LOVE FULFILLS THE LAW
Cliff Bjork
Having freely obtained a right standing before God through faith apart from the law, is it not an insult to the grace of God to once again return to the law to maintain that standing? It is indeed. For "if righteousness could be gained through the law, Christ died for nothing! (Gal 2:21). But wait! Does this mean that believers are without a moral code? Is there no standard of righteousness for the child of God to pursue? Of course there is! But it is not a commandment etched in stone or enforced by a Levitical hierarchy. It is the single, all-encompassing command of our new high priest and law-giver, Jesus Chilist: "A new command I give you: love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one another" (John 13:25). Can such an apparently simple and singular command possibly be adequate to fulfill the righteous requirements of an infinitely holy God? Yes! because according to Paul, "1ove is the fulfillment of the law" (Rom 13:10).
Cliff Bjork is an elder with
Word Of Life Church
Dresser, WI
He also is an editor of
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