Jude 1:3, "Beloved, when I gave all diligence to write unto you of the common salvation, it was needful for me to write unto you, and exhort you that ye should earnestly contend for the faith which was once delivered unto the saints."

Jude, the brother of James and half-brother of the Lord Jesus Christ, had a message to convey to the saints that weighed heavy on his heart.

One of smaller epistles of the New Testament, it is addressed simply to, "them that are sanctified by God the Father, and preserved in Jesus Christ, and called."

The book itself stresses many examples of the Old Testament bringing the readers into remembrance of the reward of the wicked.

Jude 1:17-18, "But, beloved, remember ye the words which were spoken before of the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ; How that they told you there should be mockers in the last time, who should walk after their own ungodly lusts."

The book of Jude is full of warnings and reminders to be aware unless we are ensnared by those who do not follow the commandments of the Lord. The last days are perilous times and we need to be contenders for the faith.

This book cautions all of us that not all who call Jesus Lord, Lord know Him. Yet it assures us that the Lord of Glory will keep us from falling and we shall stand in His presence blameless and with great joy when we 'earnestly contend for the faith.'