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3 John Explained
“We ought to support people like this!”
Background
How Christians communicated, how we knew who was genuine and sincere?…
Letter’s of recommendation.
Trouble in the Church
Personal agendas vs.9
Refusing to support others, and putting out of the Church
Supporting the Spread of the Gospel
The Point
These men are advancing the kingdom.
“Sake of the name”
They are not taking support from Gentiles “Lost People”
We should support them!
HOW?
Through prayer, through going there to encourage the workers, through financial giving.
Primarily through Giving: Send them on their way aka:Pay for their expenses and needs.
Receive Fellow Believers and aide them.
Receive and Help Fellow Believers
Receive means: Put them up, take care of them.
hil
The need to grow in meeting needs so as to not be unfruitful
The Point
We Need to Grow in Taking a Personal Interest in the Spread of the Gospel over the World!
We do that by taking an interest in those who are spreading the gospel and provide for their needs.
To What Extent? vs. 6
Is it enough to have an guest preacher and pay him $50, give him a pat on the back and send him his merry way?? (Maybe if that’s what a Church can afford)
Is it enough for us to send a few hundred dollars every year to a guy in a foreign area and say, “we hope the best for you.”
“A Manner worthy of God.”
Send them like you were sending Jesus himself.
Treat them with honor and with such love.
He recognizes that part of walking in the truth, is to support those who carry the gospel to other places, this is the love he’s speaking of.
Why?
We become fellow laborers with them.
vs. 8
“We may not be able to travel to foreign lands to carry the gospel, but when we support those who do with our prayers, our finances, and our encouragement we become fellow laboreres with them in the gospel.”
“Gaius opened his heart, his home, and his hand to fellow Christian teachers, and we should do the same.”
PTW commentary
This is how is how we can partner together for the gospel.
Some going, and some providing and aiding those who go.
How Do We Accomplish This?
Do we look for some 3rd party group to do it?
Do we look to some para-church group to do it for us?
Missions is the Church’s Responsibility and Commission!
(promoting/protecting the gospel) Holding up the gospel
Pillar and butress= promote & protect the gospel “Holding up the gospel” The Church is the only body commissioned to do this work.
To Clarify
Parachurch organizations can be useful, but they have a tendency to usurp their place, and loose the gospel.
A county tax collector is the only one duly authorized and commissioned to take taxes.
Citizens cannot perform that job.
They would be arrested if they did.
They would be usurpers and rebels to do so.
"The only organized effort recognized in the New Testament for the work of missions is the local congregations of baptized believers."
Ben Bogard
There is no organization in the NT that the Church looks to to accomplish missions for them.
They weren't looking for someone to do it for them.
Local Churches working together with Churches!
“Nothing from the gentiles”
A county tax collector is the only one duly authorized and commissioned to take taxes.
Citizens cannot perform that job.
Other organizations cannot do the job of the Church.
How Did The NT Churches Accomplish Missions?
Local Churches working together with Churches!
In the NT Churches cooperated together to advance the Gospel.
Some Churches took a lead in this, others supported.
But they partnered together for the spread of the gospel.
They didn’t look for someone else to do the job.
-Paul saw the Churches as partners in ministry.
-Churches sent Missionaries.
-Missionaries gave reports of events.
-The Churches were updating and communicating with each other.
-Paul was supported financially by the churches.
-Paul and friends were traveling to other Churches to encourage them
This reminds me of Steve McAlister!
-Churches were called to prayer and prayed for!
Romans
- They would work together on joint projects (the relief of the saints at Jerusalem)
-Some Churches took a more active part but all helped.
1 Thess.
-Paul used the example of other more mature Churches to encourage other congregations.
2 Thess.
The Point
So Churches worked together for the cause of the gospel!
Grace Baptist Church: you are to be commended!
There’s no area here where I see that we aren’t already working at it!
We’re not perfect, but we are already engaged in this!
Why AIT?
-We can't support or agree with everything that calls itself Christian.
-Different levels of support.
-We are not throwing all Christians under the bus.
Thankful for some of the good other groups do!
-We want to work with those who agree on what is the gospel, what is the purpose of the Church.
2 Important Questions:
What is the Gospel?
What is the purpose of the Church?
Anchored in Truth Is:
The Ministry of a local Church.
A history of faithfulness (not perfection) to the Word.
That seeks to plant Churches around the world.
That invites other Churches to partner with them.
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