From Gods Tables of Stone to the Fleshy Tables in our Hearts

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Hobie

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As Israel was freed from the slavery of Egypt, all of spiritual Israel have been saved from the bondage of sin by Christ and are given the tablets which go into their hearts.

Deuteronomy 5
The Ten Commandments

1 Moses summoned all Israel and said:
Hear, O Israel, the decrees and laws I declare in your hearing today. Learn them and be sure to follow them. 2 The LORD our God made a covenant with us at Horeb. 3 It was not with our fathers that the LORD made this covenant, but with us, with all of us who are alive here today. 4 The LORD spoke to you face to face out of the fire on the mountain. 5 (At that time I stood between the LORD and you to declare to you the word of the LORD, because you were afraid of the fire and did not go up the mountain.) And he said:
6 "I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of Egypt, out of the land of slavery.
7 "You shall have no other gods before [a] me.
8 "You shall not make for yourself an idol in the form of anything in heaven above or on the earth beneath or in the waters below. 9 You shall not bow down to them or worship them; for I, the LORD your God, am a jealous God, punishing the children for the sin of the fathers to the third and fourth generation of those who hate me, 10 but showing love to a thousand generations of those who love me and keep my commandments.
11 "You shall not misuse the name of the LORD your God, for the LORD will not hold anyone guiltless who misuses his name.
12 "Observe the Sabbath day by keeping it holy, as the LORD your God has commanded you. 13 Six days you shall labor and do all your work, 14 but the seventh day is a Sabbath to the LORD your God. On it you shall not do any work, neither you, nor your son or daughter, nor your manservant or maidservant, nor your ox, your donkey or any of your animals, nor the alien within your gates, so that your manservant and maidservant may rest, as you do. 15 Remember that you were slaves in Egypt and that the LORD your God brought you out of there with a mighty hand and an outstretched arm. Therefore the LORD your God has commanded you to observe the Sabbath day.
16 "Honor your father and your mother, as the LORD your God has commanded you, so that you may live long and that it may go well with you in the land the LORD your God is giving you.
17 "You shall not murder.
18 "You shall not commit adultery.
19 "You shall not steal.
20 "You shall not give false testimony against your neighbor.
21 "You shall not covet your neighbor's wife. You shall not set your desire on your neighbor's house or land, his manservant or maidservant, his ox or donkey, or anything that belongs to your neighbor." 22 These are the commandments the LORD proclaimed in a loud voice to your whole assembly there on the mountain from out of the fire, the cloud and the deep darkness; and he added nothing more. Then he wrote them on two stone tablets and gave them to me.

When we see the Law, then look at Jesus, we see Him fulfilling the letter and the spirit of the Law, by Loving God and His neighbor according to the the Commandments which are the two principle's they break down to.
Matthew 22:36-40
36 Master, which is the great commandment in the law?
37 Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind.
38 This is the first and great commandment.
39 And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.
40 On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets.

So what does the Bible say about the application of God's Law in the heart of a Christian?

2 Corinthians 3:2, 3
2 Ye are our epistle written in our hearts, known and read of all men: 3 Forasmuch as ye are manifestly declared to be the epistle of Christ ministered by us, written not with ink, but with the Spirit of the living God; not in tables of stone, but in fleshy tables of the heart.

Hebrews 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;

Which was what He intended..

Jeremiah 31:33
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.

The Law of God, instead of being done away with, is being brought to life. God's Law was never done away with, not a jot or a tittle. Jesus had it in the fleshy table of His heart too, and He kept it perfectly.
 
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If we look closer, we see that the Ten Commandments shows God's Character and it shows His love for us as His Law of love.

1. God is JUST - Romans 3:26. His law is JUST - Romans 7:12.

2. God is TRUE - John 3:33. His law is TRUE - Nehemiah 9:13.

3. God is PURE - 1 John 3:3. His law is PURE - Psalm 19:7,8.

4. God is LIGHT - 1 John 1:5. His law is LIGHT - Proverbs 6:23.

5. God is FAITHFUL - 1 Corinthians 1:9. His law is FAITHFUL - Psalms 119:86.

6. God is GOOD - Nahum 1:7. His law is GOOD - Romans 7:12,16.

7. God is SPIRITUAL - John 4:24. His law is SPIRITUAL - Romans 7:14.

8. God is HOLY - Isaiah 6:3, 1 Peter 1:15. His law is HOLY - Exodus 20:8, Romans 7:12.

9. God is TRUTH - John 14:6. His law is TRUTH - Psalms 119:142,151.

10. God is LIFE - John 14:6. His law is LIFE - Matthew 19:17.

11. God is RIGHTEOUSNESS - Jeremiah 23:6. His law is RIGHTEOUSNESS - Psalm 119:172.

12. God is PERFECT - Matthew 5:48. His law is PERFECT - James 1:25.

13. God is ETERNAL - John 8:35. His law is ETERNAL - Psalms 111:7,8.

14. God is PEACE - Isaiah 9:6. His law is PEACE - Psalm 119:165.

15. God is THE WAY - John 14:6 His law is THE WAY - Psalm 119:30-32

16. God is SURE - 2 Timothy 2:19 His law is SURE - Psalm 19:7, 111:7,8

17. God is UNCHANGING - Malachi 3:6 His law is UNCHANGING - Psalm 111:7,8

18. God is SWEET - Psalm 34:8 His law is SWEET - Psalm 19:10, 119:103

19. God is WISE - Psalm 111:10 His law is WISE - Psalm 19:7

20. God is OUR MEDITATION - Psalm 63:6 His law is OUR MEDITATION - Psalm 1:2

21. God is JUDGE - Psalm 50:6 His law is JUDGE - James 2:12

22. God is ENLIGHTENMENT - Psalm 18:27 His law is ENLIGHTENMENT - Psalm 19:8

23. God is LOVE - 1 John 4:7,8 His law is LOVE - Romans 13:8-10

24. God is CLEAN - Psalm 19:9 His law is CLEAN - Ezekiel 22:26

25. God is BLESSED - Psalm 28:6 His law is BLESSED - Exodus 20:11

26. God is DELIGHT - Psalm 37:4 His law is DELIGHT - Psalm 1:2

27. God is WONDERFUL - Isaiah 9:6 His law is WONDERFUL - Psalm 119:18

28. God is LIBERTY - Isaiah 61:1 His law is LIBERTY - James 1:25, Psalm 119:45

29. God is COMFORT - Psalm 23:4 His law is COMFORT - Psalm 119:50

30. God is OUR SONG - Revelation 15:3 His law is OUR SONG - Psalm 119:54

31. God is MERCIFUL - Exodus 34:5 His law is MERCIFUL - Psalm 119:58

32. God is KNOWLEDGE - Isaiah 11:2 His law is KNOWLEDGE - Psalm 119:66

33. God is HOPE - Psalm 130:7 His law is HOPE - Psalm 119:74

34. God is LIFE - Psalm 36:9 His law is LIFE - Proverbs 3:1,2

35. God is SOUND - Proverbs 8:13,14 His law is SOUND - Psalm 119:80

36. God is UNDERSTANDING - Psalm 147:5 His law is UNDERSTANDING - Psalm 119:99

37. God is HAPPINESS - Psalm 146:5 His law is HAPPINESS - Proverbs 29:18

38. God is JOY - Psalm 16:11 His law is JOY - Psalm 119:162
 
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