The following resource is from Desiring God.org.

Many of you know that I spent a large part of the sabbatical, about 10 weeks, a little more,

on the commands of Jesus writing a book that will be called what Jesus

demands from the world.

I want to thank you for that amazing privilege to spend 10 weeks by 11

hours a day doing nothing but thinking about what Jesus commanded.

One of the things that came clear in those meditations

was that the commands of Jesus only make sense and only have their proper force in the context of what Jesus did and who he was and what he thought about the nature

of my heart and how it relates to God. You can't take a commandment of Jesus

like love your enemies or let your yes be yes and don't take an oath or pray that you may not enter into

temptation or lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven.

You can't take a command of Jesus

and properly use it, properly understand it

without asking several larger questions, like, what difference does it make that the

eternal incarnate fully divine son of God spoke these words.

Or second, what difference does it make that the main reason he came

was not to be served but to serve and to give his life a ransom for many and to

purchase forgiveness for all who believe in him. What difference does that make in the

way you handle the commands of Jesus. Or the question, what about our

rebellion? What about the fact that we are so evil Jesus as we have to be born again?

In order to even see the kingdom of God?

Does it make a difference that that's true when you handle the commands of Jesus.

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