{"id":10474,"date":"2022-05-09T08:27:22","date_gmt":"2022-05-09T12:27:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ovcf.org\/ovcf_wp\/?p=10474"},"modified":"2022-05-09T08:27:22","modified_gmt":"2022-05-09T12:27:22","slug":"pictureoftensionrevealed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ovcf.org\/ovcf_wp\/2022\/05\/pictureoftensionrevealed\/","title":{"rendered":"Picture of Tension Revealed"},"content":{"rendered":"

2022 THEME: For Such a Time. . .
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Series: Snapshots
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TITLE: Picture of Tension Revealed
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Scripture: 2 John
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\u00a0I.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 IMPORTANT ITEMS \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/h4>\n

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\u201cTruth is so obscure in these times, and falsehood so established, that unless we love the truth, we cannot know it.\u201d Pascal<\/p>\n

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Some important items:<\/p>\n

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        1. \u00a0 There are some key words: truth, love, command, walk<\/li>\n
        2. The letter is linked by 3 commands: (love each other<\/strong><\/span>): be on the lookout for (false teachers<\/strong><\/span>); and the command to (reject<\/strong><\/span>) false teachers.<\/li>\n
        3. Several contrasts tie the book together.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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          John drives home important ideas about truth:<\/p>\n

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                1. Love is to be expressed in the (context of truth<\/strong><\/span>).<\/li>\n
                2. Truth can be (experienced and known<\/strong><\/span>).<\/li>\n
                3. Truth is (eternal<\/strong><\/span>).<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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                  II.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 VITAL ELEMENTS \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/h4>\n
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                      1. God commands us (to love<\/strong><\/span>)<\/li>\n
                      2. God commands us to (hold to the truth<\/strong><\/span>).<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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                        Next Week: A Picture of Transparency- 3 John<\/p>\n

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                        2022 THEME: For Such a Time. . . Series: Snapshots TITLE: Picture of Tension Revealed Scripture: 2 John   \u00a0I.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 IMPORTANT ITEMS \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0   \u201cTruth is so obscure in these times, and falsehood so established, that unless we love the truth, we cannot know it.\u201d Pascal Some important items: \u00a0 There are some key words: … <\/p>\n

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