September 22, 2025 -- Jeremiah 31:31-35 -- The Law of God is written on your heart. So what?!
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Behold, the days are coming, declares the Lord, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and the house of Judah, 32 not like the covenant that I made with their fathers on the day when I took them by the hand to bring them out of the land of Egypt, my covenant that they broke, though I was their husband, declares the Lord. 33 For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, declares the Lord: I will put my law within them, and I will write it on their hearts. And I will be their God, and they shall be my people. 34 And no longer shall each one teach his neighbor and each his brother, saying, ‘Know the Lord,’ for they shall all know me, from the least of them to the greatest, declares the Lord. For I will forgive their iniquity, and I will remember their sin no more. Jeremiah 31:31-34 ESV
When the Spirit writes the Law of God on your heart:
You are confirmed as a child of God. For only children know the will of the Father. Having the law written on your heart means that sin is no longer your master. As you follow Jesus Christ, you are proving you to yourself, the world and the hosts of hell, that you belong to God. Of course, living for Jesus in this way will mean there is push-back from all those opposing forces.
You are disciplined by the Father through the Law—only a true child is disciplined by the Father. You can’t, when you are in a store, go over to a child who is naughty and give them a good smack for such vile behaviours as cursing, or hitting others, and smashing displays. You can only discipline your own child. Those who are in Christ have the Law written on their hearts and realize, when the Father disciplines them for disobedience, He is, in fact, showing Himself to be a good Father.
You are aware of how much you still must change and repent. As His child, who is thoroughly and deeply loved, you want to be more like your new family, more like Jesus. That explains why you repent of past actions and bring your life into obedience to Him. The closer you draw to Jesus, the more clearly, in the Light of His glory and grace, you realize how you are falling short of His standard of perfection. You hate sin. You confess evil intentions. It is a sign of growing holiness and ever-growing love for the Father.
Father in heaven, source of all good, thank You for the new life You have given us in Jesus Christ. Thank You for the work of the Holy Spirit, confirming in us the fact that we are beloved sons and daughters of God. Gracious Father, hear our confessions of sin, because we know the good we should do and we have left it undone. We know the paths of righteousness, but we must confess how often we have rebelliously chosen to be wayward and selfish in our words and actions. Thank You that the Law is written on our hearts, but so too the promises, that as often as we confess our sins, You are faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and cleanse us from all unrighteousness. Spirit of God, lead me in the way everlasting. Amen.
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