Can we imagine a hanger for a moment...
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I think this was the point of what Christ said. The law "hangs" on the two commandments he gave. Christ's commandments don't replace the law. Like a hanger "holds up" and "supports" the clothes draped around it, loving the Father with every fiber of one's being, and loving your neighbor as if that neighbor was you, "holds up" and "supports" the Father's law and the words of the prophets. It's the "frame" by which the "suit" can maintain it's shape and not be wrinkled or damaged.
But in my analogy; if the law is likened to a suit and Christ's commandments likened to a hanger, would it make sense for the hanger to *replace* the suit? Without the clothes, what does the hanger hold up? Likewise, without the law what do Christ's commandments support? Again, without hangers clothes couldn't maintain their *proper form*...and without Christ's commandments the law can not be *properly fulfilled*.
You see the danger in not understanding this relationship is - and I by no means am accusing anyone here of this (including you Elin, I'm just making reference to your post) - if Christ's commandments do not "hold up" the law but replace it, it becomes acceptable for anyone to define their *own* version of "love" for the Father...because then the next logical question is "
ok, *how* do I love the Father with all of my heart, soul, mind and strength?" And what I've often seen by many professed believers in my short time alive is they often superimpose the world's definition of "love" onto the Father, where "love" is merely an emotional feeling; a feel good moment whenever one "thinks about" the person or does something they "feel" that person
would like or wouldn't mind, saying
"oh what's wrong with me worshiping the Father *this* way? I can't see God having a problem with this."
It's a slippery slope that has led to multiple denominations, multiple religions, and even to
"do what thou wilt" (the commandment of satanism).
Again, I'm not accusing anyone here...but there MUST - by necessity - be a immutable, eternal standard by which to love our Father, the Most High Yah...and Christ's commandments make conforming to that standard MUCH easier. "
For my yolk is easy and my burden is light." (Matthew 11:30).