1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:06,000 Season two of Love in Context podcast welcomes you. 2 00:00:06,000 --> 00:00:10,600 Get ready for engaging unscripted conversations with your host, Ben and Spencer. 3 00:00:10,600 --> 00:00:17,120 Our mission remains unchanged to explore the Bible through the powerful lens of love. 4 00:00:17,120 --> 00:00:21,060 In this new season, we'll embark on a journey together, unearthing fresh insights and gaining 5 00:00:21,060 --> 00:00:25,440 deeper understanding of how we can love God and live out our faith in practical ways. 6 00:00:25,440 --> 00:00:30,200 So let's dive into this season of Love in Context, where love and the context of the 7 00:00:30,200 --> 00:00:34,840 Bible intersect to transform our lives. 8 00:00:34,840 --> 00:00:36,920 Welcome back, everyone. 9 00:00:36,920 --> 00:00:37,920 You ready for this one? 10 00:00:37,920 --> 00:00:38,920 It's been a whole week. 11 00:00:38,920 --> 00:00:39,920 It's been a whole week. 12 00:00:39,920 --> 00:00:40,920 Whole week. 13 00:00:40,920 --> 00:00:41,920 And definitely not 10 minutes for us. 14 00:00:41,920 --> 00:00:45,880 I don't know what you're talking about. 15 00:00:45,880 --> 00:00:50,240 We just like to wear, we just make sure we watch last week's episode and come back in 16 00:00:50,240 --> 00:00:51,240 with the same clothes. 17 00:00:51,240 --> 00:00:53,480 Well, people who are listening don't know that. 18 00:00:53,480 --> 00:00:54,480 They can't tell. 19 00:00:54,480 --> 00:00:58,960 They just tell that our voices are in the exact same like state that the last episode 20 00:00:58,960 --> 00:00:59,960 ended. 21 00:00:59,960 --> 00:01:00,960 What are you talking about, Ben? 22 00:01:00,960 --> 00:01:01,960 Yeah. 23 00:01:01,960 --> 00:01:04,160 I don't know what you're talking about. 24 00:01:04,160 --> 00:01:05,160 Yeah. 25 00:01:05,160 --> 00:01:06,160 Yeah. 26 00:01:06,160 --> 00:01:09,120 Well, we are going to be jumping into third John. 27 00:01:09,120 --> 00:01:10,120 Yeah. 28 00:01:10,120 --> 00:01:13,240 Just to continue on the joke, we'll be in chapter one today. 29 00:01:13,240 --> 00:01:16,440 Chapter one. 30 00:01:16,440 --> 00:01:22,400 So but you kind of have to recap first, John, a little bit to understand these books. 31 00:01:22,400 --> 00:01:23,400 Yeah. 32 00:01:23,400 --> 00:01:25,560 So reminder what I covered in the last episode. 33 00:01:25,560 --> 00:01:28,280 And by the way, if you're jumping into third John, you really need to listen to the last 34 00:01:28,280 --> 00:01:32,520 episode on second John first, because there's a lot of stuff we're going to reference in 35 00:01:32,520 --> 00:01:37,320 this episode because he kind of has to write this letter to address the opposite side of 36 00:01:37,320 --> 00:01:38,320 what's happening. 37 00:01:38,320 --> 00:01:39,320 Yeah. 38 00:01:39,320 --> 00:01:45,040 So first, John, second, John, third, John, all written by John and or then attributed 39 00:01:45,040 --> 00:01:46,800 to John the elder. 40 00:01:46,800 --> 00:01:50,720 And the first letter he writes, he says, Hey, just want to remind you of things we already 41 00:01:50,720 --> 00:01:56,240 know Jesus is light and all the people who want to walk with Jesus walk in the light 42 00:01:56,240 --> 00:02:02,080 and they are purified by the light as they walk in the light through the love of Christ. 43 00:02:02,080 --> 00:02:03,080 Yeah. 44 00:02:03,080 --> 00:02:08,200 Also, Jesus and God are love and that if you are going to walk with Jesus, your life is 45 00:02:08,200 --> 00:02:09,400 about love. 46 00:02:09,400 --> 00:02:14,640 This is who you're going to represent talking about Jesus and the father as people who are 47 00:02:14,640 --> 00:02:21,600 walking within the same authority, same, same mission, they are one God represented in two 48 00:02:21,600 --> 00:02:22,600 distinct persons. 49 00:02:22,600 --> 00:02:23,600 Right? 50 00:02:23,600 --> 00:02:27,360 Obviously the Holy Spirit too, but in this person, he's talking about Jesus and, and 51 00:02:27,360 --> 00:02:28,360 God the father. 52 00:02:28,360 --> 00:02:31,480 And the main reason he's dealing with this is that there are these people who are coming 53 00:02:31,480 --> 00:02:36,960 from the outside and they're talking about how Jesus didn't physically live on the earth 54 00:02:36,960 --> 00:02:40,720 that he was a, that he was not physically president in his three and a half years of 55 00:02:40,720 --> 00:02:45,920 ministry or when he was beaten or crucified or resurrected. 56 00:02:45,920 --> 00:02:46,920 Right? 57 00:02:46,920 --> 00:02:53,720 They are compromising the very nature of Jesus, which we talked about last week and John says, 58 00:02:53,720 --> 00:02:58,080 Hey, these people who are coming and they're compromising the very nature of Jesus, who 59 00:02:58,080 --> 00:03:02,720 are saying Jesus wasn't the things that the Bible says he is. 60 00:03:02,720 --> 00:03:04,360 Don't encourage them. 61 00:03:04,360 --> 00:03:06,260 Don't invite them into your house. 62 00:03:06,260 --> 00:03:09,160 Don't build up their ministry. 63 00:03:09,160 --> 00:03:11,240 That's pretty clear. 64 00:03:11,240 --> 00:03:15,320 Like that's not a difficult proposition. 65 00:03:15,320 --> 00:03:19,880 But we talked about how you, that is a very narrow position. 66 00:03:19,880 --> 00:03:22,400 I'm sorry. 