The coming of which Enoch and Jude both have spoken, is yet to take place. And as surely as we gather in the sanctuary every Lord's Day, Christ will return—his holy ones with him—and vengeance will be wrought upon those who set aside the gospel. This is reason for everyone to very soberly consider the question: what have I done with the gospel of Christ? He will come, and those to whom the faith is as nothing will themselves be as nothing:
John McKnightfor the ungodly are not so, but are like the chaff which the wind driveth away; therefore, the ungodly shall not stand in judgment, nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous; for the Lord knoweth the way of the righteous, but the way of the ungodly shall perish(KJV, Psalm 1:4–6). An incentive and encouragement to earnestly contend for the faith. Christ is coming back and he will vindicate his truth in the judgment of the wicked.1
3 Beloved, although I was very eager to write to you about our common salvation, I found it necessary to write appealing to you to contend for the faith that was once for all delivered to the saints.