Section 9
nature (2:14). Our original nature, as created by God, was good. Everything created by our Father, including our nature, was good originally. Of course, our nature was poisoned by the fall. Nev ertheless, as human beings, we have a nature which God created good, and we need to act according to it. Although you may argue that it is not wrong to steal from others, the nature within you protests whenever you are tempted to steal. It is the same with every evildoer. When ever they do something wrong, their nature dis agrees. We need to observe the requirements of the nature within us.
In Romans 2:14-15 Paul says that when the nations who do not have the law practice the things of the law, they prove that the function of the law is written in their heart. The law of God has a function in our nature. Our nature corre sponds to God's law because our nature was made by God. God's law was given according to God's nature, for a lawgiver always enacts a law in accordance with his own being. Therefore, the law given by God and the man created by God correspond to one another. We do not need an outward law because we have the function of the law written in our nature. We simply need to live according to our nature.