Unshakable Faith| Dr. Ernest Grant, II | Accelerate Church

Main message: Unshakable faith isn't primarily about how tightly you can hold on to God but about God's ability to hold on to you through Jesus; Jude teaches that settled allegiance and identity in Christ give a faith that withstands life’s shocks and doubts.

Key points:

• The sermon opens with the I‑95 tanker/fire collapse as a picture of things that look permanent but can suddenly fail — the same can happen to faith if it's built on unstable things.
• Jude’s letter (the sermon’s text) shows five traits: he borrows cultural material to communicate, insists “the faith” is a packaged body of truths (not a pick‑and‑choose buffet), uses vivid imagery, thinks in memorable patterns, and is personally tied to Jesus (Jesus’ brother).
• Unshakable faith begins with settled allegiance — Jude introduces himself as a servant/slave of Jesus, emphasizing belonging over credentials.
• Unshakable faith is grounded in settled identity: believers are called, loved by the Father, and kept for Jesus (preserved like salt on meat).
• Mercy, peace, and love are multiplied to believers because of what Jesus accomplished on the cross — God holds on to us, so our security rests in his faithfulness, not our performance.

Scriptures mentioned: Jude (esp. 1:1–2), Revelation (navigation reference), book of Enoch (quoted/tradition), Moses/assumption of Moses, Israel in the wilderness, Sodom and Gomorrah, Cain, Balaam, Korah, the cross/Jesus’ crucifixion.