The law was written in their hearts. Describing the righteous under the Old Covenant, David says, “The law of his God is in his heart; His steps do not slip” (Psalm 37:31).
The knowledge of Jehovah was theirs. Describing believers under the Old Covenant, David says, “And those who know Thy name will put their trust in Thee; For Thou, O Lord, has not forsaken those who seek Thee” (Psalm 9:10; cf 1 Samuel 2:12 and 3:7)
The forgiveness of sins was given. In Psalm 32:1, 2, David says, “How blessed is he whose transgression is forgiven, whose sin is covered! How blessed is the name to whom the Lord does not impute iniquity, and in whose spirit is no deceit!”
As per Christ saying to hate internally is to murder, I believe it was the same in the old covenant... Christ was bring back the meaning of the law both externally and internally which the Jews denied the internal aspect of the law....
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6. Defending the Decalogue. Still others have very nearly made an idol, or at least a whole Bible, from the Decalogue, and feel the word of God is rendered of no effect if those ten words are not held up as the heart of divine revelation and the sole banner of rectitude. The teachings of the Lord Jesus Christ leave those ten words graven in stone far behind in His “You have heard it said…but I say unto you” sermon on the mount. The Decalogue needs no defense, but we will need far more than those letter-words to know and live New Covenant Christianity.
| I am usually trying to keep away from controversial thread these days, but I must step in here. In the New Covenant God writes his law on people's hearts (in greater abundance than he did in the old administration). Moreover, in the Sermon on the Mount, Christ is expounding the moral law and correct Pharasiacal misrepresentations, that is what is meant by "you have heard it said". Furthermore, the Reformed only teach that the Decalogue is a summary of the moral law; they do not teach that it is "the sole banner of rectitude" in the way that is being suggested here. | 1. Do we have any indication that the law in the old administration written on the hearts at all? If that is what you are inferring.
2. When Christ says to hate internally is to murder is that an expounding of the law or a new meaning? |