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Pamphlet 1575 2 John kc1-1
"You are what you eat."
Well, that applies to spiritual
food as well.
The apostle John is often referred to as the Apostle of
Love.
He is that beloved disciple of Jesus Christ who in addition
to his three epistles also wrote the Gospel of John and the great Book
of Revelation concerning the events of these last days and beyond.
In that Book of Revelation, in chapters two and three,
John records what Jesus has to say to the 7 Churches which, by the way,
are all alive and well today, for they are all present at the return of
Messiah.
However, of those 7 Churches only two are found to be
without fault.
They are the church of Smyrna and the church of Philadelphia.
The reason those two churches are
in good standing with Christ is because they know and "keep His Word",
the truth, and they teach that truth, especially the truth concerning the
kenites, the sons of Cain, the antichrists John told us about in his first
epistle.
The reason we bring this to your attention is that most
scholars seem to be somewhat ambivalent as to whom John wrote this second
epistle.
One of the greatest Christian scholars of all time, Dr.
E.W. Bullinger writes the following in his introductory commentary to 2nd
John in the Companion Bible on page 1878:
"The Second Epistle is addressed 'unto the elect
lady and her children', and some have understood a certain church and it's
members. Alford, however, gives good grounds for believing that an individual
is meant."
You will discover from the context of this epistle
that it is quite clear that to whomever it is written they have the Truth
dwelling in them and they have Love for one another which they have
known
from the beginning.
There is really only one group of people in these last
days who have both of those characteristics, God's elect of the churches
of Smyrna and Philadelphia, a name that even means "brotherly love".
2 John
1:1
The elder unto
the elect lady and her children, whom I love in the truth; and not I only,
but also all they that have known the truth;
Our elder brother John, apostle of love and truth,
has written this short letter of instructions to the "elect lady", the
chosen woman, and her children.
Those children are the "little children" John spoke of
in his first epistle who have known the love of God even from the beginning,
an identity phrase we will discuss later in this study.
Those children are the lady's, mother
Israel's, "sons and daughters" of these last days,
[Note:We
are not talking about the majority of those people called Jews from that
little country in the middle east] of this final generation of the
fig tree, who are right now bringing forth the truth of God's plan and
His love, in love, to this froward generation.
They are spoken of by the prophet Joel who was quoted
by Peter on that first Pentecost Day in Acts 2:17 who we quote today:
Acts
2:17
And it shall
come to pass in the last days, saith God, I will pour out of my
Spirit upon all flesh: and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy,
and your young men shall see visions, and your old men shall dream dreams:
These young men and women understand
(see) the visions and the dreams that the prophets saw and recorded
for us concerning these last days.
Not only that, these children even see those visions coming
to pass before their very eyes exactly as they are written, exactly as
their present elder teachers have envisioned those dreams coming true.
How fortunate we are to be alive
at this time, for without a doubt this is the most exciting time to live
in the history of mankind.
This is the generation that is
right
now witnessing the fulfillment of all those prophecies and signs given
to occur just before the return of Jesus Christ.
Do you know what they are?
You should, because Jesus Christ, the Word of God, has
foretold us all things.
Mark 13:23 "But take ye heed: behold,
I have foretold you all things."
And if you have absorbed His Word
then that truth dwells in you, and will so forever.
2 John
1:2
For the truth's
sake, which dwelleth in us, and shall be with us for ever.
How does that truth come to dwell in us?
The answer is "Through abiding in
Him, which means to abide in His Word.
That is what sanctifies (sets apart) God's elect.
If you do not have the Word of God
abiding in you, meaning you are Biblically illiterate because you do not
study His Word, then you do not have Truth abiding in you, because you
see, His Word is Truth!
John
17:17
Sanctify them
through thy truth: thy word is truth.
It is that truth dwelling in
us that gives us the ability to discern the difference between the spirit
of truth and the spirit of error perpetuated by the traditions of men.
You know the saying, "You are what
you eat."
Well, that applies to spiritual
food as well, which is what your daily bread is.
When you study and absorb truth, the
Word of God, it nourishes you and becomes part of you and your
spirit becomes one with His.
To study the Bible is the noblest of all pursuits;
to understand it, the highest of all goals.
We pray that with the guidance of the Holy
Spirit, you accomplish both.
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