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Are Truth and Love Compatible?
2 John 1-3
INTRODUCTION:
Second John is the second shortest book in the New Testament.
It has only 245 words in the Greek text and would have easily fit on a single piece of papyri.
Today we might call it a “postcard epistle.”
Each of John’s second and third letters contains less than 300 Greek words and was no doubt written on a single sheet of papyrus.
We live in a world that insists that truth and love are incompatible.
To speak the truth or claiming that there is such a thing as objective truth is considered unloving.
Are truth and love incompatible?
Sharing biblical truth is “hate-speech,” because
Notice that in 2 John, truth and love appear together repeatedly.
Truth appears six times in 13 verses.
Love appears five times in 13 verses.
In verses 1-3, love and truth in a directly linked fashion twice (v. 1 and v. 3).
Truth and love are not incompatible!
I- LOVE AND TRUTH ARE UNDENIABLY LINKED ()
A- Love within the family of God is rooted in the truth.
(2 John 1a)
“This letter is from John, the elder.
I am writing to the chosen lady and to her children, whom I love in the truth.”
1- The writer of this letter is an apostle and elder in the early church.
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The aged Apostle John (also an elder).
(Ὁ πρεσβύτερος) This position places him in a position of unique authority.
An elder was a man whose life was exemplary and thus an example () worthy of the church’s imitation.
Ὁ πρεσβύτερος) This position places him in a position of unique authority.
An elder was a man whose life was exemplary and thus an example () worthy of the church’s imitation.
2- The recipient is “the chosen (elect) lady.”
(ἐκλεκτῇ κυρίᾳ)
B- Love within the family of God is extended and expanded through commitment to the truth.
(2 John 1b)
most likely written to a church:
Lady (κυρίᾳ) is the feminine form of “lord.”
κυρίᾳ) is the feminine form of “lord.”
ἐκλεκτῇ = elect, chosen.
The church is chosen by Christ to belong to Himself.
ἐκλεκτῇ
Lady (kuria) is the feminine form of “lord.”
Proper name not used.
ἐκλεκτῇ
The lack of any personal references in the letter, in contrast to 3 John, suggests to many that it is addressed to a church.
The last verse uses similar terminology (ἀδελφῆς σου τῆς ἐκλεκτῆς) for the sister who sends greetings.
The lack of any personal references in the letter, in contrast to 3 John, suggests to many that it is addressed to a church.
ἀδελφῆς σου τῆς ἐκλεκτῆς)
3- John’s love for the church is linked to the grounding of both parties in the truth.
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ἐκλεκτῇ κυρίᾳ)
B- Love within the family of God is expanded through commitment to the truth.
(2 John 1b)
“...as does everyone else who knows the truth—”
II- LOVE AND TRUTH ARE LINKED TO BLESSING FROM GOD ()
A- The believer is to internalize the truth.
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B- Truth internalized is eternal.
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C- Truth and love internalized and lived-out produces a truly blessed life.
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CONCLUSION:
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