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Are You An Imitator Or A Dictator?
David Davis
3 John 2
III John 2 - ‘‘Beloved, I wish above all things that thou mayest prosper and be in health, even as thy soul prospereth.’’
This little letter (the shortest New Testament epistle in the original Greek) gives us a glimpse into an early church, its people, and its problems. As you read this brief letter, you find yourself saying - ‘‘Times have not changed very much!’’ We have similar people and problems today! One of the key words in this letter is witness (v.3, ‘‘testified’’ v.6; v.12, ‘‘report, bear record.’’ It means not only the words that we say but the lives that we live. Each Christian is a witness -- either a good one or a bad one. We are either helping the truth (v. 8) or hindering it.
This letter was addressed to Gaius, one of the leaders of the church. But John also discussed two other men in these verses -- Diotrephes and Demetrius. Wherever there are people -- there are problems, and where there are problems -- there is the potential for solving problems. Each of us must honesty face the question: ‘‘Am I part of the problem or a part of the answer?’’
Consider these three men involved in this letter and note the kinds of Christians they were.
I. GAIUS THE ENCOURAGER
III John 1-8 - ‘‘The elder unto the well-beloved Gaius, whom I love in the truth. (2) Beloved, I wish above all things that thou mayest prosper and be in health, even as thy soul prospereth. (3) For I rejoiced greatly, when the brethren came and testified of the truth that is in thee, even as thou walkest in the truth. (4) I have no greater joy than to hear that my children walk in truth. (5) Beloved, thou doest faithfully whatsoever thou doest to the brethren, and to strangers; (6) Which have borne witness of thy charity before the church: whom if thou bring forward on their journey after a godly sort, thou shalt do well: (7) Because that for his name’s sake they went forth, taking nothing of the Gentiles. (8) We th ...
David Davis
3 John 2
III John 2 - ‘‘Beloved, I wish above all things that thou mayest prosper and be in health, even as thy soul prospereth.’’
This little letter (the shortest New Testament epistle in the original Greek) gives us a glimpse into an early church, its people, and its problems. As you read this brief letter, you find yourself saying - ‘‘Times have not changed very much!’’ We have similar people and problems today! One of the key words in this letter is witness (v.3, ‘‘testified’’ v.6; v.12, ‘‘report, bear record.’’ It means not only the words that we say but the lives that we live. Each Christian is a witness -- either a good one or a bad one. We are either helping the truth (v. 8) or hindering it.
This letter was addressed to Gaius, one of the leaders of the church. But John also discussed two other men in these verses -- Diotrephes and Demetrius. Wherever there are people -- there are problems, and where there are problems -- there is the potential for solving problems. Each of us must honesty face the question: ‘‘Am I part of the problem or a part of the answer?’’
Consider these three men involved in this letter and note the kinds of Christians they were.
I. GAIUS THE ENCOURAGER
III John 1-8 - ‘‘The elder unto the well-beloved Gaius, whom I love in the truth. (2) Beloved, I wish above all things that thou mayest prosper and be in health, even as thy soul prospereth. (3) For I rejoiced greatly, when the brethren came and testified of the truth that is in thee, even as thou walkest in the truth. (4) I have no greater joy than to hear that my children walk in truth. (5) Beloved, thou doest faithfully whatsoever thou doest to the brethren, and to strangers; (6) Which have borne witness of thy charity before the church: whom if thou bring forward on their journey after a godly sort, thou shalt do well: (7) Because that for his name’s sake they went forth, taking nothing of the Gentiles. (8) We th ...
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