Law and Love (13)

Love has not replaced the law. Paul says that the consequences of fulfilling the law and living in love are the same. This is an amazing statement. The law is not the opposite of love, but is consistent with it.

Love does no harm to its neighbor. Therefore love is the fulfillment of the law (Rom 13:10).

Love does no harm to another person, so good law cannot allow harm to a neighbour. Laws that force people to do things against their will would be inconsistent with love. God’s law is the only law that can be fulfilled by love.

Good law must be capable of being fulfilled by love. Love could never fulfil American federal law, because it is far to complicated. That suggests there is something wrong; not with love, but American law.

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