67 00:03:22,400 --> 00:03:26,120 It is a very narrow focus on what he's talking about because he's talking about specifically 68 00:03:26,120 --> 00:03:32,440 when, when somebody is compromising Jesus and in that same letter, he says that you're 69 00:03:32,440 --> 00:03:37,120 going to walk in love and that you're going to obey the commands to show that you love, 70 00:03:37,120 --> 00:03:40,660 that the commands are actually to walk in love and there's a circular thing that everything 71 00:03:40,660 --> 00:03:42,000 you're doing is saturated in love. 72 00:03:42,000 --> 00:03:44,980 So even when you're dealing with these people and you're not promoting their ministry, nor 73 00:03:44,980 --> 00:03:50,800 are you inviting them into your home for the purposes of hearing from them and giving them 74 00:03:50,800 --> 00:03:56,600 authority, you are still called to love in the midst of that. 75 00:03:56,600 --> 00:03:58,200 Yeah. 76 00:03:58,200 --> 00:04:02,920 So to jump into third, John, this is a letter from John the elder. 77 00:04:02,920 --> 00:04:09,520 I'm writing to Gaius, my dear friend, uh, whom I love and truth, dear friend, I hope 78 00:04:09,520 --> 00:04:14,400 all is well with you and that you are healthy and body and strong in spirit. 79 00:04:14,400 --> 00:04:19,880 Some of the traveling teachers recently returned and made me very happy by telling me about 80 00:04:19,880 --> 00:04:23,760 your faithfulness and that you're living according to the truth. 81 00:04:23,760 --> 00:04:29,600 I can have no greater joy than to hear that my children are following the truth. 82 00:04:29,600 --> 00:04:35,560 So to start off here, you have John taught writing to a friend, a friend that he loves 83 00:04:35,560 --> 00:04:42,440 and respects who's been faithful to the ministry, who's helped the apostles, who's lived according 84 00:04:42,440 --> 00:04:45,120 to the way of truth, which is love. 85 00:04:45,120 --> 00:04:46,120 Right. 86 00:04:46,120 --> 00:04:47,120 Right. 87 00:04:47,120 --> 00:04:48,120 And the person of Jesus. 88 00:04:48,120 --> 00:04:49,120 And the person of Jesus. 89 00:04:49,120 --> 00:04:50,120 Yeah. 90 00:04:50,120 --> 00:04:51,120 Yeah. 91 00:04:51,120 --> 00:04:56,040 So, so we have a shift from John writing to a whole church potentially and in chapter 92 00:04:56,040 --> 00:04:57,520 two to one person. 93 00:04:57,520 --> 00:04:58,520 Right. 94 00:04:58,520 --> 00:05:00,400 So that's the tonal shift we just have to note. 95 00:05:00,400 --> 00:05:01,400 Yeah. 96 00:05:01,400 --> 00:05:04,120 It's, it's going from a broad focus to a more narrow focus. 97 00:05:04,120 --> 00:05:06,480 Like he's addressing a specific issue. 98 00:05:06,480 --> 00:05:07,480 Yeah. 99 00:05:07,480 --> 00:05:08,480 Yeah. 100 00:05:08,480 --> 00:05:09,480 Yeah. 101 00:05:09,480 --> 00:05:14,240 Then he goes on to say, dear friend, you are being faithful to God when you care for the 102 00:05:14,240 --> 00:05:19,320 traveling teachers that pass through, even though they are strangers to you, they have 103 00:05:19,320 --> 00:05:23,040 told the church here about your loving friendship. 104 00:05:23,040 --> 00:05:27,800 Please continue providing for such teachers in the manner that pleases God for they are 105 00:05:27,800 --> 00:05:33,300 traveling for the Lord and they accepted nothing from the people who are not believers. 106 00:05:33,300 --> 00:05:41,080 So we ourselves should support them so that we can be their partners as they teach the 107 00:05:41,080 --> 00:05:42,080 truth. 108 00:05:42,080 --> 00:05:43,080 Yeah. 109 00:05:43,080 --> 00:05:48,880 So rewind back to last week, there was this whole conversation about like, Hey, be careful 110 00:05:48,880 --> 00:05:50,280 about welcoming these teachers in. 111 00:05:50,280 --> 00:05:51,280 Yeah. 112 00:05:51,280 --> 00:05:52,280 Some teachers in. 113 00:05:52,280 --> 00:05:53,280 Right. 114 00:05:53,280 --> 00:05:56,520 So now John is writing to guys and he's like, okay, so yes, there's bad teachers out there. 115 00:05:56,520 --> 00:05:57,720 There's also good teachers. 116 00:05:57,720 --> 00:05:58,960 And you're doing a great job. 117 00:05:58,960 --> 00:06:03,200 I hear a fantastic report about the fact that you're welcoming them. 118 00:06:03,200 --> 00:06:04,680 You're providing for them. 119 00:06:04,680 --> 00:06:07,840 By the way, it's likely that guy just didn't agree with all of these people. 120 00:06:07,840 --> 00:06:09,280 100% across the board. 121 00:06:09,280 --> 00:06:10,280 Likely. 122 00:06:10,280 --> 00:06:14,120 It's likely that's the case, but he recognized the spirit of God working in them and the 123 00:06:14,120 --> 00:06:16,240 Jesus that they follow. 124 00:06:16,240 --> 00:06:18,920 And he says, I'm going to help you. 125 00:06:18,920 --> 00:06:19,920 I'm going to come alongside you. 126 00:06:19,920 --> 00:06:21,320 I'm going to take care of you. 127 00:06:21,320 --> 00:06:26,000 By the way, if you only have conversations with people who you agree 100% with on 100% 128 00:06:26,000 --> 00:06:28,320 of everything, you're going to live a lonely existence. 129 00:06:28,320 --> 00:06:29,320 Yeah. 130 00:06:29,320 --> 00:06:33,200 So with, with that talking about people, like only agreeing with people that you agree with 131 00:06:33,200 --> 00:06:37,160 100%, can we just even talk about Jesus as disciples where you got some Messines, you 132 00:06:37,160 --> 00:06:43,520 got some, uh, you got some, um, uh, zealots, you got some, you got some tax collectors, 133 00:06:43,520 --> 00:06:44,520 you have some women, right? 134 00:06:44,520 --> 00:06:50,280 Uh, not in the 12, but in the 72, you have some women, you have, um, you have some Levi's, 135 00:06:50,280 --> 00:06:51,280 right? 136 00:06:51,280 --> 00:06:55,840 You have, uh, Pharisees, you probably have a Sadducee or two, right? 