2694.-The Law. Gal. 5:14 by Editor

Pacific Press Publishing Association · Mountain View, California · Jan 13, 1909

2694.—The Law. Gal. 5:14.

By Editor

Will you explain Gal. 5:14? This surely does not mean that the law is fulfilled by loving our neighbors. C. F. C.

Yes, loving our neighbor is the fulfilling of that part of the law which pertains to our neighbor. That is all that is implied in the statement, "Love is the fulfilling of the law." Rom. 13:10. If the law in question pertains to our neighbor, love is the fulfilling of that part; if it pertains to God, love is the fulfilling of that part. But that love always issues in deeds. Jesus says: "If ye love Me, keep My commandments." John 14:15. The apostle John declares, "This is the love of God, that we keep His commandments: and His commandments are not grievous." 1 John 5:3. And so loving our neighbor as ourselves, we will do all in our power to serve Him, as shown by 1 John 3:14-18. The man who loves will help his brother. John concludes his remarks in this respect: "My little children, let us not love in word, neither in tongue, but in deed, and in truth."