“...who formerly were not a people but now are the people of God.”

Have you ever done something which God has said you should not? I have. Everyone has; that’s no secret. Apparently the first one ever to do that was condemned for his transgression, as it amounts to rebellion against one’s own Creator — not a good move. But that first rebel is quick to accuse the rest of us to God, and demand that justice be done for our wrongdoing. He’s like the prosecutor from hell. And it’s no defence for us to say that everybody does wrong: this Acc