You missed the mystery and the spiritual meaning Paul shows.I did read closer and I was right - you did take the verse out of context. The word in the Israelites hearts in v14 is the same word that Moses gave them in v10-11.
"10 If thou shalt hearken unto the voice of the Lord thy God, to keep his commandments and his statutes which are written in this book of the law, and if thou turn unto the Lord thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul. 11 For this commandment which I command thee this day, it is not hidden from thee, neither is it far off. It is not in heaven, that thou shouldest say, Who shall go up for us to heaven, and bring it unto us, that we may hear it, and do it? 13 Neither is it beyond the sea, that thou shouldest say, Who shall go over the sea for us, and bring it unto us, that we may hear it, and do it? 14 But the word is very nigh unto thee, in thy mouth, and in thy heart, that thou mayest do it. ...17 But if thine heart turn away, so that thou wilt not hear"(Deuteronomy 30:10-17 KJV
Again your own quotation proves you wrong. The word in people's hearts is the word "which we preach". Not new revelations spoken into believers hearts.
"6 But the righteousness which is of faith speaketh on this wise, Say not in thine heart, Who shall ascend into heaven? (that is, to bring Christ down from above )7 Or, Who shall descend into the deep? (that is, to bring up Christ again from the dead.) 8 But what saith it? The word is nigh thee, even in thy mouth, and in thy heart: that is, the word of faith, which we preach;"(Romans 10"6-8 KJV)
Sorry, but no matter how many straws you try to grasp, and verses you try to stretch, there is not a single scripture that says God gives us new revelations by feelings in our hearts.
Even in the old testament verses in Deuteronomy it says that the commandment God commanded
is not hidden from them. Is was not something that they never heard before. You miss this the text and Romans clarifies this.It seems hidden from you however in your understanding, but not in your heart. He is speaking of Christ in the heart as the word of Christ dwelling in them. The word of faith that Paul preached came from the source of Christ in them.
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"it is not hidden from thee, neither is it far off [Paul says this refers to Christ here in Romans 10] . It is not in heaven, that thou shouldest say, Who shall go up for us to heaven, and bring it unto us, that we may hear it [Christ], and do it [Christ]? 13 Neither is it [Christ] beyond the sea, that thou shouldest say, Who shall go over the sea for us, and bring it [Christ] unto us, that we may hear it [Christ], and do it [Christ]? 14 But the word [Of Christ] is very nigh [close] unto thee,"[in your heart Paul says]
Even the gentiles had the work of the law written in their hearts as the Jews did. We see this mystery clearly shown here to the unbiased reader,
"14 For when the Gentiles, which have not the law, do by nature [God's natural way of dealing with all men] the things contained in the law, these, having not the law, are a law unto themselves:
15 Which shew the work of the law written in their hearts, their conscience also bearing witness, and their thoughts the mean while accusing or else excusing one another )
16 In the day when God shall judge the secrets of men by Jesus Christ according to my gospel."(Romans 2:14 KJV) This is not referring to the conscience as the work of the law. But that the conscience bears a witness to this. The work of the law is what the true Light does in the first dealings with sinful man. It reproves all things
Ephesians 5:13
"But all things that are reproved are made manifest by the light: for whatsoever doth make manifest is light."
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