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The General Epistles of Saints James, Peter, John, and Jude, Part 12: II John and III John
Talk by Metropolitan Jonah (Paffhausen)
April 9, 2024

Topics include:
(1) II John was written partly to counter Docetism, which denied the real humanity of Christ and said the body was evil; 
(2) The spirit of the Antichrist has been in the world since the time of the apostles. The Jew's messiah will be our Antichrist, since the Jew's rejected Jesus Christ, King of the Cosmos, and are seeking instead one who will establish a petty, earthly, political kingdom and ultimately demand all to worship him. The Jews, the humanists, and all who have rejected Jesus Christ and His teaching to love one another --- all these do not know God. They don't acknowledge Jesus Christ and have therefore gone astray. Heretics will be manifested by their rejection of Christ's teaching to love one another. Christians, however, must never treat others with disdain; 
(3) If we know God, the serious sins in our life will begin disappearing as we mature. The mature should have themselves under control; 
(4) Introduction to Jude. The calling, ordination, and roles of Apostles, Bishops, and Priests. On modern day abuses in the Priesthood. On Elders. More on the Book of Enoch.