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HOW TO BE A GOSPEL COWORKER

December 7, 2023

“For they are traveling for the Lord, and they accept nothing from people who are not believers. So we ourselves should support them so that we can be their partners as they teach the truth” (3 John 1:7-8 NLT). The apostle John was one of the last living apostles at the time he wrote this

“Therefore, we ought to support such men so that we can be coworkers with the truth” (3 John 1:8 HCSB).

December 7, 2021

HOW TO BE A GOSPEL COWORKER The apostle John was one of the last living apostles at the time he wrote this letter to his friend, Gaius. John was probably the youngest of Christ’s Twelve, but now he calls himself “the elder” in his opening address. His sweet demeanor remains, but he has little time

“So we ourselves should support them so that we can be their partners as they teach the truth” (3 John 1:8 NLT).

December 7, 2019

ARE YOU A GOSPEL PARTNER? The apostle John was one of the last living apostles at the time he wrote this letter to his friend, Gaius. John was probably the youngest of Christ’s Twelve, but now he calls himself “the elder” in his opening address. His sweet demeanor remains, but he has little time for

“I wrote to the church, but Diotrephes, who loves to have the preeminence among them, does not receive us. ” (3 John 1:9 NKJV)

December 7, 2015

In John’s third letter, he wrote commending Gaius for his care of the traveling Bible teachers that had visited his church. But John warned Gaius about the bad example of Diotrephes (Greek for “nurtured by Jupiter”) who apparently held some sort of leadership role in the local church and had denied help to the traveling teachers. Among the character flaws that John ascribed to Diotrephes was that he “loves to have the preeminence.” In other words, he was “fond of being first.” He was ambitious and power hungry, unwilling to submit to the apostle John. This is not the paradigm for servant leadership that Jesus taught. He taught that servant leaders were not to lord it over others as the Gentile rulers did, but that whoever would be great must become a servant and whoever would be first, must become a slave (Matt. 20:25-27). When people like Diotrephes take leadership in a church, the church suffers. But John promised Gaius that when he came to visit, he would confront this worldly leadership style.