The Walk of Truth, the Obedience of Love | 2 John 1-6

<p style="text-align: center;"><strong>Lord's Day:</strong> August 23<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-christian-life" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Christian Life</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></span><strong>Scripture: </strong>2 John 1&ndash;6; 1 John 5:1; John 3:16; Mark 4:11&ndash;12; Matthew 11:25&ndash;27; John 1:11&ndash;17; 1 John 5:20; Psalm 135:6; 119:105; John 14:6; 11:9&ndash;10; 12:35&ndash;36; Matthew 15:7&ndash;9; Psalm 51:1&ndash;12, 17; 2 Peter 3:18</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> <h4><strong>I.&nbsp; T</strong>he Elect Lady</h4> <ul> <li>The chosen lady and her chosen children who walk in the truth</li> <li>Does God choose everyone in this special way?</li> <li>&ldquo;All the knowers of the truth&rdquo;</li> </ul> <h4><strong>II. Walking in truth, love, obedience&mdash;the Law of Love</strong></h4> <ul> <li>Are verses 4-6 Law or Gospel?</li> <li>One of the clearest passages in Scripture which teaches us that truth, love, obedience are inseparable and exclusive&mdash;cannot separate them from each other</li> <li>One of the Apostle John&rsquo;s favorite words: <em>peripateo</em>, walk</li> </ul> <h4><strong>III. Transition from an emphasis on truth, <em>knowing</em> truth, to an emphasis on peripateo, <em>walking</em> in the truth</strong></h4> <ul> <li>This is in sharp contrast to religious hypocrites who say one thing and believe, do another. Pharisees.</li> <li>Martin Luther King, Jr.: Matt Walsh (Roman Catholic) documentary, <em>What Th