Homerton Baptist Church
Evening Service (251026)

      • 2 John 1–3ESV

  • Hymn 208 - Before the Lord's Eternal Throne

      • 2 John 1:1-3ESV

      • 2 John 1:4-5ESV

      • 2 John 1:6-7ESV

      • 2 John 1:8-9ESV

      • 2 John 1:10-12ESV

      • 2 John 1:13ESV

  • Hymn 299 - How sweet the name of Jesus sounds

      • 1 Corinthians 12:1–11ESV

      • Deuteronomy 34ESV

      • 2 John 1–3ESV

  • 2 John 1–13 ESV
    1 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. 7 For many deceivers have gone out into the world, those who do not confess the coming of Jesus Christ in the flesh. Such a one is the deceiver and the antichrist. 8 Watch yourselves, so that you may not lose what we have worked for, but may win a full reward. 9 Everyone who goes on ahead and does not abide in the teaching of Christ, does not have God. Whoever abides in the teaching has both the Father and the Son. 10 If anyone comes to you and does not bring this teaching, do not receive him into your house or give him any greeting, 11 for whoever greets him takes part in his wicked works. 12 Though I have much to write to you, I would rather not use paper and ink. Instead I hope to come to you and talk face to face, so that our joy may be complete. 13 The children of your elect sister greet you.
    2 John 1–3 ESV
    1 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.
    Introduction
    Second John warns against the same false teaching mentioned in 1 John. This letter, however, was addressed to “the elect lady and her children” (perhaps a local congregation), and focused on Christian hospitality. False teachers were using the kindness of Christians to gain influence within John’s congregations. John’s letter spoke of this danger and warned against opening one’s home to these destroyers of the faith. While the basic themes of 1 John—holding fast to truth, love, and obedience—are evident, there is the additional focus on what Christian hospitality is all about. Only when you find agreement on sound doctrine will you find meaningful fellowship. The letter was probably written by the apostle John in the late first century A.D.
    The Holy Bible: English Standard Version (2 Jn). (2016). Crossway Bibles.
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    1. The Address v1-2

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    2 John 1–2 ESV
    1 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:
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    a. The Elder v1

    2 John 1 ESV
    1 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,
    He cannot be an elder in a local congregation, for his compelling influence reaches beyond the boundaries of one church. For example, we read in the third epistle that the writer, who calls himself “the elder” (v. 1), does not belong to the same local church as Diotrephes does (v. 9). Because of his authority, he cannot be an elder in one congregation. He fills a much higher position. Kistemaker,
    Why, then, does he not use the title apostle? In the second and third epistles apostolicity is not an issue. We assume that his readers knew that he was an apostle. Especially, in the last decades of the first century, his readers knew John as the only surviving apostle. That is, the apostle John had reached advanced age and bore the honourable title the elder. Kistemaker,
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    b. The Elect Lady and her Children v1

    2 John 1 ESV
    1 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,
    Another explanation is that John uses this cryptic address as a veiled reference to a church. Verse 13 (“the children of your chosen sister send their greetings”), accordingly, denotes another congregation. This parallels Peter’s ambiguous speech at the conclusion to his first epistle. Referring to a church, Peter writes, “She who is in Babylon, chosen together with you, sends you her greetings” (1 Peter 5:13). Early Christians often endured intense persecution in the second half of the first century. For this reason, writers tried to safeguard the recipients by using innocuous names as designations for the church. In the New Testament, the symbolic representation of the church is often a woman (e.g., John 3:29; Eph. 5:25–33).
    1 Peter 5:13 ESV
    13 She who is at Babylon, who is likewise chosen, sends you greetings, and so does Mark, my son.
    Ephesians 5:25–33 ESV
    25 Husbands, love your wives, as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her, 26 that he might sanctify her, having cleansed her by the washing of water with the word, 27 so that he might present the church to himself in splendour, without spot or wrinkle or any such thing, that she might be holy and without blemish. 28 In the same way husbands should love their wives as their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself. 29 For no one ever hated his own flesh, but nourishes and cherishes it, just as Christ does the church, 30 because we are members of his body. 31 “Therefore a man shall leave his father and mother and hold fast to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh.” 32 This mystery is profound, and I am saying that it refers to Christ and the church. 33 However, let each one of you love his wife as himself, and let the wife see that she respects her husband.
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    c. Whom I Love in the Truth