137 00:06:55,840 --> 00:06:56,840 Definitely have Herodians. 138 00:06:56,840 --> 00:06:57,840 Yep. 139 00:06:57,840 --> 00:06:58,840 Right. 140 00:06:58,840 --> 00:07:02,320 All these people who all have a different opinion about how the kingdom of God is going 141 00:07:02,320 --> 00:07:03,320 to come to earth. 142 00:07:03,320 --> 00:07:05,560 And Jesus says, yep, let's go. 143 00:07:05,560 --> 00:07:10,200 I was talking to some high schoolers a few months ago about Jesus's, uh, disciples and 144 00:07:10,200 --> 00:07:12,880 they're like, and I was like, well, let's just put it this way. 145 00:07:12,880 --> 00:07:17,240 Like if Jesus today walked in with his disciples, you would be like, what in the world is this 146 00:07:17,240 --> 00:07:18,240 group of people? 147 00:07:18,240 --> 00:07:19,240 Yeah. 148 00:07:19,240 --> 00:07:23,880 Like it would be, it'd be people from all walks of life, uh, all sorts of backgrounds, 149 00:07:23,880 --> 00:07:27,880 uh, and it's supposed to be an image of what the church should look like. 150 00:07:27,880 --> 00:07:28,880 Yeah. 151 00:07:28,880 --> 00:07:32,720 I was going to say, I was like, we actually would call that place a church, right? 152 00:07:32,720 --> 00:07:35,120 But they'd walk in and you'd be like, wait, they don't look the same. 153 00:07:35,120 --> 00:07:36,960 They don't all act the same. 154 00:07:36,960 --> 00:07:40,120 There's some voiceless people who are trying to call down fire on other people. 155 00:07:40,120 --> 00:07:43,600 And then there's, then there's zealots who are known for killing tax collectors. 156 00:07:43,600 --> 00:07:46,240 Oh, hey, look, there's a zealot standing next to a tax collector. 157 00:07:46,240 --> 00:07:50,320 It'd be like, it's entirely possible that you have, uh, cause we read about in the book 158 00:07:50,320 --> 00:07:55,040 of acts, you have, uh, these really prominent women who are connected to Herod's household 159 00:07:55,040 --> 00:07:59,800 who are actually giving money to the, or sorry, in the book of Luke, uh, prominent women who 160 00:07:59,800 --> 00:08:03,360 are giving money to the ministry of Jesus that he can go and spread their gospel while 161 00:08:03,360 --> 00:08:08,520 there's zealots who are people who would actually assassinate Roman officials following Jesus. 162 00:08:08,520 --> 00:08:09,520 Uh-huh. 163 00:08:09,520 --> 00:08:14,760 Like this is a very like group that has a lot of opinions, right? 164 00:08:14,760 --> 00:08:19,840 And that's just in the Galilee area and, and Jerusalem. 165 00:08:19,840 --> 00:08:22,000 Now they're actually going out. 166 00:08:22,000 --> 00:08:24,180 Now you have people who aren't just Jews. 167 00:08:24,180 --> 00:08:25,640 You have people who are Gentiles. 168 00:08:25,640 --> 00:08:30,400 There are people who worship the Greek gods, the Roman gods, all these different things 169 00:08:30,400 --> 00:08:31,800 that are kind of coming in here. 170 00:08:31,800 --> 00:08:34,960 I was like, so how much more difference of opinion is happening at this point? 171 00:08:34,960 --> 00:08:36,760 A lot, a lot. 172 00:08:36,760 --> 00:08:41,120 Um, and so guys probably didn't agree with everything. 173 00:08:41,120 --> 00:08:42,120 Yep. 174 00:08:42,120 --> 00:08:46,000 But he does say, man, the reports coming back from you, like people are just so impressed 175 00:08:46,000 --> 00:08:47,000 with you. 176 00:08:47,000 --> 00:08:50,280 They're like, I love what you're doing and that you're walking faithfully, you're loving 177 00:08:50,280 --> 00:08:53,360 people well, and you're taking care of people. 178 00:08:53,360 --> 00:08:54,720 Yeah. 179 00:08:54,720 --> 00:09:00,880 So moving on to verse nine, he's like, I wrote to the church about this, but the offers this, 180 00:09:00,880 --> 00:09:04,920 however you say that, um, uh, who I'm going to call them. 181 00:09:04,920 --> 00:09:12,800 Diotrephus and also if you were, uh, pregnant right now with a child, you can either go 182 00:09:12,800 --> 00:09:14,800 with guys or Diotrephus. 183 00:09:14,800 --> 00:09:15,800 Yeah. 184 00:09:15,800 --> 00:09:19,360 So he loves to be a leader, refuses to have anything to do with us. 185 00:09:19,360 --> 00:09:24,280 When I come, I will report some of the things, uh, some of the things he is doing, uh, and 186 00:09:24,280 --> 00:09:26,480 the evil accusations he's making against us. 187 00:09:26,480 --> 00:09:31,520 Not only does he refuse to welcome the traveling teachers, he also tells others not to help 188 00:09:31,520 --> 00:09:38,160 them and when they do help, he puts them out of the church. 189 00:09:38,160 --> 00:09:39,640 Hmm. 190 00:09:39,640 --> 00:09:44,520 So it, like when I read this in the context of second John, right? 191 00:09:44,520 --> 00:09:48,160 Like Dio trafus or Dio trafus or whatever we want to say. 192 00:09:48,160 --> 00:09:49,600 Uh, good old Dio. 193 00:09:49,600 --> 00:09:50,600 Yeah. 194 00:09:50,600 --> 00:09:51,600 Yeah. 195 00:09:51,600 --> 00:09:52,600 I'm going pastor Nick here on name pronunciation. 196 00:09:52,600 --> 00:09:53,600 Yeah. 197 00:09:53,600 --> 00:09:54,600 Just have a backpack. 198 00:09:54,600 --> 00:09:55,600 Yeah. 199 00:09:55,600 --> 00:09:56,600 Not have a backache. 200 00:09:56,600 --> 00:10:05,120 Uh, uh, in a way he's actually following what John was writing about in, in a John, 201 00:10:05,120 --> 00:10:09,640 uh, second John, but he was taking a step too far because now there's good teachers 202 00:10:09,640 --> 00:10:12,880 who are coming and then he's still treating them like those teachers who are saying Jesus 203 00:10:12,880 --> 00:10:14,960 actually didn't come in physical form. 204 00:10:14,960 --> 00:10:15,960 Right. 