Homerton Baptist Church
Evening Service (251228)

      • 3 John 1–15ESV

  • Hymn 45 - WITH HEARTS IN LOVE ABOUNDING

      • 3 John 1–15ESV

  • Hymn 1232 - In Christ Alone

      • John 6:22–59ESV

      • Ruth 1:1–5ESV

      • 3 John 1–15ESV

  • 3 John 1–15 ESV
    1 The elder to the beloved Gaius, whom I love in truth. 2 Beloved, I pray that all may go well with you and that you may be in good health, as it goes well with your soul. 3 For I rejoiced greatly when the brothers came and testified to your truth, as indeed you are walking in the truth. 4 I have no greater joy than to hear that my children are walking in the truth. 5 Beloved, it is a faithful thing you do in all your efforts for these brothers, strangers as they are, 6 who testified to your love before the church. You will do well to send them on their journey in a manner worthy of God. 7 For they have gone out for the sake of the name, accepting nothing from the Gentiles. 8 Therefore we ought to support people like these, that we may be fellow workers for the truth. 9 I have written something to the church, but Diotrephes, who likes to put himself first, does not acknowledge our authority. 10 So if I come, I will bring up what he is doing, talking wicked nonsense against us. And not content with that, he refuses to welcome the brothers, and also stops those who want to and puts them out of the church. 11 Beloved, do not imitate evil but imitate good. Whoever does good is from God; whoever does evil has not seen God. 12 Demetrius has received a good testimony from everyone, and from the truth itself. We also add our testimony, and you know that our testimony is true. 13 I had much to write to you, but I would rather not write with pen and ink. 14 I hope to see you soon, and we will talk face to face. 15 Peace be to you. The friends greet you. Greet the friends, each by name.
    Introduction
    This the third of John’s letters presents to us vital truths that we as individual believers and as members of a local church must apply and observe.
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    1. Greeting v1-4

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    3 John 1–4 ESV
    1 The elder to the beloved Gaius, whom I love in truth. 2 Beloved, I pray that all may go well with you and that you may be in good health, as it goes well with your soul. 3 For I rejoiced greatly when the brothers came and testified to your truth, as indeed you are walking in the truth. 4 I have no greater joy than to hear that my children are walking in the truth.
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    a. Gaius v1

    3 John 1 ESV
    1 The elder to the beloved Gaius, whom I love in truth.
    The name Gaius is common in the New Testament. One of Paul’s travel companions from Macedonia was Gaius (Acts 19:29), another Gaius was from Derbe (Acts 20:4), and still another Gaius was a Christian in Corinth (Rom. 16:23; 1 Cor. 1:14). Because we have no certainty that the recipient of John’s epistle is one of these persons, we should not try to identify him. Kistemaker,
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    b. Prayer v2

    3 John 2 ESV
    2 Beloved, I pray that all may go well with you and that you may be in good health, as it goes well with your soul.
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    c. Rejoicing v3

    3 John 3 ESV
    3 For I rejoiced greatly when the brothers came and testified to your truth, as indeed you are walking in the truth.
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    d. Joy v4

    3 John 4 ESV
    4 I have no greater joy than to hear that my children are walking in the truth.
    Why do these spiritual children give John joy and happiness? Because they are walking in the truth. That is, they are walking life’s pathway in the light of God’s Word (1 John 1:7; 2:9). They obey his commands and reflect God’s goodness and grace. In short, they are children of the light. Kistemaker, S

    2. Faithfulness and Love v5-8

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    3 John 5–8 ESV
    5 Beloved, it is a faithful thing you do in all your efforts for these brothers, strangers as they are, 6 who testified to your love before the church. You will do well to send them on their journey in a manner worthy of God. 7 For they have gone out for the sake of the name, accepting nothing from the Gentiles. 8 Therefore we ought to support people like these, that we may be fellow workers for the truth.
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    a. Hospitality v5-6

    3 John 5–6 ESV
    5 Beloved, it is a faithful thing you do in all your efforts for these brothers, strangers as they are, 6 who testified to your love before the church. You will do well to send them on their journey in a manner worthy of God.
    Gaius opened not only his heart to the brothers but also his home. He offered hospitality to the brothers, “even though they [were] strangers.” The term strangers in this context means that the brothers came from other places and were not known to Gaius. Kistemaker,
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    b. Commendation v7-8

