The word of the day is “overcome.”  At the Last Supper, on the night of His betrayal, the Lord Jesus assured His disciples of His victory over the world He would give Himself up to save.  He said, “These things I have spoken to you that in Me you may have peace.  In the world you will have tribulation but be of good cheer, I have overcome the world” (John 16:33).  In our reading of 1 John 4:20-5:21, John echoes this reassurance: “For whatever is born of God overcomes the world.  And this is the victory that has overcome the world, our faith” (vs. 4).  In today’s study, we learn the source and nature of tribulations and how faith overcomes them. Because the World Hates Us…