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

Main message: Jude urges Christians to contend for the unchangeable truth of the gospel: salvation is a rescue accomplished by Jesus, and the church must defend, preserve, and pass on that faith against distortions both inside and outside the congregation.

Key points:

• Salvation is a rescue: God rescues sinners through Jesus’ life, death, and resurrection, removing guilt and giving new identity and purpose.
• Because of the cost of salvation, believers must take sin seriously and respond with deep thanksgiving and changed lives.
• Jude’s command to “contend for the faith” is a call to fight for the objective, historic truths about Jesus (not personal preferences or secondary issues).
• Three practical ways to defend the faith: know what’s worth fighting for, know what you believe, and pass on the received faith intact to the next generation.
• Watch for distortions coming from inside the church—individualized Christianity, consumer Christianity, and therapeutic Christianity—and resist reducing Christianity to a solo, transactional, or comfort-first religion.

Scriptures mentioned: Jude 3, 2 Corinthians 5:21, James (referenced)