The Commandment of God vs the Deception of Antichrist | 2 John 4-7

<p style="text-align: center;"><strong>Lord's Day:</strong> August 30<span class="sermon-listing-detail">, 2026&nbsp;&nbsp;</span><span class="sermon-listing-detail"><strong>Preacher:</strong>&nbsp;<a class="speaker" href="https://www.thorncrowncovenant.church/sermons/preacher/p/19307/carlos-montijo" rel="p-19307">Carlos Montijo</a>&nbsp; <span class="sermon-series"><strong>Series:</strong> <a href="https://www.thorncrowncovenant.church/sermons/series/second-john" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Second John</a></span>&nbsp;<span class="sermon-topic">&nbsp;<strong>Topic:</strong> <a href="https://www.thorncrowncovenant.church/sermons/topic/the-law" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Law</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></span><strong>Scripture: </strong>2 John 1&ndash;7; 2 Thessalonians 1:3; John 17:3; 20:31; 1 John 5:20; 1 Corinthians 13:6; 3 John 3, 7&ndash;8; 1 John 2:7, 10; Leviticus 19:17&ndash;18; Deuteronomy 5:31&ndash;6:25; Matthew 5:17&ndash;20</p> <p>⁴I rejoiced greatly to find <em>some</em> of your children walking in truth, just as we received commandment from the Father. ⁵Now I ask you, lady, not as though <em>I were</em> writing to you a new commandment, but the one which we have had from the beginning, that we love one another. ⁶And this is love, that we walk according to His commandments. This is the commandment, just as you have heard from the beginning, that you should walk in it. 2 John 4&ndash;6</p> <ul> <li>Consult good commentaries, exegetical, semi-technical</li> </ul> <h4><strong>I.&nbsp;&nbsp;</strong>The Law of Love, the Commandment of Charity</h4> <ul> <li>Pietists like Philipp Jakob Spener (1635-1705), claim that the apostle John&rsquo;s primary emphasis in his writings was more on <em>practice</em> than on <em>doctrine</em>, more on <em>love</em> than on <em>knowledge</em></li> <li>Pietism teaches and promotes emotionalism, irrationalism, pragmatism: flawed piety, misguided piety, false piety</li> </ul> <h4><strong>II. What do all of John&rsquo;s writings truly emphasize?</strong></h4> <ul> <li>Truth is always primary, according to God, not secondary: W. Gary Crampton, &ldquo;A Call for Christian Rationality,&rdquo; <em>The Trinity Review</em> (Unicoi, TN), no. 190a (June 2001), <a href="https://www.trinityfoundation.org/journal.php?id=120">https://www.trinityfoundation.org/journal.php?id=120</a>.</li> </ul> <h4><strong>III.&nbsp;What does it mean, that have we received commandment from the Father, from the