A Work Of Grace

For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, says the LORD: I will put My laws in their mind and write them on their hearts; and I will be their God, and they shall be My people. None of them shall teach his neighbor, and none his brother, saying, Know the LORD, for all shall know Me, from the least of them to the greatest of them For I will be merciful to their unrighteousness, and their sins and their lawless deeds I will remember no more. 

Hebrews 8:10-12 

Salvation is all of grace and all of God. As the writer of Hebrews is explaining the superiority of the new covenant over the old one, he quotes the prophet Jeremiah. In the ancient context God was applying this spiritual transformation to the people of Israel. Because of what we know about the gospel, and God’s intention to draw to Himself people of every kingdom, nation, tribe and tongue we realize this work of salvation extends far beyond the nation of Israel. In the book of Hebrews, however, the people of Israel are still the primary focus of the discussion. The new covenant which God makes with these people is primarily spiritual. It does not have the rites, rituals, ceremonies, and laws the old covenant had. The writer is showing them the true spirituality of this new covenant. If God has done a work of grace in our heart, we relate to this experience he is describing. God had brought us to Christ. He has put His law in our mind and written it upon our heart. He is our God and we are His people. We do know Him and He has put our sins behind His back to remember them against us no more.  

Our Great God and our Savior, 
we rejoice at the way in which You deal with us spiritually. 
We praise You that You are consistently working in our own heart, 
to draw us after Christ.  

Tomm Tice
Where the Bush is Burning