Jude 19 These are sensual persons, who cause divisions, not having the Spirit.
This verse is the final direct conversation Jude has about these false teachers, though he will allude to them again toward the conclusion of his epistle. In this verse we learn three more things about the false teachers. In an effort to bring us into this culmination, we should recapitulate what Jude has already said about these men.
Jude 18 how they told you that there would be mockers in the last time who would walk according to their own ungodly lusts.
I don’t typically begin the conversation with a biblical quote, but it is appropriate to cite 1 Timothy 4:1: “Now the Spirit expressly says that in latter times some will depart from the faith, giving heed to deceiving spirits and doctrines of demons.” The apostles of the Lord warned that we should adhere to the words they have committed by virtue of the Holy Spirit’s inspiration, Jude 17. Why? Because the same Holy Spirit warns the church that in later times professing Christians will leave behind the truth, paying attention to, and being deceived by, the doctrines of demons. The saint is not to, “give place to the devil,” Ephesians 4:27; that is, not to give him a foothold in our lives by which he may lead us from our faith whichever distraction most pleases us.
Jude 17 But you, beloved, remember the words which were spoken before by the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ:
Jude reminds us (and his readership) that if we are fellow Christians, we are beloved. We are not only beloved by Jude, but we are to love and be loved by anyone who names Jesus Christ as their Savior. Jesus told us, “A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another; as I have loved you, that you also love one another. By this all will know that you are My disciples, if you have love for one another,” John 13:34, 35.
Jude 16 These are grumblers, complainers, walking according to their own lusts; and they mouth great swelling words, flattering people to gain advantage.
Jude refers to the ungodly first as grumblers and complainers. The two words are synonymous but one is slightly more aggravated. To be a grumbler is to complain. We may easily find records of the Jews complaining against God during the wilderness wanderings and His reaction to such ungrateful, spiteful, unfaithful conduct, which emanates from an unbelieving heart.
Jude 15 “to execute judgment on all, to convict all who are ungodly among them of all their ungodly deeds which they have committed in an ungodly way, and of all the harsh things which ungodly sinners have spoken against Him.”
Verse 15’s focus and Enoch’s focus is on the ungodly, and what makes them ungodly. The word is used four times in this verse, supplying the central theme of the coming judgment. Verse 14 told us that the Lord comes with ten thousands of His saints. Why? To execute judgment.
