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Demetrius Has Received a Good Testimony – 3 John 1:11-15
It is good to have multiple testimonies about someone’s character and doctrine before you bring them into your church to teach and lead your people. We are all too familiar with pastors and teachers
Continue reading...Diotrephes Likes to Put Himself First – 3 John 1:9,10
It is fascinating that here, in the first century church, there are people who brazenly reject the authority of the apostles and seek to elevate their authority above God’s appointed leaders in the
Continue reading...We Ought to Support People Like These – 3 John 1:5-8
There was a long tradition in the Roman Empire of traveling teachers who expected to be paid for tutoring wealthy families’ children. Paul experienced such traveling teachers all too often, people
Continue reading...The Elder to the Beloved Gaius – 3 John 1:1-4
Whereas 1 John does not begin with John claiming any title, though he addresses his recipients as his little children, in 2 and 3 John he uses the title elder. This emphasizes his church leadership role.
Continue reading...I Have Much to Write to You – 2 John 1:12,13
John finishes his short letter with the prospect of more that he wants to share with this congregation, but that he wants to share it in person. Sometimes a letter is to be preferred, as when Paul, in
Continue reading...Watch Yourselves – 2 John 1:4-11
What is the full expression of the church? Is it adherence to the true gospel? Yes. But it is also living lives of obedience, and the most important command to obey is to love one another. A healthy
Continue reading...To the Elect Lady and Her Children – 2 John 1:1-3
Whenever my son, who lives in the Boston area, drives us around, he points out churches that are church in name but that do not hold to the historic faith. He tells me of the history of their abandonment
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