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Pastor Mike Servello Jr. speaks from 3 John 9-11 on Dealing with Diotrophes.

Pastor Mike Servello Jr. speaks from 3 John 9-11 on Dealing with Diotrophes.

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The letter known as 2 John is addressed to “the elect lady and her children” which is most likely a reference to the church body to whom he was writing. In it, John encourages the church to continue in love and to reject false teaching. You'll hear echoes of 1 John as tells the church that those remain in Christ's teaching have both the Father and the Son. In 3 John, the apostle commends his friend Gaius, who is likely a pastor, and writes to warn him about Diotrophes who loves attention, power, divisive speech, and who probably already had a twitter account. John encourages Gaius to refrain from imitating what is evil and imitate what is good. :::Christian Standard Bible translation.All music written and produced by John Burgess Ross.Co-produced by the Christian Standard Biblefacebook.com/commuterbibleinstagram.com/commuter_bibletwitter.com/CommuterPodpatreon.com/commuterbibleadmin@commuterbible.org

The book of the prophet Haggai addresses the people of Judah who returned from exile and who had prioritized making their homes comfortable while neglecting to rebuild the Lord's temple. The letter known as 2 John is addressed to “the elect lady and her children” which is most likely a reference to the church body to whom he was writing. In it, he encourages the church to continue in love and to reject false teaching. In 3 John, the apostle commends his friend Gaius, who is likely a pastor, and writes to warn him about Diotrophes who loves attention, power, divisive speech, and who probably already had an active social media following. In the letter from Jude, we see a saint who zealously defends the faith against false teaching and practice.Haggai 1 - 1:12 . Haggai 2 - 4:10 . 2 John - 10:12 . 3 John - 12:41 . Jude - 15:14 . Psalm 125 - 20:36 . Psalm 126 - 21:27 . Psalm 127 - 22:26 .  :::Christian Standard Bible translation.All music written and produced by John Burgess Ross.Co-produced by Bobby Brown, Katelyn Pridgen, Eric Williamson & the Christian Standard Biblefacebook.com/commuterbibleinstagram.com/commuter_bibletwitter.com/CommuterPodpatreon.com/commuterbibleadmin@commuterbible.org

In 3rd John, John is writing to Gaius, whose pastor was very unpleasant. John tells Gaius, that instead of following after Diotrophes, he should follow after that which is good. Please listen to this evangelist preach this wonderful message.

Show notes #14: 3rd Epistle of JohnVerses 1, 3, 4, 8In these verses the Greek word, “alethea”, (which appears frequently in all of John's writings) should instead be printed, “Truth” since it is not one truth out of many, but is instead synonymous with Christ Jesus. In addition, early Quakers also saw this word “alethea” as not just a truth, but as in John 14:6, a clear synonymous reference to Christ Jesus as the Truth. Verses 9-10It is somewhat difficult to ascertain from this epistle exactly what was happening in John's congregation regarding the challenge Diotrophes was presenting. Regardless, John says that he will deal with the issue when he is physically present with them. Henry goes on to discuss some of the issues concerning the authorship of the five works attributed to John: the Gospel of John, the three Epistles of John and the Revelation of John. While these five are usually attributed to the same John, it should be noted that the Greek in the Book of Revelation is somewhat rougher in grammar and usage than the Greek of the Gospel of John and the Epistles of John. Regarding the Book of Revelation, it is known that there was a Roman penal colony on the Island of Patmos, the place from which John indicates he has written the revelation he has been given. (Rev. 1:9)Regarding the Gospel of John, Henry discusses some possible disconnect between the last verses of Chapter 20, and Chapter 21. It is possible Chapter 21 was added some time later. Henry plans to discuss these issues in his upcoming study of the Gospel of John. Verses 11-14 Verse 11: Righteousness should always be the role of the Christian. Verse 12: the use of the word, “Truth” (since it is synonymous to Christ Himself) should, once again, be capitalized.               Henry mentions that it is remarkable these short, pithy epistles have been saved and kept to illuminate us today. Following the discussion of the two short Epistles of John there is a short discussion of the epistles of George Fox, 410 of which have been printed. Some of Fox's epistles have not yet been published. Finishing the podcast, Henry briefly revisits 1 John 5:21, “Dear friends, keep yourselves from idols.” It is Henry's opinion that John was not so much telling them to avoid actual idols in the Roman panoply of pagan idols, as that John was encouraging the congregation to keep away from anything in their lives they might make an idol, and thus become more important than Christ. Henry wonders if, perhaps, those in 1 John who are reported having left the congregation may have created idols of their own imaginations instead of trying to really seek Truth/Christ.    The advice in our introduction is from page 30 of the Ohio Yearly Meeting's Book of Discipline.A complete list of our podcasts, organized into topics, is available on our website.To learn more about Ohio Yearly Meeting (Conservative) of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers), please visit ohioyearlymeeting.org. Any who might be interested in joining any of the Ohio Yearly Meeting Zoom online studies should check out the Online Study and Discussion Groups on our website. All are welcome!We welcome feedback on this and any of our other podcast episodes. Contact us through our website, or email us at OYMConservative@gmail.com.

