Bible Study May 20, 2024
3 John 1:5 10
“Beloved, it is a faithful thing you do in all your efforts for these brothers, strangers as they are, 6 who testified to your love before the church. You will do well to send them on their journey in a manner worthy of God. 7 For they have gone out for the sake of the name, accepting nothing from the Gentiles. 8 Therefore we ought to support people like these, that we may be fellow workers for the truth. 9 I have written something to the church, but Diotrephes, who likes to put himself first, does not acknowledge our authority. 10 So if I come, I will bring up what he is doing, talking wicked nonsense against us. And not content with that, he refuses to welcome the brothers, and also stops those who want to and puts them out of the church.”
One quality that some have difficulty with is that of humility. Mac Davis may have summed it up in his song “It’s Hard To Be Humble” with these words:
“… Oh Lord it’s hard to be humble
When you’re perfect in every way
I can’t wait to look in the mirror
Cause I get better looking each day
Paul writes a scathing note to a man named Diotrephes who seemed quite about himself. He was more interested in himself than in the church. He rejected the authority that Paul in and in the letter that he wrote. He refused to accept those sent and even ejected them from the church.
It would serve us all well to be more humble and accepting of everyone. We may not agree with their beliefs (we are not required to do so), lifestyles, friends, or some other issue but we should accept them.
God Bless.
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