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Ex,
nature does not lmow
WHAT
LOVE IS,
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DISTINCT
POINTS -- the TEN CO
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The Apostle John explained it this way: "For this
is the
LOVE
of GOD
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that we ke{T his commandments: and his
commandments are not-gr:fevaua
JOnn
5:3).
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LOVE
1
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wrote
Paul,
"1s the !'ulf1111.ng of the law"
(Rom. 13:10}. Since no one ca.n fulf'.111 the law
if
he .is
breaking it, then love must be the KEEPING of the ten points
of' the law! He who breaks
any
one is guilty of all (Jas. 2:10),
and is, therefore, NOT loving his neighbor.
The Creator also made
man
a
FREE
MORAL AGENT -- and
for
a
~1ose
!
FREE
TO DECIDE WHICH WAY OF
Lll""'E HE
WOULD -
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Ver since Adam
1n
the Garden of Eden,
man,
somehow
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has believed that the law of God
is
wrong and that
man
is
sufficient unto himself.
Man
has followed
the
ways of vanity
and of
GREED
ever
s1n~e.
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'Why,
PRIDE,
u
man
reasons, ' 'and the desire to GET,
to accumulate, to HAVE, is the impelling motive that stimulates
EFFORT, produces incentive for endeavor, spurs
man
on toward
PROGRESS." "COMPETITION," men believe, "1s the very
LIFE
of
trade, commerce and business. It spurs men on, leads to greater
production, makes for PROGRESS!" That
1s
the philosophy of this
world! That is the opposite of LOVE. That is the opposite of
the TEN COMMANDMENTS!
-- - -- --
-
AND
THAT
VERY
PHILOSOPHY OF
LIFE,
PUT TO 6000
YEARS
OF PRACTICE, IS THE ONE ROOT CAUSE OF ALL OUR
HUMAN
WOES!
That philosophy means that
man
has
REBELLED
against
the rule and the law of God! God rules by His LAW OF LOVE
-- the
TEN
COMMANDMENTS.
But God, for
a
great PURPOSE, made
man
a free moral agent.
MAN
CHOSE TO REJECT
THE
RULE
AND
THE
LAW
OF GOD, and instead
has
tried to govern
HDtSELF and
his
fellows. THAT
IS MAN'S GREAT MISTAKE1
-What
man
needs is to
return to obedience to the
Law
of God which alone can. restore
order out of chaoaL
LErr-l'ER
ANSWERING DEPAR'IMENT
Conrllha
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