Monday, March 24, 2008
The Law of Christ
In Galatians 6:2 we read, "Carry each other's burdens, and in this way you will fulfill the law of Christ." What is this Law of Christ? In Matthew we read: Jesus replied: “‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.' This is the first and greatest commandment. And the second is like it: 'Love your neighbor as yourself.' All the Law and the Prophets hang on these two commandments." Matthew 22:37-40 Jesus also told His disciples in John 13:34, 35 "A new command I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one another. By this all men will know that you are my disciples, if you love one another."
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based on Galatians 5:13ff, would you say that the law of Christ is the same as "walking by the Spirit?" Also, seeing 6:2 and 5:14 together you would have to say that it is living in God's love.
It seems to me that Paul ties both "walking by the Spirit" and the Law of Christ together. To walk in the Spirit is to live and bear fruit as listed in Galatians 5. In verse 18 he says that if we are led by the Spirit we are not under the Law. To me that means that we are not under the Law's condemnation as he wrote to the Romans in chapter 8.
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