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Welcome to talking in scripture. I'm Mike and I'm Bryce and today we're going to be

talking about first second and third John as well as Jude. So what's going on here, Bryce? Let's talk about what you

think is happening here and why it matters. All right. So in order to really

understand these epistles we need to go back to John's Gospel. I remind you that John

wrote approximately 21 chapters from Premortal Life to the end of his life. Now of

those 21 chapters, five of them are from the Last Supper.

13, 14, 15, 16, and then if we include the intercessory prayer that he gave in 17. That's five of 21 chapters in one night and

it really wasn't even the atonement, gassemini, it was just the last supper. So John clearly saw something in that final meeting with the

Savior that really promoted a lot of thought and resulted in almost one-fourth of his gospel being dedicated to the Last

Supper. And there's a lot here, there's a lot, Jesus covers a lot of messages in the

Last Supper, but there seems to be one main theme and that was the two great loves.

And they're tied to the two great commandments. So Jesus basically will say, if you love me, keep my

commandments. So he talks about abiding in him like I am the vine. The other

great love is if you love God, you will love those he loves, you will love his children and you will serve them.

So Jesus starts the Last Supper by gabbing a bowl and girding himself and washing the disciples feet and says this is the great

love you know those wonderful phrases all throughout the last supper where he says

greater love hath no man than this that a man lay down his life for his friends.

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