Bradley Hicks - Contending and Offending

Описание: Title: Contending and Offending
Speaker: Bradley Hicks
Series: 2025 Sunday Sermons
Date: November 2, 2025
Bible: Jude 1-4

The sermon, drawn from the book of Jude, calls believers to a courageous and loving commitment to contend for the faith once delivered to the saints, not out of pride or hostility, but out of deep concern for the eternal well-being of others. It challenges the cultural tendency to avoid conflict at all costs, arguing that silence in the face of doctrinal compromise—especially when grace is twisted into license for sin—is a failure of love. The preacher emphasizes that true faith requires both intellectual rigor and spiritual discernment, warning against the dangerous error of using God’s grace as justification for immoral living, a distortion that has plagued history from Cain to the present. Through the lens of Jude’s urgent exhortation, the message underscores that genuine love often demands uncomfortable confrontation, especially when truth is threatened by relativism or moral laxity. Ultimately, the call is to be willing to offend for the sake of salvation, recognizing that the Holy Spirit works through such contention to convict, transform, and preserve souls. https://www.sermonaudio.com/sermons/1...