"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 white them in their hearts: and I will be to them a God, and they shall be to me a people:" (Hebrews 8:10 KJV)
"Clearly, you are a letter from Christ showing the result of our ministry among you. This "letter" is written not with pen and ink, but with the Spirit of the Living God. It is carved not on tablets of stone, but on human hearts. We are confident of all this because of our great trust in God through Christ. It is not that we think we are qualified to do anything on our own. Our qualification comes from God. He has enabled us to be ministers of his new covenant. This is a covenant not of written laws, but of the Spirit. The old written covenant ends in death, but under the new covenant, the Spirit gives life." (2 Corinthians 3:3-6 NLT)
There are probably quite a few people who don't really believe those things I said about that son, the one who squandered away his inheritance, leaving home, as if he had no care at all for his father's will and hope for his life. That just seems too drastic of a sin, that his father would even consider forgiving him; let alone, welcoming him back!
Well, this is what God does for those who are His children! Please try to believe what I am trying to say: If God called you out and choose you to be His child, when He did that, He already knew everything about you, including those bad things that you have done! Nothing we do can remove His love from us; because He choose us, even knowing everything about us, especially that we would always be His children!
You must understand and know how much God loves you! The father in this parable, surely believed that his wayward son would return. We know this because he was always looking down the road, as if his son would be coming down that road, sooner or later. But that day did come, and when it did, the father hoisted up his robe and started running towards his lost son!
Not everyone believes that to be true, especially those who think they are better than everyone else. With that, let me remind you of the other brother, the one that faithfully stayed home, working for his father. After that prodigal son was restored, back into his father's house, (which was really always still his home,) the father celebrated his return, placing a ring on his finger, putting his robe on him, and throwing him a great feast and party.
And what did the other brother do? He complained to the father, telling the father about how faithful he was, how he faithfully worked for him, all these years, never asking for his inheritance or planning to leave home; and then, he told his father: 'You never celebrated my life, as you did this unresponsible son!'
The laws that God has itched into our hearts have everything to do with love: loving Him, and loving one another...
"Through Christ you have come to trust God. And you have placed your faith and hope in God because he raised Christ from the dead and gave him great glory. You were cleansed from your sins when you obeyed the truth, so now you must show sincere love to each other as brothers and sisters. Love each other deeply with all your heart. For you have been born again, but not to a life that will quickly end. Your new life will last forever because it comes from the eternal, living word of God. As the Scriptures say, "People are like grass, their beauty is like a flower in the field. The grass withers and the flower fades. But the word of the Lord remains forever." And that word is the Good News that was preached to you." (2 Peter 1:21-25 NLT)
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