Today, I want to show you a very powerful portion of Scripture that's very relevant for today,

even though it was written 2,000 years ago. We're going to look at 2,000 John, which is a very

short, personal letter from John, who was one of Jesus's disciples the point at which he was

writing this he was he was older he was probably in his mid 80s maybe even pushing 90

and he was writing from ethicist to some people that he loved it was a very intimate letter

and he was telling them how to love one another, and then he was saying, watch out for spiritual deception. If I could tell you something today, in this day, we need to love one another, and we need to watch out for the spiritual deception of our enemy who comes to steel, kill, and destroy. And this is what he said in 2nd John, verse 12.

He said this.

He said, I have much more to say to you.

In other words, this message is not complete.

He says, but I don't want to do it with paper and ink.

He said, for I hope to visit you soon and talk with you face to face. And I like it.

He says, then our joy will be complete. I've got more that I want to say to you,

but I can't just do it in the form of a letter. There are some things that are more intimate than that. I want to be

face to face. And then we were face to face sharing what's on my heart with you. Then our joy

will be made completely. He's saying there's something more that I want to share with you. It's on my

heart. God put it on my heart. But it's just too special for a letter. In today's culture,

we might say it's too intimate for a text or too sacred for a screen because there are some

moments that you just have to be face to face. When you're face to face, then your joy will be made

complete. But sadly, let's be honest,

that is just so much less common today than it once was. I'll give an example. My dad died a couple

of years ago, and when he did, so many people reached out. It was a little bit

overwhelming. I got text. I got prayer emojis. I got heart emojis and more text and more text and

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