Message Notes

8 June 2014

Text: 2 John 6

THIS IS LOVE, THAT WE WALK ACCORDING TO HIS COMMANDMENTS

(I) THE PRACTICE OF CHRISTIAN LOVE

1. A command by the Lord Jesus Christ (John 13:34-35)

2. A commandment obeyed by the apostles of Christ

a) Understood

b) Accepted

c) Taught

d) Emphasised

(II) THE EXAMPLE OF THE APOSTLE JOHN

1. Love for the “elect lady” (2 John 1)

2. Love for “her children” (2 John 1)

3. All who have known the truth (2 John 1)

(III) TRUTH AND LOVE

1. Truth and love (2 John 3)

a) They go together

b) They cannot be separated

2. Emphasis on both truth and love

a) Walking in truth commended (2 John 4)

b) Loving one another (2 John 5-6)

(IV) WALKING WITH THE LORD SAFELY

1. Walking in His commandments (2 John 6)

2. Walking in full awareness of deceivers (2 John 7-11)

a) Many deceivers in the world (2 John 7)

b) They deny Christ (2 John 7)

c) They are “antichrist” (2 John 7)

d) They do not abide in the doctrine of Christ (2 John 9)