Word for the Week

Week beginning: 23rd August, 2015

By David Mcllroy | London

'The commandments, "You shall not commit adultery," "You shall not murder," "You shall not steal," "You shall not covet," and whatever other command there may be, are summed up in this one command: "Love your neighbor as yourself." Love does no harm to a neighbor. Therefore love is the fulfillment of the law.'

Romans 13:9-10 (NIV)

Demonstrating

Love, as Jesus demonstrated, and Paul reminds us here, goes beyond law. Love changes lives and transforms societies in deeper ways than law ever can. But love, as Paul points out in verse 9, sums up and fulfills law, it does not replace