<p>8:8&nbsp;<i>And they that are in the flesh</i>- Not so much in status, for we are all still &ldquo;in the flesh&rdquo; in the sense Paul describes in Romans 7. Paul is surely speaking of being fleshly minded, having a mindset which is of the flesh not the Spirit. This simply cannot please God.</p><p><i>Cannot please God</i>- The Greek definitely suggests that God Himself has emotions which can be excited. And this is an amazing idea- that we here on earth, so very far from Him in so many ways, can touch the heart of God. Notice that the other references to &lsquo;pleasing&rsquo; in Romans are to pleasing our neighbour (Rom. 15:1-3)- our attitude to God, and His pleasure in us, is related to our attitude to our neighbour and our pleasure in him or her.</p>