The “doctrine of Christ” is a reference to the doctrine of the incarnation. Jesus warns in Matthew 7:13-14, “Enter by the narrow gate; for wide is the gate and broad is the way that leads to destruction, and there are many who go in by it.14 [But] narrow is the gate and difficult is the way which leads to life, and there are few who find it.”. . Look at these first four verses again. walking in truth or not, B. So much more could be said, but this is a start. Dry those tears and hush that lament! On the first note of this stanza, in a moment when we stand to sing the appeal, down one of these stairways, into the aisle and here to the front, make it now. It’s the moment when their child has grown up, and they’re moving out, setting out on their own adventure. What shall I do with my baby?”, And I will say to the sweet girl—I’ll say, “My dear, you have no way to care for the child, no way at all. Each province, each tribe, each people, each nation could have their own religion. For example: here is a girl, and she says to me, “I am not married, and I am going to be a mother. Joab heard about it. But you’ll not find that God condemned him or that God censured him, for God sympathized with David in his prayer, and in his intercession, and in his lament for his unworthy son, Absalom. Why? . Topic: Truth Passage: 3 John 1:4–1:4. I look forward to preaching through that great letter of the Apostle Paul’s as it contains so much practical information for the church. Does he speak to you: “I feel Jesus calling me in my heart.”  Come with the youngster, come. Now Polycarp was the pastor of the church at Ephesus in 155 AD, when he was burned at the stake. Being truth-filled and truthful people is not optional. 4 I rejoiced greatly that I have found some of your children walking in truth, as we received commandment from the Father. There is not a story of the apostles that I have heard more frequently, or that I think is more movingly beautiful, than this concerning the aged apostle John: the church at Ephesus asked that he come just one more, one last time, and speak to them out of his heart. This is the delight of a pastor’s heart: his people love the Lord. FAITH: “Walking By Faith . “Little children, I rejoice greatly when I hear that you walk in the truth” [2 John 1:4; 3 John 4]. Truth, commandments, doctrine, they all mean the same thing in the context of the epistle. May be very proud of the fact that the children win laurels in art, or literature, or political achievement, but have no hurt at all that they are losing the crown of life [Revelation 2:10]. John has much more he wishes to say. How happy Obed, to have a son like Jesse? And we’re going to see in a moment that the main truth about which John is concerned is the truth of the incarnation, that God took on flesh in the Person of Christ, so that Jesus Christ is the perfect uniting together of two natures, the uniting together of God and Man, into one person. That’s what John warns in verses 8-9: 8 Look to yourselves (Beware! The next time they met, Riddell asked Greenwood what he thought of The News. . The verbal phrase, “I have found,” translates the Greek word many of us know, the word, “Eureka!” That may be all the Greek we know, but most of us know it: Eureka, I have found some of your children walking in truth.”, Either John discovered this personally on a previous visit to this church in Asia Minor, or someone else told him about the way these Christians were living. Do any of you women belong to the Eastern Star? 13 The children of your elect sister [your sister church] greet you. John adds in verse 6: This is love, that we walk according to His commandments. Look out, says John, look out for untruth, false teachings that deny the doctrine of Christ. Please stand in honor of the reading of God’s Word. Do not take your eyes off of truth . Walking in Truth. And 2 John is a timely study for us given that we have finished 2 Peter, Peter’s letter about knowing the truth and now we are in 2 John, a letter largely about walking in truth. Let me invite you to listen for the recurring word, “Truth,” as I read the first four verses. May 12, 2019. We see each other as “in Christ,” we see the perfection of Christ applied to a brother and to a sister. Included in the lesson is this wonderful poem about God’s word, attributed to John Clifford. On the radio and on television you are sharing with us the praise of Jesus and the love of the Lord in the First Baptist Church in Dallas. I will slave. May be very happy that the children are socially acceptable, and the finest social circles love to include them, but have no grief of spirit that they find no favor with God [3 John 4]. 