Reading Other People’s Mail: 3 John – Day 5

3 John – Day 5 Read 3 John 11-13 John includes three names in this letter. Gaius is a dear friend who models the truth of Jesus in his life and actions. He knows the commands of Jesus and walks in them. He is a great supporter of the gospel message and those who carry […]

Reading Other People’s Mail: 3 John – Day 3

3 John – Day 4 Read 3 John 11-12 Imitate Good John again calls Gaius his dear friend. And he asks his friend to avoid imitating one extreme and embrace another (3 John 11-12). Don’t imitate evil. Imitate good. We don’t know if this is a direct response to Diotrephes’s selfishness, but we can assume […]

Reading Other People’s Mail: 3 John – Day 3

3 John – Day 3 Read 3 John 9-10 If Gaius is an example of hospitality and participation in ministry through his time and resources, then Diotrephes is the opposite. Gaius was faithful, loving, and a model for the church. Diotrephes seems to be a church leader, but his motives as a church leader were […]

Reading Other People’s Mail: 3 John – Day 2

3 John – Day 2 Read 3 John 5-8 John calls Gaius a dear friend three times in this letter. The second time, John follows by honoring and complimenting Gaius for his faithfulness in caring fellow believers traveling in the area, “even though they are strangers to you” (verse 5). Hospitality in both the Old […]

Reading Other People’s Mail: 3 John – Day 1

Introduction This is John’s 3rd letter. All three letters are addressed to churches or to individuals in the churches as is the case in this third letter. This third letter has a different tone to it. There are still problems in the churches, but this is a little different. John is still facing resistance, but […]