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Direct Answer Based on David Bercot’s teaching, “God is for us” does not mean we will face little opposition; it means that even when opposition is normal and widespread, we don’t have to fear because our enemies cannot ultimately stop God’s kingdom as long as we stay faithful.

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• Chrysostom is quoted: “The whole world is against us, kings, peoples, relatives, and fellow countrymen.”
• Peter is cited to show spiritual opposition is expected: the devil “walks around like a roaring lion.”
• Origen’s point: Paul is “not saying that we will have no enemies, but that we should not fear these enemies…because God is on our side.”
• Bercot adds a condition and a goal: “As long as God’s people remain faithful, no one can prevail against them by stopping the forward march of God’s kingdom.”
• Early Christians expected enemies to “often kill us,” yet “these enemies will never defeat the kingdom of God.”