Revelation 1:8 [Session 5]

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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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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