Commandments

Good Morning,

Romans 13:9-10 (NIV)
The commandments, "Do not commit adultery," "Do not murder," "Do not steal," "Do not covet," and whatever other commandment there may be, are summed up in this one rule: "Love your neighbor as yourself." Love does no harm to its neighbor. Therefore love is the fulfillment of the law.

There have been times when there are arguments and disagreements about "The Law" and whether or not it applies to us now, those of us who are under the New Covenant set down by Jesus. Putting that thought and those arguments aside, I think that we can all agree that what Paul wrote to the Romans in these verses DOES apply to us all...it did then and it does now.

"Love is the fulfillment of the law."

Pretty simply put, what Jesus told us, "'Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind. 'This is the first and greatest commandment. And the second is like it: 'Love your neighbor as yourself.' All the Law and the Prophets hang on these two commandments," (Mat. 22:37-40) sums it all up, I think.

And Paul reiterated this in what he wrote to the Romans.

Love, simply and purely, is the answer. If we truly love God and love our fellow man (for ALL men are our neighbors) then we don't have to be concerned one way or the other about "The Law" and whether or not it applies today. All we have to be concerned about is whether or not we do love.

It's just not that complicated and I think none of us can argue the point that, indeed, we ought to love as Jesus loved. When we do that, we will be obedient to what God wants of us.

Love, peace, and blessings,

David