What is the fulfilling of the law according to Romans 13:10?
Romans 13:10 states that love is the fulfilling of the law. It is not something we accomplish by our own effort, but the God-given love imparted through the Holy Spirit working in a believer's life fulfills the whole law. This is the love of God operating in the believer.
Les explains that Romans 13:10 says, "love worketh no ill to his neighbor, therefore love is the fulfilling of the law." He emphasizes that this is the God-given love, not human effort: "Nothing we can do that would do it, but when the love of God that is imparted now through the power of the Holy Spirit works in our life, then yes, we fulfill the whole law." This connects with Romans 8:4, where the righteousness of the law is fulfilled in us who walk not after the flesh but after the Spirit. Les notes that a change in lifestyle, appetites, and thought process marks true salvation, because believers are now under the control of the Spirit of God rather than the world, flesh, and devil.
Love worketh no ill to his neighbour: therefore love is the fulfilling of the law.
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How can a person fulfill the whole Law?
No human effort can fulfill the Law; only the love of God, imparted through the Holy Spirit and working in our life, makes us fulfill the whole Law.