205 00:10:15,960 --> 00:10:18,520 Well, and, and it, a lot of it is actually very clear in the person himself. 206 00:10:18,520 --> 00:10:22,800 So, um, uh, early on it says here and you're yours said it a little bit differently. 207 00:10:22,800 --> 00:10:25,400 So I'll have you read this too, but in verse nine, it says a road through the church, but 208 00:10:25,400 --> 00:10:30,000 Dio trafus who loves to be first, right? 209 00:10:30,000 --> 00:10:32,400 Is how the NIV says it will not welcome us. 210 00:10:32,400 --> 00:10:36,520 Now yours said, uh, wants to be a leader who loves to be the leader. 211 00:10:36,520 --> 00:10:37,520 Yeah. 212 00:10:37,520 --> 00:10:42,800 So that is, uh, if concerning for me when I go to churches where a pastor says to listen 213 00:10:42,800 --> 00:10:48,920 to them and no one else, that's a, that's a, that is a, uh, you want to talk about red 214 00:10:48,920 --> 00:10:49,920 flags. 215 00:10:49,920 --> 00:10:51,600 That's like a red banner, right? 216 00:10:51,600 --> 00:10:53,500 Like that is, it's not a flag like that. 217 00:10:53,500 --> 00:10:55,440 Let's stretch that puppy out all the way around the church. 218 00:10:55,440 --> 00:10:56,440 We just painted the building red. 219 00:10:56,440 --> 00:10:57,720 We just painted the building red. 220 00:10:57,720 --> 00:10:58,720 Yeah. 221 00:10:58,720 --> 00:11:02,520 Um, because, uh, historically that's also how Colts show up, right? 222 00:11:02,520 --> 00:11:07,080 Uh, especially built around like, uh, charismatic or, uh, specific figures. 223 00:11:07,080 --> 00:11:09,040 And they say, only listen to us. 224 00:11:09,040 --> 00:11:14,640 You're nobody else has, uh, or you don't allow these people to speak into your life. 225 00:11:14,640 --> 00:11:20,360 And the other thing that this does, uh, just backtracking a little bit is this also tells 226 00:11:20,360 --> 00:11:22,360 you a little bit about the nature of the apostles. 227 00:11:22,360 --> 00:11:23,360 Yeah. 228 00:11:23,360 --> 00:11:25,320 Like it wasn't the apostles they were building up. 229 00:11:25,320 --> 00:11:31,080 And then here you have John saying, Hey, there's teachers plural who are coming into your community. 230 00:11:31,080 --> 00:11:32,080 Welcome them. 231 00:11:32,080 --> 00:11:33,080 They're good people. 232 00:11:33,080 --> 00:11:34,080 Yeah. 233 00:11:34,080 --> 00:11:35,080 Right. 234 00:11:35,080 --> 00:11:36,080 Uh, and that should be a model. 235 00:11:36,080 --> 00:11:38,040 That should be something we're doing as a church, right? 236 00:11:38,040 --> 00:11:41,400 We should be building up people to take our place. 237 00:11:41,400 --> 00:11:42,400 Right. 238 00:11:42,400 --> 00:11:49,640 Like if we're, I think we had that conversation, um, uh, with Jamie, um, pastor Nick's wife, 239 00:11:49,640 --> 00:11:52,160 she's going to listen to this and be so frustrated with you right now. 240 00:11:52,160 --> 00:11:53,160 It's all right. 241 00:11:53,160 --> 00:11:54,160 Yeah, that's all right. 242 00:11:54,160 --> 00:11:57,680 Uh, but she was, we were, she's sings on our worship team and she's like, Nick, the words 243 00:11:57,680 --> 00:11:58,680 are too small. 244 00:11:58,680 --> 00:12:01,040 And I was like, Jamie, I think this means we need to get people in our twenties on the 245 00:12:01,040 --> 00:12:02,040 worship team. 246 00:12:02,040 --> 00:12:03,040 Right. 247 00:12:03,040 --> 00:12:04,040 Yeah, exactly. 248 00:12:04,040 --> 00:12:09,760 Uh, but I was like, but you know, we should be building people up, right? 249 00:12:09,760 --> 00:12:14,080 Like we should be, we should be a place where we are, where we're not just the ones who 250 00:12:14,080 --> 00:12:18,680 are hoarding all the time to teach, but we're building people up to send them out to teach. 251 00:12:18,680 --> 00:12:19,680 Yeah. 252 00:12:19,680 --> 00:12:20,680 Right. 253 00:12:20,680 --> 00:12:23,560 Or send them out to do whatever they're called to. 254 00:12:23,560 --> 00:12:29,160 Well and it's, uh, and the, and one of the issues he's like, he's not welcoming, uh, 255 00:12:29,160 --> 00:12:33,320 not welcoming them like, and specifically people John is sending John who by the way 256 00:12:33,320 --> 00:12:36,000 went through and actually started these churches, right? 257 00:12:36,000 --> 00:12:38,600 So has the spiritual authority to stand above. 258 00:12:38,600 --> 00:12:42,480 Remember last episode we were talking about the ability to actually speak correction. 259 00:12:42,480 --> 00:12:43,480 Yeah. 260 00:12:43,480 --> 00:12:44,480 Right. 261 00:12:44,480 --> 00:12:48,520 John is actually in the position to do this because he's overseeing these churches, right? 262 00:12:48,520 --> 00:12:49,740 As an apostle. 263 00:12:49,740 --> 00:12:54,100 And so he, he actually has the authority to speak correction into this, not for the purpose 264 00:12:54,100 --> 00:12:57,480 of embarrassing somebody, but for the purpose of forwarding the gospel and being, having 265 00:12:57,480 --> 00:13:00,160 a better union with the church, right? 266 00:13:00,160 --> 00:13:02,160 Better unity inside the church. 267 00:13:02,160 --> 00:13:06,920 And uh, he says, um, when I come, I'm going to call attention to what he's doing because 268 00:13:06,920 --> 00:13:10,240 it's not just that he's not, um, welcoming us. 269 00:13:10,240 --> 00:13:16,380 He's actually spreading malicious nonsense is what the NIV says about us. 270 00:13:16,380 --> 00:13:18,000 It's malicious nonsense. 