The Law Describes Love
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The Law Describes Love
There are people who don’t like laws. They don’t want anyone telling them what to do under any circumstances. They don’t like any laws about “You shall not steal”. They will claim such laws inhibit them from obtaining what they want. To them, laws against drunk driving or texting while driving are an affront to their personal feelings.
But, the law describes love. Stealing, driving drunk, and texting while driving are very unloving acts towards other people, doing great harm to others in many cases. So, the law describes love — and we need the law because we often don’t have the common sense or desire to appropriately show love towards others. Our sinful natures are so self-centered, arrogant, and selfish, that we need guidance in learning how to be loving and kind. Both children and adults need guidance in being loving.
Our heavenly Father, Creator, Lord and Savior is the perfection of love and He desires to teach us to be loving in all our ways. 1 John 4:8 says,
The one who does not love does not know God, for God is love.
We all from birth are bent on sinning, to selfishly get our own way. Our heavenly Father’s love desires to teach us sinful beings how to be loving, since loving does not come naturally to us. So, God has given us a description of how to be loving in the commandments He provides in His word. Galatians 3:19 and Galatians 3:24 tell us,
Why the Law then? It was added because of transgressions……. Therefore the Law has become our tutor to lead us to Christ, that we may be justified by faith.
In the law, our Lord is teaching us as our loving heavenly Father. He gives us the laws to show us how to love and care for others — in the truths of a real and honest love. When we see how greatly God has loved us in Jesus Christ and we desire to imitate our heavenly Father’s love, we begin to understand God’s laws as the essence of showing love towards God and others. That is why 1 John 4:19-20 says,
We love, because He first loved us. If someone says, “I love God,” and hates his brother, he is a liar; for the one who does not love his brother whom he has seen, cannot love God whom he has not seen.
And 1 John 5:3 goes on to say,
For this is the love of God, that we keep His commandments, and His commandments are not burdensome.
As we read and think on God’s word to us, we will see how the Ten Commandments and other directives are a description of love. Let us take all of God’s word to heart as He teaches us the holiness of love in a world bent on sinning.
In the freedom of God’s love, we say, “Hallelujah! Lord, thank You for showing us the greatness and faithfulness of Your love to us in Jesus Christ. Help us and strengthen us to love the way You have loved us in purity.”
Love,
Margaret
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A Christian devotional to glorify the LORD of lords and God of gods
This is the day which the LORD has made;
Let us rejoice and be glad in it.
Psalm 118:24
The word of the LORD is tried;
He is a shield to all who take refuge in Him.
Psalm 18:30
Sing for joy in the LORD, O you righteous ones;
Praise is becoming to the upright.
Psalm 33:1
How blessed are those who dwell in Thy house!
They are ever praising Thee.
Psalm 84:4
Just as a father has compassion on his children,
So the LORD has compassion on those who fear Him.
Psalm 103:13
Oh give thanks to the LORD, for He is good;
For His lovingkindness is everlasting.
Psalm 107:1
Glory in His holy name;
Let the heart of those who seek the LORD be glad.
Psalm 105:3
Not that I have already obtained it, or have already become perfect, but I press on in order that
I may lay hold of that for which also I was laid hold of by Christ Jesus.
Philippians 3:12
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