9 Whoever transgresses and does not abide in the doctrine of Christ does not have God. The Roman government was most liberal and most lenient toward all of the provinces that they conquered. I kind of hesitate about saying this, but so many times things happen in my pastoral ministry that I ponder over, and can’t get away from, can’t forget. One of the names, one of the points of the star is eklektē, eklektē, and that is where it came from: Ho presbuteros, “the elder,” eklektē kuria, “to the elect lady.”  Eklektē: The elder unto the elect lady and her children, whom I love in the truth; and not I only, but also all they that have known the truth; For the truth’s sake, which dwelleth in us, and shall be with us for ever. Look at verse 5: 5 And now I plead with you, lady, not as though I wrote a new commandment to you, but that which we have had from the beginning: that we love one another. Rich Stratton, https://fbchenderson.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/23135823/2013.07.21.A-Walking-in-Truth-Todd-Linn-72413938390.mp3, See “12 Half-Truths We Live With,” January 19, 2013. Look out, for example, for the false for teachings of Unitarianism, a teaching that denies the Trinity and denies the deity of the Son. Leroy was 16 years old and got a summer job as a landscape helper. To love in truth is to have a love willing to confront untruth. All of you, come. 9) Pink is not exactly a color. Earlier this year, NPR; National Public Radio, posted on their website an article entitled, “12 Half-Truths We Live With.” The article begins by noting that we often are comfortable living with half-truths, or lies. He had heard about it “from the beginning” of Christ’s ministry. The devil will lead you astray. First Christian Church exists to be, to seek and to make disciples of Jesus in God’s creation by inviting all people into God’s love and by caring for all people through God’s love. “It’s all right for all of these to be saved, but that one? Live the truth. So we live with these half-truths–Adrian Rogers used to say, “A half-truth is nothing more than a whole lie!”–But we live with these lies, with these untruths and few of us really get worked up about these or lose any sleep over them because the consequences of believing them to be true are not really that great. 6) A penny is worth more than a penny, costing more than two cents to make. Site by, Ephesians: Cosmic Truth for Common People, O Cristo que Satisfaz Plenamente (Colossenses), 1 Pedro Série: Força na Adversidade (Portuguese), Romanos Sermões Série: Sem Culpa! You’re not trained, you’re not educated. And the reason for it is illustrated in Polycarp. No. . So in a few weeks we will be studying Paul’s first letter to the Corinthians, 1 Corinthians, and that will begin the third week of August. . The doctrine of the incarnation is that God takes on flesh so that in Jesus Christ we have the uniting together of two natures–divine and human–two natures joined together in perfect union forever and ever. God speed you, and angels attend you in the way as you come, while we stand and while we sing. Home | Truth Index. When word came to David that Absalom had been slain, [David] went up to his chamber, and he cried, and he lamented as he walked, saying, “O Absalom, my son, Absalom. Men and women feel the pressure to compromise their convictions to gain acceptance from their supervisor and co-workers. He has raised rebellion in Israel. We are each “hidden in Christ.” The perfection of Christ covers each and every one of us. The Remedy to Diotrephes Syndrome - JESUS. And Joab came to David and said, “You fool! “Beloved, I wish above all things that thou mayest prosper and be in health, even as thy soul prospereth” [3 John 2]. By this all will know that you are My disciples, if you have love for one another (John 13:34-35).”. Look out for the false teachings of Jehovah’s Witnesses, false teaching that also denies the Trinity and denies the full deity of Jesus Christ. 1 The Elder, To the elect lady and her children, whom I love in truth, and not only I, but also all those who have known the truth. May be very careful and grateful for the cleverness of mind and the astuteness of learning, but be not burdened at all that they don’t know Christ [John 17:3]. If Jesus were merely human and not divine, He would not be our Savior and we would still be in our sins. Some of you may have this verse memorized. And in Ephesus in 69, Polycarp was won to Christ. Meeting British journalist Frederick Greenwood one day, Riddell mentioned that he owned a newspaper, told Greenwood its name, and offered to send him a copy. Look out for the false teachings of Islam, a belief system that also denies the Trinity and denies the deity of Christ. ), that we do not lose those things we worked for, but that we may receive a full reward. The child is born, and according to my insistence, the child is given away. Sermon: 3 John Walking in the Truth There comes a time in a parent’s life which brings a whole mix of emotions. That is enough.”