3 John 12 Demetrius has received a good testimony from everyone, and from the truth itself; and we add our testimony, and you know that our testimony is true. Having addressed the problematic attitude of Diotrophes, we now learn why John was compelled to write this letter to Gaius. It is speculated that Demetrius was one of those sent out for the sake of the Name, who also carried this letter of commendation to Gaius. Gaius probably didn't know Demetrius, so John introduces him by saying he had a good reputation among everyone, his love for Christ and others was obvious in his life, and last, but not least, John highly recommended him. Demetrius should be received, loved, supported, and sent on his way with blessings. Can this be said of you and me? Do we have a good testimony among everyone who knows us in our church community? Can it be said of us that our lives match our profession of faith and purpose in life? Are we known for practicing good works? If we will live to love with Jesus, I suggest that we will have a good testimony and give Jesus a good reputation among those who know us. Like Demetrius, we live for the sake of the Name. Doesn't this encourage you today? It gives us vision for how we are to live our lives for the glory of God. We aren't measuring ourselves by those around us, we are walking in a manner worthy of God. Expressing His love, generosity, and goodness through our words and actions testifies that Jesus has conquered sin and death on our behalf and abides in us. What a privilege and joy it is to live to love with Jesus!

3 John 11 Beloved, do not imitate what is evil, but what is good. The one who does good is of God; the one who does evil has not seen God. If we love one another, we encourage our beloved family to love and good deeds. According to the writer of Hebrews, that's the objective for meeting together. “Let us consider how to stimulate one another to love and good deeds.” That's exactly what John did with Gaius, his beloved brother. What Diotrophes did by refusing to extend hospitality and support to the Lord's servants was evil. He also demanded that everyone in his church imitate him. John concluded that Diotrophes had not seen God because he continued in his evil deeds even after John's letter of correction to him. I am reminded of John's words in 1 John 3:6. “No one who abides in Him sins; no one who sins has seen Him or knows Him.” John wanted Gaius to continue to show that he was walking in the truth by imitating God's generosity and love with regard to the saints on journey for the sake of Jesus' name. This encouragement to Gaius encourages us to imitate God's love toward us as we live to love with Jesus. We should practice doing good, which is the sense of “The one who does good is of God.” That's what God's love does. I remind you of a definition of God's love: The sustained direction of the will (practice) toward the highest good of another, no matter what the cost, in the power of the Holy Spirit, for the glory of God. That's what John encouraged Gaius to do, and what I encourage you to do. The one who lives to love in this way is of God.

