The Law is Written in Our Hearts
The Ten Commandments were written on tables of stone but not in our hearts.
ASV Psalms 44:21
21. Will not God search this out? For he knoweth the secrets of the heart.
God knows all our thoughts, words and deeds; God knows our hearts. The law, by command, could change our outward behavior but not our inner motivation. When the bible speaks of the heart it is speaking of the human spirit that is what we are and it is this human spirit that God values.
ASV Proverbs 16:1-2
1. The plans of the heart belong to man; But the answer of the tongue is from Jehovah.
2. All the ways of a man are clean in his own eyes; But Jehovah weigheth the spirits.
Your human spirit is the heart of man, the center of mans being. Heart=human spirit. Salvation is for the human spirit.
ASV Mark 7:21-23
21. For from within, out of the heart of men, evil thoughts proceed, fornications, thefts, murders, adulteries,
22. covetings, wickednesses, deceit, lasciviousness, an evil eye, railing, pride, foolishness:
23. all these evil things proceed from within, and defile the man.
Sin or defilement is in our human spirit or heart. The law could punish outward actions but not inner thoughts.
ASV Romans 2:28-29
28. For he is not a Jew who is one outwardly; neither is that circumcision which is outward in the flesh:
29. but he is a Jew who is one inwardly; and circumcision is that of the heart, in the spirit not in the letter; whose praise is not of men, but of God.
God can circumcise our heart or spirit by cutting off sin in our nature over time as we grow in grace and knowledge.
God circumcises sin inwardly and not the foreskin outwardly.
ASV Hebrews 4:12
12. For the word of God is living, and active, and sharper than any two-edged sword, and piercing even to the dividing of soul and spirit, of both joints and marrow, and quick to discern the thoughts and intents of the heart.
KJV Isaiah 51:7
7. Hearken unto me, ye that know righteousness, the people in whose heart is my law; fear ye not the reproach of men, neither be ye afraid of their revilings.
The writing of the law in the heart is a changing of our spirit, our nature, so that it is not by command that we obey but by desire and nature. We begin to take on the nature of God as demonstrated to us by Messiah. Our will agrees with Gods will for us and we freely submit to God so that God can work in us. We become free moral agents at conversion whereas before we were slaves to sin.
KJV Jeremiah 29:13
13. And ye shall seek me, and find me, when ye shall search for me with all your heart.
KJV Jeremiah 31:33
33. But this shall be the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel; After those days, saith the Lord, I will put my law in their inward parts, and write it in their hearts; and will be their God, and they shall be my people.
God writes His law in our inner man that makes a change in our spirit. The law could not change our nature. The converts on Pentecost were circumcised in heart or spirit and asked, what shall we do? They were cut to the heart.
The Strongs article for the word "heart" below says that it is our feelings, will or intellect. These functions are of the spirit of man or our human spirit and this law God writes in our spirit is a change in our human nature that was unable by tables of stone to be righteous. God gives the saints His Holy Spirit which is the power we need to keep the intent of the law that is Godly love.
Strong's Ref. # 3820
Romanized leb
Pronounced labe
a form of HSN3824; the heart; also used (figuratively) very widely for the feelings, the will and even the intellect; likewise for the center of anything:
KJV--+ care for, comfortably, consent, X considered, courag[-eous], friend[-ly], ([broken-], [hard-], [merry-], [stiff-], [stout-], double) heart([-ed]), X heed, X I, kindly, midst, mind(-ed), X regard([-ed)], X themselves, X unawares, understanding, X well, willingly, wisdom.
This explains the idea of the outer flesh being different than the inner man of spirit or how the physical Jew differs from the spiritual Jew. He is not a Jew who is one outwardly in the flesh that tried to keep the law written on tables of stone and performed carnal works of the law of Moses. You become a spiritual Jew, a spiritual Israelite, if God writes His law in your spirit. This law is the ten commandments condensed to two commandments of Love God and neighbor. Love is an emotion, a feeling, a will and part of our intellect. Gods love is made a part of us and empowers us with a new nature and sound mind. Love passes knowledge and wisdom. Gods love cannot sin when we apply it in our lives.
KJV Ephesians 3:19
19. And to know the love of Christ, which passes knowledge, that ye might be filled with all the fullness of God.
Gods love in the saints is the fulfillment of what the law demanded by command and is given to the saints as a gift by faith. This is how God works in the saints and the saints no longer work in the law. The faith in us is proven by the works of Gods love in us otherwise faith without works would be dead. It is the works of God manifested through the saint who has faith and not the works of someone under the law that was not of faith.
