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Summed up, not replaced.
Love does sum up the law. So if we love God and others above self, we fulfill the law.

The 'law' as given to Moses was giving them a measure but love is the law complete.

Luke 10:26 "What is written in the Law?" he replied. "How do you read it?" 27 He answered: " '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, 'Love your neighbor as yourself.'"
28 "You have answered correctly," Jesus replied. "Do this and you will live."

"The entire law is summed up in a single command: Love your neighbor as yourself" (Galatians 5:14). "But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control. Against such things there is no law." Gal 5:23

What is Love? Really

There is a misconception that for a Christian to be right with God that they need to follow a list of rules, but the Lord's instructions is to Love others and Love God.

I believe that the real debate is about the definition of love.

Does a man tell his betrothed on their wedding night – here is a list of rules and if you follow them we will be fine? No – if they love each other – no list of rules in necessary, but through their love, they will fulfill all that is considered the behavior of one who loves.

Love is not based on a list of rules but a list of rules can be easily followed with the heart of love.

The first four commandments are about loving God
1. You shall have no other Gods before me.
1. Love is loyal – have no other before me
2. You shall not make for yourself any carved image, or any likeness of anything that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth; you shall not bow down to them nor serve them.
2.Love is Faithful – make no possession that you put between you and I.
3. You shall not take the name of the Lord your God in vain, for the Lord will not hold him guiltless who takes His name in vain.
3. Love is reverent and respectful – do not speak against me.
4. Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy. Six days you shall labor and do all your work, but the seventh day is the Sabbath of the Lord your God.
4. Love takes time for one another – the Sabbath – a special day to spend together But Jesus said to pray unceasingly and as we are indwelt by the Holy Spirit every day is our rest in Him and every day should be spent with Him throughout our everyday lives. But remember to take a special time alone and away from the care of this world. Jesus also said that the law was not made for God but was made for man. Mark 2:27
Then he said to them, “The Sabbath was made for man, not man for the Sabbath. Romans 14:5 One man considers one day more sacred than another; another man considers every day alike. Each one should be fully convinced in his own mind.

The remainder are about loving others. If you love someone you are not going to commit adultery against them or kill them. If you love someone you shouldn’t have to be looking elsewhere and coveting what they have but should want to give them whatever they need to support their life and happiness.

5. Honor your father and your mother, that your days may be long upon the land which the Lord your God is giving you.
5. Love is respectful – bows to authority – respects those worthy of respect.
6. You shall not murder.
6. Love protects Life – it doesn’t take it
7. You shall not commit adultery.
7. Love is pure – it lives to exalt one another not cause hurt or harm
8. You shall not steal.
8. Love is unselfish – it doesn’t take – it gives
9. You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.
9. Love is truthful – there is no reason to lie
10. You shall not covet your neighbor’s house; you shall not covet your neighbor’s wife, nor his manservant, nor his maidservant, nor his ox, nor his donkey, nor anything that is your neighbor’s."
10. Love is content - it does not wish for anything more to be happy

If we love God then these are as natural as breathing – they are not rules – they are the result of love.
So – if we love God and love others – we fulfill the law.


Matthew 22
36"Teacher, which is the greatest commandment in the Law?" 37Jesus replied: " 'Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.'[b] 38This is the first and greatest commandment. 39And the second is like it: 'Love your neighbor as yourself.'[c] 40All the Law and the Prophets hang on these two commandments."