We should be comforted and encouraged by God’s announcement of his ancient plans to bring about our salvation through Christ just after Adam and Eve first sinned.

Let go of all self-focus and cultivate a life centered on putting others first.

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We must see the paramount importance of forgiving others always mindful of the far-reaching effects, even, or especially when it is difficult.

Saving faith necessarily fastens our lives to Christ.

We must understand our Christian requirement to forgive, and God’s appeal for us to forgive willingly, sincerely, and fully as we are reconciled with our brothers and sisters in Christ.

We must understand our profound connection with each other because of our union with Christ.

We must diligently keep investing in all that is important to God, faithfully and wisely dealing with people, and rightly handling God’s word until the work of the church is done.

Like Paul, we must be wise about our words with others, knowing that as Christians in a fallen world we will always need to seek to excel in our communication.