophesied
      4, Exhortation to believers
4. Concluding doxology

Question 6

Place of Writing

Answer 6

Not specified