How can we understand keeping God's commandments?

1 John speaks of keeping God's commandments as showing evidence of our relationship with Him. The command is not a burden of the moral law, but rather to believe in Jesus Christ whom God has sent. This belief encapsulates the entire essence of our obedience; it is our trust in Him that fulfills the commandments of God. John clarifies that the effective expression of knowing God is through faith in Christ, meaning our obedience is rooted in our relationship with Him rather than mere adherence to a set of rules. Thus, knowing Christ and believing in Him is how we obey His commands.