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42 Cards in this Set
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Why does John call himself 'the elder?'
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Because he is older and he wants her to listen to him
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Where did the 'elect lady' probably live?
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Outside Ephesus
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When did John probably write 2nd John?
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After he was freed from Patmos
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What does it mean "I indeed love in truth?"
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He loves her sincerely
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What does it mean to 'know the truth?'
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At a previous point in time one comes to know it and then walks in it continually
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What is 'the truth?'
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The gospel truth
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What does verse two modify?
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whom I indeed love in truth'
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How is the truth abiding in us and being with us into eternity?
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Because we know it. In a sense it is Christ and he abides in us
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What is interesting about verse three?
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the phrase "the Son of the Father" is included
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Why is the phrase "the Son of the Father" included?
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Perhaps because the deceivers denied the roles of "Son" and "Father"
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What does it mean "in truth and love?"
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may grace, mercy, and peace be germinated in the soil of truth and love
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Which verses compromise the introduction?
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Verses one through three
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What is the main point of the introduction?
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To entreat the elect lady and her children to listen to him and also to encourge them
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What John exceeding glad about?
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That he had found of her children walking in the truth
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What does 'even as we received a commandment from the Father' modify?
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walking in the truth
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What is the commandment that 'we received from the Father'?
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To love others
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How did we have this commandment from the beginning?
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It has been written on our hearts
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What does it mean "and this is love, that we should walk according to his commandments"?
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We love God and others by obeying God's commandments from the heart
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What does it mean "This is the commandment, as ye heard from the beginning, that in it ye should walk"?
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The most notable commandment is that we should walk in love
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What do we know the deceivers denied?
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That Jesus Christ has come in flesh
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What is a deceiver?
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Specifically, one who deceives. Otherwise, a false Christ, false prophet, evil man, seducer, or divisive person
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What does he mean, "behold yourselves?"
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Make sure you are doing as you ought to; examine yourselves.
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How does verse nine show that the deceivers were false?
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Because they would say they abode in the doctrine of Christ, yet denied the roles of Father and Son. Therefore they could not have the Father and the Son
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How does obeying verse ten show love?
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You are loving to those who would hear deceit. Because you do not show hospitality to false prophets, you keep them from harming others
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What does verse 10 probably say?
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That we are to keep from aiding or encourage or being thought of as associating with the deceivers in any way
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Why did John write if he did not intend to?
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Because it was so critical to explain about love and deceivers
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Why is the sister herself not mentioned?
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Probably because she had died or was absent
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What are the six different parts of this book?
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Introduction (1-3) John's Rejoincing (4) Love (5-6) Deceivers - about them (7-9) Deceivers - practical matters (10-11) Conclusion (12-13)
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What was the timeframe?
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AD 80-90
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What are the key words/phrases?
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In truth, love, truth
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But does it mean to have known the truth?
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At some point in the past one suddenly knew the truth and it has ongoing effects
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What is the relationship between truth and love?
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Truth begats love; love strengthens truth; love causes the truth to be sincerely declared.
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What does it mean to walk in truth?
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to obey from the heart all the commandments of God and behave as Christ.
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What is perhaps John's most emphatic point?
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That they would love one another
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Why is the command to love others not a new commandment?
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because God wrote it upon our hearts
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When John says, "and this is love, that we walk after his commandments," what love is he referring to?
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The love of God that comes only by God and goes out to God and to others
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Is "the commandment" different from "his commandments?"
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"the commandment" would be the most important of "his commandments"
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What is "the commandment?"
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That we love one another
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How does witholding hospitality show love?
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It shows love to those who would hear the deceiver
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What does it mean "this is the deceiver and the antichrist?"
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The one who denies that Jesus Christ came in the flesh is the worst type of deceiver, he is an out-and-out antichrist
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What is John's main point regarding hospitality and deceivers?
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Do not do anything that could even be regarded as encouraging or giving aid to them
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What is the main point of 2 John?
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Love one another for the sake of the truth but reject deceivers.
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