Love Is More Than Righteousness, & Mercy Is Greater Than Justice

Love is the Law of Christ today! "For all the Law is fulfilled in one word, even in this: thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself." (Gal.5:14)

Love is really stricter than the Law because it goes further than the Law. In the Mosaic Law there was virtually no forgiving & it was "an eye for an eye & a tooth for a tooth!" But Jesus said even if our brother offends us 70 times 7 times, & is sorry, we should forgive him! (Mat.5:38,39 & 18:21,22) Now everything must be done in His Love! We must have more mercy & more love than the Law!

The Old Law was only obeyed because they had to & they would only do as much as they were made to do, whereas love goes all the way! It'll go to the death & die for someone else to do the right thing. The Spirit of God in us will give us the power & the strength to love others more than we love ourselves!

This is what God's been working on all the time: To persuade us to do things through the right loving motivation, because we love Him & we love others. Therefore, we want to do what's right!--Do you?

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