271 00:13:18,000 --> 00:13:24,120 Things that are not actually true by the way, go back to our kingdom of trolls episode. 272 00:13:24,120 --> 00:13:29,240 There are entire channels devoted to what I'm going to call heresy hunters where they 273 00:13:29,240 --> 00:13:35,160 maliciously attack people over nonsense or things that they did not say nor things that 274 00:13:35,160 --> 00:13:38,820 they currently hold true. 275 00:13:38,820 --> 00:13:42,700 And they go after people around them. 276 00:13:42,700 --> 00:13:44,240 John has addressed that directly. 277 00:13:44,240 --> 00:13:45,240 Yeah. 278 00:13:45,240 --> 00:13:49,520 And the other thing John addressed in verse 11, which, which I think we really need to 279 00:13:49,520 --> 00:13:55,120 take note of this, uh, is what he called, how he calls guys to respond. 280 00:13:55,120 --> 00:13:56,120 Correct. 281 00:13:56,120 --> 00:14:01,440 He says, dear friend, don't let this bad example influence you. 282 00:14:01,440 --> 00:14:03,160 Follow what is good. 283 00:14:03,160 --> 00:14:09,040 Remember that those who do good prove that they are God's children and those who do evil 284 00:14:09,040 --> 00:14:11,400 prove that they do not know God. 285 00:14:11,400 --> 00:14:12,400 Okay. 286 00:14:12,400 --> 00:14:17,760 So one thing John is not saying, he's saying, Hey, don't go to doubt Travis and correct 287 00:14:17,760 --> 00:14:18,760 him. 288 00:14:18,760 --> 00:14:19,760 Right. 289 00:14:19,760 --> 00:14:21,480 He's saying just don't let him influence you. 290 00:14:21,480 --> 00:14:24,160 Don't let his, um, bad reports. 291 00:14:24,160 --> 00:14:29,080 Don't let his, um, words impact who you're going to be. 292 00:14:29,080 --> 00:14:33,840 And you rewind back to what, what John is saying is, is he, uh, when it comes to doubt 293 00:14:33,840 --> 00:14:36,760 Travis, he says, yeah, when I get there, I'll deal with it. 294 00:14:36,760 --> 00:14:37,760 Right. 295 00:14:37,760 --> 00:14:38,760 Right. 296 00:14:38,760 --> 00:14:39,760 He's like, this is my issue. 297 00:14:39,760 --> 00:14:43,200 I'm the one in authority to enact discipline in this situation. 298 00:14:43,200 --> 00:14:46,400 And then with guys, he's like, don't let that influence you. 299 00:14:46,400 --> 00:14:47,800 Keep doing the good that you're doing. 300 00:14:47,800 --> 00:14:48,800 Yeah. 301 00:14:48,800 --> 00:14:50,200 Guy is, I am fully aware of what's going on. 302 00:14:50,200 --> 00:14:51,200 Yes. 303 00:14:51,200 --> 00:14:54,640 I'm very frustrated because you've been kicked, killing it, right? 304 00:14:54,640 --> 00:14:56,160 You've been knocking it out of the park. 305 00:14:56,160 --> 00:14:57,200 You're doing a great job. 306 00:14:57,200 --> 00:14:58,720 The gospel is moving forward. 307 00:14:58,720 --> 00:15:00,920 I do know what's going on with Dio Travis. 308 00:15:00,920 --> 00:15:01,920 Yeah. 309 00:15:01,920 --> 00:15:02,920 Right. 310 00:15:02,920 --> 00:15:03,920 And I will deal with it. 311 00:15:03,920 --> 00:15:05,840 But what you need to do is not let him influence the good that you're doing. 312 00:15:05,840 --> 00:15:06,840 Yes. 313 00:15:06,840 --> 00:15:07,840 Holy cow church. 314 00:15:07,840 --> 00:15:08,840 Yes. 315 00:15:08,840 --> 00:15:13,320 If, if there's any leaders like that are listening to this, please take note of this. 316 00:15:13,320 --> 00:15:14,320 Yeah. 317 00:15:14,320 --> 00:15:17,880 Like don't let one person's mistake, uh, tarnish the whole body. 318 00:15:17,880 --> 00:15:18,880 Yeah. 319 00:15:18,880 --> 00:15:23,280 And this is by the way, like this, I feel very comfortable saying that if you're a church 320 00:15:23,280 --> 00:15:26,800 leader, this is Jesus speaking directly to you, right? 321 00:15:26,800 --> 00:15:29,720 He's saying, listen, if you're killing it, keep killing it. 322 00:15:29,720 --> 00:15:34,440 And don't let what the people who are spreading a bad report who are doing improper things, 323 00:15:34,440 --> 00:15:36,880 I'll deal with it. 324 00:15:36,880 --> 00:15:41,160 You go and be about the business of the kingdom and don't let it influence what you're doing. 325 00:15:41,160 --> 00:15:42,160 Yes. 326 00:15:42,160 --> 00:15:43,160 Right. 327 00:15:43,160 --> 00:15:44,160 Yeah. 328 00:15:44,160 --> 00:15:49,680 And then he goes on in verse 12, he says, everyone speaks highly of that, uh, of Demetrius, 329 00:15:49,680 --> 00:15:57,040 a different person, uh, and as does the truth himself, we ourselves can say the same for 330 00:15:57,040 --> 00:16:01,800 him and we know, and you know, we speak the truth. 331 00:16:01,800 --> 00:16:02,800 Right. 332 00:16:02,800 --> 00:16:07,480 So I think the implication in that text and, and, uh, this, this is just Ben's opinion 333 00:16:07,480 --> 00:16:10,560 is that diatrophis is probably saying something about Determius. 334 00:16:10,560 --> 00:16:13,560 Determius, Demetrius, Demetrius. 335 00:16:13,560 --> 00:16:17,800 I'm reading it through my microphone so that, uh, we might need to get somebody who's in 336 00:16:17,800 --> 00:16:20,800 their twenties to start reading things on this podcast. 337 00:16:20,800 --> 00:16:24,160 If you are in your twenties and can read small text, please email us. 338 00:16:24,160 --> 00:16:26,760 We will put you on the podcast just as a scripture reader. 339 00:16:26,760 --> 00:16:27,760 Demetrius. 340 00:16:27,760 --> 00:16:32,560 So it's likely that, uh, I'm as I'm reading this, it sounds like, uh, Diotrophis is probably 341 00:16:32,560 --> 00:16:37,120 saying something about Demetrius and he's like, no, we know Demetrius. 