Indeed when Gentiles who do not have the law do by nature things

required by the law, they are a law for themselves, even though they

did not have the law, since they show that the requirements of the law

are written on their hearts, their consciences also bearing witness, and

their thoughts now accusing, now even defending them. (Rom. 2:14-15).

For although they knew God, they neither glorified him as God nor

gave thanks to him but their thinking became futile and their foolish

hearts were darkened. Although they claimed to be wise, they became

fools and exchanged the glory of the immortal God for images made to

look like mortal man and birds and animals and reptiles. (Rom.1: 21-23)

In the light of the above passages of scripture, I propose to discuss and contrast, some of the facts that show that the gentiles had the requirements of the law (of God) written on their hearts, with the written law of God given to the Jews as spelt in the Old Testament and parts of the New testament. The contrast will focus mainly on the Black Africans particularly the Bantu of western and southern parts

For by him all things were created, things in heaven and on earth,

Thus since God is invisible and is Spirit, the only way to approach him is through the spirit. And the only available spiritual way is through the spirits of the ones who have gone before us. These, it is believed, have gone to live in the spirit world and do understand the things of the spirit as well as the interaction with the controller of the universe.

Above the earth, and createst the rivers,

being and in the name of God in means the very Source of Being or

In one of the Lausanne Occasional Papers, the Thailand Report on People of African Traditional Religion No. 18 it says that God speaks in many ways. We depend primarily upon how God has spoken in uniquely fixed and supremely authoritative way in Scripture. We also trust that he is speaking to us as we live and preach. However, we also need to recognize in practical ways that he has also spoken within the various traditional cultures. (Pg. 7)

Thou raisest the grass-covered hills

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