When they (outsider, non-Jews who haven’t been taught God’s law) follow the law as if it is somehow a part of them, they show that the reality of the law was written on their hearts by the Lord. (Romans 2:14-15)
You
have a choice. You can ask the Holy Spirit to
speak to you, giving you God’s truth for living your
life and leading others. Or, you can consider what people and institutions
around you say, using your mind, your emotions, and your personal sense of
morality to define your way forward. Which way will you choose?
Paul’s
words seem to argue that men and women are created in a way that allows them to
make good decisions. But, notice that he was speaking only of how people were
created to be. Paul also said that, by nature, men and women choose to live
based on desire for selfish pleasure rather than God’s way, until they
encounter God (Ephesians 2:3). After that encounter, if you choose to follow
His way, the Lord will bring His will to your life. His law, written on your
heart, can fulfill its purpose. Until that time, you will be ruled by an effort
to balance chasing self-centered desires within the limits of rules designed by
yourself, and by other men and women. If you choose God’s way, you become a
child of God, and the Holy Spirit provides your way. From that point, the Holy
Spirit will teach you to live as God intended when He created you.
Choose
to live in God’s truth and walk in His ways. Trust the Lord to be your way to
life.
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