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.
As an expression of God’s creative power, the stars cause us to praise the Lord. As an object of worship, the stars lead to destruction. But those who serve God in righteousness will shine as the stars forever. Let us all worship and serve our great Creator.
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.
