19 - Walking In Vigilance
November 20, 2022 • Pastor Ronald H. Gann • 2 John 5–13
Whoever this elect woman was to whom John is writing, John loved her and her children as a father loves his daughter and his grandchildren. And what he loved most about this woman, so it seems, had to do with her grasp of the truth. But John also wrote to make sure that her love for others didn’t result in a compromise of the truth. In other words, John’s concern was that this Christian lady might be susceptible to compromise truth in the name of hospitality—meaning, she might be willing to offer a spare bedroom to, and provide care for, a travelling false teacher. And John—the very man who fled the bathhouse when Cerinthus, a known heretic, entered—would not stand for this lady to behave any differently than him in the face of heresy.
18 - Walking In Truth (Part 2)
November 13, 2022 • Pastor Ronald H. Gann • 2 John 1–4
When Scripture talks about "walking in truth" it simply means that Christians walk in such a way that they bring their lives into conformity with God’s revealed Word—morally and doctrinally—where you hear God’s Word, receive God’s Word, read God’s Word, believe God’s Word, persevere in God’s Word, and are a doer of God’s Word. We, as Christians, are expected to stand firm in the truth of God’s Word as our standard bearer for all matters pertaining to Christian living and believing. To simplify it, however, we could say that to "walk in truth" is to know the answer to two important questions. (1) Who is Jesus Christ?; and (2) What must a sinner do to be saved?. And how once answers those two questions will determine whether they you are walking in truth or damnable error.