Two types of laws...
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We can think of two types of laws: external and internal. Usually when we hear "law" we think of an external law, like a law against lying down in a public park. An authority says we shouldn't do it, so we try not to, but it is still up to us to obey. The law of gravity is different, however. No one says we ought to fall down; we just do because that's the law of our nature as objects with mass.
When God speaks through Jeremiah about an earlier covenant, he's speaking of the Law given through Moses, which was a plethora of rules to help Israel follow and know God. The new covenant, though, is not like the old one. By putting his laws on our minds and our hearts rather than stone tablets, it becomes to us like gravity. Following and knowing God becomes a natural force.
When God speaks through Jeremiah about an earlier covenant, he's speaking of the Law given through Moses, which was a plethora of rules to help Israel follow and know God. The new covenant, though, is not like the old one. By putting his laws on our minds and our hearts rather than stone tablets, it becomes to us like gravity. Following and knowing God becomes a natural force.
