Jesus taught reverence and respect for God’s law – reverence for God himself, reverence for the Lord’s Day, reverence or respect for parents, respect for life, for property, for another person’s good name, respect for oneself and for one’s neighbour. Selfish desires enslave us. Reverence and respect for God’s commandments teach us the way of love – love of God and love of neighbour. What is impossible to humans is possible. God gives generously his gifts and the power of the Holy Spirit to those who put their faith and trust in him. God gives us His grace: to love as he loves, to forgive as he forgives, to think and judge as he judges, and to act as he acts with mercy, kindness, and goodness. The Lord loves righteousness and hates wickedness. As his followers we must love his commandments and hate every form of sin and wrong-doing. If we want to live righteously as God desires for us, then we must know and understand the intention of God’s commands and decide in our heart to obey the Lord. Jesus’ attitude towards the law of God can be summed up in the great prayer of Psalm 119: “Oh, how I love your law! It is my meditation all the day long.”