Theme: God uses present trials to refine our faith, so that it will result in glory at Jesus' return.

Theme: A true value of our salvation is shown to us by how it was valued by the experts.

Theme: We are to hope fully in future glory so that we will live holy lives in the present.

Theme: The love that the redeemed share with Jesus is wonderfully worthy of pursuing.

Theme: How a believer first receives the message of the gospel provides evidence of his or her election.

Theme: The manner in which we present the gospel should give proof that it is the real thing

Theme: Jude tells God's people how to respond to the presence of threats to the faith.

Theme: We experience the help of the Holy Spirit in times of temptation both by His indwelling presence and by His enabling power.

Theme: The Holy Spirit helps us to join Him in His ministry of witnessing of Jesus in this world.

Theme: The believer is exhorted to contend earnestly for the faith once delivered to the saints.