Today’s Scripture: John 14:23

“If anyone loves me, he will keep my Word.”

Although God, through Christ, is our savior and heavenly Father, he’s also still the supreme ruler and moral Governor of his creation. A king’s sons and daughters, even though they’re his children, are still under obligation to obey the laws of his realm. They are no more exempt from the laws than any other citizen. They’re subject to these laws even though they love their father, agree with his laws, and freely and willingly obey them.

We as God’s children are still subject to the laws of his realm. In response to his grace, we should obey in a loving and grateful way. And because God has written his law on our hearts, we’ll usually be in agreement with his law written in his Word. But we’re still to regard God’s law as commands to be obeyed, not merely as expressions of his desires.

Along our highways we have white speed limit signs and yellow speed advisory signs. The speed limit signs declare the law; the speed advisory signs are there to caution you. You can be fined for exceeding the posted speed limit because you’ve broken the law. You won’t be fined for exceeding the advisory speed because you haven’t broken any law.

The law of God is like the white speed limit signs. It’s the declared law of the realm. We’ve broken that law many times, but Christ has paid our “fine” (which is death) for us. But his payment did not abolish the law; it did not, so to speak, change his speed limit signs to caution signs. God’s law hasn’t become merely optional or advisory.

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