WVHIGHAMTRUST - the ministry of Vernon Higham

The Law of Love - The Book
Published by WVHigham Trust

The Law of Love was first published in 1981 by Heath Christian Trust. The WVHigham Trust has re-published the book in time for the Summer Conference in July 2008, where Vernon Higham will be giving four conference sermons, entitled 'The Law of Love'.

“The aim of the law of God is to make us holy in our behaviour and holy in our lives. This is why it is dangerous when we have forms of evangelicalism which ignore any kind of holiness of life. It is equally dangerous to have a legalism that ignores the joy of the Lord. The Bible is quite clear about it – the aim of the law of God is that we should be a holy people. In this book, Vernon Higham provides us with a delightful expression of the glorious law of God and captures Christ’s summary of the Ten Commandments, of being rooted in love to God and man.”

“It would be impossible for men and women to fulfil the law of God because of their fallen nature. Nevertheless, it has the important function of being our schoolmaster, to teach us that, despite all our efforts, we fall short of the glory of God. God, in His mercy, has looked upon us and has helped us. He sent His Son into this world to fulfil these laws in our place, and to bear the punishment of our failure in His sacrifice on Calvary. When a person, by the grace of God, has come to believe in the Lord Jesus Christ as their Saviour, a new life has begun. The very same law that broke our hearts now becomes the rule of life. Every believer is given grace to enable him to love God and his neighbour, which is something he could not have done before. He is now able to live to the glory of God. The law of God cannot be dismissed, as it is God’s will that we should be a holy people and, henceforth, this is our path.”