Heb 8:10 For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, saith the Lord; I will put my laws into their mind, and write them in their hearts: and I will be to them a God, and they shall be to me a people:
Heb 8:11 And they shall not teach every man his neighbour, and every man his brother, saying, Know the Lord: for all shall know me, from the least to the greatest.
Heb 8:12 For I will be merciful to their unrighteousness, and their sins and their iniquities will I remember no more.
Here we have the new covenant but the question is what law is it that is written on the heart?
Note that this is a quote from the prophet Jeremiah so lets look:
Jer 31:31 Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel, and with the house of Judah:
Jer 31:32 Not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers in the day that I took them by the hand to bring them out of the land of Egypt; which my covenant they brake, although I was an husband unto them, saith the LORD:
Jer 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.
Jer 31:34 And they shall teach no more every man his neighbour, and every man his brother, saying, Know the LORD: for they shall all know me, from the least of them unto the greatest of them, saith the LORD: for I will forgive their iniquity, and I will remember their sin no more.
The first thing we notice is the Lord makes a promise to, "put my law in their inward parts and write it in their hearts" There is no reference to a new law. it simply says "my law" suggesting that the meaning was clear to the intended readers. So they would have understood this to be the law that existed which God had given them already. So the new covenant part is that the law would be in the mind/heart of the human.
The second point is that the Lord will "write" his laws on the heart. It is impossible to miss the reference to the giving of the Ten Commandments at Sinai here.
Exo 34:28 And he was there with the LORD forty days and forty nights; he did neither eat bread, nor drink water. And he wrote upon the tables the words of the covenant, the ten commandments.
Exo 31:18 And he gave unto Moses, when he had made an end of communing with him upon mount Sinai, two tables of testimony, tables of stone, written with the finger of God.
Notice two points here about he original 10 commandments.
1. written by God
2. written by the finger of God.
Now notice these words of Jesus:
Mat_12:28 But if I cast out devils by the Spirit of God, then the kingdom of God is come unto you.
Notice that Jesus in this passage casts out devils by the "spirit of God" but notice a parallel scripture from Luke:
Luk_11:20 But if I with the finger of God cast out devils, no doubt the kingdom of God is come upon you.
So here we see that the Spirit of God is called the Finger of God by Jesus. So then we can deduce that the Spirit of God wrote the 10 commandments but here we read in the new covenant that the law is written by the spirit does this hold?
notice Paul's words:
2Co 3:3 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.
Notice carefully how Paul explains the new covenant. a letter written by the Holy Spirit/Finger of God not on stones this time but on the heart. There can be no mistake that Paul sees the law that was written by the finger of God is now written on the hearts of men. This is why Paul goes on to differentiate between the letter on stone with the glory of the Spirit which has the same law but in our hearts.
So we see that the law on the heart is not a new law but one that already was given. but the law is no longer on stone but in our hearts. The law on stone was the Old Covenant as seen here:
Deu 9:11 And it came to pass at the end of forty days and forty nights, that the LORD gave me the two tables of stone, even the tables of the covenant.
The New Covenant is the same law remember God said "my law" that same law written on the heart.
In Jeremiah the word "law" is in the singular because the covenant or the 10 commandments were one law given by God. The reader did not separate the law into different parts. However the author of Hebrews while quoting Jeremiah uses the word "laws" plural why?
The answer is simple when you know the law, We have established that the 10 commandments are the law written on the heart. The old covenant was the 10 commandments on stone. but why say "laws" plural? there is only one reason to do that and that is to acknowledge that there are more than one command in that one law as it is written:
Exo 34:28 And he was there with the LORD forty days and forty nights; he did neither eat bread, nor drink water. And he wrote upon the tables the words of the covenant, the ten commandments.
Notice within the ten commandments which is the "law" singular are the ten "words.commandments" plural, of the covenant.
The only reason to pluralize the word "law" is to stipulate that it is more than just part of that law, the fact that He does not stipulate a number or guideline indicates that He means all 10. and this lines up with the fact that God say "my law" not a new law but His existing law.
It is therefore clear that the law that is written on the heart includes all 10 words of the law. and anyone who claims to have this law written on their hearts and yet disregards even one of those words is a liar or deceived.
Jesus said:
Mat 5:17 Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfil.
Jesus did not come to get rid of the law or the prophets but to fulfill them how?
The word translated fulfill here means to complete. now what did we learn the new covenant is?
That is right to put those same laws on the heart. by the finger/spirit of God, this is what Paul said.
So the 10 commandments of God put on the heart by the Spirit fulfills the law is that seen anywhere?
Rom 8:4 That the righteousness of the law might be fulfilled in us, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.
Yes The law is fulfilled in us. " I will put my law in their inward parts, and write it in their hearts;"jer 31:31.
The law is not complete till it is in our hearts.
what does it mean for the law to be in our hearts?
Deu_8:2 And thou shalt remember all the way which the LORD thy God led thee these forty years in the wilderness, to humble thee, and to prove thee, to know what was in thine heart, whether thou wouldest keep his commandments, or no.
Deu_5:29 O that there were such an heart in them, that they would fear me, and keep all my commandments always, that it might be well with them, and with their children for ever!
and again:
Eze 36:26 A new heart also will I give you, and a new spirit will I put within you: and I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, and I will give you an heart of flesh.
Eze 36:27 And I will put my spirit within you, and cause you to walk in my statutes, and ye shall keep my judgments, and do them.
