2 John: Summary: Deceivers have gone out into the world, and Christians are yet prone to wander. The pastoral heart is thus concerned to keep that for which it has worked. To find a church walking in the truth is the apostle's exceeding joy. However, given it is some and not all, given the adversary's tireless work, given the consequence of forsaking the truth, John finds himself compelled to write, albeit briefly, to secure this 'elect lady and her children' in the paramount matter of basic and essential Christianity: walking in the truth, or doing the Word of God. This is love, and not just to God, but to one another. It's love to one another to value, know, long to do, and practice the truth as it is in Jesus. Such churches by such love will prove the stronger against doctrinal exit ramps to spiritual ruin. Healthy churches help each other to abide in the apostolic teaching of Christ, knowing that devotion to the truth over error will finally prove a participation in spiritual life over death. As God has so loved us, we ought also to model the love that holds us true to Christ. Sermon Outline: The primary impetus for tethering a church to truth-devoted love. (1-3) The preservative byproduct where a church is so tethered. (4-6) The pressing need for such tethering. (4, 7-9) The pastoral exhortation(s) in aid of such tethering. (5, 8, 10-13)