Governmental authorities, along with those who carry out law and order, are not a threat to God's sovereignty, but as the very means through which God maintains peace as a nation. Therefore, if possible, Christians should seek to live as dignified and exemplary citizens within these social mechanisms that God has ordained.

In this passage we see that the way of the cross is the way that a Christian's strength is both alien to the world and powerful enough to bring it under the authority of Christ.

In this passage, we are reminded about how to maintain both genuine love and a Godward perspective in the Christian life

The person renewing his mind does not think too highly of himself, but sees his gifts as only one piece in God's economy. He does not overvalue or devalue other gifts in the body, but sees them all as necessary for the proper functionality of the church.

The key for living our best life is to understand that, as Christians we have not only been saved from our sin, but that we have been saved to worship God. This is the very reason for our existence.

Not only has God kept a remnant of believing Jews in the present, but as we see in this passage, He has a plan for ethnic Jews in future, once the fullness of the nations come to Christ.

Jesus came, not merely as the beginning of a new story, but as the fulfillment to an old story. Therefore, all Christians should seek to cultivate a biblically informed respect for the very Jewish roots of salvation in Christ.

In this passage we are presented with a God who is faithful to His covenant promises to Israel. He has not rejected Jewish people. Rather in His wisdom, God has repurposed the Jew's rejection of Christ into an instrument for the salvation of the world.

In this passage we see that even though God has made salvation available to all, it is imperative and necessary for the good news to be preached by those who know it.

In this passage we see that the gospel does not leave the spiritual seeker on an endless quest for truth. Rather, the gospel is the readily available offer of salvation in Christ, accessible, not through an endless spiritual journey, but through faith.