tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8400340423678181828.post4087664027250974778..comments2023-10-04T18:01:43.464-05:00Comments on Dads Teach the Bible: Fulfilling the LawMike Cunninghamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05971102076711413290noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8400340423678181828.post-10324550223236293622013-11-13T12:54:23.778-06:002013-11-13T12:54:23.778-06:00It seems to make Biblical sense - to love my neigh...It seems to make Biblical sense - to love my neighbor is the companion part of the two-fold summary of The Law given in the Old Testament and naturally carried over in the New. And certainly Christ perfectly exemplified it.<br /><br />As you point out, to bear my neighbor's burden is the corollary of loving him - it makes love more than a concept, but a verb, the doing of love. It prevents the "be warmed and filled and go in peace!" syndrome.<br /><br />The reality of my condition in this broken and sin-cursed world is that I have no real hope of beginning to love my neighbor at all consistently unless I am motivated and empowered by the divine power of the Holy Spirit. Without Him, I may do loving acts for him, but it can only be because it benefits me in some way, only if it simply makes me feel better about myself. <br /><br />That wears thin real quick left to my own resources.chuckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04631165961382647198noreply@blogger.com