This is the Baymau Podcast with Marty Salman. I'm his co-host Brent Billings. Today we take a brief but meaningful and reflective journey through the short letter of third John.

Hearing the apostle warn the church about those who are trying to discredit and dismantle the faith.

Alright, we've finally come to our short letter of third John. Finally, everyone's been waiting. This is the book!

It's a shame we've read books that way, but it's probably accurate.

Not waited for your third John. I've not gotten an e-mails about third John. Marty, can you just tell me about third John?

We finally come here, though, and we see through a study of these letters that John has a group of disciples that he is sending out to do teaching among the churches.

I mentioned a couple episodes ago. Some scholars have even suggested it's those disciples who pin these three letters of John.

I disagree with that assessment, but it does provide some explanation as to why the author of second and third John calls himself the elder.

We're going to hear that again here in just a moment. The elder. Of course, this title would be more fitting for John himself.

But I digress. Go ahead Brent and give us the opening.

I'm trying to jump us out to session five again a little bit, but I'm pretty sure that second and third John were both like last letters in the door for the Canaan, pretty much.

You might be right about that. That's not as fresh on my memory, but that would not surprise me.

Was Jude in that group, too?

I think so. I think second and third John and Jude were all like barely made it in the door before they closed down the can.

Yeah, sure. Right. Yeah. And that might give some of those scholastic opinions, maybe a little bit more credence, but yeah, you're right.

Right. Give us, of course, everything is debated. So everything.

Absolutely. All the time.

The elder to my dear friend, guys, whom I love in the truth, dear friend, I pray that you may enjoy good health and that all may go well with you, even as your soul is getting along well.

It gave me great joy when some believers came and testified about your faithfulness to the truth, telling how you continue to walk in it.

I have no greater joy than to hear that my children are walking in the truth.

Sounds a little similar to the last letter here, walking in the truth a little bit, a little bit still looking for that love.

Yeah. Okay.

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