So the grandfather challenges the false teaching and urges his children to stick to the truth. It's a letter or sermon written to Christians to help them grow in their faith and to combat the false teaching that was gaining influence among the early Christians in Asia Minor. Like a loving patriarch, John encourages and challenges his original audience to keep following God and to be true to his Word. John's message offers the same encouragement and challenge to us today. Introduction L ast words are lasting words.
Last words reveal a great deal about a person's life and priorities.
Here are the last, final, riveting words of some well-known historical figures. Let us cross over the river and rest under the shade of the trees. I am abandoned by God and man. Our God is the God from whom cometh salvation. When it comes to living in this world, there is bad news.