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.
Recap in 10 Tweets
- The Book of 2 John was written to exhort a very loving lady who was opening her home to false teachers. #WordStrong
- 5x’s within the first 4 verses John hammers the importance of TRUTH when it comes to our LOVE. #WordStrong
- LOVE and TRUTH are inseparable companions in Christianity. #WordStrong
- Our LOVE is not based on compatible personalities, the same political party, skin color or socio-economic level. #WordStrong
- We LOVE one another because we stand together in the TRUTH. #WordStrong
- The fallacy of dropping doctrine for unity is that we never INCREASE LOVE by DECREASING TRUTH. #WordStrong
- We have been called to love one another, but we exercise that LOVE within the bounds of TRUTH. #WordStrong
- When our “LOVE” makes us compromise TRUTH, it ceases to be biblical LOVE. #WordStrong
- We don’t indiscriminately share LOVE for love’s sake…but for TRUTHS’ sake! #WordStrong
- 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
- 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.”
- The WRITER of the Letter. (1:1a)
- 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 __________________!
- True biblical love has as its basis ________________! (1:1b)
- 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 _______________.
- 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)
