Scripture index: Jude Jude 1:1 Father is God › The Father is God (not exhaustive) God the Father › Unspecified (simply “the” Father) Preservation of the saints › God preserves, guards, keeps, rescues Trinity › Father is fully God Jude 1:3 Five solas of the Reformation › Sola Scriptura Scripture › Apostles were agents of canon Scripture › Prohibitions against adding to, taking away from Scripture Jude 1:4 Subjects of baptism › Some church members are unregenerate (i.e. new covenant community is “mixed”) Unconditional election › Reprobation is also predestined Jude 1:6 Hell › Tartarus, “prison”, “chain”, “abyss” (intermediate state, lowest part of Hades, only fallen angels?) Jude 1:6–7 Sons of God in Genesis 6 › Seems to find support in New Testament Jude 1:7 Hell › “Unquenchable fire”, “lake of fire”, “second death”, “outer darkness”, etc. Jude 1:12–13 Hell › “Unquenchable fire”, “lake of fire”, “second death”, “outer darkness”, etc. Jude 1:17–18 Scripture › New Testament canon Scripture › Apostles recognized each others’ writings as Scripture Jude 1:20 Means of grace › Prayer Jude 1:24–25 Preservation of the saints › God is able to preserve Jude 1:25 Eternal generation › Ordered equality Jude 20–21 Trinity › Triadic pattern explicit in NT