There is a reason God chose the day of Pentecost to begin
pouring out of His Spirit. Pentecost is the celebration of the day that God
gave His Law to the Jewish people at Mount Sinai, written on tables of stone.
It was on the day of Pentecost in Jerusalem that God poured out His Spirit,
writing His law on their hearts. This was prophesied by Jeremiah.
At Sinai, the Jewish people promised to God they would keep
all of His laws and commandments. (There are 613 commandments.)
"And he took the book of the covenant, and read in the
audience of the people: and they said, All that the LORD hath said will we do,
and be obedient." - Exodus 24:7 KJV
However, the Jewish people were not able to keep their
promise to do all the laws because of the weakness of the sinful human nature.
God saw that it would only be by the gospel that we could walk in
righteousness, no longer following our sinful nature but instead walking in His
Spirit. (Galatians 5:16-18, 24-25)
Instead of His Law written on stone, God writes it in our
hearts. He is our God and we are His people.
"Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will
make a new covenant with the house of Israel, and with the house of Judah:
“Not according to the covenant that I made with their
fathers in the day that I took them by the hand to bring them out of the land
of Egypt; which my covenant they brake, although I was an husband unto them,
saith the LORD:
“But this shall be the covenant that I will make with the
house of Israel; After those days, saith the LORD, I will put my law in their
inward parts, and write it in their hearts; and will be their God, and they
shall be my people.
“And they shall teach no more every man his neighbour, and
every man his brother, saying, Know the LORD: for they shall all know me, from
the least of them unto the greatest of them, saith the LORD: for I will forgive
their iniquity, and I will remember their sin no more." - Jeremiah
31:31-34 KJV
By Jesus’ death, burial, and resurrection, God paid the
price of our iniquities. When we repented, and were baptized in Jesus name for
the remission of sins and received the gift of His Holy Ghost, God erased our
sins from His memory. (Micah 7:19) We are now able to walk in His Spirit.
(Romans 8:1-11)
"Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized
every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye
shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost. For the promise is unto you, and to
your children, and to all that are afar off, even as many as the Lord our God
shall call." - Acts 2:38-39 KJV
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