Deu 25:11 When men strive together one with another, and the wife of the one draweth near for to deliver her husband out of the hand of him that smiteth him, and putteth forth her hand, and taketh him by the secrets:
Deu 25:12 Then thou shalt cut off her hand, thine eye shall not pity her.
I would hope that if I'm badly losing a fight.... That my wife would do more than grab the other guy by the "secrets". However, if she did..... I wouldn't want her to lose her hand.
Should I "love" this law?
How about the fact I don't want my children to die because they've cursed me?
Exo 21:17 And he that curseth his father, or his mother, shall surely be put to death.
Heb 10:28 He that despised Moses' law died without mercy under two or three witnesses:
I prefer they not be killed. Should I love this law?9
In fact, such is not representative of the nature of God. You know how I know? How about two words. Jesus Christ.
God's way is the way that He expresses aspects of His nature, such as righteousness and justice (Genesis 18:19, 2 Samuel 22:21-37) and God made His way knowing through His law (1 Kings 2:1-3, Psalms 119:1-3), so it is God's instructions for how to testify about aspects of His nature. The Bible also uses the same terms to describe the nature of God as it does to describe the nature of God's law, such as with it being holy, righteous, and good (Romans 7:12), which again is because it is God's instructions for how to testify about those aspects of His nature. For example, our good works testify about God's goodness, which is why they bring glory to Him (Matthew 5:16).
Moreover, by doing good works, we are experiencing, believing in, and expressing our love for God's goodness. In other words, everything that God chose to command to was specifically commanded for the purpose of teaching us how to love a different aspect of His nature, which is why there are many verses in both the OT and the NT that connect our love for God with our obedience to His commandments, so saying that there is a law that you don't love is the same as saying that there is an aspect of the nature of the God of Israel that you don't love.
In addition, the view that you have of the law matches the view that you have of the Lawgiver for giving it. For example, God is trustworthy, therefore His law is also trustworthy (Psalms 19:7), and a law that is holy, righteous, and good can only come from a God who is holy, righteous, and good. A law that is unwise can't come from a God who is wise and so forth. The Psalms express an extremely positive view of God's law, such as with David repeatedly saying that he loved it and delight in obeying it, which certainly matched his view of the Lawgiver, so if we consider the Psalms to be Scripture and to therefore express a correct view of God's law, then we will share it as Paul did (Romans 7:22), while saying that there are parts of God's law that you don't love is again saying that there are parts of the nature of the God of Israel that you don't love, plus saying that is incompatible with the view that the Psalms are Scripture as well as the NT books that quote the Psalms.
Do you think that the God of Israel was wrong or unwise to command the laws that you don't love? Do you claim to know better than Him how His followers ought to live? Do you think that Jesus was in disagreement with the Father about whether these laws should be followed?
