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February 4, 2026 - IMU Office 571

Ice Breaker - Arctic IU Adventures

• How have the sidewalks been for y’all? Are students overreacting, properly reacting, or under-reacting?
• When was the last time you slipped and fell?
• What is the coolest structure you have ever made out of snow?

Opening Prayer

Study Questions

Read: 3 John 1

1. Who are the main individuals named in this letter?
2. How does John address Gaius in verse 1, and what does that reveal about their relationship?
3. What evidence does John give for reasons why Gaius has brought him great joy?
4. Why might hospitality to traveling believers have been especially important in the early church?
5. How are the men who Gaius showed hospitality to described? How does that align with what John taught in 2 John? (see verses 2 John 1:10-11)
6. How does John describe Diotrephes? What are his faults?
7. Why do you think John confronts Diotrephes so directly instead of ignoring him?
8. What does Diotrephes’ desire “to be first” reveal about the dangers of ambition in Christian leadership?
9. Do I tend more toward supporting others quietly (like Gaius) or seeking prominence (like Diotrephes)?
10. In campus life, what are subtle ways people seek to “be first” like Diotrephes?