Sunday, June 23, 2002
Sunday, June 23, 2002
Keep yourselves in the love of God; look forward to the mercy of our Lord Jesus
Christ that leads to eternal life.
As one sweet young thing commented about the Ten Commandments, "They don't tell you
what you ought to do. They just put ideas into your head." You can take that a number of
ways, but she is right. The Old Testament includes the commandments to love God and to
love one's neighbor. However, we did not see a loving God in action until there was Jesus. He
showed us the content and the character of love. Then he went where no one has ever
gone before. He gave up his own life on Calvary to show us just how far the Father will go to
win back His lost children. When we understand that love and make it our own, then we are
able to love as Christ calls us to love.
(Jude 1.21
NRSV)
Everything we need to know about right and wrong is in the Old Testament. The problem is
that the emphasis is on the negative. We are told what we should not do, but not as clearly
what we should.
Loving God, continue to teach me the greatness of love. Amen.
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