▁of ▁Hi ppo , ▁who ▁equ ated ▁natural ▁law ▁with ▁human ity ' s ▁pre laps arian ▁state ; ▁as ▁such , ▁a ▁life ▁according ▁to ▁un bro ken ▁human ▁nature ▁was ▁no ▁longer ▁possible ▁and ▁persons ▁needed ▁instead ▁to ▁seek ▁he aling ▁and ▁salv ation ▁through ▁the ▁divine ▁law ▁and ▁grace ▁of ▁Jesus ▁Christ . ▁ ▁The ▁natural ▁law ▁was ▁inher ently ▁tele ological , ▁however , ▁it ▁is ▁most ▁assured ly ▁not ▁de ont ological . ▁For ▁Christians , ▁natural ▁law ▁is ▁how ▁human ▁be ings ▁manifest ▁the ▁divine ▁image ▁in ▁their ▁life . ▁This ▁m im ic ry ▁of ▁God ' s ▁own ▁life ▁is ▁impossible ▁to ▁accomplish ▁except ▁by ▁means ▁of ▁the ▁power ▁of ▁grace . ▁Thus , ▁whereas ▁de ont ological ▁systems ▁merely ▁require ▁certain ▁duties ▁be ▁performed , ▁Christian ity ▁explicitly ▁states ▁that ▁no ▁one ▁can , ▁in ▁fact , ▁perform ▁any ▁duties ▁if ▁grace ▁is ▁lack ing . ▁For ▁Christians , ▁natural ▁law ▁flows ▁not ▁from ▁divine ▁commands , ▁but ▁from ▁the ▁fact ▁that ▁human ity ▁is ▁made ▁in ▁God ' s ▁image , ▁human ity ▁is ▁emp ower ed ▁by ▁God ' s ▁grace . ▁Living ▁the ▁natural ▁law ▁is ▁how ▁human ity ▁displays ▁the ▁g ifts ▁of ▁life ▁and ▁grace , ▁the ▁g ifts ▁of ▁all ▁that ▁is ▁good . ▁Con sequ ences ▁are ▁in ▁God ' s ▁hands , ▁consequences ▁are ▁generally ▁not ▁within ▁human ▁control , ▁thus ▁in ▁natural ▁law , ▁actions ▁are ▁jud ged ▁by ▁three ▁things : ▁( 1 )