Exodus 34:1 The LORD said to Moses, “Cut for yourself two tablets of stone like the first, and I will write on the tablets the words that were on the first tablets, which you broke.
Deuteronomy 10:4 And he wrote on the tablets, in the same writing as before, the Ten Commandments that the LORD had spoken to you on the mountain out of the midst of the fire on the day of the assembly. And the LORD gave them to me.
Psalms 119:89 Forever, O LORD, your word is firmly fixed in the heavens.
This plainly intimates, that even under the gospel (of which the intercession of Moses was typical) the moral law continues to oblige believers. For though Christ hath redeemed us from the curse of the law, yet not from the command of it, but still we are under the law to Christ. When our Saviour, in his sermon on the mount, expounded the moral law, and vindicated it from the corrupt glosses with which the scribes and Pharisees had obliterated and broken it, he did, in effect, renew the tables, and make them like the first, that is, reduce the law to its primitive sense and intention. And by his writing it on our hearts by his Spirit, as he wrote it on the tables by his finger or power, we may be enabled to conform our lives to it. (Benson)
When God made man in his own image, the moral law was written in his heart, by the finger of God, without outward means. But since the covenant then made with man was broken, the Lord has used the ministry of men, both in writing the law in the Scriptures, and in writing it in the heart. When God was reconciled to the Israelites, he ordered the tables to be renewed, and wrote his law in them. Even under the gospel of peace by Christ, the moral law continues to bind believers. Though Christ has redeemed us from the curse of the law, yet not from the commands of it. The first and the best evidence of the pardon of sin, and peace with God, is the writing the law in the heart. (Henry)
- You shall have no other gods before Me.
- You shall make no idols.
- You shall not take the name of the Lord your God in vain.
- Keep the Sabbath day holy.
- Honor your father and your mother.
- You shall not murder.
- You shall not commit adultery.
- You shall not steal.
- You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.
- You shall not covet.
We can block out the influence of God’s presence in our lives as easily as blocking out His Word in our hearts and minds. It is simple; turn away from it, stiffen your neck against it, neglect it, deafen your ears, blind your eyes, keeping your eyes on what the world has to offer and its pleasures, unconfessed sin, unrepentant hardened heart, giving lip service, giving into to social and cultural norms, buying into the lies of the world, allowing the busyness of life to drown out the work of the Holy Spirit in your life, limited view of what God can do, unbelief, self-reliance, self-worth, selfishness, pride, anger, fear, blind to sin, etc…………….. It is very easy if you have no desire to know, please, honor, glorify, follow, obey, or trust God.
Guard your hearts and minds against such as these.
Our purpose on this side of eternity is to honor and glorify Jesus Christ in all our thoughts, words, and actions. Examine your life and see if just one day has been completed with this purpose fully committed to in your heart and mind. Though it may never be obtained this side of heaven, surely it will grow and mature us each day. In light of the mercy, grace, and love of God, what manner of person should I be?
