God's love does not depend on the current spiritual condition of those He loves.

Hearing alone is less effective in learning God's truth than hearing combined with reading.

God delights in providing His people with material gain and comfort, although prosperity can pose a threat to spiritual well-being.

God wanted Israel, as He wants Christians, to learn to utterly abhor and detest anything that had the potential of coming between them and their God. The believer's enemies are typically internal rather than external, and they pose a powerful threat to spiritual health and progress.

It is sometimes easier to trust God in a life-threatening battle than in the small challenges of daily life.

Even the wisest people learn little from their successes; God warns His people against allowing their victories (which He will grant) to lead them into pride and spiritual indifference. Instead, they should pay close attention to God's Word.

The spiritual heritage of the godly lives on after they are gone.