James 2:8 If ye fulfil the royal law according to the scripture, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself, ye do well:

James came closer than the other writers to saying the law of love. I wish someone had, so that it would become clear that love rules our actions. When asked what is the greatest commandment Jesus answered love God and the second is like the first, love one another.

Colossians 3:14-16 (ESV) And above all these put on love, which binds everything together in perfect harmony. And let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, to which indeed you were called in one body. And be thankful. Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly, teaching and admonishing one another in all wisdom, singing psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, with thankfulness in your hearts to God.

Paul hints of it strongly here in Colossians without coming right out and calling it the law of love. I know that many will resist putting the words love and law together because they enjoy this new found freedom in Christ but we are set free from sin, not love.

Let me try to explain my point in this way. There are natural laws and manmade laws. Take the law of gravity as an example. Gravity can be overcome with effort. Planes fly expending great amounts of fuel. Rockets lift man to great heights where gravity has the least amount of effect, but it still exists. Orbits deteriorate and satellites fall, gravity is still the law.

God is love and He dwells in your heart and that love never changes. Agape love acts in a predictable, consistent manner, and never stops being perfect in performance. Because His love is gentle we can overcome it with much less effort than it takes to overcome gravity.

The more effort we put into overcoming agape love the less and less its influence is felt until we get so lofty that it does not appear to be in us at all.

Ephesians 2:5, Romans 8:10  Even when we were dead in sins, hath quickened us together with Christ, (by grace ye are saved;) And if Christ be in you, the body is dead because of sin; but the Spirit is life because of righteousness.

Yesterday I ended by asking you what choice do you have. Today I show you the only two choices you have. You are either dead in your sins or alive in Christ. That’s it, no other choices.

This fact infuriates those who oppose God. This one verse has created more hatred against Christians than any other.

John 14:6 Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.

Christianity is viewed as an exclusive club that only a few may join by invitation only. The truth is simple and they fail to believe it. John 3:16 say whosoever believes. Whosoever is an all-inclusive term, denying none who believe, having made that choice to live in Christ. Many chose not to move into this neighborhood. They are not denied entry, they just refuse to move.

Those who refuse are the walking dead. They love the show but do not see themselves as the walking dead. It is a fantasy show and they look at Christianity as fantasy. Christianity is not a fantasy, it is not a vain attempt. Christianity fulfills the law of love, it fills the void in our hearts and extends that love to others in need.

No one wants to be told they don’t love. The issue here is not that they cannot love but that if the love of God does not abide in their hearts, they cannot agape love. God’s perfect love is the purview of God alone. Any love we can show without God in our hearts is not agape love.