The moral code as reflected in the 10 Commandments has been written on the hearts of those born again.
"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, 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. 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.
(Jer 31:31-33)
When we are led by the Spirit, we worship Him and love our neighbors, when we run after false ways and/or hurt our neighbors/brethren we come under conviction by the same Spirit.
yes i dont disagree with that, only i dont see it magically happening, as if Once i became a christian, then i magically didnt struggle with the same desires that i hadnt struggled with before but enbraced and followed. the Gospel is something we sow into, and reap from. Jesus stresses many times explicitley saying to His disciples " you must do these things, Keep my teachings, abide in my sayings, do these things" He was saying this because He is the One Moses promised in the Law, and Isaiah promised in the prophets who would appear, born of a virgin, born of Israel, the Son of God, would speak Gods Judgements in truth into the earth, and those judgements would then be sent to all corners of the earth as a witness to all people of Gods Word, the Gospel.
we do have a Law, we Have what paul calls "the Law of the spirit of Life", this law is the Knowledge Jesus set forth in His teachings, it is the spirit and Life, the Word of God who is spirit comes to us, and we all know that salvation comes from faith in what We have heard of Jesus. we first had to Hear the Gospel, in order to accept it. and what Jesus sent into the earth, was not only the death and resurrection, But His ascention to the right Hand of God, High priest of Heaven eternal, interceeding on our Behalf. Giving the spirit of God to those who believe and keep His Word ( John 14:15-26) freedom from sin to those who believe and Keep His word ( John 8:31-35, )
when paul is talking about the Law of the spirit, He is talking about the Gospel of the Kingdom of God, the spiritual Knowledge Jesus taught man, the way, Truth and the Life. paul was never meaning any different Gospel to be made from His Letters as some do, He was using the phrases Jesus began to teach when Paul is talking about the " spirit" he is referring to the spirit promised by Jesus to His disciples and then Given at pentocaust and is in the earth even Now. it comes with His teachings, with the Doctrine of Jesus, we see clearly the Doctrine of God that will never change or fade.
it is salvation to accept Jesus as the Lord, who also suffered, died and rose again for us, to give us a living Hope and One to depend on through thick and thin, One who is our advocate with God the Father, the God of Israel. The creator of all things.....
To accept Him as Lord by default of that term says you are His disciple the Gospel is a way of Life taught by Jesus, the way of the spirit of Gods children, rather than the Mosaic Law which spoke vieled , of Jesus coming. displaying the blood of spotless animals, shedding the blood of a lamb and being delivered by its Blood " passover" the sacrificial Laws of the goat which bares the sins of the people, by Faith, and the sacrifice that is slain for the atonement price between God and Man. the High priest, the atonement services with the golden censor...all of the things Like this in the Law, were foretelling of what we see Jesus means to us and is for us Now. the Old things trulky and deeply help understanding of the new things, and the new things shine Light upon the old things.
truly i believe to obey the spirit is to accpet and learn from Jesus Gospel He was telling His followers about Gods eternal Kingdom, its a different thing Like Isaiah said " it is a new thing, the Old has come to pass and I am telling you before I do it" ....and then He goes on to describe the eternal Kingdom that would come with the messiah. we as students of the Bible should see How it all completes the rest.
for instance the Gospel would not make sense if One didnt Know of sin and death, of righteousness and Life. those things are taught in the Law of Moses. just One example but the Law all of scripture is truly benificial. things i never knew before in the Law, help understanding of the things say, in Hebrews when it is contrasting the 2 covenants. to understand Hebrews, One needs to realize it was written to those who Knew the Law of moses, so all of the references throughout it , make sense if we Know the Law, and then the comparison makes sense and we see what has been done and How fully sufficient it is
and How perfectly things spoken 3000 years ago have come to pass over time, God kept continuing carrying on the promise, revealing moire details of Jesus, and eventually Christ was Come into the World as the law and prophets foretold as thier grand message. ..and every prophecy christ fulfilled in detail. it shows the faithfulness when God speaks, it will always be Just as He has spoken it, it may take eons to us, but in His time, His word will be it is the Law of creation.
in other words, Gods Words show us Gods character, His desires, we learn Who God really is through the Gospel, and we Learn of sin and death through adam and then Moses. its important stuff even the details seem to Hold depth and layers as One presses on in study and prayer especially.....