The apostle Paul claimed the Law is written on the ‘fleshy tables’ of the human heart (2 Cor. 3:3 KJV). What he meant are these ‘shoulds’ and ‘shouldn’ts’ are both instinctual and inescapable, part of our DNA. They are a psychological reality. We may justify our actions away, but deep down, we know when we’ve done something wrong.

The apostle Paul claimed the Law is written on the ‘fleshy tables’ of the human heart (2 Cor. 3:3 KJV). What he meant are these ‘shoulds’ and ‘shouldn’ts’ are both instinctual and inescapable, part of our DNA. They are a psychological reality. We may justify our actions away, but deep down, we know when we’ve done something wrong.

– Tullian Tchividjian –

One Way Love: Inexhaustible Grace for an Exhausted World

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