The Ten Commandments were written on tables of stone but not in our hearts.
ASV Psalms 44:21
21. Will not God search this out? For he knoweth the secrets of the heart.
God knows all our thoughts, words and deeds; God knows our hearts. The law, by command, could change our outward behavior but not our inner motivation. When the bible speaks of the heart it is speaking of the human spirit that is what we are and it is this human spirit that God values.
ASV Proverbs 16:1-2
1. The plans of the heart belong to man; But the answer of the tongue is from Jehovah.
2. All the ways of a man are clean in his own eyes; But Jehovah weigheth the spirits.
Your human spirit is the heart of man, the center of mans being. Heart=human spirit. Salvation is for the human spirit.
ASV Mark 7:21-23
21. For from within, out of the heart of men, evil thoughts proceed, fornications, thefts, murders, adulteries,
22. covetings, wickednesses, deceit, lasciviousness, an evil eye, railing, pride, foolishness:
23. all these evil things proceed from within, and defile the man.
Sin or defilement is in our human spirit or heart. The law could punish outward actions but not inner thoughts.
ASV Romans 2:28-29
28. For he is not a Jew who is one outwardly; neither is that circumcision which is outward in the flesh:
29. but he is a Jew who is one inwardly; and circumcision is that of the heart, in the spirit not in the letter; whose praise is not of men, but of God.
God can circumcise our heart or spirit by cutting off sin in our nature over time as we grow in grace and knowledge.
God circumcises sin inwardly and not the foreskin outwardly.
ASV Hebrews 4:12
12. For the word of God is living, and active, and sharper than any two-edged sword, and piercing even to the dividing of soul and spirit, of both joints and marrow, and quick to discern the thoughts and intents of the heart.
KJV Isaiah 51:7
7. Hearken unto me, ye that know righteousness, the people in whose heart is my law; fear ye not the reproach of men, neither be ye afraid of their revilings.
The writing of the law in the heart is a changing of our spirit, our nature, so that it is not by command that we obey but by desire and nature. We begin to take on the nature of God as demonstrated to us by Messiah. Our will agrees with Gods will for us and we freely submit to God so that God can work in us. We become free moral agents at conversion whereas before we were slaves to sin.
KJV Jeremiah 29:13
13. And ye shall seek me, and find me, when ye shall search for me with all your heart.
KJV Jeremiah 31:33
33. But this shall be the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel; After those days, saith the Lord, I will put my law in their inward parts, and write it in their hearts; and will be their God, and they shall be my people.
God writes His law in our inner man that makes a change in our spirit. The law could not change our nature. The converts on Pentecost were circumcised in heart or spirit and asked, what shall we do? They were cut to the heart.
The Strongs article for the word "heart" below says that it is our feelings, will or intellect. These functions are of the spirit of man or our human spirit and this law God writes in our spirit is a change in our human nature that was unable by tables of stone to be righteous. God gives the saints His Holy Spirit which is the power we need to keep the intent of the law that is Godly love.
Strong's Ref. # 3820
Romanized leb
Pronounced labe
a form of HSN3824; the heart; also used (figuratively) very widely for the feelings, the will and even the intellect; likewise for the center of anything:
KJV--+ care for, comfortably, consent, X considered, courag[-eous], friend[-ly], ([broken-], [hard-], [merry-], [stiff-], [stout-], double) heart([-ed]), X heed, X I, kindly, midst, mind(-ed), X regard([-ed)], X themselves, X unawares, understanding, X well, willingly, wisdom.
This explains the idea of the outer flesh being different than the inner man of spirit or how the physical Jew differs from the spiritual Jew. He is not a Jew who is one outwardly in the flesh that tried to keep the law written on tables of stone and performed carnal works of the law of Moses. You become a spiritual Jew, a spiritual Israelite, if God writes His law in your spirit. This law is the ten commandments condensed to two commandments of Love God and neighbor. Love is an emotion, a feeling, a will and part of our intellect. Gods love is made a part of us and empowers us with a new nature and sound mind. Love passes knowledge and wisdom. Gods love cannot sin when we apply it in our lives.
KJV Ephesians 3:19
19. And to know the love of Christ, which passes knowledge, that ye might be filled with all the fullness of God.
Gods love in the saints is the fulfillment of what the law demanded by command and is given to the saints as a gift by faith. This is how God works in the saints and the saints no longer work in the law. The faith in us is proven by the works of Gods love in us otherwise faith without works would be dead. It is the works of God manifested through the saint who has faith and not the works of someone under the law that was not of faith.
