Seventh Day Baptist
Christian Education Council
PO BOX 1678
Janesville, WI 53547
—3 John 1-8
by: Margaret Taylor.
Be faithful to the truth. This statement tells me that there is more to faithfulness than doing. It requires becoming, which indicates a character quality of faithfulness. It is developed in me as a result of fruit produced by abiding and is manifested in my doing.
The example given in today's scripture is the godly service and hospitality of John's friend, Gaius, to traveling missionaries. It is one of many spiritual gifts named in the Word. Each gift requires faithfulness, a gift in itself.