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DO NOT … WELCOME HIM / 2 JOHN 1:10

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(KJV) 2 John 1:10

If there come any unto you, and bring not this doctrine, receive him not into your house, neither bid him God speed:

DO NOT … WELCOME HIM / 2 JOHN 1:10

A Christians’ love for and faithfulness to Christ and God’s Word must guide them in their assessment of anyone who claims to believe in Christ yet is not committed to the “teaching of Christ” and His original New Testament messengers (2 John 1:9). Those whose teaching distorts, contradicts or opposes authentic New Testament faith and teaching (as we now have it in the Bible) must not be received into the Christian community. 

  1. God warns true believers to guard against accepting false teaching (2 John 1:8) because “many deceivers … have gone out into the world” (2 John 1:7).
  2. Christ’s followers must consider all supposed Christian teachers who do not teach the truth about Christ and do not stick to the message in His Word to be teachers who do not have God (2 John 1:9) and who are condemned by God (Galatians 1:9).
  3. God commands His people not to give encouragement, loyalty or financial support to such teachers. To do so is to share in their “wicked work” of deception (2 John 1:11).
  4. John’s authoritative words, inspired by the Holy Spirit, may seem harsh to some in the church today who may feel that John’s warning lacks a loving attitude or a spirit of unity. But these are God-given words of wisdom and revelation aimed at preserving people’s faith in the truth and authority of God’s Word. Taking this message seriously will keep people from being spiritually deceived and destroyed by those who are not loyal to God’s truth. 

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  1. DOES NOT CONTINUE IN THE TEACHING OF CHRIST / 2 JOHN 1:9
  2. MANY DECEIVERS / 2 JOHN 1:7
  3. GRACE – MERCY – PEACE / 2 JOHN 1:3
  4. CHOSEN LADY – I LOVE IN THE TRUTH / 2 JOHN 1:1-2
  5. GUIDED BY GRACE HOME

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DOES NOT CONTINUE IN THE TEACHING OF CHRIST / 2 JOHN 1:9

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(KJV) 2 John 1:9

Whosoever transgresseth, and abideth not in the doctrine of Christ, hath not God. He that abideth in the doctrine of Christ, he hath both the Father and the Son.

DOES NOT CONTINUE IN THE TEACHING OF CHRIST / 2 JOHN 1:9

Those who reject the original revelation of Christ and the teaching of the apostles (those He personally authorized to deliver His message as we now have it in the Bible) reject God Himself. Although they may claim to know God (1 John 2:4), they are deceived if they do not teach and live by the truth of Christ. Those who abandon Christ’s teaching abandon Christ Himself. All teaching and beliefs about God that do not hold to the truth and standards revealed in the New Testament are not truly Christian and must be rejected (Galatians 5:7; Ephesians 2:20).

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  1. MANY DECEIVERS / 2 JOHN 1:7
  2. GRACE – MERCY – PEACE / 2 JOHN 1:3
  3. CHOSEN LADY – I LOVE IN THE TRUTH / 2 JOHN 1:1-2
  4. GUIDED BY GRACE HOME

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MANY DECEIVERS / 2 JOHN 1:7

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(KJV) 2 John 1:7

For many deceivers are entered into the world, who confess not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh. This is a deceiver and an antichrist.

MANY DECEIVERS / 2 JOHN 1:7

John warns that many deceivers and false teachers are perverting (twisting or changing the meaning of) the message of God’s Word and attempting to persuade Christians to accept their views. Their false teaching concerns the person of Jesus Christ. They deny that Jesus Christ is the eternal Son of God, born of a virgin (Matthew 1:18; Luke 1:27). They deny that His sacrificial death provides forgiveness for the sins of all who accept Him by faith and entrust their lives to Him (1 John 2:2; 1 John 4:9-10). And they deny that He is “the true God and eternal life” (1 John 5:20). For further background on these false teachers, see 1 John 2:18; 1 John 4:2; 1 John 5:6).

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  1. GRACE – MERCY – PEACE / 2 JOHN 1:3
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GRACE – MERCY – PEACE / 2 JOHN 1:3

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(KJV) 2 John 1:3

Grace be with you, mercy, and peace, from God the Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ, the Son of the Father, in truth and love.

GRACE – MERCY – PEACE / 2 JOHN 1:3

Receiving God’s grace (undeserved favor, help and spiritual enablement), mercy and peace means we accept the responsibility to guard the truth (2 John 1:7-11) and to love others (2 John 1:5-6). To fail to do either will cause the church to lose God’s blessings.

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  1. CHOSEN LADY – I LOVE IN THE TRUTH / 2 JOHN 1:1-2
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CHOSEN LADY – I LOVE IN THE TRUTH / 2 JOHN 1:1-2

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(KJV) 2 John 1:1-2

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; 2 For the truth’s sake, which dwelleth in us, and shall be with us for ever.

CHOSEN LADY – I LOVE IN THE TRUTH / 2 JOHN 1:1-2

CHOSEN LADY

Some take this to mean that John’s letter was addressed to a godly woman, possibly named Kyria (Greek, meaning “lady”), and her family. However, the term “chosen lady and her children” is most likely a figurative way of saying” the church and its members” (1 Peter 5:13).

I LOVE IN THE TRUTH

John loves and cares for others in a way that follows Jesus’ example and is consistent with what the New Testament reveals about Jesus Christ. It is certainly possible to love others, yet not be committed to the truth of God’s Word. People who do this are placing love, acceptance, friendship, unity and good works above the truth and commands of God (2 John 1:5-6). But it is also possible for a person in the church to promote Biblical truth and defend the Bible’s teachings yet not show active love and concern for others. What God requires is that we show both love for His truth and love for others. We must speak – and show- the truth in love (Ephesians 4:15; 1 Corinthians 13:6).

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