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"As Sodom and Gomorrah..."

Text: Jude 7

CITING A THIRD EXAMPLE

Jude was determined to contend for the faith. He wanted to forewarn his readers about the danger of divine judgment that would befall those who walked contrary to God’s ways. In the following text he cited yet another example!

“As Sodom and Gomorrah, and the cities around them in
a similar manner to these, having given themselves over
to sexual immorality and gone after strange flesh,
are set forth as an example, suffering the vengeance of eternal fire.”

Jude 7

1. “As Sodom and Gomorrah”

a) Divine judgment over the two cities was recorded in Genesis 19.

b) Abraham asked God to spare the cities if ten righteous people could be found in them (Genesis 18).

c) Not even ten righteous men could be found in the cities.

2. “And the cities around them in a similar manner to these”

a) Sodom and Gomorrah were not the only two cities destroyed.

b) There were other cities in their vicinity that pursued a similarly sinful way of life.

3. “Having given themselves over to sexual immorality and gone after strange flesh”

a) The nature of their sexual immorality was highlighted.

b) They went after “strange flesh”.

c) Genesis 19 informs us that Sodom and Gomorrah indulged in homosexual activities.

4. “Set forth as an example”

a) The judgment of Sodom and Gomorrah was recorded for good reason.

b) This judgment was an example of how God would judge the unrighteous.

5. “Suffering the vengeance”

a) God reserves the right to judge.

b) Sodom and Gomorrah and the surrounding cities were destroyed by fire.

c) God’s vengeance is righteous and blameless.

6. “Eternal fire”

a) Jude adds an important perspective.

b) There is an eternal dimension.

c) He warns of “eternal fire”.