Love -OR- Charity? Question Repeated, as no answers were adequate to be called best of good better best.?

Love(Law) often fails. Charity(Grace) "never" fails.





Wrongful conviction -OR- Conviction to flush all law?





Many a divorce began with Love(Law), ended badly.


Many a relationship began with Love, but ended bad.





The end ("you") of the commandment to


"Love one another, as I have loved you"


(God one another, as I have Goded you)


is clarified by Paul: "his witness unto all men", as 3 things:


1. Charity out of a pure heart (one heart, of pure grace)


2. AND [of] a good conscience (purged of law imputed sin)


3. AND [of] faith unfeigned (pst: the law is not of faith: Gal 3)





I ask again: Love(Law) -OR- Charity(Grace) for you ?


"Either make the tree corrupt (law) or good (grace)" !

Love -OR- Charity? Question Repeated, as no answers were adequate to be called best of good better best.?
If you wish to get an adequate answer, cease using your parenthesis keys. There is no way to answer your question because it is only barely intelligible (and I have two master's degrees).





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Reply:Dear DoubleMindead DoubleDore,


Having two masters is like being law law.


Having one master is like being grace us. Report It

Reply:It's never been Law or Grace, it's always Law AND Grace. Without Law, there is no sin; for sin IS the transgression of the Law. Grace is the Divine enabler that gives the sinful nature of man the power to overcome sin... even as Jesus overcame. Rev.3:21.





Jesus is the pattern Son and kept all of God's Laws perfectly because He was full of Grace. We keep the Law imperfectly because we lack the Divine ingredient that Jesus was born with. The Good News is, HIS grace is sufficient for us and He covers our Law breaking (sin) with His grace.
Reply:Greetings Friend,





Just to say upfront, I doubt that this answer will be adequate enough for you either but I will give it a try.





There is at least one thing in your statements that you are assuming: that there is a contradiction between love and charity. In addition, you are using the words love and charity with specialized meanings. Since when does love mean law? Or charity mean grace? In fact, since you say Paul, I'll make an assumption. My assumption is that you are referring to the Apostle Paul in the Bible. If this is true, then you should readily know that the word charity in the KJV (I say KJV because I am not familiar with whether or not charity is in other versions of the Bible, or whether they just translate agape as love) comes from that word agape in the Greek, which means love according to Strong's Exhaustive Concordance. So, the real meaning of charity is love, at least in the Biblical context. The word charity, according to Merriam-Webster's online dictionary, means:


1. benevolent goodwill toward or love of humanity


2 a: generosity and helpfulness especially toward the needy or suffering; also : aid given to those in need b: an institution engaged in relief of the poor c: public provision for the relief of the needy


3 a: a gift for public benevolent purposes b: an institution (as a hospital) founded by such a gift


4: lenient judgment of others





In addition, after looking at the same sources, I did not find the word love to mean law in any way. You may want to look for yourself: http://www.m-w.com/dictionary/love.





However, since we have the interpretation of words some what understood, let's ask your question like this: would we rather have law or love (grace). My simple answer is love of course. When we all love enough, we will not need the law because we will govern our lives by the law of love (yes this is a pun).





sending love,
Reply:Proverbs 3:5 - Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding.
Reply:Yes. Why would you say love=law?


Have you studied CS Lewis' book "The 5 Loves"?





All loves are necessary, the base love that we should practice is agape. We should also phileo one another, and also eros our spouse, etc...