| God's image is in every man and
woman. Therefore, in
keeping with God's character of love, it should not surprise
us that God has designed and created the universe such that loving each
other is the way for us to live. Although we are sinful, God's image
in us, and God's love for us, make us worthy
of love by ourselves and by others. God's love is not only the key to morality,
but also to life. By God's love for us, we can love. Hating
others, or ourselves, severely and
adversely impacts our ability to live
moral lives. God provides for us a foundation for practicing love of our neighbors through the last six commandments of the Ten Commandments. It can be seen that since morality is concerned about our behavior towards God and each other, that the two greatest commandments tie love and morality together. In fact love and morality, have much in common and in certain cases may be referred to interchangeably. |