Grahame Walker

Jude was written for a general audience. Meaning, it was an open letter that was meant to be circulated among, and read by, multiple churches. So, it wasn’t addressing a particular church or a particular situation, it was written for wider consumption. We don’t know a lot about Jude except that he was a respected leader in the early church, and like the apostle James, he was also the brother of Jesus. Jude is identifying himself as a servant of Jesus and a brother of James. It’s important to note that he doesn’t claim any Apostolic authority. It’s commonly thought that he became a Christian after the resurrection and so didn’t journey with his brother on earth as did the other disciples. In this way he didn’t claim to be a brother of Jesus but simply a servant. I love the humility of this man.