Charity. The law of liberty frees us to express our love for God and others through charity towards others. We are not bound by rules to save our own skins, but are saved already and given free range that we may help others find Jesus. Our testing will reveal all that we did for ourselves as chaff, while what we did to help others as precious.
No,
love is the motive! Who that loves the Lord would not
obey Him??? (Daniel 3:18)
And when our '
last ' day comes around,
we will then find out who it is that truly loves Him!
--Elijah
Love and charity are synonymous here. So Jesus tells us to obey Him how?
Mat 25:34 - Then shall the King say unto them on his right hand, Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world:
Mat 25:35 - For I was an hungred, and ye gave me meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me drink: I was a stranger, and ye took me in:
Mat 25:36 - Naked, and ye clothed me: I was sick, and ye visited me: I was in prison, and ye came unto me.
Mat 25:37 - Then shall the righteous answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee an hungred, and fed [thee]? or thirsty, and gave [thee] drink?
Mat 25:38 - When saw we thee a stranger, and took [thee] in? or naked, and clothed [thee]?
Mat 25:39 - Or when saw we thee sick, or in prison, and came unto thee?
Mat 25:40 - And the King shall answer and say unto them, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye have done [it] unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done [it] unto me.
The point being that if in your zeal to observe the sabbath it becomes an obstacle to expressing love/charity towards others then you have missed the mark, which is sin.
1Pe 4:7 ¶ But the end of all things is at hand: be ye therefore sober, and watch unto prayer.
1Pe 4:8 - And above all things have fervent charity among yourselves: for charity shall cover the multitude of sins.
Service to others is counted as service to God. This is how while observing the spirit of the law through service/charity/love to others, one can break the letter of the law and not have it be accounted as sin.
Mat 12:5 - Or have ye not read in the law, how that on the sabbath days the priests in the temple profane the sabbath, and are blameless?
Mat 12:6 - But I say unto you, That in this place is [one] greater than the temple.
Mat 12:7 - But if ye had known what [this] meaneth, I will have mercy, and not sacrifice, ye would not have condemned the guiltless.
Mat 12:8 - For the Son of man is Lord even of the sabbath day.