CHAPTER 4
Constitutional Love
The Law of the Kingdom (Agape) vs. The Law of the World (Self-Interest)
KINGDOM PROCLAMATION
The fundamental law of the Kingdom Embassy is agape — a love that chooses its object not because of what it receives in return, but because of the nature of the one who loves; a love that is not a feeling waiting to happen but a decision waiting to be made, every single day, for the rest of one's life.
Two Constitutions, Two Worlds
Every nation operates by a constitution — a foundational document that establishes the supreme law of the land, to which all other laws must conform and which no law may contradict. The constitution defines the values, the priorities, the non-negotiable commitments of the nation's life. It is, in a sense, the soul of the nation made legal.
The Kingdom of this world has its own unwritten constitution, and its supreme clause reads something like this: "The primary obligation of the individual is to his or her own happiness, fulfillment, and self-actualization. All relationships are means to these ends. Commitment to any relationship lasts precisely as long as the relationship serves the individual's fundamental interests." This is not a new constitution. It is as old as the Fall itself — as old as the moment our first parents decided that their own judgment about what was good for them was more reliable than the word of the Creator.
