“Truth and Life” The Epistle of Third John

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Date: October 1, 2025 Author: Wayne J. Edwards

Tonight, at 6:00 PM, I will conclude our sermon series on “The Epistles of Love,” as we look at the Epistle of 3 rd John, under the title of, “Life and Truth.” The Apostle John exhorts those who have embraced the truth of the gospel not to withhold their love from those who also embraced the truth, for the world will know we are Christians by our love for one another. Please forward this study guide to those you think might be interested.

Tonight, at 6:00 PM, I will conclude our sermon series on “The Epistles of Love,” as we look at the Epistle of 3 rd John, under the title of, “Life and Truth.” The Apostle John exhorts those who have embraced the truth of the gospel not to withhold their love from those who also embraced the truth, for the world will know we are Christians by our love for one another.

Please forward this study guide to those you think might be interested.

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In these three epistles, truth and love are always connected. True love is limited to those who have the same love for the truth about God. That love for the truth is what makes a crowd of people a part of the Church of Jesus Christ.

That which connects all three letters is John’s concern for the preservation and proclamation of TRUTH.

In that culture, in that day, hospitality was not only expected, it was required, especially of those in leadership positions in the church.

Diotrephes was a man who had not only closed his own doors to the traveling evangelists, but he also had forbidden anyone in the church from offering such hospitality.

John counseled Gaius not to follow or imitate that which was evil, as manifested by Diotrephes, but to imitate that which was good, as manifested by Demetrius, who was affirmed by three witnesses:

Three great truths stand out in these three epistles:

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