What is written on my heart?
God’s moral laws have been written on the heart of every human – giving all people a conscience to aid them in determining wrong from right ( Romans 2:14-15 ). When a person becomes a follower of Christ, he not only has God’s laws in his heart, but he also has the indwelling Holy Spirit to compel him toward living righteously ( Romans 8:11 ). This in no way means the Christian will stop sinning, but it does mean the Christian will become more aware of his own personal sin and have a genuine desire to do what is pleasing to Christ ( Romans 8:14-16 ). In many ways, it is after a person is saved that the struggle against sin really heats up in his life. All people are born with a nature that is bent toward sin, which is why children do not need to be taught how to misbehave – that comes naturally. When a person is converted, the sin nature does not disappear – and so the internal conflict begins in the life of every believer. The apostle Paul, who called himself a “bondservant to Chr...