Law and Love
The 2nd Sunday in Easter-tide
So then, do as the Lord has commanded you: live according to his laws and obey him. ~ Deuteronomy 6:8 (GNT)
Let love be your only debt! If you love others, you have done all that the Law demands. ~ Romans 13:8 (CEV)
KEY IDEA:
We are living according to the Lord's law when we love others.
PRAYER:
Loving Lord, it's not hard to see why you expect us to act lovingly. When we do so, we're just doing what you do. We're following you. Well, we're trying. I for one am not perfect when it comes to loving others. That means I'm not truly living according to your law. Forgive me. I know that you forgive because your love is greater than your demands. I pray, too, that you would stir the love in me so that it comes out. I'm going to spend my energy loving others. Amen.
TRANSLATIONS
ABP = Authorized Boydston Paraphrase — my own freestyle biblical adaptation — somewhere between paraphrase, commentary, and sermon
CEB = Common English Bible (©2011, the Common English Bible)
CEV = Contemporary English Version (©1995, American Bible Society)
MSG = The Message (©1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 2000, 2001, 2002 by Eugene H. Peterson)
NIRV = New International Reader's Version (©1996, 1998, Biblica)
NIV = New International Version (©1973, 1978, 1984, 2011, Biblica)
NLT = New Living Translation (©1996, 2004, 2007, 2013, Tyndale House Foundation)