. May 19, 2019. Paul says, "I urge you to walk in a way that's worthy of the calling you have received." This is the infinite, superlative gladness of a parent’s heart: to see the child, beautiful in every way, loving God all the days of his life. (See “12 Half-Truths We Live With,” January 19, 2013.). John has much more to say. The good rejoice the more to find the young "walking in truth." Walking In the Truth. And the text is in 2 John, verse 4, and 3 John, verse 4. Charles A. Bonadies. Walk All About WE. I remember as a teen-ager how sometimes I would resent being called a kid. Do not take your eyes off of faithfulness . Here we come. some he was their spiritual father – he had won them to Christ, C. That’s one of the reasons why Rome succeeded so magnificently and triumphantly for so many centuries as a great world empire. God said, “Abraham, for your sake, I hear your prayer, and I will make of him a great nation” [Genesis 17:20]. Mt 5:14-16 b. Walking in Truth | The Epistles of John Back to sermon series It’s been said that the Gospel of John was written to ‘convert sinners’, while his three epistles were written to ‘confirm the saints’. Thats what John begins to do in verses 510. 1:1 The Elder, To the elect lady and her children, whom I love in truth, and not only I, but also all those who have known the truth, 2 because of the truth which abides in us and will be with us forever: 3 Grace, mercy, and peace will be with you from God the Father and from the Lord Jesus Christ, the Son of the Father, in truth and love. Secondly, walking in truth means Christians are to, number two: Christians are to love one another. That is the burden of a true parent: which one do you give away? John lived to be an old pastor; pastor of the church at Ephesus when he was about a hundred years old. He lived far beyond the age of any of the other apostles, B. He is 100% God and 100% Man, two natures in one Person, joined together forever. This is part 19 of a verse-by-verse Bible Study Series in John's 1st, 2nd and 3rd epistles. He wouldn’t be able to live a perfect life for which we receive credit, fulfilling the Law perfectly and completely. Which one? Speaks as though he were a father(1 John 5:21; 2 Specifically the untruth John has in mind has to do with the doctrine of the incarnation, that God has come in the Person of Jesus Christ. Now I read 2 John: “Ho presbuteros eklektē kuria.”  That’s a beautiful thing, “The elder, ho presbuteros, the elder, unto the elect lady, eklektē kuria” [2 John 1]. You couldn’t do it. By this, says Jesus in John 13:35, “By this all will know that you are My disciples, if you have love for one another.” There is a profound evangelistic element in Christian love for one another. As they were pressing Polycarp to offer that obeisance to the Roman emperor and to deny the lordship of Jesus, his fealty to Christ, Polycarp said, “Eighty and six years have I served Him, and I’ll not forsake Him now.”. You know, I think of that: “Little children, love one another.”  It is enough. This is both a nice greeting at the beginning of John’s letter and also a foretaste of what John will expand upon a little later, the importance of believing that “the Lord Jesus Christ is,”–last part of verse 3– “the Son of the Father, in truth and love.” More about that in a moment. 5) A palm tree is not a tree, but a form of grass. So the aged patriarch was brought to the church; an elder was standing on one side to hold him up, and an elder was standing on the other side to hold him up. He had won them to Christ, and all of them looked upon him as their undershepherd, who fed them and taught them the true Word of God. Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ That’s why we love one another because we are in the same boat. From the ante-Nicene fathers Irenaeus and Eusebius we learn that Polycarp was converted to the Christian faith by the apostle John. “Pastor, my wife, my children, we all are here today. Read 3 John 4 The Joy of the Truth Friday, November 04, 2016 1:51 PM 4 I have no greater joy than to hear that my children walk in truth. PSALMS 86: 11 “TEACH ME YOUR WAY, O LORD, I WILL WALK IN YOUR TRUTH; UNITE MY HEART TO FEAR YOUR NAME.” (NKJV) 2 JOHN 1: 4 “I REJOICED GREATLY THAT I HAVE FOUND (SOME) OF YOUR CHILDREN WALKING IN TRUTH, AS WE RECEIVED COMMANDMENT FROM THE FATHER.” (NKJV) APPLICATION: WALKING IN TRUTH IS WALKING IN GOD’S TRUTH. [1 Chronicles 22:9-10]. One of the fellow elders in our church came to me after the service this morning and said, “Isn’t that almost unbelievable, that at the age of one hundred, ninety-five to one hundred, John is still pastor of the church at Ephesus?”