1. Jude 1:1 (ESV)
  2. Application

Kept for Jesus Christ

Jude 1:1 (ESV)

1 Jude, a servant of Jesus Christ and brother of James, To those who are called, beloved in God the Father and kept for Jesus Christ:

Kept for Jesus Christ as jewels that he alone must wear…What have I to do with idols? I am kept for Jesus Christ. What have I to do with seeking the things of this world? I am kept for Jesus Christ. What have I to do with living to myself or to win the applause of men? What have I to do with the judgments of those who would be thought wise? What have we to do with anything but this—Kept for Jesus Christ? Our heart should be a cup from which no lip but his shall drink, a chalice consecrated to him who has given himself for us. Henceforth, let us have no eyes but for Jesus, no ears but for Jesus, no tongue but for Jesus—let us ever be, only, all for him.1

Charles H. Spurgeon