04/07/2025
*🚎📖GLORIOUS MANNA BIBLE READING DRIVE THROUGH THE SCRIPTURES*
*OVERVIEW OF THE SECOND EPISTLE GENERAL OF JOHN*
*Goodbye To The First Epistle General Of John*
*Welcome To The Second Epistle General Of John*
*AUTHOR*
_Apostle John_
*PRIMARY AUDIENCE TO WHOM IT WAS WRITTEN*
_The Chosen Lady and her children_
*DATE AND PLACE WRITTEN*
_About the same time as 1John, around A.D 90, from Ephesus_
*WRITERS*
_Apostle John_
*KEY PEOPLE*
_Apostle John, the chosen lady and her children_
*KEY PLACES*
_None_
*SETTING*
_Evidently, this *“elect lady”* and her children were piously and devoutly involved in one of the churches under Apostle John’s leadership. They had developed a strong friendship. Here we find a canonical epistle written principally, not only to an individual but also to a woman. Unlike in the old covenant, in this dispensation of the gospel, redemptive dignity and privilege are not exclusive to men, as Galatians 3:28 says… there is neither male nor female, they are both one (_the same_) in Christ. This is clear in many instances in the gospel and the epistle. Our Lord himself seized an opportunity to commune with the Samaritan woman, in order to show her the fountain of life. Also, at the cross, he instructed his beloved apostle to look after His blessed mother; thereby leaving precedence for female Christians to be regarded and respected in the faith. It was to a _lady_ that Christ chose to appear first after His resurrection. Furthermore, we find across the epistles pious and devout women raised and used by God to do great things; women like Priscilla, Phoebe, Dorcas, etc. No wonder he heroines in the Christian Faith honoured by divine providence and distinguished by divine grace should be dignified also with an apostolic epistle._
*PURPOSE*
1. To emphasize the basis of following Christ which is truth and love.
2. To warn believers against the false teachers and their teaching.
3. To help believers understand the necessity of walking in love.
*KEY TOPICS*
1. TRUTH AND LOVE.
2. FALSE TEACHERS AND THEIR TEACHING CHRIST OUR HELPER.
3. THE ENEMIES OF CHRIST (ANTICHRIST).
