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Revelation 1:8 [Session 5]

February 19, 2014 by Mark Trotter

The Most Important Doctrine In The Bible, Part 2

It’s rare in the 21st-century to find a Christian who actually knows WHAT they believe. It’s even more rare to find those who know WHY they believe it! As we’ve hit Revelation 1:8, we’ve cleared off a little space to talk about WHAT we believe about the DEITY of Christ, and WHY we believe it.

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Recap in 10 Tweets

  1. The Book of 2 John was written to exhort a very loving lady who was opening her home to false teachers. #WordStrong
  2. 5x’s within the first 4 verses John hammers the importance of TRUTH when it comes to our LOVE. #WordStrong
  3. LOVE and TRUTH are inseparable companions in Christianity. #WordStrong
  4. Our LOVE is not based on compatible personalities, the same political party, skin color or socio-economic level. #WordStrong
  5. We LOVE one another because we stand together in the TRUTH. #WordStrong
  6. The fallacy of dropping doctrine for unity is that we never INCREASE LOVE by DECREASING TRUTH. #WordStrong
  7. We have been called to love one another, but we exercise that LOVE within the bounds of TRUTH. #WordStrong
  8. When our “LOVE” makes us compromise TRUTH, it ceases to be biblical LOVE. #WordStrong
  9. We don’t indiscriminately share LOVE for love’s sake…but for TRUTHS’ sake! #WordStrong
  10. When TRUTH is violated, LOVE is redirected. Failure to do so may result in loss of rewards. #WordStrong

Notes:

Identifying The Biblical Response to False Prophets and Teachers Concerning The Deity of Christ

An Exposition of the Book of 2 John

  1. The BACKGROUND of the BOOK. (1:1a, 10, 12–13)
    • The WRITER of the Letter. (1:1a)
      “The elder…”
    • The RECIPIENT of the Letter. (1:1a)
      “…unto the elect lady and her children…”
    • The OCCASION of the Letter. (1:10,13)
      “10 If there come any unto you, and bring not this doctrine, receive him not into your house, neither bid him God speed:”
      “13 The children of thy elect sister greet thee. Amen.”
    • The URGENCY of the Letter. (1:12)
      “12 Having many things to write unto you, I would not write with paper and ink: but I trust to come unto you, and speak face to face, that our joy may be full.”
  2. The BASIS of LOVE. (1:1b-3)
    • True biblical love has as its basis ________________! (1:1b)
      Note: _______ times within the first _______ verses John hammers the importance of “____________” when it comes to our “_____________!”
    • “_____________” and “____________” are inseparable _________________ in Christianity.
      Note: The theme of this Book is that we cannot allow “____________” to be governed by anything but “_______________!”
    • Because we stand together in the ____________, we have a common basis for ___________. (1:2)
      Note: We can never ________________ LOVE by _________________ TRUTH!
    • The fellowship we share as believers is ________________ in TRUTH— And is __________________ by LOVE. (1:3)
      Note: 2 Thessalonians 3:5–6!
    • John’s point…
      • The basis for expressing and sharing LOVE is ________________!
      • We do not indiscriminately share LOVE for the sake of ______________…We share LOVE for the sake of ________________!
      • When TRUTH is __________________…LOVE is __________________!
  3. The BEHAVIOR of LOVE. (1:4–6)
    • What the Father _________________…this lady’s children were _____________. (1:4) (They were “_________________” in TRUTH!)
    • John holds her children up as an ________________ for her to ________________ when it came to this whole issue of sharing LOVE. (1:5–6)
    • He is simply hammering the same point…
      • Walking in ___________…is walking in _______________…
      • Walking in ___________…is walking in _______________.
  4. The BOUNDS of LOVE. (1:7–11)
    • Unless we _________________ the connection between TRUTH and LOVE, and unless we’re __________________ in TRUTH and LOVE, we will never ______________ to these “deceivers” and “antichrists” who deny the DEITY of Christ the way God wants us to! (1:7)
    • Our response to these “deceivers” and “antichrists” is EXTREMELY IMPORTANT to ___________!
      Note: A wrong response will even have a profound impact on us in _______________!
    • When does TRUTH set “boundary lines” for the expression of our LOVE? (1:9)
      Note: When they _________________ the DOCTRINE concerning ____________!
    • What is our biblical response actually to be? (1:10)
      Note: The instruction in verse 10 is in reference to false _______________, and not necessarily to those who are _______________ in false ______________.
    • True biblical LOVE has ________________! (1:11)
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About Mark Trotter

Mark became a Christian in 1972 as a sophomore in high school in his hometown of Miami, Florida. Shortly after his salvation, he felt the call of God on his life, and prepared his life for ministry.

He served as an Associate Pastor in Huntington Beach, California and Atlanta, Georgia, and 20 years as the Senior Pastor of the First Baptist Church of New Philadelphia. He was the Teaching Pastor at Northwest Bible Church in Hilliard, Ohio for eight years. He serves as the Associate Pastor of One Baptist Church outside of Atlanta, Georgia.

Mark, and his wife, Sherry have two married children, Justin (Morgan) and Jacie (Justin), and three grandchildren, Jaden, Jantzen and Birkley.

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