Written In Our Hearts

Pure Gospel

- "I will forgive their iniquity, and remember their sin no more"

- God to all the peoples

- My faults are forgiven

- My relationships are fixed

- "No longer shall they teach one another, or say to each other, “Know the Lord,” for they shall all know me, from the least of them to the greatest"

- everybody sees, knows and understands

- the least can go upright

- the greatest humble themselves

- Heaven on earth

Biblical Timing

- When do people need a pure Gospel of that kind?

- When life is a mess

- Jeremiah’s situation: the divided houses, his lamentations 1: "4The roads to Zion mourn,for no one comes to the festivals;all her gates are desolate,her priests groan;her young girls grieve,*and her lot is bitter.5Her foes have become the masters,her enemies prosper,because the Lord has made hersuffer for the multitude of her transgressions;her children have gone away,captives before the foe."

- Quite like when Israel was in Egypt land

Personal Timing

- When do we need a pure Gospel of that kind?

- Talking about God’s faithfulness is crucial in time of transition

- Personal experience of slavery

- Personal experience of deportation

Covenant and Torah

- renewed covenant examples all over the Bible: Noah, Abraham, Isaak, Jacob, Mose - over and over again, true for Israel, all peoples and us

- free grace

- rules of love

Yet and not yet

- "The days are surely coming, says the Lord"

- Are we there yet?

- Yes: The ultimate renewal of God’s covenant took place through the death and resurrection of Christ Jesus

- The Law is fulfilled and God’s Holy Spirit is guiding our hearts according to his good will

- But it does not quite feel like heaven. Are we there yet?

- No: Because the game clock is still running

- "After those days" is still to come, these are the latter days and we know all people are latter-day saints

Christ’s second coming

- We are between the ages

- After Christ’s coming which is Christmas

- After Christ’s ascension when he returned to the heavens

- According to biblical timing he is scheduled to come back

- Then the Pure Gospel is going to become a visible reality

Pure Gospel

- Our iniquity is forgiven and our sin is remembered no more"

- My faults have been forgiven

- My relationships have been fixed

- everybody sees, knows and understands

- the least do go upright

- the greatest humble themselves

- Heaven on earth