3 John 10 For this reason, if I come, I will call attention to his deeds which he does, unjustly accusing us with wicked words; and not satisfied with this, he himself does not receive the brethren, either, and he forbids those who desire to do so and puts them out of the church. To provide a little context, it is thought that this letter was written at the time in the history of the church where the church was transitioning from apostolic administration of the churches to post-apostolic, bishop-led oversight of the churches. Diotrophes apparently was sympathetic to the new system, and in fact, was ambitious to be recognized as an authority in the church. In the previous verse John cited that he loved to be first among the elders. However, Diotrophes' ambition had led him astray and exposed his true character. He had slandered John and the other apostles with wicked words. And if that were not enough, he closed the door to John's emissaries and furthermore shut out anyone in the church who didn't follow his example and policies. Today, we would say he censored everyone who didn't agree with him. What would love do in such a situation? John had learned from Jesus to expose the evil deeds and false words of wolves in sheep's clothing. “Beware of the false prophets, who come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly are ravenous wolves” (Matt. 7:15). So he promised Gaius that if he came, he would expose Diotrophes' evil deeds. Sometimes as we live to love with Jesus, if we are in positions of authority, we will have to call attention to the destructive words and examples of false prophets or fellow brothers in Christ who have been led astray by them. Apparently, Gaius did not have jurisdiction over Diotrophes, or he would have recommended that he exercise that shepherding task. This reminds us that just because we see someone doing wrong that unless we have jurisdiction, it is not our responsibility to publicly denounce or correct them. John obviously believed he had the jurisdiction to speak to Diotrophes and to the church. He had written him to no avail, so he contemplated his responsibility to the churches and his little children. Let's remember that this letter wasn't to the church, but to Gaius, an individual. John wasn't publicly judging Diotrophes. We are observing how leaders should or should not confronting problems. As we live to love with Jesus, let us remember to recognize who has jurisidiction, speak out to expose evil deeds if we have a shepherding responsibility, and be careful that our words and actions are not driven by self-ambition or jealousy.

The letter known as 2 John is addressed to “the elect lady and her children” which is most likely a reference to the church body to whom he was writing. In it, John encourages the church to continue in love and to reject false teaching. You'll hear echoes of 1 John as tells the church that those remain in Christ's teaching have both the Father and the Son. In 3 John, the apostle commends his friend Gaius, who is likely a pastor, and writes to warn him about Diotrophes who loves attention, power, divisive speech, and who probably already had a twitter account. John encourages Gaius to refrain from imitating what is evil and imitate what is good.:::Christian Standard Bible translation.All music written and produced by John Burgess Ross.Co-produced by the Christian Standard Biblefacebook.com/commuterbibleinstagram.com/commuter_bibletwitter.com/CommuterPodpatreon.com/commuterbibleadmin@commuterbible.org

Haggai 1 - 1:12 . Haggai 2 - 4:10 . 2 John - 10:12 . 3 John - 12:41 . Jude - 15:14 . Psalm 125 - 20:36 . Psalm 126 - 21:27 . Psalm 127 - 22:26 . The book of the prophet Haggai addresses the people of Judah who returned from exile and who had prioritized making their homes comfortable while neglecting to rebuild the Lord's temple. The letter known as 2 John is addressed to “the elect lady and her children” which is most likely a reference to the church body to whom he was writing. In it, he encourages the church to continue in love and to reject false teaching. In 3 John, the apostle commends his friend Gaius, who is likely a pastor, and writes to warn him about Diotrophes who loves attention, power, divisive speech, and who probably already had an active social media following. In the letter from Jude, we see a saint who zealously defends the faith against false teaching and practice.:::Christian Standard Bible translation.All music written and produced by John Burgess Ross.Co-produced by Bobby Brown, Katelyn Pridgen, Eric Williamson & the Christian Standard Biblefacebook.com/commuterbibleinstagram.com/commuter_bibletwitter.com/CommuterPodpatreon.com/commuterbibleadmin@commuterbible.org

3 John does not have the hidden nature of the previous letter. John addresses three individuals- Gaius, Diotrophes, and Demetrius. Each individual serves as a pattern or a warning for all believers.

The letter known as 2 John is addressed to “the elect lady and her children” which is most likely a reference to the church body to whom he was writing. In it, John encourages the church to continue in love and to reject false teaching. You'll hear echoes of 1 John as tells the church that those remain in Christ's teaching have both the Father and the Son. In 3 John, the apostle commends his friend Gaius, who is likely a pastor, and writes to warn him about Diotrophes who loves attention, power, divisive speech, and who probably already had a twitter account. John encourages Gaius to refrain from imitating what is evil and imitate what is good.:::Christian Standard Bible translation.All music written and produced by John Burgess Ross.Co-produced by the Christian Standard Biblefacebook.com/commuterbibleinstagram.com/commuter_bibletwitter.com/CommuterPodpatreon.com/commuterbibleadmin@commuterbible.org

