Seeing that the Christian is not under law but under grace (Romans 6:14) how does the Christian reconcile the instructions, the commandments, of Jesus with the freedom from enslavement to law received through the Holy Spirit in the New Covenant (Romans 7:6); after all, Jesus did say “If you love me you will keep my commandments” (John 14:15)?

First of all, if you desire to know and understand and internalize what Jesus taught; if you desire to honor Messiah’s commandments articulated during His Earthly ministry, you must first enter into New Covenant relationship with the Father by faith in the Son, trust fully in Jesus as your Messiah who died for you (John 3) and receive the indwelling Holy Spirit (Ephesians 1:13-14) who will bring to your remembrance all that Jesus has said (John 14:26) and this with spiritual understanding and the anointing to make Messiah’s teaching, His commandments, applicable to your personal life (1 John 2:27).

Second, walk in obedience to the indwelling Holy Spirit given you as Guarantor of New Covenant relationship with the Father when you have trusted in Jesus as your Messiah (Galatians 5:16; Ephesians 1:13-14); it is the indwelling Holy Spirit who employs the spiritual law written upon your heart (Romans 2:14-15) in combination with the redeemed conscience (2 Corinthians 5:17), a new creation received from your New Covenant relationship with the Father, and through you the Spirit will produce fruits of righteousness against which there is no Law and that fruit fulfills all Law (Galatians 5). Jesus said “You will know them by their fruit” (Matthew 7:15-20).

In response to your faith in Jesus as your Messiah, the Father has gifted-imputed the righteousness, the sinless perfection, of Jesus into and over your life (2 Corinthians 5:21) and by covenant promise the Father has declared you “not guilty” (Hebrews 8:12) and you have become a member of Elohim’s inner circle as His family and that fruit which the Spirit produces through you via your obedience, the Father is blessed and pleased and ultimately glorified.