THE LAW OF CHRIST
Galatians 6:2 Bear one another’s burdens, and so fulfill the law of Christ
What is the law of Christ?
Some contend it is something different than the ten commandments -
However, the difference is not a difference in God's law, but a difference in understanding what that law actually entails!!!
God's command law is the law of Christ.
Matt. 12 :36-39 Then one of them, a lawyer, asked Him a question, testing Him, and saying, 36 “Teacher, which is the great commandment in the law?” 37 Jesus said to him, ‘You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind.’ 38 This is the first and great commandment. 39 And the second is like it: ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’ 40 On these two commandments hang all the Law and the Prophets
QUOTE "The first four commandments of the law grow out of our relation to God, and demand the loving loyalty of our whole hearts. The last six grow out of our relations to our fellow-man, and require us to regard their interests as our own. The keeping of these commandments comprises the whole duty of man, and presents the conditions of eternal life. Now the question is, Will man comply with the requirements? Will he love God supremely and his neighbour as himself? There is no possible way for man to do this in his own strength. {BEcho, June 11, 1894 par. 2} "If the first commandments are loyally observed, the other six, which define the duty of man to his fellow-man, will be as faithfully observed. When God has his rightful place on the throne of the heart the duties assigned in the last six commandments will be performed as there directed. {3SP 52.2} All the religious service of the Jews was of no value whatever unless connected with living faith in Christ Jesus, who was the substance of which that service was the shadow. Christ had repeatedly shown that his Father's law contained something deeper than mere authoritative commands. The moral law contains the gospel in principle. {3SP 54.2}
Fulfilling God's law can only be done through Christ -- His grace of forgiveness and redemption accepted, His love and mercy fully appreciated, flows through us to others to give of ourselves for their uplifting.
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