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Originally Posted by Humble Bricklayer
.. in contrast to the exhortation to his disciples to love one another, with the lawyer Jesus simply quotes from what is written in the Old Testament. He does not even invite him to try and keep the two great commandments (he knows nobody can). He only explains that the whole LAW hangs on these two.
The 'love' spoken of in Deuteronomy 6:5 and Leviticus 19:18 is completely different from the 'love' that the Lord prescribes as a 'new commandment' in John 13: 34. The difference between them can be compared to that between the blood of bulls and goats, and the blood of Christ.
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I find that the categorical statement is categorically wrong. Jesus kept the law. That is why his death was held as acceptable and substitutionary. The love of Deuteronomy and Leviticus was kept by Jesus, and none other. His love is the love of God.
What happens instead is that we dismiss Scripture. "All men have fallen short of the glory of God." and "All men are sinners." All men but one. If it were truly all men then we would have no hope.
"I love the LORD for He has heard my voice" Psalm 116 "He brought me into a spacious place; He rescued me, because He delighted in me." Psalm 18. We can either say, "No, the psalmist didn't love the LORD at all, and the LORD didn't delight in the psalmist" because the psalmist was a sinner. All men have sinned and fallen short of the glory of God.
We could say that. But that would kind of miss the whole point of the New Testament. Jesus loved the Father. The Father delighted in Jesus. "This is My Son, the Beloved, in whom I delight. Hear Him."
Anyone who says, "Nobody can keep the law" is saying "Jesus could not keep the law". I find this concept to be directly at odds with the entire testimony of the Bible. Not only wrong but completely mis-aiming.