In 2004, adult conjoined twins Laleh and Ladan were in Singapore for a life-changing operation. They were joined at the skull and wished to be separated.
The women were discouraged from the surgery by one German doctor who gave the separation no chance of success. However, another team of physicians gave the girls a fifty percent chance of survival.
The two women made a choice of their own, and in the end the operation was tragically unsuccessful.
We have a surgeon, one who separates truth from lies, life from death, and good from evil. He gives us a one hundred percent chance of survival, if we follow his instructions.
Romans 8:6 lays out the two options we have:
Option 1: “For to be carnally minded is death.”
Option 2: “But to be spiritually minded is life and peace.”
What does it mean to be carnally minded? Paul does not refer to the rampaging sinner, the one we see running amok among the newspaper headlines, creating sensationalism in his wrongdoing. Rather, Paul speaks to the Christian who chooses to walk a path that deviates from the straight and narrow way prescribed by the Gospel.
What does it mean to be spiritually minded? When we consider what Jesus would do in each situation of our lives, and we seriously evaluate each choice we make in the light of his teachings, we have become spiritually minded. The Christian who incorporates the Holy Spirit for a guide will find each step of his walk illuminated with truth.
With Jesus as our surgeon, he will separate us from sin, and we will never die. We can trust his choice: life everlasting in the arms of Jesus.
We cannot carve our own path to heaven. In order to choose life, we must walk in the footsteps of Jesus.
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