It is evident that when God puts His law/10 commandments on your heart that the fruit of that action is that we will obey those 10 commandments.
Be blessed.
Heb 8:11 And they shall not teach every man his neighbour, and every man his brother, saying, Know the Lord: for all shall know me, from the least to the greatest.
Heb 8:12 For I will be merciful to their unrighteousness, and their sins and their iniquities will I remember no more.
Here we have the new covenant but the question is what law is it that is written on the heart?
Note that this is a quote from the prophet Jeremiah so lets look:
Jer 31:31 Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel, and with the house of Judah:
Jer 31:32 Not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers in the day that I took them by the hand to bring them out of the land of Egypt; which my covenant they brake, although I was an husband unto them, saith the LORD:
Jer 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.
Jer 31:34 And they shall teach no more every man his neighbour, and every man his brother, saying, Know the LORD: for they shall all know me, from the least of them unto the greatest of them, saith the LORD: for I will forgive their iniquity, and I will remember their sin no more.
The first thing we notice is the Lord makes a promise to, "put my law in their inward parts and write it in their hearts" There is no reference to a new law. it simply says "my law" suggesting that the meaning was clear to the intended readers. So they would have understood this to be the law that existed which God had given them already. So the new covenant part is that the law would be in the mind/heart of the human.
The second point is that the Lord will "write" his laws on the heart. It is impossible to miss the reference to the giving of the Ten Commandments at Sinai here.
Exo 34:28 And he was there with the LORD forty days and forty nights; he did neither eat bread, nor drink water. And he wrote upon the tables the words of the covenant, the ten commandments.
Exo 31:18 And he gave unto Moses, when he had made an end of communing with him upon mount Sinai, two tables of testimony, tables of stone, written with the finger of God.
Notice two points here about he original 10 commandments.
1. written by God
2. written by the finger of God.
Now notice these words of Jesus:
Mat_12:28 But if I cast out devils by the Spirit of God, then the kingdom of God is come unto you.
Notice that Jesus in this passage casts out devils by the "spirit of God" but notice a parallel scripture from Luke:
Luk_11:20 But if I with the finger of God cast out devils, no doubt the kingdom of God is come upon you.
So here we see that the Spirit of God is called the Finger of God by Jesus. So then we can deduce that the Spirit of God wrote the 10 commandments but here we read in the new covenant that the law is written by the spirit does this hold?
notice Paul's words:
2Co 3:3 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.
Notice carefully how Paul explains the new covenant. a letter written by the Holy Spirit/Finger of God not on stones this time but on the heart. There can be no mistake that Paul sees the law that was written by the finger of God is now written on the hearts of men. This is why Paul goes on to differentiate between the letter on stone with the glory of the Spirit which has the same law but in our hearts.
So we see that the law on the heart is not a new law but one that already was given. but the law is no longer on stone but in our hearts. The law on stone was the Old Covenant as seen here:
Deu 9:11 And it came to pass at the end of forty days and forty nights, that the LORD gave me the two tables of stone, even the tables of the covenant.
The New Covenant is the same law remember God said "my law" that same law written on the heart.
In Jeremiah the word "law" is in the singular because the covenant or the 10 commandments were one law given by God. The reader did not separate the law into different parts. However the author of Hebrews while quoting Jeremiah uses the word "laws" plural why?
The answer is simple when you know the law, We have established that the 10 commandments are the law written on the heart. The old covenant was the 10 commandments on stone. but why say "laws" plural? there is only one reason to do that and that is to acknowledge that there are more than one command in that one law as it is written:
Exo 34:28 And he was there with the LORD forty days and forty nights; he did neither eat bread, nor drink water. And he wrote upon the tables the words of the covenant, the ten commandments.
Notice within the ten commandments which is the "law" singular are the ten "words.commandments" plural, of the covenant.
The only reason to pluralize the word "law" is to stipulate that it is more than just part of that law, the fact that He does not stipulate a number or guideline indicates that He means all 10. and this lines up with the fact that God say "my law" not a new law but His existing law.
It is therefore clear that the law that is written on the heart includes all 10 words of the law. and anyone who claims to have this law written on their hearts and yet disregards even one of those words is a liar or deceived.
Jesus said:
Mat 5:17 Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfil.
Jesus did not come to get rid of the law or the prophets but to fulfill them how?
The word translated fulfill here means to complete. now what did we learn the new covenant is?
That is right to put those same laws on the heart. by the finger/spirit of God, this is what Paul said.
So the 10 commandments of God put on the heart by the Spirit fulfills the law is that seen anywhere?
Rom 8:4 That the righteousness of the law might be fulfilled in us, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.
Yes The law is fulfilled in us. " I will put my law in their inward parts, and write it in their hearts;"jer 31:31.
The law is not complete till it is in our hearts.
what does it mean for the law to be in our hearts?
Deu_8:2 And thou shalt remember all the way which the LORD thy God led thee these forty years in the wilderness, to humble thee, and to prove thee, to know what was in thine heart, whether thou wouldest keep his commandments, or no.
Deu_5:29 O that there were such an heart in them, that they would fear me, and keep all my commandments always, that it might be well with them, and with their children for ever!
and again:
Eze 36:26 A new heart also will I give you, and a new spirit will I put within you: and I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, and I will give you an heart of flesh.
Eze 36:27 And I will put my spirit within you, and cause you to walk in my statutes, and ye shall keep my judgments, and do them.
It is evident that when God puts His law/10 commandments on your heart that the fruit of that action is that we will obey those 10 commandments.
Be blessed.