Suppose that I am driving down a highway that crosses a body of water. I see a car plunge off the bridge into the water. There are six persons in it who cannot swim. I stop and hurriedly jump in and pull one person out. Then I go and rescue another. I am doing a marvelous thing. A third person is pulled out. I am becoming a hero. They will have me on the six o'clock news on Channel 4. Again I plunge in and rescue a fourth person. Then I say to myself, "I think I have done my part now. I have saved more people than most do in a lifetime. Now I think it is time for somebody else to do his part." Then I let the other two drown. Now, am I a hero? - or a criminal? Love does not ask, "What is required?" It asks, "How may I serve?" The same concern will be shown for all as long as there is love, need, and ability.

Love seeks the good of others instead of seeking to comply with regulations. This is righteousness in the heart rather than legal justification.

4. Love transcends any sense of duty. I was brought up on the "Christian duty" concept. All facets of discipleship became one's duty. And when a person forsook the Lord, he was "out of duty." Such a concept is foreign to the New Testament. The "do your duty" approach is an effort to pay an obligation to God by meeting His legal demands.

A hired hand performs duties. The employer specifies, "You do these four things, and then I will pay you so much." When the employee does the four specified things, he has fulfilled his duty and earned his pay. Nothing more can be demanded of his time or effort. He is free from the employer. And he can do all this with no love for the employer. So it is with us when we try to fulfill our discipleship through specified tithes, hours, and quotas instead of a full expression of love.

Jesus spoke of duty only once, and it was not to recommend a "command-duty" concept. He said in Luke 17:10, "So you also, when you have done all that is commanded you, say, 'We are unworthy servants; we have only done what was our duty.'" A person might become convinced that a tithe, or higher percentage, is required. He could pay that out of a sense of lawful duty with little or no love. But then whose would the remainder of his income be? Would he be free from the constraining influence of love in the use of it?

While improperly motivated people may speak of duty, responsibility, and obligation, love speaks of opportunity. Love seeks opportunity to express itself. "So then, as we have opportunity, let us do good to all men, and especially to those who are of the household of faith" (Gal. 6:10). Thus, love transcends any sense of duty.so when one love one another,he or she can not do evil things to him or her,and by keeping off from evil deeds,we come more closer to God and the kingdom og God as we all know belongs to those who keeps Gods commandments of which love is the greatest as Jesus teaches.when there is love,one can not steal ones property,kill or maim,destroy ones property,lie against one another and etc.such evil are clearly won with only with one very effective weapon,LOVE.Love is the best weapon and if at all we can love one another as oneself,then there would be no wars in the world.this clearly tells why love is the greatest commandment of God.

To all my group members ,be blessed.