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Jun 28, 2015

Walk in Truth and Love

Passage: 2 John 1:1-6

Preacher: Pastor Tim W. Young

Series: The Overlooked Letters

Category: 2 John

Summary:

Main Text - 2 John 1-6; OT Reading - Zechariah 8:14-23; NT Reading - 2 John 1:1-6

Detail:

The Overlooked Letters

Walk In Truth and Love

2 John 1:1-6

2 John 1:1-131  The elder to the elect lady and her children, whom I love in truth, and not only I, but also all who know the truth, 2  because of the truth that abides in us and will be with us forever: 3  Grace, mercy, and peace will be with us, from God the Father and from Jesus Christ the Father’s Son, in truth and love. 4  I rejoiced greatly to find some of your children walking in the truth, just as we were commanded by the Father. 5  And now I ask you, dear lady—not as though I were writing you a new commandment, but the one we have had from the beginning—that we love one another. 6  And this is love, that we walk according to his commandments; this is the commandment, just as you have heard from the beginning, so that you should walk in it.

 

Get Your Head and Heart Straight Before Your Try to Straighten Your Church & Home

 

  1. Truth and Love Are Necessary Indispensable Marks of the Christian

 

               Marks –                              2 John. 3

               Always together in NT –

               Commanded in NT            Truth – vs. 4                       Love – vs. 5

 

               We are warned about not having them

                              I Cor 13 –

                              1 John 3:14

                              2 Thessalonians 2:10-13

 

  1. Truth and Love Are Clearly Defined Realities For the Christian

 

               In our culture this is not so: Postmodern Relativism says…

                              Truth –

                              Love

 

               In the church we believe and say –

 

                              Truth is what

                              We also use “the truth” to describe our

                              Love is defined as an action

             1 Cor 13

               1 John 4:10

               It is commanded of Christians -

 

  1. Truth and love Are Co-Workers For Biblical Balance in Ministry and Living

                             

               Truth strengthens love by …                                       2 John 4-5

               It tells us the way we are to…

               It also tells why we should love…                       1 John 4:10-12  

                             

               Truth is needed to keep love from becoming…

                             

               Love is needed to keep the presentation of truth from becoming…

                                             2 John 5-6