Mark 12:30 And you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your mind, and with all your strength.’ This is the first commandment.
Mark 12:31 And the second, like it, is this: ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’ There is no other commandment greater than these.”
The phrase “there is no relationship without rules means that rules are necessary in relationships. The idea is that building relationships can reduce the likelihood of rebellion. When God got a people for Himself, he introduced a relationship as their God .To ensure that the relationship was cemented and not violated, he gave a set of rules to be observed.
“Rules are boundaries within which operations remain.They offer guidelines on the dos and the don’t. They make management easy and objectives achievable. They are the operating manual of any
nation,organization, family etc. lack of them result in lawlessness, unknown expectations and helter skelter operations
A parenting book entitled, “Dedicated.” mention three ways of parenting which reinforce the need of rules in any relationship.
Rules – Relationships = Rebellion
Relationships – Rules = Recklessness
Relationships + Rules = Righteousness.
As God’s legitimate children,his parenting roles in us cannot be overemphasized. We should obediently observe the set out rules of His fold in His word .
Further readings:
Lev 24:22
Mat 22:37-40
2 Cor. 5:10-11
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