Do you see how we take God’s law seriously without it being a burden? It isn’t about God deciding whether or not to love us, nor is it about anything we’re stuck doing on our own. We do work at it, but in a trusting way that’s part of life with God. Because of this, a Christian kid who’s rooted in the good news will like God’s law. It will become a blessing in her life. She’ll want to study it and do it, like the person in Psalm 1:2: “His delight is in the law of the Lord, and on his law he meditates day and night.” (By the way, this verse too is a problem passage. It’s made many a believer
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