Paul teaches us exactly what to do in the face of opposition, suffering, and hardship: live as people who are in Christ. Our experience of joy as believers comes from our unity with Christ, rather than anything the world has to offer us.
The coming of the kingdom of God is like the changing of the tide, it is slow, deliberate, and nothing can stop it...
Loving God is the most moral, most right, and most good thing that a person can do.
We must be alert and aware that false teachers seek to devastate, destroy, and divide those who follow them...