Jude 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.
DELIVERED ONCE
The little word "Once" in verse three is the Greek word hapax, which conveys the meaning of "Once for All". The Holy Spirit tells us through Jude that God revealed Himself in the Scripture ("The Faith"), and He completed His revelation. "Once Delivered" (Effective Aorist) means "Once for All" (the classical meaning) and not merely on one occasion...To offer doctrines that are other than this faith is to offer falsehood, poison. To subtract from or add to this faith is to take away what Christ gave, or to supply what He did not give. Lenski page 611 By using this forceful word, Jude is surely telling us that no other revelation will be given.
EMPHATIC
Jude further emphasis the fact of a completed revelation by the order in which he uses his words in a sentence. In a Greek text this phase reads, "The once-for-all delivered to the saints faith. This places the primary emphasis in the sentence on the word "once" more than "the faith". (This is called the "First Attributive Position" where the adjective follows the article and procedes the noun. Daniel B. Wallace, Greek Grammar Beyond the Basics 1996 page 306
Jude is certainly not de-emphasizing the "faith", it is the substance of God's revelation, believed by Christians and recorded in scripture. Jude's main emphasis is that "the faith" is a "once for all" revelation. God gave it to us over a period of 1600 years through 40 humans authors. New Testaments Christians receive the Old Testatment as God's revelation. They also recognize the writing of the apostles as scripture. (2 Peter 3:16) When John the Apostle wrote "Amen", (Revelation 22:21), God's revelation was completed. God has given us "All pertain unto life and Godliness" (2 Peter 1:3) and He has not changed His mind. He curses those that would add to or subtract from His revelation (Revelation 18:19) Many have attempted to deny, modify or add to God's word by one means or another. Jude declares that New Testament Christainty rests on the foundation of a completed revelation from God. (Contending for the Faith, BJU Press 2000, Fred Moritz pp. 32-33)
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Once for all delivered ...
The use of the Greek word [hapax] carries the meaning of "once only and forever." The gospel delivered to mankind was not a piecemeal revelation, "here a little and there a little" as in the Old Testament, but the full message in its entirety and completeness as delivered through Christ to the apostles. The word ([Greek: hapax]) is the same as in such New Testament expressions as "appointed to man once to die," "Christ offered himself once," etc. See fuller comment on this word in my Commentary on Hebrews, p. 164. Russell's comment on this phrase was: "The gospel was delivered not in part, but as a complete whole."
There is hardly any other message of the New Testament that has greater relevance for our own times than this. The revelation of Christ through the apostles is complete, inviolate, sufficient, eternal, immutable, and not subject to any change whatever. Jesus made his sayings to be the dogmatic foundation of Christianity as evident in the sermon on the mount (Matthew 7:24-25) and in the great commission (Matthew 28:18-20). People who desire to know God, walk in the light, have eternal life, etc., should heed such passages as 2 John 1:9, always remembering that the truth was "first spoken by the Lord" (Hebrews 2:3), and that all of those religious doings which cannot pass the test of having been "first" spoken by Jesus Christ should be rejected.
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"Hapax: denotes (a) 'once, one time,' 2 Cor. 11: 25; Heb. 9: 7, 26, 27; 12: 26, 27; in the phrase 'once and again,' lit., 'once and twice,' Phil. 4: 16; 1 Thess. 2: 18; (b) 'once for all,' of what is of perpetual validity, not requiring repetition, Heb. 6: 4; 9: 28; 10: 2; 1 Pet. 3: 18; Jude 1: 3, RV, 'once for all' (AV, 'once'); Jude 1: 5 (ditto); in some mss. 1 Pet. 3: 20 (so the AV)" (Expository Dictionary of New Testament Words).
Observe the meaning Vine attaches to hapax (once) as used in Jude 3, "'once for all,' of what is of perpetual validity, not requiring repetition." The idea involved in hapax is not simply repetition, but the lack of all future occurrences because the first delivery was so complete that no additional deliverances are required. Hence, "Christ was once offered to bear the sins of many�" ("once" is again hapax, Heb. 9: 28).
