Bible Reading: II John
Key Verse: Verse 3 - “Grace
be with you, mercy, and peace, from God the Father, and from the Lord Jesus
Christ, the Son of the Father, in truth and love.”
Key Words: Son
of the Father, in truth and love
The book of II
John is one of my favorite books in the Bible.
Four times in the brief but potent book we read about love.
In verse one,
John tells the elect lady that he loves her and her family in the truth (in
Jesus).
In verse
three, again we see that John loves her in the truth.
In verse five,
John tells her that we are to love one another.
And in verse
six, John defines love as walking in the commandments of God.
I recently
read about a wife who showed great love for her husband. On May 2, 1962, a dramatic advertisement
appeared in the “San Francisco Examiner.”
The ad read, “I don’t want my husband to die.” It seems as though her husband was to be
executed for a crime she said he didn’t commit.
She goes on to say, “I will offer my services for years as a maid or a
housekeeper to any attorney who will defend and vindicate him.”
One of San
Francisco’s leading attorneys, Vincent Hallinan, read the ad and contacted
Gladys Kidd, who had placed the ad. It
was her husband, Robert Kidd, who was going on trial for slaying an elderly
man. Kidd’s fingerprints had been found
on a blood-stained antique sword near the victim’s shop. During the trial, Hallinan proved that the
antique sword was not the murder weapon.
The jury, after eleven days of deliberation, found Kidd not guilty. Hallinan refused Mrs. Kidd’s offer of ten
years of servitude.
It is because
of the love of Jesus Christ that you can be found “not guilty,” but you must
accept Jesus as your payment for your crimes of sin – then you will be declared
“not guilty” because of the Lord Jesus.
What to do:
✞If you are not saved,
accept the love offer of salvation
today.
✞If you are saved, thank
the Lord for loving you so very much.
No comments:
Post a Comment