Christian joy remains untouchable in a troubled world because the trouble is temporary and transformative, the Father loves his children, and Christ has already overcome the world.
The Holy Spirit has come to expose the lies of the world to lead people out of the world into the truth of Christ.
Jesus prepares you through persecution as a means to preserve you through persecution.
God’s people may always have holy confidence, because even when they are in the midst of raging chaos, the sovereign God of Jacob is in the midst of them.