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If you desire to be first, what does that say about you? How can the lack of hospitality reveal your true spiritual condition? Join Pastor Steve as he examines 3 John 9-11 and the life of Diotrephes.

3 John is the shortest book in the entire Bible, consisting of 15 verses. The overall theme of the book is John commending those who walk in the truth and condemning the wicked within the Church. In the previous section, John was commending the faithfulness of his beloved brother Gaius, to whom he was…

I’d like to take a moment to address and clarify some things from last week’s discussion during our Fellowship & Focus hour. I just a heads up - we won’t be taking questions or comments right now for the sake of time, as well as to give people time to think about this. But, if you do have any questions…

Third John is a portrait of the early church, almost like a family photo (with the focus being on three or four individuals). I couldn’t help myself; I assembled some of my favorite family photos, courtesy of the World Wide Web. [Family Photo Slideshow] The early church wasn’t without its problems; the…

24 Let what you heard from the beginning abide in you. If what you heard from the beginning abides in you, then you too will abide in the Son and in the Father. What was heard from the beginning? 1 That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we looked…

Three Men and Their Reputations ( Does Your Life Bring Glory To God?) 3 JOHN 1–14 All of us share an invaluable possession. It goes with us wherever we go, but amazingly, it also goes where we dont. Furthermore, what you think of this prized possession is not necessarily what others think of it. I speak…

This is our 3rd week in the teaching portion of our EMPTY acronym, our flyover of the New Testament. It’s a 40,000 foot flyover, but its giving us a sense of the overarching message of redemption and seeing the connections of the New Testament back to the Old, and the flow of the story from Genesis on.…

As we have made our way through this series we have made pledges to be a functioning member of this community. We have pledged to be a source of unity rather than division. We have pledged to not let our church be about our preferences but to be focused on serving rather than being served. And we have…

Introduction/background May we look at some background details as we break open the last of John’s epistles. And some questions we may consider. Author: “ The Elder ” ( 3Jn1 ) Recipient(s): “The beloved Gaius ” ( 3Jn1 ) Date/place: Believed AD90-95 from Ephesus Purpose: To affirm Gaius, to warn Gaius,…

If a visitor were to come to our church and attended a worship service and later was asked what they thought of us, what would their answer be? Would they say that only one or two people spoke with them or would they comment on how friendly everyone was? Would they tell of being invited to stay for fellowship…

INTRODUCTION: Welcome/Prayer Wrapping up our sermon series going through the Epistles of John today. In 1 John, we learned how we in light of false teaching can be confident of your salvation as we walk in the truth and the love of the Gospel as found IN the Scriptures, not OUTSIDE of the Scriptures.…

Genesis 3:14-15 Dec 17, 1927 8 year old S class submarine conducting tests off coast of MA. 2273 Any Hope Of Rescue? Someone has said that if you could convince a man there was no hope, he would curse the day he was born. Hope is an indispensable quality of life. Years ago the S-4 submarine was rammed…

INTRODUCTION We are beginning a new book today It’s 3 John It appears after 2 John and before Jude It is written by the same author as the gospel of John, first and second John and Revelation That man is the apostle John, disciple and apostle of Jesus Christ John is committed to two inseparable things:…

God dispersed the people for their own good, then later He united the peoples out of His mercy.

Does anyone know what this picture represents? This might be the most amazing data picture you see in a lifetime! It shows the 63,779 cross-references in the Bible. The white bars along the bottom represent each Bible chapter, Gen. 1 - Rev. 22 . The line’s color shows the reference’s distance from the…

Good morning, Gateway! Scripture: Psalm 31 . Prayer Intro Good morning, again! August 5, 2001 was a beautiful night in Cleveland, Ohio at Jacobs Field, especially if you were a Seattle Mariners fan. The Mariners coming into the game were 80-30, they had won the first two games of the series, and seemed…

Good morning, Gateway! Scripture: Lam 3:21-26 . God of creation. God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. God of the covenant. You are merciful, and gracious, slower to anger, and abounding in steadfast love and faithfulness, keeping steadfast love for thousands, forgiving iniquity and sin, but you are also…

Introduction Have you ever walked on a freshly moped floor? If you have, chances are two things happened. 1 - The floor was no longer clean. 2 - The person who cleaned it threatened your existence. Why does tracking dirt across a freshly cleaned floor elicit such an extreme reaction? Because work, time,…

The Christian life is not a playground; it is a battleground. We are sons in the family, enjoying the fellowship of the Gospel (Phil. 1:1–11); we are servants sharing in the furtherance of the Gospel (Phil. 1:12–26); but we are also soldiers defending the faith of the Gospel. And the believer with the single mind can have the joy of the Holy Spirit even in the midst of battle. Let's be confident as we spread the Gospel of Jesus Christ.

Last Spring, we studied through the Sermon on the Mount. One of the great themes of Matthew is the coming kingdom. The Book of Revelation speaks of the time when that new kingdom is fully realized. I shared with our Elders a week ago an observation that I gleaned about songs describing Heaven. Historically…

The Dilemma of Belief. Have you ever had those moments when you wondered, “Is this really true?” Maybe life has gotten difficult. Maybe you have come to the Derailment of your hopes and dreams like Joseph, Mary’s husband, when he found out that his betrothed bride was pregnant after all his time and…