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The Gentiles have the law written in their hearts and the conscience bears witness to that law (Ro.2:14-25).
when did that happen? hint not in Moses time
Jer_31:33 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.
will = future
Let's talk about the Jews who lived under the law at the time when Christ came. Were they saved by faith alone? Here is what the Lord Jesus said to them:
"Very truly I tell you, whoever hears my word and believes him who sent me has eternal life and will not be judged but has crossed over from death to life" (Jn.5:24).
but before that he said ...
Joh 5:14 Afterward Jesus found him in the temple and said to him, "See, you are well! Sin no more, that nothing worse may happen to you."
Did the Jews who lived under the law at the time when Paul was writing his epistles saved by faith alone?:
"Therefore it is of faith, that it might be by grace; to the end the promise might be sure to all the seed; not to that only which is of the law, but to that also which is of the faith of Abraham; who is the father of us all" (Ro.4:16).
Do you think that the Jews who lived under the law at the time when Paul wrote the following words received the blessedness spoken of here?:
"Even as David also describeth the blessedness of the man, unto whom God imputeth righteousness without works, Saying, Blessed are they whose iniquities are forgiven, and whose sins are covered. Blessed is the man to whom the Lord will not impute sin. Cometh this blessedness then upon the circumcision only, or upon the uncircumcision also? for we say that faith was reckoned to Abraham for righteousness" (Ro.4:6-9).
Israel was cut off when Paul received the dispensation of grace
works of the law are no longer necessary now.