December 19, 2014
3 John
3 John, once again, was written about the same time as 1 and 2 John. This time, rather than warning a “chosen lady” not to welcome false teachers, John writes to commend a friend named Gaius, for “walking in the truth” (v. 3) and for offering hospitality to true teachers, namely John’s emissaries.
Not every church leader in Asia Minor has welcomed those John sent. He mentions Diotrephes, a particularly dictatorial church leader, who not only refused John’s people, but excommunicated anyone who did welcome them. Ouch!
Today, I will end with John’s opening wish for his reader: “Dear friend, I pray that all may go well with you and that you may be in good health, as it goes well with your soul.”
Your fellow traveler through the New Testament,
Pastor Gary
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