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Acts 7:51–53 (NIV): 51 “You stiff-necked people! Your hearts and ears are still uncircumcised. You are just like your ancestors: You always resist the Holy Spirit! 52 Was there ever a prophet your ancestors did not persecute? They even killed those who predicted the coming of the Righteous One. And now you have betrayed and murdered him—53 you who have received the law that was given through angels but have not obeyed it.”

Romans 8:28–39 (NIV): 28 And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose. 29 For those God foreknew he also predestined to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brothers and sisters. 30 And those he predestined, he also called; those he called, he also justified; those he justified, he also glorified.

Life certainly has its moments. There are some good times, and there are some bad times. I guess some things never do change in the matter. Charles Dickens wrote something similar in “The Tale of Two Cities” when he said, “that it was the best of times and the was the worst of times”.

What Paul records in Romans deals with the way we should all as followers of Jesus should live, and Paul points towards, using key words, to help us to understand transformation of life and thought when it comes to ourselves and our interaction with “others”. Those key words are obligation, adoption, inheritance, sharing (charity). I could have added the word “liberty” as well, but that word has been abused so much in our American culture, I doubt most could understand biblical liberty. Paul answers the following questions:

A CARNAL Mind leads to CARNAGE! A CHRISTLIKE mind leads to LIFE!