For this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments: and his commandments are not grievous.
True love to God shows itself in keeping His commandments, and they are not unreasonable or oppressive. When the heart is right, obedience is easy; complaints come only from those unwilling to obey. God's service is freedom; the world's service is bondage.
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God's commandments seem grievous to many, but faith overcomes that resistance. The harder path is the transgressor's, not the obedient Christian's. When faith weakens, we feel the strain; when it strengthens, the commandments grow light.
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The difficulty in keeping God's law does not come from the law itself but from our corrupt flesh. Paul speaks of the law's impossibility against our fallen nature; David speaks of its sweetness to the regenerate heart. Both are right, because they measure against different standards.
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