The verse emphasizes an ongoing, uninterrupted intimate relationship. Nothing can be closer than one is in the other! Since John loves in 1. John 5:3 is defined as keeping the commandments, the word “love” in this verse indicates that it is reciprocal between God and us, and this is what facilitates the continuation of union and relationship. These verses, in fact, confirm what Jesus said on the eve of his crucifixion: we must start somewhere, and this is what the law does by making its letter available to us. Then there is its spirit, which is the broadening of the letter, but it does not eliminate the law. Thus, the law is not only the guideline of what is right and wrong, but the law is also the guideline – in words – of what love is. Beloved, if our hearts do not condemn us, we trust in God; And whatever we ask for, we receive from Him, because we keep His commandments and do what pleases Him. Most of the rest of the law, i.e.part of the provisions of the Old Covenant, is still directly applicable. What about tithing, which is part of the Old Covenant? We see that tithing replaces the Old Covenant. What about food laws that are also part of the Old Covenant? The New Testament records that they were still kept by people who should have known better if they had been abolished.
Many of these laws still apply directly. We do not need to deal with the difficult passage that arises in relation to the internal conflict. There has always been much debate about whether this is a conflict in the soul of the unborn human being or the born-again human being – we believe that it lies in rebirth that exposes the experience of the believer – but whatever point of view is defended, it is clear that the law cannot bring liberation; the upper part of human nature, or born-again nature according to the interpretation supposed, can “accord with the law that it is good” (Romans 7:16), may even “rejoice in the law of God” (Romans 7:22); but there is another law at work, the law of sin among members, and the work of that law is imprisonment and misery, whence deliverance can come only through Jesus Christ (Romans 7:23-25). The word “law” is used in these verses in the principled sense, “the law of my spirit,” “the law of sin,” “the law in my limbs”; but against everything is the law of God. To clarify his point, Paul reminds the Galatians that they did not receive God`s Holy Spirit by keeping the law while ignoring faith in Christ`s sacrifice. He points out that without faith in Christ`s sacrifice, no one can be justified, no one can be forgiven of their sins, and no one can receive the gift of God`s Holy Spirit. He said to you, O man, what is good; and what does the Lord require of you, if not to exercise righteousness, love kindness, and walk humbly with your God? Next, the apostle exposes the great redemption of Jesus Christ and shows that it offers what the law did not provide, a righteousness that can meet the requirements of the law; a righteousness which, though “outside the law,” apart from all human attempts to keep the law, is nevertheless in the deepest harmony with the principles of the law and witnessed “by the law and the prophets” (Romans 3:21). (In this passage, the “law” seems to signify the Pentateuch, and in Romans 3:19, given the preceding quotations from the Psalms, it seems to mean all the writings of the Old Testament.) Since the righteousness assured by Christ comes by faith upon the sinner, the works of the law obviously have nothing to do with our obtainment. But the righteousness of faith is so far from undermining the law that Paul claims that the law is established by faith (Romans 3:31). And he said to him, Why are you asking me what is good? There is only one that is good; But if you want to come to life, keep the commandments. Language identifies people and therefore the clothes they wear.
A person`s name is probably the most common of all identifiers. But the sons of God, those who are united to the Father and the Son, are identified by keeping the commandments. This confirms that we are united to Christ. Keeping the commandments is love. Biblical love is an act, not just a feeling. It may contain a positive feeling, even an open affection and passion for the one or those who are the recipients of the act of love, but its basis lies in action rather than emotion. He who says, “I know him” but does not keep his commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him, Paul presents this as a condition. You cannot live your life as you think after repenting and believing. He must continue to fulfill the conditions that God sets. Of course, God understands – and we all know this – that we will not fulfill these conditions perfectly. We will sin, but that doesn`t mean we shouldn`t strive to fulfill God`s responsibility to remain faithful and loyal to keep His commandments.
Therefore, one must remain faithful and faithful to God, as shown by the way He lives. This is why Peter says we should be holy because God is holy (1 Peter 1:16). It is a responsibility, an obligation, a condition of our alliance. It is clear that Paul is saying that we should not sin, which means breaking God`s law. For God did what the law, weakened by the flesh, could not do. By sending His own Son in the form of sinful flesh and for sin, He condemned sin in the flesh, repent, otherwise I will come to you quickly and fight them with the sword of My mouth. But you, and the rest of Thyatrice, so many people who do not have this doctrine and do not know the depths of Satan [another allusion to antinomianism], as they call them, I will not impose any other burden on you. But hold on to what you have until I come.
(Revelation 2:16, 24-25) Second, my imperfect love is the first fruit of a definitive perfection that Christ will complete in me at His appearance. Romans 8:4 does not say that all the fulfillment of the law is happening now in us. But our walk by the Spirit begins now, and with it our fulfillment of the law. Romans 3 teaches us that the law tells us our duty, that is, what we should do. It defines right and wrong. Added to this is the wonderful personality behind this: we find that keeping His commandments, His law, teaches us God`s greatest attribute. The law does two things: it shows negative things and positive things. The negative is what sin is—misconduct.
The positive is love, the love of God. To his credit, the young man was not a hypocrite. He did not claim that he could do it if he could not. He knew what this meant: Christ`s high standards and his own ambitions and desires were incompatible. As he was both thoughtful and well-intentioned, he left “sad”. In the Ac we find several allusions to laws other than Jewish law. In Acts 16, Paul collides with Roman law. Beaten and imprisoned by the magistrates of Philippi, he was then offered the opportunity to leave quietly, but on his dignity as a Roman citizen, he demanded that the magistrates themselves, who had broken the law by publicly beating unconvicted Romans, come and release them. Paul again claimed the same right as a Roman citizen when he was flogged by the order of the centurion (Acts 22:25), and his protest succeeded in avoiding humiliation.
His trial before Felix and Festus exemplifies procedure in Roman law, and his appeal as a Roman citizen to Caesar had important results in his life. We often quote 1 John 5:3, which says that love is the keeping of the law, and often we do not take the concept of love further.