Truth and Love Our Defense Against Deception, John 2
Part 2 of brother Train's excursion into 2 John!
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Part 2 of brother Train's excursion into 2 John!
Sink into the overwhelming richness of God's grace
John Train dives into the little (neglected?) book of 2 John for his first ever forray into the pulpit. We may be biased but we think his initial bit of preaching went really well. We are proud of his obvious desire to be a Man of the Book.
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Sermon from The Ragtown Pulpit
Peter's sermon to Cornelius's household spells the end of the old world: It cannot survive any longer in the face of the kingdom gospel
Peter's vision of food in a sheet and its place in redemptive history. The second half is an examination of the food laws of the Bible and an argument against requiring their observance in Christians.
When we see the Lord remembering people, this is referring back to his own previous promises. It is a literary cue that God is about to act for the salvation of his own.
Help against hopeless situations
It's so hard to trust someone who claims to have changed. What can be done?
Enmity with Christ healed by Christ himself. The living, breathing Man is the only remedy.
We keep a bunch of plates spinning in an effort to approach our text in its context. The gospel hits the Gentiles, starting right here.