No Love For God Is Possible Except...
When the law is the law of God's love, faith is presumed in its commandments. This surely can be seen in the preface of the law, I am the LORD your God. It is only by faith that He is known as our God. In the same manner the summary of the law states, you shall love the LORD your God. The fact is that no love for God is possible except when we know Him as our God, since we can love Him only in His love. When He is not made known to us in His love, we can only flee from Him. Only by faith is He revealed to us in His love. Thus in the requirement of the law faith is presumed. The law is the law of love, but behind its requirement is the demand to have faith. However, that does not take away that God places the command to love Him before all people. But He also comes to all people with the demand to have faith. That pagans cannot come to faith because they do not have the Word revelation, is their fault. In the beginning God gave ...
