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Morning Reflection — Fulfilled in Love

“Do not think that I have come to abolish the Law or the Prophets; I have come not to abolish but to fulfill.”

— Matthew 5:17

Many of us carry a quiet tension when we hear words like law, commandment, or obedience.

We wonder whether faith is meant to feel heavy—or whether love is still the center.

When this teaching speaks of fulfillment, the word used in the text (πληρόω) carries the sense of bringing something to fullness.

It does not mean to discard.

It does not mean to weaken.

And it certainly does not mean to turn faith into stricter rule-keeping.

This word points to completion.

To maturity.

To something reaching its intended purpose—like fruit that has finally grown ripe.

The message is not that what came before no longer matters.

It is that what came before has been leading somewhere.

The law was never meant to stand on its own as an end.

The prophets were never meant to speak without hope.

They were signposts.

They were teachers.

They were guides pointing toward a life shaped by love.

So in fulfillment, God gathers everything—commandment, warning, promise, and hope—and brings them into their fullest expression in the truth of God’s love.

Not legalism.

Not fear.

But love lived all the way through our lives.

Faithfulness is not measured by how precisely we follow rules,

but by how fully love takes root in us.

This is what fulfillment looks like:

Love in our choices.

Love in our speech.

Love in how we treat neighbors, strangers, and even enemies.

Nothing is abolished.

Everything is completed—

when we finally learn how to love.

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