Some professed Christians believe that all we need is love, that the Decalogue can be dispensed with. This text asserts that love inspires obedience, which is man's proper response to the law of God. Without love, the commandments are beyond our power to obey. Class assignments to children are grievous when they are beyond their mental capacity.
Government taxes are destructive when they are beyond the power of people to pay.
What the law could not do, the love of God empowers man to do. The love of God is not a theory for the mind to ponder. It is a vital motivating force. Filled with love for God and man, the keeping of the commandments becomes easy. Man delights in the law of God.