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The Law of Love
By peace | July 14, 2008
The disciples had listened to what Jesus had to tell the Pharisees about keeping all the rules.
“Are you saying that we need not keep Moses’ law any longer?” they asked him. “Certainly not!” Jesus answered. “I have not come to do away with God’s laws but to show how they are really meant to be kept.”
As they talked, he led them to the top of a grassy hill, where they could sit down and listen while he explained things to them.
The Law of Love
“The laws God gave through Moses will never be out of date,” Jesus said. “They will last as long as life goes on. But the endless rules and regulations that the Pharisees and law teachers have added do not help you to obey them.
Listen! The law says that if you kill someone, you must be punished. But murder begins in the heart — when you are angry or jealous, or hate someone. If you are really going to keep God’s law, you must deal with the bad feelings inside you, not just with the crime of murder. God’s laws teach us to love him and to love one another, not simply to keep a set of rules. We must obey God from the heart.
The rules say that you must not be unfaithful to your marriage partner and if you want a divorce you must sign the right papers. But God made marriage to last a lifetime. He wants couples to be loving and faithful to each other, without even looking longingly at someone else’s partner.
You have been told that as long as you love your friends, it’s all right to hate your enemies. But the law of love says, “Be kind to your enemies too”. You see, if you are going to take after your Father in heaven, you must behave in the same way that he does. God sends sun and rain for everyone — good and bad alike! He gives his good gifts to those who don’t deserve them, as well as those who do. You should be like God — loving and giving. It’s the generous, open-handed people who will themselves receive happiness and love.
“Don’t criticize others. Imagine someone with a big plank of wood stuck in his eye offering to remove a tiny speck from someone else. No one is so free of faults that he can see straight enough to put others right.
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