the second table of the law (Matt. 22:34–40; Mark 12:28–34). We do not love our wife or God if we commit adultery, nor do we love God if we are idolaters and take His name in vain. Love is law in action; hate is lawlessness in action. Love and hate are more than mere feelings: they are ways of life, either in faith and obedience to God and His law, or in unbelief and disobedience. An important question we need now to ask is this: Why do we encounter these and similar objections to God’s law? Why
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