Daily Verse
May 6
The law compels but love is voluntary.
Romans 13:10 ‘Love works no evil to his neighbour: therefore love is the fulfilling of the law.’
In Christ we are set free from the bondage of the law
and we are brought into the freedom of the love of Christ.
The law compels but love is voluntary.
The law enslaves but love sets us free to serve.
The law condemns but love is free from all condemnation.
The law controls our outward actions through the fear of punishment
but love controls our outward actions
through the joy of new life in Christ.
The law can never produce righteousness
but love rests in the righteousness of Christ.
The law can never make us like Christ
but love radiates the life of Christ in us.