The little books of the Bible get neglected, don\u2019t they? Not a lot of preachers hang out in Haggai (unless they\u2019re trying to fund a building project) or Obadiah or 3 John. But they should! These little books are often packed to the gills with robust truths for our people\u2019s weary souls. The book of 2 John is no different.<\/p>\n
John had a lot on his mind, but he preferred to talk in person (v.12). A certain controversy, however, compelled him to write a short letter. If it was important enough for John to write when he would have preferred to speak in person, it\u2019s probably pretty important.<\/p>\n
The themes addressed in 2 John are surprisingly relevant for our day. So, with that in mind, here are three reasons why you should preach through this short book.<\/p>\n
1. It upholds both truth and love.<\/strong><\/p>\n John’s earlier book\u20141 John\u2014is known for the way it weaves together the themes of truth, love, and obedience. And for good reason. These themes bleed over into his second epistle as well.<\/p>\n John begins his letter by addressing those he loves. He carefully clarifies the kind of love he has for his \u201celect lady\u201d: a love<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The little books of the Bible like 2 John often get neglected, don\u2019t they? But they shouldn’t.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[793],"tags":[323,322,324],"class_list":["post-30020","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-9marks","tag-expositional-preaching","tag-preaching-theology","tag-preaching-through-the-bible","et-doesnt-have-format-content","et_post_format-et-post-format-standard"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/biblicalcounselor.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30020","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/biblicalcounselor.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/biblicalcounselor.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biblicalcounselor.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/23"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biblicalcounselor.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=30020"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/biblicalcounselor.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30020\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":30022,"href":"https:\/\/biblicalcounselor.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30020\/revisions\/30022"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/biblicalcounselor.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=30020"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biblicalcounselor.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=30020"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biblicalcounselor.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=30020"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}