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McIlroy, David H. (2008) 'The Law of Love.' Cambridge Papers, 17 (2).

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Abstract

The Bible is clear that to love God involves seeking to be obedient to God. Being God’s people involves seeking to make wise decisions about the way in which God wants us to live. Jesus commands his followers to love God and our neighbours. In working out what that means, followers of Jesus need to take into account what God has revealed in the Torah about what it means to love him and to love another, as fulfilled, interpreted and modelled by Jesus. The Holy Spirit is given to us to enable us to grow in love. In order to make wise decisions we need to have internalised God’s law and to meditate on it with the help of the Spirit. In heaven, doing what God wants will be second nature. Till then, reflection on God’s law is an indispensable part of discerning what it means in practice to love God and to love our neighbour.

Item Type: Journal Article
Additional Information: © The Jubilee Centre
Keywords: Torah Holy Spirit Mosaic Law
SOAS Departments & Centres: Legacy Departments > Faculty of Law and Social Sciences > School of Law
ISSN: 13617710
Date Deposited: 29 Sep 2008 14:34
URI: https://eprints.soas.ac.uk/id/eprint/5406

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