Love and Law

Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park, Washington, D. C. · Aug 1, 1912

Of the relationship of love and law the California Christian Advocate of June 6, 1912, says:—

Many fairly thoughtful persons tell us that the time has come to place emphasis on the love of God instead of on the law of God. That seems reasonable enough. But the love of God is the law of God. The presence of love does not exclude the presence of law. Wherever love is, there is law. Love demands the protection of law. The greater the love, the more intense is the law. The absence of love is lawlessness. . . . Preaching the love of God preaches the law of God. In this higher sense we believe in placing the emphasis on the love of God. The soul sensitive to love is sensitive to law. We need more of the love of God to make us sensitive to the presence of evil in all its forms.