Listen up, little ones
Listen for the word truth.
Reading
2 John 1-4—In Truth
Optional Reading
2 Cor 4:1-6
Keys for kids
- The elect lady is a church.
- A truth connects John and that church.
Questions
- What makes a church like a family?
- What makes a church different than a family?
Notes
(See Saturday for authors.)
Second John starts differently than any other book in the Bible. It is a letter addressed to "the elect lady." Sometimes he speaks to this lady as one person, "you," and sometimes as many people, "you all." Why would he do this? Because the elect lady is a group of people that relate to each other closely enough to be thought of as one.
John gave us a picture by calling the church an elect lady. As a family has many people who think of themselves as one entity, so a church has many people who think of themselves as one entity. A family is connected by marriage relationship and parent-child relationship. But what is the connection in a church?
You probably heard John say the word "truth" several times. These are people whom John loves in truth, who know the truth, and who walk in the truth. This truth is what joins them together. The church is a group that relates to a truth. Take that truth away and you lose what joins that church together. Tomorrow we will think about what truth that is.
Swedish Method questions
Praise
Psalm 119n, 111a
Prayer
- Pray that God would build up our church on truth.
- Pray for the preparation for preaching God’s Word this Lord's Day.
- Pray for a member of our church, for your family, and for a non-Christian friend/family member.