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Song: I Want To Be A Worker
Scripture: 3 John 1-14
If an apostle were to write you a letter what might he say? John called Gaius his child, perhaps because he had converted him, but we are all children of the apostles being the product of their teaching. John’s letter to Gaius reveals the marks of a disciple who has learned from the fathers well.
“I pray that you may prosper and be in good health just as your soul prospers.” Such a petition would only be desirable for one who has made his soul a priority. If your health prospered like your soul, would you be in the Olympics or in the ICU?
“Brethren came and bore witness to you your truth.” Gaius had acquired a favorable reputation among the brethren as one who walked in the truth. What sort of reputation would have been reported to the apostle about you? Gossip? Indifferent? Undependable? Supporter of the truth?
“You will do well to send them on their way in a manner worthy of God.” Gaius loved the brethren and gave aid to strangers. He had learned Jesus’ teaching that “as you do unto the least of these My brethren, you do unto Me.” He treated them in a manner worthy of God Himself. How is your love for the brethren, for strangers?
“Beloved, do not imitate what is evil, but what is good.” Gaius was not one to be persuaded by the politics that sometimes sours religion, the kind practiced by Diotrophes. How does hypocrisy in religion affect you? Does it make you quit, or resort to the same devices, or make you more dedicated to imitating what is good and godly?
Jason Moore
