God never promised to remove all trials or to give us heaven on earth. However, He has promised that the man who separates himself from the world and gives himself over to the Lord will be blessed.
God has provided the arms and the armor we need for the battle and will give us the victory if we will trust in Him.
John is writing to the “elect lady” who has seemingly erred on the side of love and needs to give more heed to the truth.
Neither the word <em>missions</em> nor the word <em>missionary</em> is found in the Bible. Yet, it is difficult to read through Acts or Paul’s epistles without seeing its practice on every page. Mission comes from the Latin word missio and means a sending or sending away. A mission is defined as a sending out with authority to perform a special duty.
How should we love our brethren? Like the Son loves us and like the Father loves the Son.
