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3 John 1-2 • The Verse They Stop Reading
3 John 1:2 — TV preachers quote this verse and stop. John didn't stop there — and the rest of the sentence wrecks the health-and-wealth gospel.
⛪ Preached at Pilgrim Baptist Church • Cookeville, TN • September 24, 2026.
This message unpacks the prosperity gospel debate hiding inside 3 John 1:2 — the verse health-and-wealth preachers love to quote, and love to stop reading. This expository preaching through the Apostle John's wish for a man named Gaius exposes what happens when "prosper and be in health" gets cut loose from the phrase that follows it: "even as thy soul prospereth."
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