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SCOFIELD REFERENCE NOTES (1917 Edition)
The Second Epistle of John
WRITER: The Apostle John.
DATE: Probably A.D. 90.
THEME: Second John gives the essentials of the personal walk of the
believer in a day when "many deceivers are entered into the
world" (v. 7). The key phrase is "the truth," by which John
means the body of revealed truth, the Scriptures. The Bible as
the only authority for doctrine and life, is the believer's
resource in a dime of declension and apostasy.
The Epistle in three divisions:
I. The pathway of truth and love, vs. 1-6
II. The peril of unscriptural ways, vs. 7-11
III. Superscription, vs. 12, 13
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[1] {that we love one another}
Law (of Christ), Summary: The new "law of Christ" is the divine love,
as wrought into the renewed heart by the Holy Spirit
# Ro 5:5 Heb 10:16
and outflowing in the energy of the Spirit, unforced and
spontaneous, toward the objects of the divine love
# 2Co 5:14-20 1Th 2:7,8
It is, therefore, " the law of liberty"
# Jas 1:25 2:12
in contrast with the external law of Moses. Moses' law demands love,
# Le 19:18 De 6:5 Lu 10:27
Christ's law is love
# Ro 5:5 1Jo 4:7,19,20
and so takes the place of the external law by fulfilling it
# Ro 13:10 Ga 5:14
It is the "law written in the heart" under the New Covenant
» See Note "Heb 8:8"
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SCOFIELD REFERENCE NOTES (1917 Edition)
The Third Epistle of John
WRITER. The Apostle John.
DATE. Probably about A.D. 90.
THEME: The aged Apostle had written to a church which allowed one
Diotrephes to exercise an authority common enough in later ages,
but wholly new in the primitive churches. Diotrephes had
rejected the apostolic letters and authority. It appears also
that he had refused the ministry of the visiting brethren (v.10),
and cast out those that had received them. Historically, this
letter marks the beginning of that clerical and priestly
assumption over the churches in which the primitive church order
disappeared. This Epistle reveals, as well, the believer's
resource in such a day. No longer writing as an apostle, but as
an elder, John addresses this letter, not to the church as such,
but to a faithful man in the church for the comfort and
encouragement of those who were standing fast in the primitive
simplicity. Second John conditions the personal walk of the
Christian in a day of apostasy; Third John the personal
responsibility in such a day of the believer as a member of the
local church. The key-phrase is "the truth" (see 2 John,
Introduction).
There are three divisions:
I. Personal greetings, vs. 1-4
II. Instructions concerning ministering brethren, vs. 5-8
III. The apostate leader and the good Demetrius, vs. 9-14
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SCOFIELD REFERENCE NOTES (1917 Edition)
The General Epistle of Jude (See also [1] {preserved} from verse 1)
WRITER: Jude, the brother of James (1. 1)
DATE: Probably A.D. 66
THEME: It is not so much Jude who speaks, as the constraining Spirit
(V. 3) and the theme is, "Contending for the faith" (Lk: 18. 8
refs). In this brief letter the apostasy
» See Note "2Th 2:3"
of the professing church is predicted, and the cause and course
described. As in Second Timothy and Second Peter the apostasy is
treated as having already set in.
The Epistle is in five divisions:
I. Introduction vs. 1, 2
II. Occasion of the Epistle, vs. 3, 4
III. Apostasy is possible, vs. 5-7
IV. Apostate teachers described, vs. 8-19
V. The saints assured and comforted, vs. 20-25
[1]
Assurance is the believer's full conviction that, through the work of
Christ alone, received by faith, he is in possession of a salvation in
which he will be eternally kept. And this assurance rests only upon the
Scripture promises to him who believes.
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[2] {great day}
The judgment of the fallen angels. The "great day" is the day of the
Lord
# Isa 2:9-22
As the final judgment upon Satan occurs after the thousand years, and
preceding the final judgment
# Re 20:10
it is congruous to conclude, as to
the time, that other fallen angels are judged with him
# 2Pe 2:4 Re 20:10
Christians are associated with Christ in this judgment
For association with angels at judgment
# 1Co 6:3
For other information
» See Note "Re 20:12"
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[3] {Cain} [1] {error of Balaam} [2] {Core}
Cain (cf)
# Ge 4:1
type of the religious natural man, who believes in a
God, and in "religion," but after his own will, and who rejects
redemption by blood. Compelled as a teacher of religion to explain
atonement, the apostate teacher explains it away.
[1]
Balaam, the "error" of Balaam must be distinguished from his "way"
» See Note "2Pe 2:15"
and his "doctrine"
» See Note "Re 2:14"
The "error" of Balaam was that, reasoning from natural morality and
seeing the evil in Israel, he supposed a righteous God \\must\\ curse
them. He was blind to the higher morality of the Cross, through
which God maintains and enforces the authority and awful sanctions of
His law, so that He can be just and the justifier of a believing
sinner. The "reward" of v. 11 may not be money, but popularity, or
applause.
[2]
See Nu 16. The sin of Korah was denial of the authority of Moses as
God's chosen spokesman, and intrusion into the priest's office.