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.
How should we love our brethren? Like the Son loves us and like the Father loves the Son.
As God continues to confront Job with His greatness, Job makes his first feeble answer: “Behold, I am vile; what shall I answer thee” (verse 4)? God then asks Job if he has the abilities and powers of God. God closes this chapter with a description of behemoth as the chief of the ways of God.