    2 John 1 ESV
    1 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,
    Whom I love in the truth—and not I only, but also all who know the truth.” The word truth occurs four times in these first three verses. John intimates that this term conveys an important concept. When he mentions truth in his epistles, he contrasts it with falsehood. John speaks not merely for himself. He speaks for the Christian church when he declares that “all who know the truth” love the recipients of his letter (compare 1 John 2:3–4). Kistemaker, S
    1 John 2:3–4 ESV
    3 And by this we know that we have come to know him, if we keep his commandments. 4 Whoever says “I know him” but does not keep his commandments is a liar, and the truth is not in him,
    John places the emphasis on the term truth and connects the expressions love and truth (1 John 3:18; 3 John 1). Truth unites Christians because it is basic, resides within them, and remains forever. Kistemaker, S
    1 John 3:18 ESV
    18 Little children, let us not love in word or talk but in deed and in truth.
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    d. Truth is Unchanging v2

    2 John 2 ESV
    2 because of the truth that abides in us and will be with us forever:
    John 14:6 ESV
    6 Jesus said to him, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.
    John 14:16–17 ESV
    16 And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Helper, to be with you forever, 17 even the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it neither sees him nor knows him. You know him, for he dwells with you and will be in you.
    John 15:26 ESV
    26 “But when the Helper comes, whom I will send to you from the Father, the Spirit of truth, who proceeds from the Father, he will bear witness about me.
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    2. The Greeting v3

    2 John 2 ESV
    2 because of the truth that abides in us and will be with us forever:
    Here is an apostolic greeting that compares with the salutations of Peter and Paul, who write the words grace and peace at the beginning of their epistles. In two of the pastoral Epistles, Paul expands his greetings: “Grace, mercy and peace” (1 Tim. 1:2; 2 Tim. 1:2). Kistemaker, S
    1 Timothy 1:2 ESV
    2 To Timothy, my true child in the faith: Grace, mercy, and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord.
    2 Timothy 1:2 ESV
    2 To Timothy, my beloved child: Grace, mercy, and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord.
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    a. Grace, Mercy and Peace

    2 John 3 ESV
    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.

    i. Grace

    James and the Epistles of John B. Greetings (3)

    Grace’ points to the absolute freedom of God’s love in relation to man’s helplessness to win it

    ii. Mercy

    James and the Epistles of John B. Greetings (3)

    mercy’ to His tenderness towards man’s misery

    iii. Peace

    James and the Epistles of John B. Greetings (3)

    Peace stands for harmony, trust, rest, safety, and freedom; it is God’s gift to man.

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    b. From Jesus Christ the Father’s Son v3

    2 John 3 ESV
    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.
    James and the Epistles of John B. Greetings (3)

    As in his first epistle, John opposes false doctrines concerning Jesus Christ and explicitly teaches Jesus’ divinity (compare

    1 John 2:22 ESV
    22 Who is the liar but he who denies that Jesus is the Christ? This is the antichrist, he who denies the Father and the Son.
    1 John 4:2 ESV
    2 By this you know the Spirit of God: every spirit that confesses that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is from God,
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    c. Truth and Love v3

    2 John 3 ESV
    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.
    James and the Epistles of John B. Greetings (3)

    Truth unites the Christian community when it faces the common foe of falsehood; it is evident among Christians when they demonstrate their unity in showing love toward one another

    Conclusion
    Let us be united in Grace, Mercy, Peace and Truth

      • 2 John 1–3ESV

      • 2 John 1–2ESV

  • Hymn 1275 - WHAT GIFT OF GRACE IS JESUS, MY REDEEMER
  • Hymn 305 - Jesus shall take the highest honour
  • Doxology 223 v1

      • Romans 1:7ESV

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