BLESSED FROM OBEYING SPIRITUAL COMMANDS

My Dear Precious Child, In John the Beloved's second letter that he wrote, it was addressed to particular people, an "elect lady and her children," whom he wrote were progressively learning to know the Truth, along with all believers. Regarding Truth, he wrote that Truth stays in the hearts of My children forever. (II John 1:1-2) The old covenant prophet Jeremiah had written that My words would be written on the hearts and minds of people, not merely on papyrus and other papers. (Jeremiah 31:31-34) When it's written on minds and hearts, it lasts forever. John commented to the lady that he was pleased to hear that some of her family was walking in Truth just like I had commanded through Jesus. Then he challenged the lady dramatically, by even begging her, not as if he was issuing a new command but again charging My children that they must love one another, just like they were commanded from the beginning. (II John 1:5) He repeated another additional commandment that he had written in his first letter to the churches, that being that in addition to loving each other was the commandment that they live and walk in the admonitions that Jesus Christ gave to them, that they should walk in all of the commands that He gave to them when He walked and talked and ministered with them, as well as the commands that He gave to them after He rose from the dead. In every word that proceeded out of the mouth of My Son there was a capsule of Truth that needed to be followed if they were to escape from the traps set by the devil who wanted to seduce them into being tempted by his evil ways. (II John 1:6) In the second letter that John wrote, the one addressed to the lady and her children, He also included a Truth that he had written in his first letter, the Truth that there were many false prophets who were imposters, deceivers who had gone out into the world who did not acknowledge that Jesus Christ was the Messiah in bodily form. He wrote that anyone who did not acknowledge that Truth was a deceiver and a false teacher. John even called them seducers, people who were motivated by the antichrist spirit. John instructed the lady to take care that she and her children did not throw away all that they had labored for by allowing themselves to be deceived and led astray by those false prophets. Instead, John advised the lady for her and her family to persevere until they won the high prize of perfection, which was their becoming conformed to Christ Jesus in full. (II John 1:8; Romans 12:2) John was precise in his warning, writing to the lady that anyone who runs ahead of Me and rejects the doctrine of Christ does not have Me or know Me at all. He assured the lady that anyone who continues in the teachings of Christ does have Me and knows Me, having both the Father and the Son. John knew that the target of many false prophets was widows who were easy prey for deceit because of being easily spiritually seduced by Pharisees and false prophets. (II John 1:9: Matthew 23:14) His warning became even more serious when he wrote to the lady warning her that if anyone came to her and did not bring the Truth of loyalty to Jesus Christ and what He taught, that she was not to receive him or her, accept him or her, welcome him or her, or admit him or her into her house and that she was not to wish him Godspeed or encourage him in any way because anyone who wishes false prophets success by encouraging them is a partaker in the evil doings of the false prophets. John stressed several things in his letter to the lady, things that he had written in his first letter but they were also things that Paul and Peter had also written in their letters to the churches, that they were to love one another and that they were to be on the watch for false prophets. He wrote that there were additional things that he wished to discuss with her, but he would not use pen and ink to tell her, instead he would wait until he came to her and talk with her face to face, so that her joy would be full. He wrote that the children of the lady's oldest sister wanted to be remembered to her. As was his habit, John signed off on the letter by writing, "Amen. So be it." I warned My children many times through the apostles that you must determine to love one another and that you would be on the lookout for teachers who do not teach that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh and that He was My Son. Your Father of Beneficial, Loving Warnings