We are the Independence church of Christ. John said it overcomes the world. Opposition was great for those who lived the Christian life 2000 years ago. Swords, stones, imprisonment awaited those who confessed Jesus as the Christ. Force may kill people, but it cannot destroy principles.
Faith is spiritual, force is material.
The spiritual things will continue when all of the material things decay. There are other enemies that we may overcome by faith. The enemy of suffering. Modern medicine may not bring relief. But there is therapy in faith in Jesus Christ.