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One Hit Wonder: 3 John

Grahame Walker
John was able to extend praise to Gaius because he had heard how he was doing through traveling teachers. We talked about this a bit last week. It was very common in that day for Christian teachers, evangelists, and pastors to travel around from town to town. They would go from village to village – encouraging, leading, and ministering to the churches. They would be sent out for that task, often directly by one or more of the apostles. That’s how the message of the Christian faith and the expansion of the church was taking place in the first century. Since it was a traveling ministry, it was common and even necessary for them to stay in the homes of believers. Not every town had an inn, and even if it did, no Christian minister would ever want to stay there because they had very bad reputations in those days as being glorified brothels. It was a part of the culture of the early Christian church, in the name of love and hospitality, to provide housing and food to traveling teachers and pastors. Then, during their stay, they would serve the church through their teaching. Before they left, the church would provide them with the resources they needed to travel to the next church. It was a good and wonderful thing.
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