When the Lord gave Moses the law he legislated not only on human behavior and its consequences but also attitudes of the heart. Sure, you can legislate on a heart attitude but it must be willingly carried out. Keeping to the letter of the law is preferable but a heart that joyfully embraces the intention of the law is better. But this was all “goody two-shoes” until Christ came and fulfilled the law perfectly. We could never get it right, no matter how hard we try. Look at the rich young man (Mat 19: 16-20) Jesus nailed the very thing the young man lacked, a true love for God, and took it to the cross. Now that we see Jesus and his spirit living in our hearts, the intention of the law, which in essence is love, is no longer a problem to us. It's like God is saying to us, “all is forgiven, come home.”
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