The Power of a “Collective Call” - 2 John

 2 John 1:13 (ESV Strong's)

13 The children of your elect sister greet you.

The Power of a “Collective Call.” 

In 2 John, John is writing to a church.  We don’t know what church.  We don’t know how big the church is.  We don’t know where the church was.  We only know it is a group of believers.  The reason we know this is that they are called, in the beginning of this little letter, “the elect.”   God has called this group and “elected” them for salvation.  There is much to say about God and election.   This journal entry is not the place for that.   The point to make hear is not about the first verses, to identify the recipients of the letter, but the last verse, those who were sending the letter ... along with John.   John, as we know, is soon to be exiled to a small island because of his faith in Christ (Revelation 1).   He is, here, writing as the “elder.”   John’s importance in the church cannot be understated.   He was told by Christ that he would live to proclaim Christ for awhile (John 21:20-25).   In the above text we see that John is connecting those he is with (the elect) with those he is writing to (the elect).  The Body of Christ is for the elect.   We have a connection and a “collective call” that unites us.   John, in this little letter, is making sure that one group of the elect does not get lead astray and abandon the truths that the other group of elect believers were teaching.   Satan is trying to separate the elect.   This letter is a beautiful picture of the Body of Christ fighting that fight against false teaching to keep the elect as one body.