Verse 9: In contrast to Gaius was Diotrophes: Gaius received the brethren, Diotrophes cast them out Gaius spoke truth, Diotrophes spoke lies. Gaius spread love, Diotrophes spread fear. It is possible that the church met in Diotrophes’ home which would have given him more power. He SOUGHT the PLACE of CHRIST. He loved to have […]
Christian Living In Expectation Of the Return of the Blessed Hope How Then Shall We Live? One of the greatest and most precious promise in the Word of God is the certainty go the return of the Lord Jesus for His church. Christians are expected to live a different kind of life than that […]
Verse 5: Hospitality was very much needed in the first century. Consider some reasons: Inn-keepers were notoriously hard to deal with. Josephus records that there were no fixed payments at check-in and disputes almost always ensued at check-out. According to the Mishna the word of an innkeeper could be doubted. Roman laws even acknowledged their […]