What will happen to the truth?

See 2nd John 1-2

The first thing John says about the truth, is "whom I love in truth" and then secondly, "but also all those who have known the truth"

No one is completely sure if John was writing to a church, or to an individual. But it is clear what he was saying.
He was once again talking about Christian love and Jesus Christ. The truth is of course more then a reference to what is written that is true, but it includes Him who is the true, who is the truth.

John has said earlier in his first epistle, in chapter 5:20, "that we may know Him who is true" So, love and truth, the subjects as John opens this short little letter. It reminds me of what Paul said in Eph 4, about speaking the truth in love. Not just telling the truth of God's Word, or any other truth, but speaking it along with living and showing the love of God. These two are to be married in our lives at all times.

But, back to 2nd John, He says, "whom I love in truth........also all those who have known the truth"
Being in Christ, we are not only in Him who is true, but the Spirit who is truth ( see 1st John 5:6 ) produces in our lives the fruit of the Holy Spirit. The love of God is one of the main ways that we know that we are actually in the truth, in Christ, and born again

In fact, in 1st John 4:15, John says, "Whoever hates his brother is a murderer, and you know that no murderer has eternal life abiding in him" In fact, in Rev 22:15, murderers are among the list of those who will not be in heaven. To hate means, to hate, pursue with hatred, detest, detested.

Paul lists hatred as being part of his old life, not his new life in Christ.

See Tit 3:3* For we ourselves were also once foolish, disobedient, deceived, serving various lusts and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hateful and hating one another.

You also see the word malice listed there in Titus 3:3 That word means, ill-will, desire to injure, wickedness, depravity, and wickedness that is not ashamed to break laws, evil and trouble. 

The point is, that to "love in truth", and for those "who have known the truth", they characterize what it is to be a born again Christian. This theme of love, and of loving one another is a constantly repeated point of truth through John's epistles, and his gospel, i.e the Gospel of God. 

John goes on to say in 1:2, "because of the truth, which abides in us and will be with us forever" 

Here he is listing truth as the reason for his love, and that the truth, ( Jesus Christ ) was abiding in them, and would be with them forever. 

So, what will happen to the truth is that the truth will be with us forever. 

Tomorrow, we can move into the next few verses of this wonderful little letter by John, about the greatest subject in the world and universe. 


Pastor Bob Grenier
Calvary Chapel Visalia