What is the law of Christ?

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isshinwhat

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I think the law of Christ is that we love one another and God. I also believe that you love God through one another, as well. Any time we come to the aid of another human, we are helping bear their burdens, but we are also putting forth love for God. We love God, so we do his work: we love our brother, so we help him: we also love God through the person we are helping. Make sense at all? :)

Luke 10:26-28
And He said to him, "What is written in the Law? How does it read to you?"
And he answered, "YOU SHALL LOVE THE LORD YOUR GOD WITH ALL YOUR HEART, AND WITH ALL YOUR SOUL, AND WITH ALL YOUR STRENGTH, AND WITH ALL YOUR MIND; AND YOUR NEIGHBOR AS YOURSELF." And He said to him, "You have answered correctly; DO THIS AND YOU WILL LIVE."


Matthew 25:34-46
Then the King will say to those on His right, 'Come, you who are blessed of My Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world. For I was hungry, and you gave Me something to eat; I was thirsty, and you gave Me something to drink; I was a stranger, and you invited Me in; naked, and you clothed Me; I was sick, and you visited Me; I was in prison, and you came to Me. "Then the righteous will answer Him, 'Lord, when did we see You hungry, and feed You, or thirsty, and give You something to drink? And when did we see You a stranger, and invite You in, or naked, and clothe You? 'When did we see You sick, or in prison, and come to You?' "The King will answer and say to them, 'Truly I say to you, to the extent that you did it to one of these brothers of Mine, even the least of them, you did it to Me.' "Then He will also say to those on His left, ' Depart from Me, accursed ones, into the eternal fire which has been prepared for the devil and his angels; for I was hungry, and you gave Me nothing to eat; I was thirsty, and you gave Me nothing to drink; I was a stranger, and you did not invite Me in; naked, and you did not clothe Me; sick, and in prison, and you did not visit Me.' "Then they themselves also will answer, 'Lord, when did we see You hungry, or thirsty, or a stranger, or naked, or sick, or in prison, and did not take care of You?' "Then He will answer them, 'Truly I say to you, to the extent that you did not do it to one of the least of these, you did not do it to Me.' "These will go away into eternal punishment, but the righteous."

God Bless,

Neal
 
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Originally posted by isshinwhat
I think the law of Christ is that we love one another and God. I also believe that you love God through one another, as well. Any time we come to the aid of another human, we are helping bear their burdens, but we are also putting forth love for God. We love God, so we do his work: we love our brother, so we help him: we also love God through the person we are helping. Make sense at all? :)

God Bless,

Neal

Very nice. :)   I agree.  That is exactly what is being said.

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Well, I believe that the law of Christ encompasses all of the commands that he gave to us all throughout the NT. And like Jesus said, all of the law hangs on the two greatest commandments that he gave us, to love God to the fullest, and to love our neighbors as ourselves. :D
 
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