What should you answer when someone uses 'if you love me' to pressure you?
Answer that such a statement is not love but instant gratification. True love seeks the other person's highest good, whatever that may be, so if they truly loved you, they would not push you into something wrong. It is not true love.
Les explains that when someone says, 'if you love me,' that is baloney—it is not love but instant gratification. He defines love as seeking the other person's highest good, and true love cannot pressure you into breaking God's law or entering an immoral relationship. In Romans 13, Paul shows that love fulfills the law because if you truly love someone, you will not defraud, steal, or commit immorality. Les stresses this to young people, warning that such pressure is not genuine love. Therefore, when someone uses 'if you love me' to pressure you, you can answer that true love seeks your highest good, not instant gratification.
Owe no man any thing, but to love one another: for he that loveth another hath fulfilled the law.
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Why does love keep you from breaking the law?
When love is operating, you cannot break the law, because genuine love for someone prevents talking behind their back, stealing from them, and entering an immoral relationship with them.