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Yet God raised Jesus to life! God's Spirit now lives in you, and he will raise you to life by his Spirit.

His Spirit lets us know that together with Christ we will be given what God has promised. We will also share in the glory of Christ, because we have suffered with him.

In fact, all creation is eagerly waiting for God to show who his children are.

Meanwhile, creation is confused, but not because it wants to be confused. God made it this way in the hope

The Spirit makes us sure about what we will be in the future. But now we groan silently, while we wait for God to show that we are his children. This means that our bodies will also be set free.

All of our thoughts are known to God. He can understand what is in the mind of the Spirit, as the Spirit prays for God's people.

We know that God is always at work for the good of everyone who loves him. They are the ones God has chosen for his purpose,

God then accepted the people he had already decided to choose, and he has shared his glory with them.

What can we say about all this? If God is on our side, can anyone be against us?

God did not keep back his own Son, but he gave him for us. If God did this, won't he freely give us everything else?

If God says his chosen ones are acceptable to him, can anyone bring charges against them?

They are the descendants of Israel, and they are also God's chosen people. God showed them his glory. He made agreements with them and gave them his Law. The temple is theirs and so are the promises that God made to them.

They have those famous ancestors, who were also the ancestors of Jesus Christ. I pray that God, who rules over all, will be praised forever! Amen.

It cannot be said that God broke his promise. After all, not all of the people of Israel are the true people of God.

In fact, when God made the promise to Abraham, he meant only Abraham's descendants by his son Isaac. God was talking only about Isaac when he promised

Are we saying that God is unfair? Certainly not!

Everything depends on what God decides to do, and he can either have pity on people or make them stubborn.

Someone may ask, "How can God blame us, if he makes us behave in the way he wants us to?"

But, my friend, I ask, "Who do you think you are to question God? Does the clay have the right to ask the potter why he shaped it the way he did?

God wanted to show his anger and reveal his power against everyone who deserved to be destroyed. But instead, he patiently put up with them.