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Background
2 John is the shortest book in the entire Bible by verse numbering, consisting of 13 verses.
The overall theme of the book is similar to 3 John, commending believers to love one another, and to remain in and walk according to the truth of the gospel.
In the previous section, we saw the apostle John commending the “chosen lady” and “her children” for walking in the truth.
He reminded them of the command from Christ to love one another - the Church.
The love that we have for one another is how the world will know we are Christians.
In verse 7, we see what John’s motivation is for his writing: there are those who are false, who deceive, going out into the world, misrepresenting Christ.
For various reasons, some people will look like Christians, but take the truth of the gospel and distort it.
We see those who deny Christ are not from God:
Christ warned of this when He described the end times:
John says to watch out for ourselves, that we not fall into the trap of deception.
Our job is to take what we have received, the gospel, and use it as our standard for truth.
We have been set free by the truth, and cannot allow ourselves to be deceived.
If we do not abide in the truth, then we show the truth about ourselves - that we are worse off than before.
This is why it is so important to know the truth - study Scripture!
Here now is a practical warning: if someone comes to you and shares a gospel different than what is presented in Scripture, we are not to associate with them (recall before 2 Tim.
3:5).
If we choose to fellowship with such people, we will be deceived and corrupted into believing a lie.
This teaching does not preclude us from interacting with non-believers or even false teachers.
We are not to be associated with them.
This is why Christian leaders must be careful with whom they are associated.
We must guard against false teachings by knowing the truth.
John prefers to speak in person on these matters, and hopes to do so.
The “chosen sister” is a significant reason why the “chosen lady” is thought to be a local church.
APPLICATION
We have been set free by the truth, and cannot allow ourselves to be deceived.
We must guard against false teachings by knowing the truth.
Next week, we will pick back up where we left off in Genesis.
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