I. THEY WERE LOUD IN THE EXPRESSION OF THEIR DISCONTENT, "These are murmurers, complainers." It was natural they should be so if they "walked after their own lusts," because these lusts were insatiable, and the means of their gratification were not always accessible.

1. The habit of murmuring argues unbelief and distrust in the Lord. When men can say, "The Lord is my Portion," they will be likely to add, "The lines are fallen to me in pleasant places." (Psalm 16:5, 6). No fullness of earthly blessing can still the complaints of an unbelieving heart. The lesson of contentment is not to be learnt in the school of great prosperity.

2. It argues unthankfulness. The humble believer, as he receives his blessings, says, "I am less than the least of thy mercies."

3. It argues a high estimate of the murmurer's worth. "He counts God a hard master and himself a good servant." He seems to say, too, that if he had the ordering of human destiny, he could dispose it to better account.

4. The lesson for murmurers is that their habit

(1) cannot relieve or benefit them,

(2) but rather fills their life with still deeper anxiety and unrest.

5. The lesson for believers is

(1) to cultivate a contented mind (1 Timothy 6:8);

(2) to seek for submissiveness of heart;

(3) to be thankful that their lot is better than that of many others in the world.

II. THEY WERE SINFULLY SELF-INDULGENT. "Walking after their lusts."

1. The lusts of men are from within. "Out of the heart proceed" all evil things (Matthew 15:18). "The wars and the fightings" of life come of the lusts of men (James 4:1).

2. They are

(1) deceitful (Ephesians 4:22);

(2) entangling (2 Timothy 3:6);

(3) defiling;

(4) disquieting (2 Peter 2:11).

3. The course of the wicked is usually very persistent.

4. The servitude of the sinner to lust is miserable in its end. "The wages of sin is death."

III. THEY WERE GIVEN TO VAIN AND BOASTFUL EXAGGERATION. "And their month speaketh great swelling words." Either of themselves or others. The beast in the Apocalypse had a "mouth speaking great things" (Revelation 13:5).

1. None are so ready to boast of themselves as those possessing the least merit.

2. It is a folly to boast of ourselves. The Apostle Paul "became a fool in glorying" (2 Corinthians 12:11). "Let another man's lips praise thee, and not thine own." Our worth should commend us, not our words.

3. We should not allow swelling words to seduce us from the truth. There are those "who with feigned words make merchandise of you" (2 Peter 2:3), who "by good words and fair speeches deceive the hearts of the simple" (Revelation 16:18).

IV. THEY WERE PARASITES AND FLATTERERS. "Showing respect of persons for the sake of advantage."

1. It is right to show respect to persons worthy of honour, but wrong to show respect to persons of evil character. It is wrong to "glory in men," but above all to "think of men above what is meet," and to be puffed up for one against another. We are not to have "the faith of our Lord Jesus Christ with respect of persons" (James 2:1) - "when wickedness in robes is magnified, and holiness in rags is contemned." The Lord says, "Thou shalt not respect the person of the poor, nor honour the person of the mighty" (Leviticus 19:15).

2. It is peculiarly base to act in this matter with a view to our personal advantage.

(1) It is sinful and hypocritical to flatter the wicked because they are great or powerful.

(2) We must learn to know the true glory of man, which is "the hidden man of the heart." - T.C.

1. Insinuators. The whisper, the shrug of the shoulder, the half sentence containing a surmise of the other half, and the warning of some awful revelation to come respecting the servant of God and his character, mark these men in every age. They succeed to create distrust of the ministry, and dry up the fountain of Christian sympathy and prayer.

2. Fault-finders. Nothing is done to please them. They are on the alert to find out mistakes. They turn even the love feast into a scene of embitterment.

3. Libertines. The root of their character is a love of sin — some form of gross immorality. They hate the truth because it exposes their villainy and shame.

4. Pretenders. They are full of ostentation, fond of tall talk. To the ignorant, loud swelling words sound grandly, but to the wise, "the crackling of thorns under a pot."

5. Dissemblers. They put on smiling face, and speak smooth words to persons of rank, to secure their approbation and gain their support. They subject principles to appearances. Let the mantle of Jude fall on our ministers.

(T. Davies, M. A.)

Adam, Balaam, Cain, Core, Enoch, James, Judas, Jude, Korah, MichaelEgypt, Ephesus, Gomorrah, SodomAdmiration, Admiring, Advantage, Arrogantly, Bemoaning, Big, Boast, Boasters, Boastful, Change, Complainers, Desires, Desiring, Evil, Fault, Faultfinders, Finding, Flatter, Flattering, Follow, Full, Gain, Gaining, Giving, Grumblers, Guided, High-sounding, Hope, Individual, Lot, Loud-mouthed, Lusts, Malcontents, Men's, Mouth, Mouths, Murmurers, Passions, Persons, Pleasures, Position, Profit, Proud, Repiners, Respect, Respecting, Reverence, Reward, Sake, Showing, Speak, Speaketh, Speaks, Swelling, Swellings, Themselves, Treat, Trouble, Using, Walking, Words1. He exhorts them to be constant in the profession of the faith.
4. false teachers crept in to seduce them, for whose evil doctrine a horrible punishment is prepared;
20. whereas the godly may persevere, grow in grace, and keep the faith.

Jude 1:16

     5265   complaints
     5804   charm
     5928   resentment, against God
     5961   superiority
     6022   sin, causes of
     6121   boasting
     6163   faults
     8402   claims
     8767   hypocrisy

Jude 1:3-23

     6169   godlessness

Jude 1:4-19

     5714   men

Jude 1:8-16

     8706   apostasy, warnings

Jude 1:14-16

     1025   God, anger of

Jude 1:16-18

     5832   desire

Jude 1:16-19

     5863   flattery

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