. In order to create and nurture deep Christian fellowship you have to talk about who you think Christ is and what he taught. He’s like a preacher, isn’t he?! And I go and say—why, I do the best that I can—I say what prayerfully I ask God to give me wisdom to say, yet having done it or having said it, I walk away and the burden stays on my heart. David said to the army, “Spare the life of the young man, Absalom [2 Samuel 18:5, 12]. John warns agains untruth. Jesus says in John 13:34, “As I have loved you…you also love one another.”. Is the Lord glorified when we don’t succeed out there in the world, where we toil and work and strive? The Zealots so egged and so flamed those fires of bitterness until in 66 AD, Judah and Galilee and Palestine rebelled against the Roman government, and Josephus was chosen as the general of the army in Galilee. How happy Lois, to have a daughter like Eunice? What a contrast there would be if all those in the church truly carried out the admonition to "Walk In Truth And Holiness"! Does He? So he writes in verse 1, “The elder, to the elect lady and her children, whom I love in truth, and not only I, but also all those who have known the truth.” That is, “I love you but so does every other truth-loving Christian love you.” And John adds that this truth, verse 2, “abides in us and will be with us forever.” Pretty straight-forward. No time and no place in the Word of God will you find the Lord reprimanding, or condemning, or censuring a parent who’s pleading in behalf of an unworthy son. Todd Linn|Rev. If Polycarp was burned at the stake in 155 AD, and he said to the emperor that eighty and six years he had served the Lord Jesus—that meant that Polycarp was won to Christ in 69 AD. Verse 4: “I rejoiced greatly that I have found some of your children walking in truth, as we received commandment from the Father.”, So John is delighted to have found some in the congregation walking in truth, living the truth. We are preaching through these three epistles of John. John was the pastor of the church then in Ephesus from about 67, or 68, or 69 until about 100 AD, and he died there in Ephesus. We must protect the truth. John begins in verse 1 by identifying himself as “The elder.” You’ll note the name “John” does not actually occur here in the letter, but from the very first years this letter was circulated among the churches, there was near universal acceptance that the letter was written by John and that this was the way he identified himself as, “the elder.”. … And we’re going to see in a moment that the main truth about which John is concerned is the truth of the incarnation, that God took on flesh in the Person of Christ, so that Jesus Christ is the perfect uniting together of two natures, the uniting together of God and Man, into one person. The message of the thirteen verses is simple: Followers of Jesus have three responsibilities to the truth. These still apply today. God loves us in Christ. Love is not so much a feeling as it is an action. “I have no greater joy than to hear that my children walk in the truth” [3 John 4]. He writes in verse 1 to “the elect lady and her children” and we said earlier that most likely he has in mind a particular church and her members. In the books of 2 & 3 John, the Apostle John warned the first century Church— and all believers — about these dangers. The doctrine of the incarnation is truth. Description John Miller / April 11, 2010 . The letter was probably written to a local church, a local congregation. These false teachers denied the doctrine of the incarnation, that God took on flesh in the Person of Christ. Supreme desire of the parent and pastor that all be saved, none are outside the No matter how many times we disappoint Him, He continues to love us. And here is an expression of that: God wishing you success in what you do: if you are a farmer, that you have a good crop; if you raise cattle, that the herds increase; if you work in a store, that your customers multiply; if you’re in the commercial world or the professional world, that you succeed in the thing to which you’ve placed heart and hand. He refused to do so, for that meant an allegiance to the Roman Caesar as kurios, as Lord. [Ruth 4:17, 22]. It’s like what Paul teaches in Ephesians 4:32, “Be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God in Christ forgave you.”. Last week we saw from verses 3 and 4 that John makes the message of Christ (call it theology, or doctrine) the basis of all significant Christian fellowship. - cf. In either case, John says, “I’m just delighted that some of you are living out your Christian faith, living out the truth, walking in truth.”