Haggai 1 - 1:11 . Haggai 2 - 4:12 . 2 John - 10:02 . 3 John - 12:23 . Jude - 14:55 . Psalm 125 - 20:30 . Psalm 126 - 21:20 . Psalm 127 - 22:19 . The book of the prophet Haggai addresses the people of Judah who returned from exile and who had prioritized making their homes comfortable while neglecting to rebuild the Lord's temple. The letter known as 2 John is addressed to “the elect lady and her children” which is most likely a reference to the church body to whom he was writing. In it, he encourages the church to continue in love and to reject false teaching. In 3 John, the apostle commends his friend Gaius, who is likely a pastor, and writes to warn him about Diotrophes who loves attention, power, divisive speech, and who probably already had a twitter account so he could trash other people all day. In the letter from Jude, we see a saint who zealously defends the faith against false teaching and practice.:::Christian Standard Bible translation.All music written and produced by John Burgess Ross.Co-produced by Bobby Brown, Katelyn Rahn, Eric Williamson & the Christian Standard Biblefacebook.com/commuterbibleinstagram.com/commuter_bibletwitter.com/CommuterPodpatreon.com/commuterbibleadmin@commuterbible.org

7/10/2022 Sunday Evening

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The letter known as 2 John is addressed to “the elect lady and her children” which is most likely a reference to the church body to whom he was writing. In it, John encourages the church to continue in love and to reject false teaching. You'll hear echoes of 1 John as tells the church that those remain in Christ's teaching have both the Father and the Son. In 3 John, the apostle commends his friend Gaius, who is likely a pastor, and writes to warn him about Diotrophes who loves attention, power, divisive speech, and who probably already had a twitter account. John encourages Gaius to refrain from imitating what is evil and imitate what is good.:::Christian Standard Bible translation.All music written and produced by John Burgess Ross.Co-produced by the Christian Standard Biblefacebook.com/commuterbibleinstagram.com/commuter_bibletwitter.com/CommuterPodpatreon.com/commuterbibleadmin@commuterbible.org

Gaius exhorted to imitate good and be like Demetrius and not like Diotrophes..

Haggai 1 - 1:10 . Haggai 2 - 4:13 . 2 John - 10:08 . 3 John - 12:32 . Jude - 20:45 . Psalm 125 - 20:45 . Psalm 126 - 21:40 .Psalm 127 - 22:36 . The book of the prophet Haggai addresses the people of Judah who returned from exile and who had prioritized making their homes comfortable while neglecting to rebuild the Lord's temple. The letter known as 2 John is addressed to “the elect lady and her children” which is most likely a reference to the church body to whom he was writing. In it, he encourages the church to continue in love and to reject false teaching. In 3 John, the apostle commends his friend Gaius, who is likely a pastor, and writes to warn him about Diotrophes who loves attention, power, divisive speech, and who probably already had a twitter account so he could trash other people all day. In the letter from Jude, we see a saint who zealously defends the faith against false teaching and practice.:::Christian Standard Bible translation.All music written and produced by John Burgess Ross.Co-produced by Bobby Brown, Eric Williamson & the Christian Standard Biblefacebook.com/commuterbibleinstagram.com/commuter_bibletwitter.com/CommuterPodpatreon.com/commuterbibleadmin@commuterbible.org

In this lesson, Ian explores John's Letter to Gaius which comes in the form of 3 John. Ian explores the ways in which the exhortations to Gaius about Diotrophes and Demetrius are useful to us today, as the Church continues to be influenced by false doctrine like that of John's day.

