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To: Paved Paradise
God says he has written His law on the hearts of men - that is why all cultures had certain prohibitions.

On the hearts of men who repent and accept the sacrifice of Christ under the new covenant:

Heb 10:16 This is the covenant that I will make with them after those days, saith the Lord, I will put my laws into their hearts, and in their minds will I write them;
Heb 10:17 And their sins and iniquities will I remember no more.

Additionally, Christ came to fulfil the law, not abolish it. The Law’s purpose is so we realize that we are, in fact, sinners and deeply so and the Law is so that realizing we are sinners we will be ready to accept Him who came to set us free from sin and death.

Well, yes, but to fulfill means also to fill it up, to reveal it's true spiritual intent and purpose.

If we do not acknowledge that we are sinners, then we really have no need for a Savior, then do we? Of course, that’s the problemo for many today - they think they sin not apparently, or that there is NO law other than man-made. Well, wait til they find out otherwise (uh oh).

Amen.

11 posted on 04/20/2009 5:41:55 PM PDT by DouglasKC
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To: DouglasKC

I disagree - God has written His law on the hearts of ALL men and that is why no man will ever be able to stand before God and say He didn’t know. I agree with everything you say except that. What man does is try to override that law and squelch it.


12 posted on 04/20/2009 5:44:02 PM PDT by Paved Paradise
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To: DouglasKC
Acts Chapter 2 verse 37..........

"Then they were pricked in their hearts...."

KJV

That is the fulfillment of Jeremiah 31:33

"Deep within them I will plant my Law, writing it on their hearts."

The Jerusalem Bible

Worth a look. Too bad most will not look.

16 posted on 04/20/2009 5:54:58 PM PDT by Radix (We seek Liberty......They give us Debt.)
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To: DouglasKC
On the hearts of men who repent and accept the sacrifice of Christ under the new covenant:

He has written The Law on the hearts of all men...or He would be unjust to hold all men accountable!

49 posted on 04/20/2009 9:00:24 PM PDT by LiteKeeper (When do the impeachment proceedings begin?)
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To: DouglasKC; Paved Paradise
God says he has written His law on the hearts of men - that is why all cultures had certain prohibitions.

God may have finally realized that he had to etch them in stone to keep his willful creation (man) from making creative corrections, mistakes, and omissions as the laws were transcribed forward...

111 posted on 04/23/2009 9:59:43 AM PDT by MortMan (Power without responsibility-the prerogative of the harlot throughout the ages. - Rudyard Kipling)
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