DAD'S RAMBLINGS -- THE LAW OF LOVE

DAD'S RAMBLINGS – THE LAW OF LOVE

"For you, brethren, have been called to liberty; only do not use liberty as an opportunity for the flesh, but through love serve one another. For all the law is fulfilled in one word, even in this: 'You shall love your neighbor as Yourself.' " (Galatians 5:13-14)

There really is only one law that we are required to obey – the law of love: loving God and loving others. It is called the law of Christ (Galatians 6:2). Jesus Himself said that the two great commandments are to love God and to love your neighbor as yourself. There is no greater commandment than these" (Mark 12:31). James called it the royal law. "If you really fulfill the royal law according to the Scripture, 'You shall love your neighbor as yourself,' you do well" (James 2:8). Jesus said, "He who has My commandments and keeps them, it is he who loves Me…..If anyone loves Me, he will keep My word.  He who does not love Me does not keep my words..." (John 14:21, 23-24).

Freedom from the Old Testament Law does not mean that I can just do as I please. I am still under the obligation to submit to the law of love. My rights must be subservient to the law of love. The foundational principle of the Ten Commandments is love for God and love for others. The first four are loving God; the second six are loving others. The greatest law is love, and that if we live by that law we will fulfill the rest of the law. If we love God, we will obey God's law.

May that be the law of my life – to love God to love others.

Love, Dad