691 - Les Feldick Bible Study - Lesson 2 Part 3 Book 58 - 2 John

https://lesfeldickbiblestudy.com Through the Bible with Les Feldick LESSON 2 * PART 3 * BOOK 58 2 John I had another fellow that found salvation, and he went back to his church people and he asked them, "What’s the Gospel?" The Bible." Well the Bible contains the Gospel, but that’s not The Gospel. "The Gospel is that Christ died for our sins. It was God in the flesh that died, of course. Check out the Scriptures. All right, now this is exactly what I think John is admonishing his fellow Jewish believers " look at yourself." All right here it is, verse 8, Well if God couldn’t add to it then what right does man have adding to it? Well, God won’t have it. God is absolute! II John 1:9a "Whosoever transgresseth,…" II John 1:9a "Whosoever transgresseth, and abideth not in the doctrines (or the teachings) of Christ, does not have God He that abideth in the doctrine of Christ, he hath both the Father and the Son." All right, I’m not going to spend much more time on that. II John 1:8b "…a full reward…" Now some people cringe at the idea of working for reward and I don’t see why. We don’t work for salvation, that’s a free gift, but as a result of accepting the free gift now what does God admonish us? To work for reward. You can be rewarded for what smarts and talents God has given you. Well I’ve been remiss myself, but once we become a believer then God expects us to start laboring for reward. I Corinthians 3:9a "For (Paul writes to us believers) we are labourers together with God:…" All right, that’s exactly what Paul is saying. God is! It’s God’s work! I Corinthians 3:9b "…ye are God’s husbandry,…" For fellow believers. I Corinthians 3:9c "…ye are God’s building." All right, now then, verse 10, I Corinthians 3:10a I Corinthians 3:10b Paul is that which laid the foundation for the Church Age. Not Peter, not Jesus, but rather Paul did. I Corinthians 3:10c-11 11. For other foundation can no man lay than that is laid, which is Jesus Christ." I Corinthians 1:17 I Corinthians 1:18a I Corinthians 1:18b "…but unto us who are saved (to us who are going to have an eternity in God’s presence) it (the preaching of the cross) is the power of God." That’s where the power comes from – the Gospel of the cross. All right and then I always like to come back down to verse 21. I Corinthians 1:21 "For after that in the wisdom of God the world by wisdom (intellectualism, education) knew not God, it pleased God by the foolishness of preaching to save them that (what?)The preaching of the cross. All right, come back over chapter 3 again, verse 10. I Corinthians 3:10 Now then verse 11. I Corinthians 3;11 All right now here’s where we come. Rewards. John spoke of them. Peter and Jesus dealt with it back in Matthew chapter 19, and now here’s Paul dealing with it. I Corinthians 3:12 "Now if any man (and he’s talking about believers and the man here is generic; we’re talking about men and women, boys and girls) build upon this foundation (that is Jesus Christ crucified, and risen again, and he builds) gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, stubble;" The gold, silver and precious stone can never be touched by fire. All right, so here’s the analogy. I Corinthians 3:13a "Every man’s work shall be made manifest:…" At the Judgment Seat of Christ every believer’s works are going to be examined with those fiery eyes of the Lord Jesus. I Corinthians 3:13b Well what are the ‘fires’? Revelation 19:12 Well the gold, silver and precious stone is going to remain and it’ll carry with us into eternity for reward. I Corinthians 3:13b-14 "…because it shall be revealed by fire; (those fiery eyes of the Lord Jesus Himself) and the fire shall test every man’s work of what sort it is. 14. If any man’s work abide (it remains - it was gold, silver, precious stone) which he hath built thereupon, he shall receive (what?) reward." If what you’ve done as a believer was done with a right motive and in the right attitude of faithfulness, hey, it’s going to bring reward. I Corinthians 3:15 "If any man’s work shall be burned, (if it was wood, hay and stubble, it counted for nothing) he shall suffer loss: (that is of reward) but himself shall be saved." Okay back to II John. II John verse 9 again: II John 1:9 "Whosoever transgresseth, and abideth not in the doctrine (or the teaching) of Christ, hath not God. II John 1:10 Oh they’re nice people. Never again. II John 1:11 "For he that biddeth him God speed is a partaker of his evil deeds." Look at the multitudes that they are confusing and they are pulling off into a false cult that denies Jesus Christ is God. No wonder the Scripture says don’t bid them God’s speed because you can’t touch them. Don’t bid him God’s speed because if you do, you are becoming a partaker of his evil deeds. In the next verse, John now brings the letter to a close. II John 1:12 II John 1:13 Now what’s the lesson? #Lesfeldick #BibleStudy #Bible