The 'Elect' lady in 2 John
Recently our church had a sermon series on 1 John and it was simply superb. To literally bathe in the goodness of God and the miracle of salvation was wonderful. So it wasn't a surprise to me when one day I was trying to work through issues of women and my sense that I am not meant to let this go... or am I... that I felt a nudge from God to go back to 1 John. So I did and again felt that wonderful assurity of love. As I finished the book I couldn't help wondering how was that meant to help my dilemma and the nudge continued. Keep reading! So I did. Here it is for you in full below (It's short and sweet, just like my short post here!). My first thought, and this is symptomatic perhaps of my upbringing in a faith which actively avoids the mention of women in any sort of leadership, is that 'elect lady' is 'the church' and not an individual woman. Why am I reading this Lord? Look again! I looked again at 1 John and 3 John. Their introductions and language were...