TRUTH AND LOVE
INTRODUCTION: MOST SCHOLARS BELIEVE THE APOSTLE JOHN WROTE 2 JOHN DUE TO THE STYLE OF THE WRITINGS SOME SCHOLARS BELIEVE THE “ELECT LADY” AND CHILDREN WERE AN ACTUAL FAMILY. OTHERS SUGGEST JOHN WAS REFERRING TO A LOCAL CHURCH AND ITS MEMBER. MOST SCHOLARS DATE THE LETTER ABOUT A.D. 90.
SPIRITUAL INSIGHT:
THE KEY VERSE IS 2 JOHN 3 TRUTH AND LOVE
TRUTH:
PROVERBS 12:17 “HE WHO SPEAKS TRUTH DECLARES RIGHTEOUSNESS, BUT A FALSE WITNESS, DECEIT.” (NKJV) TRUTH ALWAYS OPPOSES FALSEHOOD, LIES, AND DECEIT!
GALATIANS 3:1 “O FOOLISH GALATIANS! WHO HAS BEWITCHED YOU THAT YOU SHOULD NOT OBEY THE TRUTH, BEFORE WHOSE EYES JESUS CHRIST WAS CLEARLY PORTRAYED AMONG YOU AS CRUCIFIED? “(NKJV) TRUTH IS THE DOCTRINE OF THE GOSPEL OF CHRIST CRUCIFIED!
TRUTH ALWAYS OPPOSES HYPOCRISY, FORMALITY AND DISSIMULATION. (HEBREWS 10:22)
LOVE:
DEUTERONOMY 7:9 “THEREFORE KNOW THAT THE LORD YOUR GOD, HE IS GOD, THE FAITHFUL GOD WHO KEEPS COVENANT AND MERCY FOR A THOUSAND GENERATIONS WITH THOSE WHO LOVE HIM AND KEEP HIS COMMANDMENTS.” (NKJV)
MATTHEW 19: 19 “HONOR YOUR FATHER AND YOUR MOTHER AND YOU SHALL LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR AS YOURSELF.” (NKJV)
LOVE IS AN ACTION WORD IN VERB FORM!
APPLICATION: BE TRUE AND LOVING AND YOU WILL EXPERIENCE GRACE, MERCY AND PEACE!
