Jude 1.3

Jude 1:3

Beloved, when I gave all diligence to write unto you of the common salvation, it was needful for me to write unto you, and exhort you that ye should earnestly contend for the faith which was once delivered unto the saints.





When Jude determined in his heart to speak to the people of the common bond they had with Christ, he felt in his heart the need to exhort them and lift them up in their faith. He said that he felt it necessary to remind them of what had been delivered unto them through Christ. "When I gave all diligence to write to you of the common salvation" Jude earnestly felt it of importance to exhort them, so in a humble, meek and loving manner in the pattern of Christ he did so.

Two expressions are found here in this verse.

1. Jude was worried about them

2. Jude was compelled by something other than self

If Jude were not concerned with the well being of these people, he would never have taken the time to write the letter to them. He saw the falling away of the people and the heart to believe something that was not true. Jude knew that the people were aware of the only way to salvation. He knew that they were simply being lured to falsehood by sweet talk and sugar coated compromise. God’s Word should never be compromised or watered down to satisfy those that want grass from both fields.

Jude lends authority to his writing by saying it was needful to write them. This gives one a feeling that the Lord spoke to him telling him what to write. And he says then, "and exhort you that ye should earnestly contend for the faith which was once delivered unto the saints." Jude is not asking the people to do anything more than what they have done before, stand up for the faith they first had and turn from the false teachings. Jude wants to affirm the godly and push away the ungodly.