If Christ calls upon us to obey as He does, if He lays down commandments, these have nothing whatever to do with the ten commandments. The law was an appeal to flesh; therein life here below was held out but never gained: "This do, and thou shalt live."
But the commandments of Christ are directive precepts for those to whom new life is already given of grace by faith. They have now therefore the greatest of all blessings in having Christ their life.
Nothing is more certain than that God has given the believers Christ and that Christ has also given Himself for them. Wonderful truth, yet most simple! It is the word of truth, the gospel of our salvation. But the truth of the gospel is soon lost when people speculate instead of believing. [23]