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Chapter merkers:Haggai || 1 - 1:10 || 2 - 4:13 ||2 John - 10:083 John - 12:32Jude - 15:04Psalms || 125 - 20:45 || 126 - 21:41 || 127 - 22:36 ||The book of the prophet Haggai addresses the people of Judah who returned from exile and who had prioritized making their homes comfortable while neglecting to rebuild the Lord’s temple. The letter known as 2 John is addressed to “the elect lady and her children” which is most likely a reference to the church body to whom he was writing. In it, he encourages the church to continue in love and to reject false teaching. In 3 John, the apostle commends his friend Gaius, who is likely a pastor, and writes to warn him about Diotrophes who loves attention, power, divisive speech, and who probably already had a twitter account so he could trash other people all day. In the letter from Jude, we see a saint who zealously defends the faith against false teaching and practice.:::Christian Standard Bible translation.All music written and produced by John Burgess Ross.Co-produced by Bobby Brown, Eric Williamson & the Christian Standard Biblefacebook.com/commuterbibleinstagram.com/commuter_bibletwitter.com/CommuterPodpatreon.com/commuterbibleadmin@commuterbible.org

FOLLOW ONLY WHAT IS GOOD   Today’s readings are Jeremiah 50 – 51 and III John.  We are reading from the New Living Translation. Diotrephes and Demetrius – they couldn’t be more different. Diotrophes was known to speak lies. He loved to be the leader and made his life all about him. Demetrius spoke the truth. He was a travelling messenger that spoke the Truth. His words of truth set people free, because that’s what the truth does. Everyone speaks highly of Demetrius, as does the truth itself. (III Jn 12 NLT) The truth will always point us, not to ourselves, but to God. John says that Demetrius’ life reflected the truth about God. Follow and speak God’s truth as you travel through this world, and see people set free by it. If you do this, you will have no greater joy, because there is no greater joy than to follow the One who is the Truth. The more that we are like Demetrius and less like Diotrophes, the more we’ll know joy, freedom and life. John, Demetrius and all those who are called ‘John’s children’, knew that. The extent to which we avoid making our life about us, and discover how to live like Demetrius, is the extent to which we will have the kind of life that we’ve always wanted. It is a life of following and proclaiming the truth and being set free. May God give you the heart of Demetrius.

The letter known as 2 John is addressed to “the elect lady and her children” which is an odd way to address someone, even in John’s day. It’s most likely a reference to the church body to whom he was writing. In it, he encourages the church to continue in love and to reject false teaching. In 3 John, the apostle commends his friend Gaius, who is likely a pastor, and writes to warn him about Diotrophes who loves attention, power, divisive speech, and who probably already had a twitter account so he could trash other people all day. In the letter from Jude, we see a saint who zealously defends the faith against false teaching and practice.:::Christian Standard Bible translation.All music written and produced by John Burgess Ross.Co-produced by Eric Williamson.facebook.com/commuterbibletwitter.com/CommuterPodpatreon.com/commuterbibleadmin@commuterbible.org

In today's Morning Manna I introduce you to two men and contrast their lives. Which will you determine to imitate today?

In today's Morning Manna I introduce you to two men and contrast their lives. Which will you determine to imitate today?

Sometimes tragically the least attractive part of Christianity are those who wear the name of Christ We must hold to sound doctrine but we must also carry ourselves in a proper way In the little book of 3 John we are given two short descriptions of men One could have destroyed the church while the other is the kind of person we all need to strive to be

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Joseph Pfeifer walks us through the epistle of first John talking about Gaius as a godly example of love for the church and Diotrophes who was not, exhorting us to be hospitable and welcoming to those who come to share God's Word.

This message focuses on the negative example of Diotrophes. It exposes the motives and methods of people who defiantly create division within the local church.

John warns Gaius of Diotrophes and commends Demetrius to him. Believers must take care to not imitate evil, but to imitate good.

John warns Gaius of Diotrophes and commends Demetrius to him. Believers must take care to not imitate evil, but to imitate good.

Because this is the season of Advent, Pastor decided he wanted to take the hymn Comfort Comfort These My People and talk about the meaning behind the words. As many of you know, our opening bump music features this hymn and this is the focus of our ministry. We wound up talking about the Radical Grace Ministry of speaking to those who sit in darkness and speak to all Jerusalem. We also wound up talking about a mid nineteenth century concept of The Spirit of Diotrophes, this idea that we shouldn’t be causing division over such doctrines as who Jesus is and the like. This is an important discussion because we believe that this speaks to the heart of the tendency of Christians today to not want to talk about important doctrines because they believe the cause division and strife. Sometimes sound doctrine does cause division, but better that than someone living in idolatry.