~ 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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