Romans 13:10 Love does no wrong to a neighbor; therefore love is the fulfilling of the law.

Galatians 5:22-24 English Standard Version

²² But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, ²³ gentleness, self-control; against such things there is no law. ²⁴ And those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires.

Note very closely that the first fruit of the Spirit is love. Without it the others do not glorify God..

Love allows us to crucify the flesh and choose to love Jesus rather than self.

1 John 5:2 By this we know that we love the children of God, when we love God and obey his commandments.

But didn’t Jesus say to love your enemy in Matthew 5:44?

How can you love an enemy if you cannot even love your brothers and sisters in Christ?

In Luke 23:34 Jesus asked the Father to forgive those who nailed Him to the Cross and divided His garments.

Jesus led by example and is asking us to do the same.

Romans 3:20 For by works of the law no human being will be justified in his sight, since through the law comes knowledge of sin.

I never studied law in school. The only way I knew I had done something wrong was when I got caught and was punished. That taught me to be more careful.

My parents were not religious so God’s laws were not implemented in our household.

I cannot speak for everyone but this is an example of how parents have the greatest influence over their children’s behavior. What is going on in the world today speaks directly to parental control or a lack of it.

How do children learn to hate? They may be brought up in that atmosphere or if the parents are neglectful, outside influences teach children who and what to hate.

We don’t have to teach children to be selfish, it is bred into us. If parents do not counter those instincts they will only get stronger.

Now it is time for the individual to focus away from parental influence and take responsibility for your own life.

If you do not believe in God then you don’t care what He thinks about you.

If you are getting caught and punished for succumbing to your basic instincts, then perhaps it is time to care about what the High Court thinks about your final judgment. I am not talking about man’s law, I am talking of God..

Ultimately it does not matter about what others think of you or your own opinion, it only matters what God thinks.

If you still refuse to believe there is a God of the Universe, then where is your help going to come from? Surely not from the parents that failed you to begin with.