III JOHN

Theme: Truth

Author: Apostle John

Time: Late 1st Century AD

Key Words:

Truth 7

Receive 3

Walk 2

Love 2

Key Scripture:

3 John 4 ESV

4 I have no greater joy than to hear that my children are walking in the truth.

• Truth is the revelation and it sheds light on things.

• When we walk in truth we walk in the reality of God

Structure:

Chapters 1-8: Greeting and Gauss’s Hospitality

Chapters 9-11: Diotrephes Rebellion

Chapters 12-14: Commendation of Demetrius and Final Greeting

Purpose of the Book:

1. To encourage Gaius in his reception of the brethren

2. To assure Gaius that John himself would deal with Diotrephes when he visited the church

3. To bear record of Demetrius good report in the truth

Message of the Book:

1. Believer must be willing to receive the brethren and show hospitality to them

• * taking care of people you like and do not like

2. Any leader who desire to have pre-eminence will bring himself under divine discipline

3. Christianity is a practical walk in truth and love