342 00:16:37,120 --> 00:16:38,120 You can trust him. 343 00:16:38,120 --> 00:16:39,120 He's a good man. 344 00:16:39,120 --> 00:16:45,760 He's following the gospel and don't let, uh, the things that diatrophis is saying influence 345 00:16:45,760 --> 00:16:47,800 how you treat Demetrius. 346 00:16:47,800 --> 00:16:52,240 And by the way, uh, this is, we could, we could do a whole springboard into this and 347 00:16:52,240 --> 00:16:54,520 we're going to, I'm just going to touch on it a little bit. 348 00:16:54,520 --> 00:16:59,800 If you're part of a church that has a very gossipy culture, that's another huge red flag, 349 00:16:59,800 --> 00:17:01,320 huge red flag, huge red flag. 350 00:17:01,320 --> 00:17:05,360 If it's a church that's like, Oh, I'm going to bad mouth this other believer in the community. 351 00:17:05,360 --> 00:17:08,240 That is a huge red flag. 352 00:17:08,240 --> 00:17:13,680 Um, I learned a long time ago, if I hear a bad report about somebody, I'm like, you know 353 00:17:13,680 --> 00:17:14,680 what? 354 00:17:14,680 --> 00:17:16,400 I want them to prove that to me themselves. 355 00:17:16,400 --> 00:17:19,880 Um, not, uh, not, it may be true, right? 356 00:17:19,880 --> 00:17:21,200 Like don't get me wrong. 357 00:17:21,200 --> 00:17:25,560 It may be true, but there's, but it may not be true. 358 00:17:25,560 --> 00:17:26,560 Right. 359 00:17:26,560 --> 00:17:30,600 Um, like I've had people come to me even in our community and been like, well, you know, 360 00:17:30,600 --> 00:17:31,760 I've heard this said about you. 361 00:17:31,760 --> 00:17:37,360 And I was like, okay, well, I'm like, okay, well, do you want to talk to me about the 362 00:17:37,360 --> 00:17:39,320 issues that you think people have with me? 363 00:17:39,320 --> 00:17:43,360 Or do you just want to encourage other or should you just encourage that person to come 364 00:17:43,360 --> 00:17:44,360 talk to me directly? 365 00:17:44,360 --> 00:17:45,360 Right. 366 00:17:45,360 --> 00:17:49,320 And they're like, well, you know, I just wanted to let you know, I was like, I was like, no, 367 00:17:49,320 --> 00:17:50,320 I hear what you're saying. 368 00:17:50,320 --> 00:17:53,080 I was like, but the reality is if someone has an issue with me and they're not willing 369 00:17:53,080 --> 00:18:00,880 to step up and do the biblical thing and come have a conversation with me, then how much 370 00:18:00,880 --> 00:18:03,520 credit do I need to give that? 371 00:18:03,520 --> 00:18:09,560 And yeah, and I mean, take a, take a letter out of, or take a beat out of what John says 372 00:18:09,560 --> 00:18:12,040 here is like, just keep doing what you're doing. 373 00:18:12,040 --> 00:18:13,560 Don't let, don't let it influence you. 374 00:18:13,560 --> 00:18:14,560 Yeah. 375 00:18:14,560 --> 00:18:17,960 Like, cause I think it's really easy when people are like, oh, well, let me tell you 376 00:18:17,960 --> 00:18:21,760 about the garbage that's going on and why this person is terrible. 377 00:18:21,760 --> 00:18:24,160 It is really easy to get on one of those trains. 378 00:18:24,160 --> 00:18:25,160 Right. 379 00:18:25,160 --> 00:18:29,260 And, uh, and I'm like, you know, that's just not what I've seen. 380 00:18:29,260 --> 00:18:35,160 And so I'm just going to not give it any credence until, uh, I'm going to allow people the opportunity 381 00:18:35,160 --> 00:18:39,400 to screw up their, like to mess up their, my opinion of them to me. 382 00:18:39,400 --> 00:18:42,200 So I'm going to let them show me who they are. 383 00:18:42,200 --> 00:18:48,440 So the flip side of that is, uh, and this, as I say this, you might be like, oh, that's 384 00:18:48,440 --> 00:18:50,720 a really different way to look at it. 385 00:18:50,720 --> 00:18:56,240 But if you are willing to let people prove how good or bad they are to you, uh, if the 386 00:18:56,240 --> 00:19:01,120 report is that if they truly are like a horrible person to be around, right. 387 00:19:01,120 --> 00:19:05,920 What it actually allows you to do is be Christ to them and give them a chance for redemption. 388 00:19:05,920 --> 00:19:07,520 Yeah. 389 00:19:07,520 --> 00:19:08,520 Simply by saying, you know what? 390 00:19:08,520 --> 00:19:10,080 I hear these bad things about you, but you know what? 391 00:19:10,080 --> 00:19:13,160 I'm you have to prove that to me yourself. 392 00:19:13,160 --> 00:19:14,600 You're actually saying, you know what? 393 00:19:14,600 --> 00:19:16,800 I see, I hear these evil things you're doing. 394 00:19:16,800 --> 00:19:18,480 I hear how bad of a person you are. 395 00:19:18,480 --> 00:19:20,400 I'm pointing at Ben right now because he's the only one in there. 396 00:19:20,400 --> 00:19:21,400 Cause I'm, I'm the evil person. 397 00:19:21,400 --> 00:19:23,400 Ben's the evil person in my life. 398 00:19:23,400 --> 00:19:26,200 Um, hey, listen, it wouldn't be the first time somebody called me an evil person. 399 00:19:26,200 --> 00:19:28,720 Uh, wouldn't be the first time someone called me one either. 