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2 John is one of the shortest letters in the New Testament.
The fact that we even have it is a testament to God’s preservation of his word.
It could be contained on the back of a napkin yet contains truth that we can’t deny.
1 John is a letter that doesn’t really have an intended recipient so it was likely written generally to a group of churches or Christians in general.
2 John has a specific reader in mind.
“The Elect Lady.”
Who was she?
Some people think it’s an actual lady in whose house a local church met.
It’s more probable however that The elect lady is a specific local house church in Ephesus.
A warning to a specific house church.
There are people who deny Jesus (John calls them deceivers).
They are probably going to come looking for validation or support.
And this church community is not to offer any.
This letter has a formal greeting that was absent from 1 John.
It also has an intimacy level.
John knows this church well and he loves them enough to tell them the truth.
There are 2 clear themes here in the text: Truth and love.
And that truth is so important that it’s worth protecting even it means appearing unloving.
Big Idea: For the sake of love, protect the truth.
One of the hardest things is to watch someone we care about being deceived by lies.
It could be lies that they’ve told themselves.
It could be lies of someone who claims to care about them.
It could be politics on either side of the aisle.
One of the greatest joys is to watch someone walking in the truth.
Who knows beyond a shadow of doubt that they are loved and valuable.
One who can let the lies of the world pass by because they know the truth.
In John’s letter there is joy knowing that some people get it.
Some of walking in the truth.
But at the same time, there is this fear, because the lies of the world are persuasive.
Like Fox Mulder, we want to believe what people tell us.
We need to be very careful.
And it starts with walking in truth.
1. Love means Living the truth.
Explanation: What you believe should have an impact on the way you live.
Something as awesome as the truth of the gospel changes things.
If Jesus gave His life on the cross, that we can truly live, then we ought to live.
Illustration: Imagine you claim to love a sports team, you should be able to tell me the starting 5 of team when they weren’t good.
If you watch a movie over and over again, you’re going to be able to quote all the lines.
Which is why it’s kind of annoying to watch a movie with someone who has seen it 100 times.
They quote it the whole time.
You probably have that one musicians that you know the words to all of their songs....even after years.
What happens when you introduce someone to something that you love and they say, “It was just alright.”
It’s like taking a friend to Chic Fil A for the first time only for them to say....”eh.”
Application: If you say you love Jesus, you’re life ought to look different.
You ought to memorize scripture like you do song lyrics.
You ought to care about the things that Jesus cared about.
You ought to do the things that Jesus commanded us to do.
We ought to have an insatiable desire to know the truth and live the truth.
And we protect that truth, especially from those who seek to deceive us and those we love.
We fight for that truth even if it means appearing to be unloving.
2 John 1:7-
Illustration: Imagine you claim to love a sports team, you should be able to tell me the starting 5 of team when they weren’t good.
If you watch a movie over and over again, you’re going to be able to quote all the lines.
Which is why it’s kind of annoying to watch a movie with someone who has seen it 100 times.
They quote it the whole time.
You probably have that one musicians that you know the words to all of their songs....even after years.
What happens when you introduce someone to something that you love and they say, “It was just alright.”
It’s like taking a friend to Chic Fil A for the first time only for them to say....”eh.”
Application: If you say you love Jesus, you’re life ought to look different.
You ought to memorize scripture like you do song lyrics.
You ought to care about the things that Jesus cared about.
You ought to do the things that Jesus commanded us to do.
We ought to have an insatiable desire to know the
2. Love Means Protecting the Truth.
2 John 1:11
Explanation: We can probably easily find ourselves dying on every single little molehill.
How do we know what is important enough to fight for.
3. Watch Out.
For John there really was only one test he was laying out for an authentic Christian: That Jesus Christ came in the flesh.
That’s because the deceivers were gnostics who believed that Jesus only appeared to be human.
Or that the Logos only came upon the human Jesus after he proved himself worthy.
This was what John was protecting his loved ones against.
Illustration: No one wants to defend a lie.
Application:
Convictions:
Committments:
Preferences:
We should die to protect our convictions.
John’s letter ends in a formal closing.
This is something that we can all learn from.
Don’t write a letter when you can say something face to face.
And never ever ever write an anonymous letter.
Reflection: What are you doing in your life to know, protect and live the truth of God’s Word?
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