![]() ![]() ![]() The new covenant message of God's grace is written on human hearts: "on tablets of flesh, that is, of the heart." Grace not only forgives our failure before the law, but it works to develop personal holiness at the very core of our being. This is what the new covenant of grace accomplishes. We needed to have the perfect message of the law (holiness) implanted in our innermost being. The law would function as a perfect standard, revealing our unholiness and convicting us of our need for what Jesus Christ alone could offer. Consequently, it could not bring life or any provision for transforming lives. ![]() However, its impact would be limited (by design), since it was written on " tablets of stone." It was inscribed upon an inanimate object that was external to human lives. "You shall be holy, for I the LORD your God am holy" ( Leviticus 19:2). It called man to holiness, as measured by the character of God. The old covenant message of God's law was written on stones. ![]() This difference again decides whether we draw upon man's sufficiency or upon God's. The old covenant of law was written upon " tablets of stone." The new covenant of grace is written upon " tablets… of the heart." This is another vital contrast between the old and new covenants. You are manifestly an epistle of Christ…written… not on tablets of stone but on tablets of flesh, that is, of the heart. ![]()
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