What else can be done to outweigh the father's love?
His love and commandments are not grievous and will unbendable.
Christ not only interpreted the Law of Moses; He replaced the Law of Moses with a higher law with much higher moral standards. Paul refers to this as the Law of Christ. The Law of Christ is best illustrated by Matthew 5, where Christ quotes various Old Testament laws, and then, starting with the words, “But I say to you”, for each gives His alternative law, which is at a much higher moral level. For instance:
He replaced the law against murder with a law against anger.
The revenge-law, which specified “an eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth”, He completely set aside, commanding His followers to “not resist an evil person; but whoever slaps you on your right cheek, turn the other to him also”.
This higher level Law reveals the Father’s heart. The Father is perfect. He loves His enemies and has compassion with people. For that reason the Law of Christ requires His followers to do the same.
When Jesus was asked about the provisions for divorce in the Law of Moses, He referred to the creation account, stating that “the two shall become one flesh”. When the Pharisees then asked why Moses allowed divorce, Jesus responded as follows:
“Because of your hardness of heart Moses permitted you to divorce your wives; butfrom the beginning it has not been this way” (v8).
This teaches two principles:
Jesus' only game was to do the will of the father without boundaries, and with unshakeable faith he carried out his will in the world of ungodly men who always wanted to go about to kill him.solfard