400 00:19:28,720 --> 00:19:33,600 So, um, but, uh, honestly, if you're going to do effective ministry for Jesus, at some 401 00:19:33,600 --> 00:19:37,760 point somebody or somebody is going to say bad things about you. 402 00:19:37,760 --> 00:19:40,600 Just make sure that they're saying bad things about you because you're following Jesus and 403 00:19:40,600 --> 00:19:42,480 not because you're just being a jerk. 404 00:19:42,480 --> 00:19:43,480 Yeah. 405 00:19:43,480 --> 00:19:44,480 Yeah. 406 00:19:44,480 --> 00:19:45,480 Yeah. 407 00:19:45,480 --> 00:19:48,580 But when you give those people a chance, you're actually being Christ to them and showing 408 00:19:48,580 --> 00:19:51,520 them how much Jesus loves them. 409 00:19:51,520 --> 00:19:56,320 So in second John, he's saying when people are materially changing the person of Jesus 410 00:19:56,320 --> 00:19:58,320 Christ, you shouldn't encourage them. 411 00:19:58,320 --> 00:20:00,160 You shouldn't invite them into your home. 412 00:20:00,160 --> 00:20:05,200 And it seems like this, this idea then gets divided out, which is what's happened in the 413 00:20:05,200 --> 00:20:06,200 church a lot of times. 414 00:20:06,200 --> 00:20:10,680 Like, and I'm just speaking church locally, like, uh, uh, us, right. 415 00:20:10,680 --> 00:20:14,960 Is that we then are like, okay, well, which issues are, can we just disassociate with 416 00:20:14,960 --> 00:20:15,960 people about? 417 00:20:15,960 --> 00:20:19,880 And that seems a lot of what diatrophosis is going into is that he wants to be the leader. 418 00:20:19,880 --> 00:20:20,980 He's got to figure it out. 419 00:20:20,980 --> 00:20:25,000 If you don't agree with him, you know, and that doesn't even mean that diatrophosis is 420 00:20:25,000 --> 00:20:26,660 a bad person. 421 00:20:26,660 --> 00:20:31,640 It just means that he's very zealous in his pursuit of, of Jesus, uh, or it could mean 422 00:20:31,640 --> 00:20:33,760 that he's very zealous in his pursuit of Jesus. 423 00:20:33,760 --> 00:20:37,780 And he's not willing to compromise a portion of it to the point where he's not actually 424 00:20:37,780 --> 00:20:39,280 even listening to Jesus himself. 425 00:20:39,280 --> 00:20:44,040 Well, there's a difference between just being straight up evil and misguided, right? 426 00:20:44,040 --> 00:20:45,040 Risk guided. 427 00:20:45,040 --> 00:20:46,040 Yeah. 428 00:20:46,040 --> 00:20:49,080 And a lot of times there are people who hold these really hard and fast opinions. 429 00:20:49,080 --> 00:20:52,160 The best thing we can do for him is pray for him and have patience and let the Holy Spirit 430 00:20:52,160 --> 00:20:57,480 do his work to not let it influence what we're going to do, but allow Jesus and the Holy 431 00:20:57,480 --> 00:21:03,280 Spirit to do his work in them or the person that God puts an authority over them. 432 00:21:03,280 --> 00:21:07,360 And uh, and the thing is I'm not interested in going and converting people who already 433 00:21:07,360 --> 00:21:08,360 know Jesus. 434 00:21:08,360 --> 00:21:14,040 I am interested in talking to people who don't know Jesus or want to go further with Jesus, 435 00:21:14,040 --> 00:21:15,640 but having that conversation. 436 00:21:15,640 --> 00:21:16,720 Right? 437 00:21:16,720 --> 00:21:22,560 So uh, hopefully like those two letters, you can kind of hear like there are some places 438 00:21:22,560 --> 00:21:25,720 where you don't encourage it and you actually are like, Hey, listen, I can't allow this 439 00:21:25,720 --> 00:21:26,720 in my house. 440 00:21:26,720 --> 00:21:27,720 Yeah. 441 00:21:27,720 --> 00:21:28,720 Right. 442 00:21:28,720 --> 00:21:31,760 And it's when you're compromising the person of Jesus Christ, when you're compromising 443 00:21:31,760 --> 00:21:34,560 the very person, Jesus Christ, cause that's all who it's about. 444 00:21:34,560 --> 00:21:36,440 It's all wrapped up into Jesus. 445 00:21:36,440 --> 00:21:37,440 Yeah. 446 00:21:37,440 --> 00:21:38,440 Right. 447 00:21:38,440 --> 00:21:41,360 All of Torah pointed to him, all of, uh, everything that comes after the gospel points back to 448 00:21:41,360 --> 00:21:42,360 him. 449 00:21:42,360 --> 00:21:43,360 Right. 450 00:21:43,360 --> 00:21:45,240 And we live through him. 451 00:21:45,240 --> 00:21:48,400 And uh, and so if that's compromised, that's a problem. 452 00:21:48,400 --> 00:21:52,760 Everything else we need to have grace and figure it out with each other. 453 00:21:52,760 --> 00:21:53,760 Yeah. 454 00:21:53,760 --> 00:21:54,760 Right. 455 00:21:54,760 --> 00:21:58,520 And trust the Holy spirit to do his work, trusting in the word that is in our hearts. 456 00:21:58,520 --> 00:22:03,940 And honestly, a lot of us on our phones that we can come to and have an honest conversation 457 00:22:03,940 --> 00:22:10,000 about these and not pick and choose verses for the perspective of, uh, pushing our opinion. 458 00:22:10,000 --> 00:22:11,000 Right. 459 00:22:11,000 --> 00:22:14,000 Uh, I'm not picking a verse and being like, well, the Bible says this and pulling it out 460 00:22:14,000 --> 00:22:15,440 of context, right? 461 00:22:15,440 --> 00:22:16,440 I'm actually reading. 462 00:22:16,440 --> 00:22:17,440 What does it actually say? 463 00:22:17,440 --> 00:22:18,440 What is the intention? 464 00:22:18,440 --> 00:22:21,320 Cause if I just read second John or third John, I might not. 465 00:22:21,320 --> 00:22:23,640 And didn't contextualize it with first John. 466 00:22:23,640 --> 00:22:26,880 I might have some wildly different opinions about what these mean. 467 00:22:26,880 --> 00:22:27,880 Yeah. 468 00:22:27,880 --> 00:22:28,880 Right. 469 00:22:28,880 --> 00:22:31,200 And then I want to point out here one more time, cause I love this. 470 00:22:31,200 --> 00:22:33,120 Uh, one more time. 471 00:22:33,120 --> 00:22:38,840 Uh, I have much to write you, but I do not want to do so with pen and ink. 472 00:22:38,840 --> 00:22:43,240 I hope to see you soon and we will talk face to face. 473 00:22:43,240 --> 00:22:47,360 Face to you, the friends here, send their greetings, greet the friends there by name. 474 00:22:47,360 --> 00:22:48,360 Right. 