Saturday, 18 October 2025

Whoever fulfill the Law of Love, fulfill the Law of Gold.

This is a profound and beautiful summary of the entire moral law of God, as taught by Jesus and the apostles. It elevates love from a mere emotion to the ultimate fulfillment of divine commandment.


Here is a poem and reflection on this truth.


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The Law of Love


The statutes, codes, and rules were vast,

A shadow that the future cast.

“Do this,don’t touch, abstain, and keep,”

A standard terrifyingly deep.


But then came Christ, and with one word,

The heart of every law was heard.

He did not come to destroy the scroll,

But to reveal its sacred goal.


“‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.’

This is the first and greatest commandment.

And the second is like it: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’

All the Law and the Prophets hang on these two commandments.”(Matthew 22:37-40)


The law of love—it is the sum,

The end of all that’s yet to come.

For if you love,you will not kill,

Nor with a stolen good,you’ll fill.

You will not lie,you will not covet,

For love’s pure heart cannot approve it.


“Let no debt remain outstanding, except the continuing debt to love one another,

for whoever loves others has fulfilled the law.”(Romans 13:8)


You cannot truly love the Lord,

And be by other gods allured.

You cannot love your God and neighbor,

And act with treachery or sabre.


So love is not a feeling, faint,

It is the will of a true saint.

It is the choice to do what’s right,

To walk in God’s redeeming light.


Whoever fulfills the law of love,

Fulfills the very law of God.

For God is love,and from His throne,

This single rule was fully known.


So let us not get lost in parts,

In legalistic,prideful arts.

But let us seek the higher way,

To love with courage,day by day.


For in this love, we find the key,

To true obedience,wild and free.

Not“must I?” but “I get to!” now,

To keep this single,holy vow.


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Understanding the Principle:


This teaching simplifies and yet radically deepens our understanding of God's will.


1. Love as Fulfillment, Not Replacement: Jesus did not abolish the Law (Matthew 5:17). Instead, He revealed that love is its ultimate purpose and fulfillment. The commandments show us what love looks like in practice.

2. The Two Great Commands: Love for God and love for neighbor are inseparable. You cannot have one without the other (1 John 4:20). The vertical relationship fuels the horizontal one.

3. Love as the "Debt" We Always Owe: In Romans 13:8, Paul calls it a "continuing debt." We are never "done" loving. It is the perpetual, ongoing obligation of the Christian life.

4. It Summarizes the Law: The Ten Commandments are naturally divided into our duty toward God (Commandments 1-4) and our duty toward people (Commandments 5-10). Love perfectly encompasses both.


A Prayer to Live the Law of Love:


"Heavenly Father,


Your Word reveals that all Your law is fulfilled in one word: Love. Forgive me for the times I have reduced obedience to a checklist, while my heart was far from You and from my neighbor.


Fill me with Your Holy Spirit, for You are love. Pour Your love into my heart so that it overflows. Teach me what it means to love You with my entire being—heart, soul, and mind.


And from that love, give me the grace to love my neighbor as myself. Not just in feeling, but in action and in truth. Let my life be a living fulfillment of Your law, not by my strength, but by the power of Your love at work within me.


In the name of Jesus, who loved me and gave Himself for me, Amen."

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