Salvation, Law, and Love – A Kingdom Catechism

Salvation, Law, and Love

A Kingdom Catechism

We cannot work out our salvation apart from the Law of God.

Q 35: How does the Law relate to the salvation of the Lord?

A 35:   Through obedience to the Law believers work out their salvation, and all its benefits, by walking in love as Jesus walked (Phil. 2:12, 13; 1 John 2:1-6; 1 John 5:1-3)

The end of the commandments is love for God and neighbor (Matt. 22:34-40). The goal of all instruction in the Christian faith is this love (1 Tim. 1:5). Such love is the defining attribute of the follower of Jesus Christ (John 13:35). Believers are to devote themselves to, to be zealous for, and not to grow weary of doing those good works of love for which they have been redeemed (Tit. 2:14; 3:8; Gal. 6:9, 10; Eph. 3:8-10). This is the path that Jesus walked and along which the Holy Spirit leads all who are His true followers.

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In the Gates is a devotional series on the Law of God by Rev. T.M. Moore, editor of the Worldview Church. He serves as dean of the Centurions Program of the Wilberforce Forum and principal of The Fellowship of Ailbe, a spiritual fellowship in the Celtic Christian tradition. He is the author or editor of twenty books, and has contributed chapters to four others. His essays, reviews, articles, papers, and poetry have appeared in dozens of national and international journals, and on a wide range of websites. His most recent books are The Ailbe Psalter and The Ground for Christian Ethics (Waxed Tablet).

Scripture quotations in this article are from The Holy Bible, English Standard Version, (c) copyright 2001, 2007 by Crossway Bibles, a division of Good News Publishers. Used by permission. All rights reserved.