One could, after all, submit to coercion and practice idolatry and rely on teshuvah to save him from a lasting separation from G-d. Yet no Jew would take advantage of this resource; the love of G-d innate in every Jew dictates that he sacrifice his life rather than bear the temporary separation caused by idolatry.

Additionally, the Alter Rebbe shows how one could utilize his hidden love of G-d in refraining from sin. He now goes on to the category of “doing good,” discussing the use of the hidden love in leading one to perform all the positive commandments.