Christ in 3 John

~ Jesus Christ Is The Only Way To God ~

The Bible is about Jesus Christ  ~  “Jesus said to them, ‘How foolish you are, and how slow of heart to believe all that the prophets have spoken!  Did not the Christ have to suffer these things and then enter His glory?’  And beginning with Moses and all the Prophets, He explained to them what was said in all the Scriptures concerning Himself” (Luke 24:25-27).

Jesus Christ in John’s Three Letters  ~   He is everlasting love in all three epistles.  He is the Great Lover coming for His Bride (His true Church).  But also note that the Apostle John wrote many familiar words in his account of the life of Jesus Christ.  One of the more familiar verses is amplified in these three epistles.  “Jesus said to him [Thomas], ‘I am the way [3 John], the truth [2 John], and the life [1 John].  No one comes to the Father except through Me’” (John 14:6).

Jesus Christ in the Epistle of 3 John  ~  He is the one who is the Way to the source of true prosperity.  He is the One who is good.  A curious fact in this epistle is that John refers by name to both good and bad individuals—but rather than lump The Messiah in with others he simply refers to Jesus Christ as The Name.  “Dear friend, when you extend hospitality to Christian brothers and sisters, even when they are strangers, you make the faith visible.  They’ve made a full report back to the church here, a message about your love.  It’s good work you're doing, helping these travelers on their way, hospitality worthy of God himself!  They set out under the banner of the Name, and get no help from unbelievers.  So they deserve any support we can give them.  In providing meals and a bed, we become their companions in spreading the Truth” (3 John 5-8, The Message).

Comment  ~  We have only touched the surface of Christ in 3 John.  The Apostle Paul told us the Scriptures present many shadows of things to come but the reality is found in Jesus Christ (Colossians 2:17). 

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