Who is in authority?
Who is the spokesman for Christianity?
Who do we listen to?

Jude 1:2  attributes of God
          Mercy, Peace, Love
Jude 1:4  false prophets
Jude 1:11  personal lives
          Three lives, with three warnings
               Cain, Balaam, and Korah
                              sad endings to three lives, if you don't do things God's way, life is difficult

Apostate - do things your own way, rebel against God's authority

Hebrews 1
          God uses Jesus to speak to us
          Jesus is the authority
          To find out more about Jesus - look in the Bible

Genesis 4
          Cain - natural man, agriculture, outdoors
                    Sacrifice of his labor - crops
                    followed his own ideas
                    God called him back - he said no

          Abel - man of God,
                    Sacrifice of the parents - animal
                    followed the example of Adam and Eve set in the Bible
                    God was pleased

Revelations 2;14
          Balaam - error that turned into doctrine
                    a hired minister
                    did what other authorities (King Balak) asked of him
                     preached what he was told
                    led Israel to sin for his own reward
                    followed the wrong authority
          Balaam Doctrine - knew the warnings of God about keeping a separated life
          live like Jew and not the world
          preached intermarriage with other tribes was acceptable
          preached that Israelite's should marry others to weaken the Jewish culture for King Balak

          Korah - wanted authority for his own glory, not God
                    Moses and Aaron were the spokesman for God but Korah wanted leadership role too
                    introduced himself as a leader to follow instead of Moses
                    250 elders followed
                    questioned Moses authority and the authority of God in the wilderness

Who are the followers of God?
          Doing things God's way
          Speaking God's truth
          Recognizing God as authority

Why is the Bible so important?
          Learn about Jesus - the spokesman for God
          Warnings to live by
          Double check for the truth in everything