. The key phrase is found in the first part of verse 4, “I rejoiced greatly that I have found some of your children walking in truth.” Let’s talk about what it means to “Walk in Truth.” First, the Bible teaches that Christians are to, number one: To “walk in the truth” is to know the truth, believe the truth, and obey the truth. And Polycarp said something at his trial before the Roman emperor that is most significant. To all he was their undershepherd, giving fatherly care over their souls, II. TRUTH. Now the text; and the same thing as verse 4 over here, verse 4 here, “I have no greater joy than to hear that my children walk in truth” [3 John 4]. We’d never hurt each other, if we loved one another. If we don’t care, nothing matters. It is as if we are saying, “I don’t love that person because I don’t regard Your perfection as sufficient to cover that person.” By failing to love another brother or sister in Christ, we are hurting Jesus Christ Himself. And the most important information is: COPYRIGHT DISCLAIMER: The text contained in this sermon is solely owned by its author. Pastor John Miller begins a study through the Book of 2 John with an expository message titled “Walking in Truth” using 2 John 1:1-13 as his text. joy either way to the parent or pastor who does not care whether children There were many in the congregation who looked upon him as their spiritual father. View the Walking In Truth Archives ... 012608 - The Kind Of Preaching That Will Bring The Glory Down!012808 - What Would The Apostle Paul Be Thankful For In Your Life? Grace be unto you, peace, and mercy, from God the Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ, the Son of the Father, in truth and love. Inspirational devotions delivered right to your email inbox. to be praying for one another to walk in the truth. Walking in the Truth 2 John Sunday - PM Suber Road Baptist Church. 1) A two-by-four at a retail lumberyard is not really 2 inches by 4 inches. Does the Lord wish a man to fail in his business? Peter had been dead a generation, thirty years, when John wrote these words. Here we are.”  A couple, or just one somebody you, in the balcony round, in the last seat and the last, topmost balcony, there’s time and to spare, come. Done correctly and consistently, the lost world takes note. He has divided the kingdom, but when you fight in the day of that confrontation, spare the life of the young man Absalom.” And you remember when he was caught by the hair in a tree and suspended? [2] Beloved, I wish above all things that thou mayest prosper and be in health, even as thy soul prospereth. I will work.”. We are to be a church who loves one another in truth… And I wish that, and God wishes that for all of you who work, that you succeed in what you do. A discussion about the emphasis that John places upon obedience to the truth that abides in us, using the text of 2 John. Featuring a sermon puts it on the front page of the site and is the most effective way to bring this sermon to the attention of thousands including all mobile platforms + newsletter. This is a deceiver and an antichrist. [2 Timothy 2:5]. John had heard Jesus talk about Christian love for one another. To give them a platform to speak is to–verse 11– “share in [their] evil deeds.” The point is, “Guard the truth; look out for untruth.”. And that command to love, in fact, sums up the entirety of the Old Testament Law. Featuring a sermon puts it on the front page of the site and is the most effective way to bring this sermon to the attention of thousands including all mobile platforms + newsletter. Don’t give them a platform. Fourth verse in 2 John: “I rejoice greatly that I found of thy children walking in truth” [2 John 4]. He forgives and goes on loving. We pray for them all! “I rejoice greatly when I see my children walking in the faith.”. 7. In the meantime, we are looking at 2 John this morning and then 3 John next week. Be very grateful that the children are succeeding in business and getting along in the world, and their accomplishments are brilliant, but have no hurt of soul that they’re not born again [John 3:3, 7]. How happy David, to have a successor like Solomon? “For I rejoiced greatly, when the brethren came and testified of the truth that is in thee, even as thou walkest in the truth” [3 John 3]. But I walk away with a heavy, heavy heart, and I can’t get over it. 3) The American buffalo is not a buffalo, but a bison. Second John. You have no way to provide for the child, and to rear the child like that is so difficult. fold. Therefore it should not surprise us to find John following his commendation for walking in truth with an...] “I rejoice greatly that I found my children walking in the truth” [2 John 4]. Every member walking in the truth. John 4; 3 John 4), 2. Tweet. 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