2nd John | Summer at DC | Pastor John Mitcham
Summer at DC 2024
2nd John
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2 John (NIV) 1 The elder, To the chosen lady and her children, whom I love in the truth — and not I only, but also all who know the truth— 2 because of the truth, which lives in us and will be with us forever:
3 Grace, mercy and peace from God the Father and from Jesus Christ, the Father’s Son, will be with us in truth and love.
4 It has given me great joy to find some of your children walking in the truth, just as the Father commanded us. 5 And now, dear lady, I am not writing you a new command but one we have had from the beginning. I ask that we love one another. 6 And this is love: that we walk in obedience to his commands. As you have heard from the beginning, his command is that you walk in love.
7 Many deceivers, who do not acknowledge Jesus Christ as coming in the flesh, have gone out into the world. Any such person is the deceiver and the antichrist. 8 Watch out that you do not lose what you have worked for, but that you may be rewarded fully. 9 Anyone who runs ahead (stops following) and does not continue in the teaching of Christ (stays obedient) does not have God; whoever continues in the teaching has both the Father and the Son. 10 If anyone comes to you and does not bring this teaching, do not take him into your house or welcome him. 11 Anyone who welcomes him shares in his wicked work.
12 I have much to write to you, but I do not want to use paper and ink. Instead, I hope to visit you and talk with you face to face, so that our joy may be complete.
13 The children of your chosen sister send their greetings. NIV
1. TRUE LOVE ALWAYS GLORIFIES GOD THROUGH FAITH AND OBEDIENCETO JESUS CHRIST.
Jesus said, “I am the way, the TRUTH and the life. No one comes to the Father except by Me.” (John 14:6)
Soul Tattoo #1: Only when we truly receive Jesus Christ as our Lord, our Savior, and our God, can we ever demonstrate true love.
2. TRUE LOVE IS DEMONSTRATED BY OUR STRIVING TO LIVE IN OBEDIENCE TO THE BIBLE
Soul Tattoo #2: Any “so called” church that does not accept the truth/authority of the Bible is not a “Church” but is a gathering of “anti-christs”
ACCEPTING GOD’S AUTHORITY CALLS FOR MAKING HARD DECISIONS
DECISIONS WILL INEVITABLY LEAD TO DIVISIONS
Matthew 10:34-39 34 “Do not suppose that I have come to bring peace to the earth. I did not come to bring peace, but a sword. 35 For I have come to turn
“‘a man against his father, a daughter against her mother, a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law 36 a man’s enemies will be the members of his own household.’
37 “Anyone who loves his father or mother more than me is not worthy of me; anyone who loves his son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me; 38 and anyone who does not take his cross and follow me is not worthy of me. 39 Whoever finds his life will lose it, and whoever loses his life for my sake will find it. NIV
3. TRUE LOVE IS IDENTIFIED BY HOPE