Dave Hansen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
DAVEH: Very good, Kevin. Now....why do you think ALL those things God revealed are in the Bible?......Especially when we know there are some things revealed that are not in the Bible. Wouldn't that suggest ALL means less than everything?
Kevin Deegan wrote:I believe the Scriptures which say:Acts 20:20 And how I kept back nothing that was profitable unto you, but have shewed you, and have taught you publickly, and from house to houseMK 13:23 But take ye heed: behold, I have foretold you ALL things.JN 16:13 Howbeit when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he will guide you into all truth: for he shall not speak of himself; but whatsoever he shall hear, that shall he speak: and he will shew you things to come.
Acts 10:33 Now therefore are we all here present before God, to hear ALL things that are commanded thee of God.Acts 20;35 I have shewed you all things
2 Co 7;14 but as we spake all things to you in truth
Dave Hansen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:Kevin Deegan wrote:DAVEH: No more so than he left things out of the Bible. Do you believe the Bible contains all things pertaining to the gospel, Kevin? (I assume not, but correct me if I am putting words in your mouth.) Neither does the BoM.Is God trying to trick us by leaving out such "essential" items out of the BoM????
Dave Hansen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:DAVEH: How can you be so sure, Kevin? Because something is not written in either the Bible (or the BoM), you assume it did not happen....isn't that perilous logic? As is commonly believed, 2/3 of the BofM have not yet been revealed. And we know there is much that was not recorded or revealed in the Bible. So...why would you make that assumption?
Kevin Deegan wrote:"chrisrians? did not proxy baptise. Even Nephites did not.
Dave Hansen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
DAVEH: Hmmmm....why did you not answer my questions, Kevin? Do you think those who practiced baptism for the dead in vs 29 believed themselves to be followers of Christ, Kevin? And...why do you think they were doing proxy baptisms, Kevin?
Even the Encyclopedia of Mormonism admits that only a few isolated sects have practiced it, including the heretical Marcionite sect in the second century, and the Ephrata Society, a occult group in Pennsylvania in the 1700s The claim that baptism for the dead was part of Primitive Christianity that was lost, lacks any historical or logical basis.Paul never taught Proxy Baptism anymore than he taught it was OK to eat meat offered to Idols 1 Corinthians 8:10
Dave <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:DAVEH: Then why do you think those early Christians who practiced proxy baptism were doing it, Kevin? Do you think they believed was simply a REPRESENTATION? Or do you suppose they thought it might have more significance than simply being a "LIKENESS".
While baptism is certainly symbolic, do you think it may also represent a covenant?
BTW......Do you think a man of faith can be saved IF he does not repent?
Kevin Deegan wrote:DAVEH: Hey Kevin........Do you have a problem with me using 1Cor 15:29 in support of other Biblical passages that become cumulative evidence that the Primitive Christians believed a water baptism was necessary for salvation? It does lead one to that logical conclusion, does it not?Christians of all ages accept the clear teaching that salvation is by FaithBAPTISM as a REPRESENTATION
Baptism is a "LIKENESS" (Romans 6:5) a representation of something. While not directly called a sign, there are examples of representations throughout the scripture.Rom 6 Therefore we are buried with him by baptism into death: that LIKE as Christ was raised up from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life. For if we have been planted together in the LIKENESS of his death, we shall be also in the LIKENESS of his resurrectionLIKENESS: 1. The state, quality, or fact of being like; resemblance. 2. An imitative appearance; a semblance. 3. A pictorial, graphic, or sculptured representation of something; an image.Baptism pictures the burial and the resurrection of Christ and our identification with His death, burial and resurrection.Abraham recieved the sign of circumcision a representation of being right with god through faith
RM 4 And he received the sign of circumcision, a seal of the righteousness of the faith which he had yet being uncircumcised: that he might be the father of all them that believe, though they be not circumcised; that righteousness might be imputed unto them also:
Baptism is called a like FIGURE 1 Peter 3:21
The Lord's supper is a representation also. Surely no one but the RCC believes you eat his literal body & blood!-- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Dave Hansen [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.langlitz.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ If you wish to receive things I find interesting, I maintain six email lists... JOKESTER, OPINIONS, LDS, STUFF, MOTORCYCLE and CLIPS.
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