In his book, Jude appeals to us to contend for the faith and it was because of all the false teachers that had crept into the church and were not preaching truth. He said that these teachers "pervert the grace of God into sensuality and deny our only Master and Lord, Jesus Christ."
Things don't seem so much different than the way things were in Jude's day. We still have many false teachers, however there would be much contention as to what would actually make someone a false teacher. Although there is one big difference that I see.
That big difference is the fight, it's just not there anymore. People today are way to politically correct to fight for the the gospel of Jesus. Maybe we think that we're not showing the love of Christ by respectfully and biblicaly disagreeing with those that teach a false gospel. Instead we settle for acceptance of their belief and we'll pray for them if we remember to.
I'm not advocating for going out and looking for a fight but I do think that if we have biblical texts and Gods power on our side, then we should not cower when false teaching comes our way. Instead we need to boldly proclaim the truth.
Let me end this post with a question. How do you contend for your faith, or do you?
