Matthew 7:12

“Therefore, whatever you want men to do to you, do also to them, for this is the Law and the Prophets.”

Now in one single statement the Lord Jesus Christ will summarize all that the Law of God and prophets set out and set forth for us all to do. And it seems so simple, and yet it profoundly fulfills all of the moral righteous requirements found in the Law that God requires of His people, teaching us all what was likewise expounded by the prophets through the generations.
And so as God’s redeemed people and Christ’s light in this dark world we are to rise above our natural human tendencies and be Spirit led people who manifest the love and righteousness of God found in the Law of God by doing to others as we would have be done to us. For such is transformative to all who do it, as well as those who are the recipients of it, and so the “Golden Rule” as it has come to be known is to be the guiding impetus for us all in all areas of our lives. Now if you think about how “religious” men like to formulate all kinds’ laws, decrees, and statutes for themselves and others, and yet by doing so they inevitably miss the mark found in the Law and prophets, and more specifically in the Lord Jesus Christ’s teachings, and instead only create bondage for themselves and those who try to obey them, often creating giant hypocritical loopholes that they themselves can easily pass through while holding to the “righteousness” that they themselves have decreed that they and those who want to obey them must follow. And so child of God whenever you want to know if you should do something, or feel compelled to do something to someone else, honestly ask yourself this question, “Would I have the same done to me?” For that is what the Lord Jesus Christ says we are to use to guide our lives and actions towards one and all. And if we do then we will become the transformative love and life of God both as individual believers but also collectively as Christ’s body of believers here on earth. “Therefore, whatever you want men to do to you, do also to them, for this is the Law and the Prophets.”

Scripture Quotations

The New King James Version. Nashville: Thomas Nelson, 1982.