475 00:22:48,360 --> 00:22:49,960 I just, I love that. 476 00:22:49,960 --> 00:22:54,760 Once again, he's like, Hey, I could write a lot more, but I wanted to let you know, 477 00:22:54,760 --> 00:22:57,880 I know what's going on and I also know what you're doing. 478 00:22:57,880 --> 00:23:00,240 Don't let what's going on affect what you're doing. 479 00:23:00,240 --> 00:23:01,460 Like you're killing it. 480 00:23:01,460 --> 00:23:02,960 Keep going. 481 00:23:02,960 --> 00:23:06,360 That by the way is, uh, I'm going to, we're just going to save for the pastors out there, 482 00:23:06,360 --> 00:23:10,340 ministry leaders, Christians who are just living their existence with Christ in a really 483 00:23:10,340 --> 00:23:11,340 good way. 484 00:23:11,340 --> 00:23:12,760 You guys are killing it. 485 00:23:12,760 --> 00:23:14,200 Quit doing that. 486 00:23:14,200 --> 00:23:16,580 Don't get distracted by political season. 487 00:23:16,580 --> 00:23:20,040 Don't get distracted by things that other churches do. 488 00:23:20,040 --> 00:23:24,480 Go and focus on being the light in your community, spreading the kingdom of God, having authentic 489 00:23:24,480 --> 00:23:26,720 relationships and shining light in the world. 490 00:23:26,720 --> 00:23:27,720 Right. 491 00:23:27,720 --> 00:23:31,200 How you love your community for the sake of Christ is way more important than how you 492 00:23:31,200 --> 00:23:32,200 vote. 493 00:23:32,200 --> 00:23:36,880 It a hundred percent is the thing that will determine whether or not people know that 494 00:23:36,880 --> 00:23:40,120 you're part of the kingdom of God is not whether or not you slap the I voted sticker on your 495 00:23:40,120 --> 00:23:41,600 chest. 496 00:23:41,600 --> 00:23:46,040 It's going to be, uh, how you love the people around you. 497 00:23:46,040 --> 00:23:47,040 Because Jesus makes a statement. 498 00:23:47,040 --> 00:23:52,320 He says a new command I give to you love one another as I have loved you. 499 00:23:52,320 --> 00:23:55,520 So you should love one another by this. 500 00:23:55,520 --> 00:23:57,680 All the people in the world are going to know that you're my disciples. 501 00:23:57,680 --> 00:24:03,640 If you have love for one another, then comes back to second John and third John is, uh, 502 00:24:03,640 --> 00:24:10,080 I, I, this command is to love, to obey the commands and the command is to love, obey 503 00:24:10,080 --> 00:24:11,080 the command. 504 00:24:11,080 --> 00:24:17,840 The command is to love feeds in on itself over and over and over again. 505 00:24:17,840 --> 00:24:22,040 You cannot separate love for God and love for your brother. 506 00:24:22,040 --> 00:24:25,940 You cannot separate love for God and love for the outcast. 507 00:24:25,940 --> 00:24:32,280 Those things are, uh, irreconcilable if you separate them because love for God is always 508 00:24:32,280 --> 00:24:35,640 going to turn into love for people. 509 00:24:35,640 --> 00:24:39,580 And oftentimes someone who, who genuinely loves people and you're like, Oh, but they're 510 00:24:39,580 --> 00:24:40,580 not following Jesus. 511 00:24:40,580 --> 00:24:43,680 I was like, well, they just haven't accepted the truth of who God is yet. 512 00:24:43,680 --> 00:24:44,680 Right. 513 00:24:44,680 --> 00:24:46,560 I will meet them where they're at. 514 00:24:46,560 --> 00:24:51,880 I will not condone their life, but I will invite them to something deeper. 515 00:24:51,880 --> 00:24:55,480 But whether they know God or not, they are reflecting his nature. 516 00:24:55,480 --> 00:24:56,480 Correct. 517 00:24:56,480 --> 00:24:57,960 Because they are made in the image of God. 518 00:24:57,960 --> 00:24:58,960 Yeah. 519 00:24:58,960 --> 00:25:01,440 Our job is to pull away everything that doesn't reflect. 520 00:25:01,440 --> 00:25:02,440 Amen. 521 00:25:02,440 --> 00:25:03,440 Yeah. 522 00:25:03,440 --> 00:25:04,440 In a, in a good way. 523 00:25:04,440 --> 00:25:05,440 Yep. 524 00:25:05,440 --> 00:25:06,440 Yeah. 525 00:25:06,440 --> 00:25:07,440 Some of you are like, I got the chisel and hammer. 526 00:25:07,440 --> 00:25:08,440 Let's go. 527 00:25:08,440 --> 00:25:09,440 No, no, no, no, no, no. 528 00:25:09,440 --> 00:25:10,440 Yeah. 529 00:25:10,440 --> 00:25:14,280 We, we want to pull, pull the gold out of people's lives and allow them to reflect the nature 530 00:25:14,280 --> 00:25:15,280 of Jesus. 531 00:25:15,280 --> 00:25:16,280 Yep. 532 00:25:16,280 --> 00:25:17,280 Yeah. 533 00:25:17,280 --> 00:25:18,280 Amen. 534 00:25:18,280 --> 00:25:19,280 That's it. 535 00:25:19,280 --> 00:25:20,280 Little book, big message. 536 00:25:20,280 --> 00:25:21,280 That was five books. 537 00:25:21,280 --> 00:25:22,280 Yep. 538 00:25:22,280 --> 00:25:23,280 Yeah. 539 00:25:23,280 --> 00:25:24,280 It was good. 540 00:25:24,280 --> 00:25:25,280 Yeah. 541 00:25:25,280 --> 00:25:26,280 Until next time. 542 00:25:26,280 --> 00:25:28,060 And that's a wrap for today's episode of Love and Context. 543 00:25:28,060 --> 00:25:31,980 We hope you enjoyed this engaging conversation and gained valuable insights into the powerful 544 00:25:31,980 --> 00:25:34,000 message of love within the Bible. 545 00:25:34,000 --> 00:25:37,080 We'd love to hear from you and continue the conversation. 546 00:25:37,080 --> 00:25:43,460 Join us with us by sending us your questions, thoughts, and suggestions to loveandcontext.gmail.com. 547 00:25:43,460 --> 00:25:48,060 We greatly appreciate your feedback and ideas for 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