Would it surprise you to learn that the life of each and every follower of Jesus Christ is an epistle (letter) to the world?
. . . clearly you are an epistle of Christ, ministered by us, written not with ink but by the Spirit of the living God, not on tablets of stone but on tablets of flesh, that is, of the heart. (2 Cor 3:3)
The word epistle means: letter, communication, or message. Every person who has accepted Jesus as their Savior and Lord is a message to the world! The Holy Spirit, who has sealed us for the day of redemption (2 Cor 1:22; Eph 4:30), has been given to us as our guarantee or promise that we are born-again.
I delight to do Your will, O my God, and Your law is within my heart. (Ps 40:8)
The verse above teaches us that every human being [saved or unsaved] inherently knows the moral law of God. (Rom 2:14-15) One reason that this is true is that all mankind has been created in the image of God. (Gen 1:27)
Let not mercy and truth forsake you; bind them around your neck, write them on the tablet of your heart . . . (Pro 3:3)
Mercy and truth are bound up in the Scriptures. When we memorize and meditate upon God’s Word, we are cooperating with “writing” them upon our hearts.
For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, says the Lord: I will put My laws in their mind and write them on their hearts; and I will be their God, and they shall be My people. (Heb 8:10)
The Holy Spirit will bless every believer with grace to enable us to memorize passages of the Bible, thereby putting God’s laws in our minds and sowing it into our hearts. Only the Spirit of the Living God has the necessary power to “write” God’s moral laws upon the heart of a believer. This Bible passage says that God has made a covenant with us to do these things, and also to be our God.
The Lord calls us His people, and what an awesome blessing that is. God bless you!
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