3 John Commentary - Dr Peter Masters | Metropolitan Tabernacle

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Correcting the ministry (1:1 – 14)

Personal progress taken very seriously (1:1 – 4)

The church’s missionary duty (1:5 – 8)

The disastrous ministry (1:9 – 11)

Those who are approved (1:12 – 14)

Purpose

to urge God’s people to continue walking in the truth as the only path of safety

to encourage hospitality, especially towards the Lord’s faithful servants

to remember the church’s missionary duty

to support missionary work

to highly esteem those who have made sacrifices for the ministry

to approve scripturally all office bearers and preachers.

to avoid being intimidated by those who abuse the ministry

to follow good examples and turn away from bad examples

to value Christian fellowship

Introduction

Bible Commentary on The Third Epistle of John

by Dr Peter Masters, Metropolitan Tabernacle, London (adapted from sermons)

Here is John in his 90s, one would think, writing between AD 90 and AD 95. He is the last remaining apostle, the only one still living. He is probably at Ephesus where he appears to have been stationed in his final days, and he is writing to Gaius who belonged to a church probably not very far away, within 50 miles or so.

The Third Epistle of John: Expository Commentary from Sermons by Dr Peter Masters