Jude 1:11-13

Jude 1:11: “Woe unto them! for they have gone in the way of Cain, and ran greedily after the error of Balaam for reward, and perished in the gainsaying of Core.
12 These are spots in your feasts of charity, when they feast with you, feeding themselves without fear: clouds they are without water, carried about of winds; trees whose fruit withereth, without fruit, twice dead, plucked up by the roots;
13 Raging waves of the sea, foaming out their own shame; wandering stars, to whom is reserved the blackness of darkness for ever.”

Jude has quite a lot to say about the false teachers who have turned the hope of the gospel into a license to sin. He makes it clear that these teachers are lost, empty, and spiritually dead. He then states that they are headed for “the blackness of darkness for ever”. They will perish, be judged, and enter the Lake of Fire, where they will be tormented day and night, forever and ever.

Notice how bold Jude is in condemning those who teach a false gospel! He does not just condemn their false teachings; he goes on to actually condemn the teachers themselves. He makes it clear that those who teach a false gospel will be damned. He wants everyone to understand that the penalty for teaching a false gospel is very, very high. It is not a “victimless crime”, and those who do so will not get away with it.

Today people seem extremely reluctant to call out false teachers. I have heard a great many sermons in my lifetime, but I have heard extremely few that call out false teachers and warn against them. The apostle Paul did not hesitate to call out false teachers by name and warn against them, and we ought to be doing the same today. A shepherd who refuses to protect his sheep from the wolves is utterly useless. Where are the pastors today who are sounding the alarm? There is no shortage of wolves.