Now all the people witnessed the thunderings, the lightning flashes, the sound of the trumpet, and the mountain smoking; and when the people saw it, they trembled and stood afar off. Then they said to Moses, "You speak with us, and we will hear; but let not God speak with us, lest we die."
Exodus 20:18-19

When God gave the Ten Commandments, the people were terrified, rightly and understandably so. Everyone who understands the impossibility of obeying God’s law perfectly (with or without thunder, lightning, trumpet blasts or smoking mountains) should be afraid of God, of His law, and of His righteous wrath.

But those who have found grace in the sight of the Lord should have another emotion: Love. Consider David’s words on Psalm 119:

Oh, how I love Your law! It is my meditation all the day.
Psalm 119:97 (repeated in vs. 47, 113, 119, 127, 159, 163, 165, & 167)

Here are a few reasons to Love God’s Law:

It is God’s law, and God is love.
It reveals our guilt, leading us to seek God’s mercy through faith in Christ Jesus.
It reminds us of God’s holiness and of His requirement that believers are to be holy as He is Holy (1 Peter 1:15-16).
It instructs us what holy living looks like (not to be saved but because we are saved by God’s grace).
It is the basis of preaching the gospel to the lost, since without the knowledge of one’s guilt, no one will seek forgiveness in Christ Jesus.

Let us both fear and love God and His law!