How firm a foundation, ye saints of the Lord is laid for your faith in his excellent word.

Last time on through the Bible, Dr. J. Vernon McGee introduced a man he called A Rascal in the Early Church.

Well, today is our study of Third John brings us to verses 7 to 10.

We're going to learn who diatriphes was and what we can learn from him.

I'm Steve Schwetz.

Glad that you hopped aboard the Bible bus with us, and we'll get to our study in 3 John soon.

But first, let's listen to Dr. McGee's concluding introduction on the meaning of the Holy Spirit coming into the world.

I have called Pentecost the Bethlehem of the Holy Spirit.

Now notice how the Lord Jesus put that.

He says in the 16th chapter of the gospel of John

at verse 12, and I'd like to read that section to you. He says, I have yet many things to say unto you,

but she cannot bear them now. Howbeit when he the spirit of truth is come, he will guide you into all truth,

for he shall not speak of himself, but whatsoever he shall hear. That shall he speak, and he will

show you things to come. He shall glorify me, for he shall receive of mine, shall show it unto you,

all things that the Father hath are mine. Therefore said I that he shall take of mine, shall show it unto you. All things that the Father hath are mine. Therefore,

said I that he shall take of mine and shall show it unto you. So we begin now a new period

where the Holy Spirit is, as it were, taking over. And on the day of Pentecost, the Holy Spirit came. And on that day, he was given actually to the

church as a gift. Listen to the way that Luke puts it in the 24th chapter of the Gospel of Luke,

the 49th verse. He says, and behold, I send the promise of my father under you, but tarry ye in the

city of Jerusalem until ye be endued with power from on high. He says, now I'm going to send the

Holy Spirit, the one that he'd promised to send to them. And he'd be the gift of the church.

And that was Peter's actually first message.

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