“Love is the
fulfilling of the law.” Romans
13:10. Did Jesus replace the commandments with love? “Master, which is the great commandment in
the law? 37Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt
love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all
thy mind. 38This is the first and great commandment. 39And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love
thy neighbour as thyself. 40On these
two commandments hang all the law and the prophets.” Matthew
22:36-40.
Love is a
summary of the law. To love the Lord our God with all our heart, soul, and mind
summarizes the first four commandments. To love our neighbor as ourselves
summarizes the last six commandments.
How can we
show our neighbor that we love him? The answer is by not stealing from him,
lying to him, coveting what is his, etc. How can we show God that we love Him?
By not having any God’s before Him, by not having any graven images of Him or
anything, by not taking His name in vain, and by remembering the His Sabbath
day and keeping it holy.
Loving
someone causes us to honor their requests with joy. One cannot say that he loves
God and yet he ignores what He has said. “He that
saith, I know him, and keepeth not his commandments, is a liar, and the truth
is not in him.” 1 John 2:4