Lesson Summary:

John commends the church for walking in truth and love and warns against the deceptions of the enemy.

Focus Passage: 2 John 1

Introduction to 2 John

Setting and Timeline

About the Author

Outline and Lesson Goal

Principles and Applications

I. Walk in the Truth (1:1-6)

Principle: Believers Walk in the Truth when they Obey and Love God from the Heart.
Application: How does your life show that you are walking by the truth of the Gospel? How do your deeds show love for the Lord?
Scripture Reference

³¹So Jesus was saying to those Jews who had believed Him, “If you continue in My word, then you are truly disciples of Mine;
³²and you will know the truth, and the truth will make you free.”
John 8:31-32 (NASB)

II. Watch for the Lie (1:7-13)

Principle: Believers should be Able to Discern between Truth and Error.
Application: How are you preparing yourself to discern and reject the lies of the enemy?
Scripture Reference

Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see whether they are from God, because many false prophets have gone out into the world.
²By this you know the Spirit of God: every spirit that confesses that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is from God;
³and every spirit that does not confess Jesus is not from God; this is the spirit of the antichrist, of which you have heard that it is coming, and now it is already in the world.
I John 4:1-3 (NASB)