John's closing words are touching - he's trying to summarize our faith, closing with a reminder of the big picture -- that while the world seems destined for chaos, the opposite is true, because of what God has done for us in Christ. These are words we need to hear today, to remind us that war and famine and inequality and hatred are not the world's destiny, but rather a temporary situation, one that will be remedied in time by God.
As Christians, though, we don't idly wait -- we live a life striving to avoid sin, trying to avoid idols, even though the heart, as Augustine reminds us, is a factory of idols. We sin, but our sin does not condemn us, because Christ is greater than our sin! God reminds us what is true, and so we turn to Scripture, every day, to be reminded of what is true -- that we are loved by God, and will be forevermore.
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