How does a Christian fulfill the Law?
A Christian fulfills the Law by loving one another, for he who loves another has fulfilled the Law. It takes love operating in daily experience, not legalistic ritual or stipulations. Believers are under grace, not the demands of Judaism. Love operating in daily experience is all it takes to fulfill the Law.
Les explains that the Law is fulfilled not by avoiding defrauding others or by legalistic observance, but by love. He quotes, 'he that loveth another hath fulfilled the Law,' and concludes that all it takes is love operating in daily experience. He contrasts being under the Law of Israel—its ritual and stipulations—with being under grace, referencing Romans 6:14 that sin shall not have dominion because we are not under Law but under grace. Yet he stresses that grace is not license.
Owe no man any thing, but to love one another: for he that loveth another hath fulfilled the law.
More Questions
What does it take to fulfill the Law according to the Bible?
All it takes to fulfill the Law is to have love operating in your daily experience.
Why has a believer who loves another fulfilled the Law?
The person who loves another has fulfilled the Law because the love of God is operating in that believer.
How does loving one another fulfill the law?
Under grace, when we have loved another, we have fulfilled the law.