愛成全了律法
出埃及記二十章1至17節
1神吩咐這一切的話說：
2我是耶和華─你的神，曾將你從埃及地為奴之家領出來。
3除了我以外，你不可有別的神。
4不可為自己雕刻偶像，也不可做甚麼形像彷彿上天、下地，和地底下、水中的百物。
5不可跪拜那些像，也不可事奉他，因為我耶和華─你的神是忌邪的神。恨我的，我必追討他的罪，自父及子，直到三四代；
6愛我、守我誡命的，我必向他們發慈愛，直到千代。
7不可妄稱耶和華─你神的名；因為妄稱耶和華名的，耶和華必不以他為無罪。
8當記念安息日，守為聖日。
9六日要勞碌做你一切的工，
10但第七日是向耶和華─你神當守的安息日。這一日你和你的兒女、僕婢、牲畜，並你城裡寄居的客旅，無論何工都不可做；
11因為六日之內，耶和華造天、地、海，和其中的萬物，第七日便安息，所以耶和華賜福與安息日，定為聖日。
12當孝敬父母，使你的日子在耶和華─你神所賜你的地上得以長久。
13不可殺人。
14不可姦淫。
15不可偷盜。
16不可作假見證陷害人。
17不可貪戀人的房屋；也不可貪戀人的妻子、僕婢、牛驢，並他一切所有的。
信息分享
神吩咐以色列民遵守的其他所有律法，都是建基於十誡之上。然而，除了耶穌基督之外，再沒有人能夠完全地守住律法。
我們不能謹守神的律法，本該受到神的懲罰；可是，基督卻替代我們受罰，甚至死在十字架上。因此，我們今天之所以得著神的救恩，完全是因為信靠基督，而絕非因為能守住律法。
有趣的是，十誡的其中九條，都在新約的書信中被重申，只有守安息日那條律法沒有提及。這條律法是神與猶太人立約的一部分。今天的信徒，通常在每週的第一日，即基督從死裡復活的星期日，一起聚集去敬拜神。
我們今天仍然恪守這九條誡命，完全是出於我們對神的愛。愛促使我們去成全神的律法；換句話說，我們遵行十誡，絕非是因為被逼，而是為了愛神和愛人（參羅馬書十三章8-10節）。
舉例說，你如果真的愛神，你怎會再拜其他偶像？你如果愛慕神的名，當然不會用祂的名來起誓或褻瀆祂的名。你如果愛神，就自自然然會愛你的父母及鄰舍。你的心若充滿對神的愛，以及對神所賜的配偶充滿愛，就絕不會做出淫亂的事。你的心若因著神的愛而滿足，又怎會貪婪別人的財物？愛完成了律法，並非是基於責任，而是因為愛自然驅使我們去服從。
我們又怎能讓自己的心充滿愛呢？我們未必能夠愛每一個人，但耶穌基督卻能夠。我們只要讓基督住在我們心裡，我們的心就自然充滿了愛；愛的力量必激發我們去遵守神的誡命，過討神喜悅的生活。
禱告：
主啊，求你住在我心裡，讓你的愛充滿我的心，以致這愛能流溢到別人的生命中。
LOVE, THE FULFILLING OF THE LAW
Exodus 20:1-17
1 And God spoke all these words, saying:
2 “I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.
3 “You shall have no other gods before Me.
4 “You shall not make for yourself a carved image—any likeness of anything that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth;
5 you shall not bow down to them nor serve them.For I, the LORD your God, am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children to the third and fourth generations of those who hate Me,
6 but showing mercy to thousands, to those who love Me and keep My commandments.
7 “You shall not take the name of the LORD your God in vain, for the LORD will not hold him guiltless who takes His name in vain.
8 “ Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy.
9 Six days you shall labor and do all your work,
10 but the seventh day is the Sabbath of the LORD your God.In it you shall do no work: you, nor your son, nor your daughter, nor your male servant, nor your female servant, nor your cattle, nor your stranger who is within your gates.
11 For in six days the LORD made the heavens and the earth, the sea, and all that is in them, and rested the seventh day.Therefore the LORD blessed the Sabbath day and hallowed it.
12 “ Honor your father and your mother, that your days may be long upon the land which the LORD your God is giving you.
13 “You shall not murder.
14 “You shall not commit adultery.
15 “You shall not steal.
16 “You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.
17 “You shall not covet your neighbor’s house; you shall not covet your neighbor’s wife, nor his male servant, nor his female servant, nor his ox, nor his donkey, nor anything that is your neighbor’s.”
Message
These Ten Commandments are the basis or foundation of all the other laws given by God to the Children of Israel. No one was ever able to keep them perfectly (except our Lord Jesus) and no one can today.
When Christ died, he paid the penalty which was on us for breaking God's laws. We have salvation today through Christ and not through trying to keep the law.
It is interesting however to see that nine out of ten of these laws are repeated in the New Testament epistles. The one which is repeated concerns the Sabbath. That was part of God's agreement with the Jews. Today we worship on Sunday, the first day of the week, the day on which Christ rose from the dead.
However, there are many of these nine points which we do keep today simply because we love God. Love fulfils God's law, not because it is forced to do so but because it wants to do these things (see Romans 13:8-10).
For example if you really love God, will you want any other god? If you love God's name, you won't use it in swearing or blasphemy. If you love God, you will surely find it easy to love your parents and your neighbours. You will never commit adultery, if your heart is filled with love for God and for the partner he has given you. You will never covet what other people have, if your heart is satisfied with love for God. Love fulfils the law, not because it has to, but because it is the nature of love to obey.
How can our hearts be filled with love? I can't love people like I should, but Jesus Christ can. If I let him live his life through me, it will be a life of love that pleases God and fulfils all his commandments.
A PRAYER:
Love this world through me, Lord.