I have paid attention to the writings and opinions about the biblical principle of Jesus and love. I would like to share what I have read, and believe.

Jesus teaches about the law

“Don’t misunderstand why I have come. I did not come to abolish the law of Moses or the writings of the prophets. No, I came to fulfill them. I assure you, until heaven and earth disappear, even the smallest detail of God’s law will remain until its purpose is achieved. So if you break the smallest commandment and teach others to do the same, you will be the least in the Kingdom of Heaven. But anyone who obeys God’s laws and teaches them will be great in the Kingdom of Heaven.”

Well then, why was the law given? It was given to show people how guilty they are. But this system of law was to last only until the coming of the child to whom God’s promise was made. And there is this further difference. God gave his laws to angels to give to Moses, who was the mediator between God and the people. Now a mediator is needed if two people enter into an agreement, but God acted on his own when he made his promise to Abraham.

Well then, is there a conflict between God’s law and God’s promises? Absolutely not! If the law could have given us new life, we could have been made right with God by obeying it. But the scriptures have declared that we are all prisoners of sin, so the only way to receive God’s promise is to believe in Jesus Christ.

Then he said, “When I was with you before, I told you that everything written about me by Moses and the prophets and in the Psalms must all come true.”

We are made right in God’s sight when we trust in Jesus Christ to take away our sins. And we all can be saved in this same way, no matter who we are or what we have done.

I loved my dad. I never got to sit on his lap enough. I never got to play games with him enough. I never heard him say I love you enough. I did fear my dad. When my sister and I sat on the edge of the old country ditch that had filled up with rain water, and my sister informed me that cats could not swim and did not like water, I, of course, could not let that one go. I told her that cats could swim, and so we argued, and, well, I grabbed her cat and threw it in the middle of the ditch full of water. Hey, I was right! The cat swam to the edge, but when my sister started for the house, I knew I had something to fear. And, boy, did I. Dad come down on me with a belt. Now this was not the first time or the last time, and I did love and fear my dad.

El-Shaddai is explained as the one who always is, as the mighty, sufficient and satisfying one. I love my father in heaven. I love my savior Jesus the Christ, and I do fear the fact that my “God” rules and I am a sinner!

Jerome G. Wuerflein

Albert Lea