"However, as God does His heart-changing work, we will be able to discern His good will in all things. When the great truths of God inform and shape our whole lives, we will be able to choose and apply the best strategies and ways for living. Paul highlights three aspects of this great truth: We are, by nature, ignorant unbelievers and hopeless enemies of the one true God. No one is beyond the sovereign God’s gracious forgiveness and restoration. God’s saving work magnifies the patience and power that He alone possesses.

These are the facts that must govern a believer’s whole life."