Who Has The Law Of God Written In/On Their Hearts?
In another thread I offered the prophecy in Jeremiah that God would write his law on our hearts and put it in our inward parts.
I then offered the recalling of these scriptures in Hebrews in reference to a new and better covenant.
This is what Hebrews has to say.
Quote:
Hbr 8:10 For this [is] the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, saith the Lord; I will put my laws into their mind, and write them in their hearts: and I will be to them a God, and they shall be to me a people:
Hbr 8:11 And they shall not teach every man his neighbour, and every man his brother, saying, Know the Lord: for all shall know me, from the least to the greatest.
Hbr 8:12 For I will be merciful to their unrighteousness, and their sins and their iniquities will I remember no more.
Hbr 8:13 In that he saith, A new [covenant], he hath made the first old. Now that which decayeth and waxeth old [is] ready to vanish away.
The response this was, among other things, "Not everyone has the law of God written in their heart. "
So... here is the question for this thread.
Who does/does not have the law of God written in their heart?
is the establishing condition of being a christ-like (christian) person, that you have the spirit of God dwelling in your heart?
(I am aware I am asking PP, just helping develop this a little)
Of course.
We're not talking about morality here, as that would be a work of the flesh. We are talking about the regenerative process....i.e...the fruit, or end results, of the Spirit's work.
Now see... this is where you aren't going to like what I say...
I think that teaching rules rather than concepts causes one to begin to take their eye off the prize of an indwelling writing of the law & nature of God that walks us to maturity and relationship and begins to set their eyes on an outward set of rules which do not necessarily deal with the core spiritual issues.
Instead of a list of rules... teach modesty and let them work out their own salvation.
Instead of a list of rules... teach honesty and let them work out their own salvation.
Instead of a list of rules... teach good stewardship and let them work out their own salvation.
After all... is He slack concerning His promise to lead and guide us into all truth?
There is, of course, always the availability of counsel because people have questions and need someone to be a mentor. But even then... we don't make the decisions for them... we teach them how to search out the mind of God for themselves and they build relationship.
I see my role as a mentor equal to my role as a father. My greatest achievement would be that I work myself out of a job.
My greatest achievement would be that I teach them enough about relationship with their savior that they learn to find His nature & spirit on their own.
But... the great fear is... what if they come to a different conclusion than I have? (Shudder) And so we teach them our version of the rules just in case.
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