IN THE BEGINNING…THE WORD
DAILY DEVOTIONAL FOR TODAY, 2014
THE LAW OF THE SPIRIT: A NEW COVENANT!
“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: 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: 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 part,s and write it in their hearts; and will be their God, and they shall be my people” (Jeremiah 31:31,32,33).
In the New Covenant there is a new law. Galatians 6:2 calls this law the "Law of Christ": "Bear ye one another's burdens, and so fulfill the law of Christ." In James 1:25 this new law is called the "law of liberty": "But whoso looketh into the perfect law of liberty, and continueth therein, he being not a forgetful hearer, but a doer of the work, this man shall be blessed in his deed."
God said that this new law would not be written on tablets of stone, but would be in our inward parts, controlling, governing, preventing, warning, teaching, advising, preparing and convicting. This new law is the law of the Holy Spirit placed inside the believer, causing the believer to have the wisdom of God: In Job 38:36 we see that God is the one who “hath put wisdom in the inward parts.”
The law of the Holy Spirit brings not only holy wisdom but a holy conscience: In Romans 2:15 we see that the believer has a law in their hearts-- their conscience bearing witness with thoughts actively accusing or excusing behavior. Moreover, the governing law of the Holy Spirit causes us to have godly emotions—our hearts are moved with compassion when there is a need: I John 3:17 says, "But whoso hath this world’s good, and seeth his brother have need, and shutteth up his bowels of compassion from him, how dwelleth the love of God in him?" However, the most important impact that the law of the Spirit has upon our inward parts is its quickening power which quickens us to abundant life, quickens us in the Word, and quickens us to service in and through Christ Jesus.
God said that this new law would not be written on tablets of stone, but would be in our inward parts, controlling, governing, preventing, warning, teaching, advising, preparing and convicting. This new law is the law of the Holy Spirit placed inside the believer, causing the believer to have the wisdom of God: In Job 38:36 we see that God is the one who “hath put wisdom in the inward parts.”
The law of the Holy Spirit brings not only holy wisdom but a holy conscience: In Romans 2:15 we see that the believer has a law in their hearts-- their conscience bearing witness with thoughts actively accusing or excusing behavior. Moreover, the governing law of the Holy Spirit causes us to have godly emotions—our hearts are moved with compassion when there is a need: I John 3:17 says, "But whoso hath this world’s good, and seeth his brother have need, and shutteth up his bowels of compassion from him, how dwelleth the love of God in him?" However, the most important impact that the law of the Spirit has upon our inward parts is its quickening power which quickens us to abundant life, quickens us in the Word, and quickens us to service in and through Christ Jesus.
Today, let us thank God for the New Covenant, which brought the NEW LAW, which has brought and is quickening newness of life!