    3 John 7–8 ESV
    7 For they have gone out for the sake of the name, accepting nothing from the Gentiles. 8 Therefore we ought to support people like these, that we may be fellow workers for the truth.
    The missionaries told the members of the church, including the apostle John, about the hospitality and care of Gaius. Whether they reported once during one of their visits or more often is inconsequential. The news concerning Gaius’s deeds of Christian love is important. John exhorts Gaius to continue caring for the traveling messenger of the gospel of Christ. Kistemaker,
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    3. Sorrow v9-10

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    3 John 9–10 ESV
    9 I have written something to the church, but Diotrephes, who likes to put himself first, does not acknowledge our authority. 10 So if I come, I will bring up what he is doing, talking wicked nonsense against us. And not content with that, he refuses to welcome the brothers, and also stops those who want to and puts them out of the church.
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    a. Diotrephes v9

    3 John 9 ESV
    9 I have written something to the church, but Diotrephes, who likes to put himself first, does not acknowledge our authority.
    After exhorting and commending Gaius, John comes to the heart of the matter: his description of Diotrephes. John rejoices to see Gaius walking in the truth. But in Diotrephes, John encounters a person who marks a startling contrast: Diotrephes is conceited and boastful. Notice that although John describes Diotrephes as an arrogant person, Kistemaker
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    d. Warning v10

    3 John 10 ESV
    10 So if I come, I will bring up what he is doing, talking wicked nonsense against us. And not content with that, he refuses to welcome the brothers, and also stops those who want to and puts them out of the church.
    However, Diotrephes refuses to respond to John’s counsel, ignores his correspondence, and breaks the bonds of Christian fellowship. And if John intends to pay him a visit, Diotrephes will not welcome him. Diotrephes does so not because of a doctrinal dispute but out of personal ambition. Kistemaker,
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    4. Imitate Good 11-12

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    3 John 11–12 ESV
    11 Beloved, do not imitate evil but imitate good. Whoever does good is from God; whoever does evil has not seen God. 12 Demetrius has received a good testimony from everyone, and from the truth itself. We also add our testimony, and you know that our testimony is true.
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    a. Imitators v11

    3 John 11 ESV
    11 Beloved, do not imitate evil but imitate good. Whoever does good is from God; whoever does evil has not seen God.
    1 Thessalonians 1:6–7 ESV
    6 And you became imitators of us and of the Lord, for you received the word in much affliction, with the joy of the Holy Spirit, 7 so that you became an example to all the believers in Macedonia and in Achaia.
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    b. Demetrius v12

    3 John 12 ESV
    12 Demetrius has received a good testimony from everyone, and from the truth itself. We also add our testimony, and you know that our testimony is true.
    Throughout his epistles John uses the literary device of contrast. After depicting the evil deeds of Diotrephes, John now introduces Demetrius, who “is well spoken of by everyone.” This person, then, is well known and needs no further introduction. Although the original readers of John’s epistle knew him well, we have no further information beyond that which John gives in verse 12.
    In Ephesus
    Acts 19:24 ESV
    24 For a man named Demetrius, a silversmith, who made silver shrines of Artemis, brought no little business to the craftsmen.
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    5. Final Greetings v13-15

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    3 John 13–15 ESV
    13 I had much to write to you, but I would rather not write with pen and ink. 14 I hope to see you soon, and we will talk face to face. 15 Peace be to you. The friends greet you. Greet the friends, each by name.
    Conclusion
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    1 John 4:7 ESV
    7 Beloved, let us love one another, for love is from God, and whoever loves has been born of God and knows God.

      • 3 John 1–15ESV

      • 3 John 1–4ESV

      • 3 John 5–8ESV

      • 3 John 9–10ESV

      • 3 John 11–12ESV

      • 3 John 13–15ESV

      • 1 John 4:7ESV

  • Hymn 593 - Christ, from whom all blessings flow
  • Hymn 222 - THE DAY YOU GAVE US, LORD, IS ENDED
  • Doxology 223 v1

      • Romans 1:7ESV

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