3 John Whoever does good is from God and whoever does evil has not seen God. There is one other thing I want to point out about this verse. Those who do evil are not “evil”. They are not called those who hate God, although they may. Those who do... [ ... ][ abbreviated | read original blog ]
3 John Whoever does good is from God and whoever does evil has not seen God. This is an important thing to understand. Many have used this to try and justify many people as from God. Gandhi did good, right? Therefore Gandhi is from God. What about... [ ... ][ abbreviated | read original blog ]
3 John John gives us the statement to imitate good rather than evil. And then whoever does good is from God. This seems like a simply statement that is a no brainer. However, when we honestly access ourselves, how often do we want to give someone... [ ... ][ abbreviated | read original blog ]
3 John Diotrophes here also shows us the dangers of bad leaders. Tyranny. Diotrophes not only opposes helping out the missionaries, he will put those who do help out of the church. I mention this separately because we live in a day and age where... [ ... ][ abbreviated | read original blog ]
3 John Diotrephes is one of the more wicked people in the Bible, but we seldom remember him. He is mentioned only here, but read it again and see how deep his depravity goes. Diotrephes desires to be first. This desire to be the leader, to be the... [ ... ][ abbreviated | read original blog ]
3 John If we are fellow workers with these missionaries as John states in verse 8 then we need to take our support seriously. Now John is referring to the support Gaius gave in giving hospitality, and probably some of the financial provisions that... [ ... ][ abbreviated | read original blog ]
3 John This meditation may be a bit practical, but 3 John is nothing if not direct and practical. John wants us to be encouraged to support missions. Missionaries ought to be able to go out and accept nothing from the Gentiles. By Gentiles here,... [ ... ][ abbreviated | read original blog ]
3 John John says the hospitality shown by Gaius to strangers, who are brothers in Christ, is a faithful thing. Hospitality and receiving the brothers and sisters in Christ is a major theme of 3 John. But notice here the emphasis is that these... [ ... ][ abbreviated | read original blog ]
3 John The first four verses of 3 John seem kind of plain. It is the regular sort of opening you would expect from a letter. What really is there to meditate upon in these verses? Sure we can see that we ought to be praying for others in verse 2.... [ ... ][ abbreviated | read original blog ]
Psalm 121 I hope you can see the repetition in verses 7 and 8. In fact, keep or keeper is repeated 6 times in this Psalm with 3 of them coming in these last two verses. Clearly the ‘Lord is your keeper’ is the theme of the psalm.... [ ... ][ abbreviated | read original blog ]
