all the law of the new covenant is summed up in the 2nd commandment. this means 2 things. (1) the only law that exists under the new covenant is that which embraces loving one’s neighbor……(2) only that which comes against christ concerning the law is that which comes against the 2nd commandment.

the three commandments of love are the core of the new covenant.

love god …………………god first loved us. in receiving that love we love god back with that same love, as well as ourselves and ore neighbor.

love self and neighbor………….our neighbor being everyone else. and we are to love our neighbor in the same way we love ourselves.

love one another as i have loved you…………christ says that we are called to god love in the same way that christ loved…………………….we are to god love ourselves and our neighbor. it is not our love but by grace thru faith it is his love thru us.

as believers, we are totally dependent on christ thru us.

“i am the vine you are the branches . you can do nothing without me.”

christ said you will recognize what is of me by the fruit of the spirt that is in that around you.
the fruit of the spirit….love joy , peace………………………….

in christ it is a spirit thing not a works thing but instead thru the spirit(god love being spirit) ……………..works.

so apart from that which is of the 2nd commandment concerning the law “everything is permissable but not everything is constructive.

and now christ lives in each believer to lead each believer directly

socially directed indicates an action directed to an outer image, an outer goal.

one cannot say because i feed the poor i love the poor, or because i clothe the poor i love god.

a believer would say that because i love the poor i wil feed them, because i love god i wll clothe them.