Law of liberty

Jas 2:10 For whosoever shall keep the whole law, and yet offend in one point, he is guilty of all.
Jas 2:11 For he that said, Do not commit adultery, said also, Do not kill. Now if thou commit no adultery, yet if thou kill, thou art become a transgressor of the law.
Jas 2:12 So speak ye, and so do, as they that shall be judged by the law of liberty.

Judged by the law of liberty. The law of freedom.

Definition:
1. liberty to do or to omit things having no relationship to salvation
2. fancied liberty
a. licence, the liberty to do as one pleases
3. true liberty is living as we should not as we please

True liberty is LIVING as we should NOT as we please.

The law of liberty. The law of our freedom exists. We live everyday with laws that are supposed to be geared towards keeping our physical freedom, don't we? Here in the United States we call it the land of the free and we do that because for the most part we are free- aren't we? No dictating ruler can snap their fingers and enslave us, right? It's a criminal act to take away our freedom unless we break the law, a law set up to keep us safe and respectably living among others, yes? So we know what it is like to have our freedom threatened and yet we know what it's like to have our freedom protected- it all depends on which side of the law you want to be on, doesn't it? If you want to break the law the law becomes a law of bondage, a law of restriction. If you want to keep the law it is a law of freedom, of protection.

The law of liberty, the law of freedom. The whole law. The moral law of God - the Ten Commandments, the Ten Laws.

A person who robs someone might proudly say at least they didn't kill someone, but it doesn't make them any less guilty of robbery. A person who commits adultery might proudly say at least they didn't rob someone, but they are still guilty. A person who hates God might say at least they don't kill, steal, or commit adultery, yet they are still guilty. Are you getting the point here? We might never steal, kill, commit adultery, lie, covet, take God's name in vain, worship any other God, honor our mother and father, bow down to statues, but we feel it's perfectly fine to worship God on a day of our choosing - that God will most certainly overlook that broken law because in essence we are worshipping Him on a day, just not the seventh. We honestly believe that God is more than willing to bend this one law that He's left a lot of leeway in this law for us to interpret it as we desire. Do we believe that God meant we could steal little unimportant things and it's okay, just so long as we don't steal important pricey things? No, we don't believe that for a moment. Did God mean it's fine to not honor your parents on occasion just so long as you honor them the majority of the time? You get where I'm going with this, God made His laws without being wishy washy. God gave us these laws as a rule of living in Him, living how He expects us to live. The covenant He made was one of love, and the realization that it'd be impossible for us to keep His perfect law of liberty brought with it- forgiveness, for when we would fail to obey. Our Savior kept this perfect law of liberty, He fulfilled it in ALL ways without faltering in a single point. And it's because of His life of perfection that we too can claim a life of perfection- through HIM. We must rely upon Him in ALL things. We must honor that perfect law of liberty, giving respect to God's moral laws in all ways and when we fall short we need to ask for forgiveness and cling to the only one who can forgive us, our Savior.

Jas 2:10 For whosoever shall keep the whole law, and yet offend in one point, he is guilty of all.
Jas 2:11 For he that said, Do not commit adultery, said also, Do not kill. Now if thou commit no adultery, yet if thou kill, thou art become a transgressor of the law.
Jas 2:12 So speak ye, and so do, as they that shall be judged by the law of liberty.

There is no patting ourselves on the back for keeping most of the laws of God. There is no reward for picking and choosing what we find acceptable as a law and what we don't. The same moral law that gives us the command not to murder - which we ALL really can comprehend without any faltering- is the same moral law that gives us the commandment to worship God -setting aside the seventh day for worship. There was a reason God grouped those ten moral laws together, a reason we can try to pick apart to fit our own agenda but in the end it is ONLY God's agenda that matters, not ours. God never meant for those laws to separate. In fact Jesus grouped them into the laws of loving God and mankind.

Mat 22:36 Master, which is the great commandment in the law?
Mat 22:37 Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind.
Mat 22:38 This is the first and great commandment.
Mat 22:39 And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.
Mat 22:40 On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets.

Jesus knew that out of love for God the first four of the ten moral commandments would be kept, just as He knew that the last six of the ten moral commandments would be kept if we love our neighbor as we would be loved. He said- ON THESE TWO COMMANDMENTS HANG ALL THE LAW AND THE PROPHETS.

Can you imagine truly LOVING God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your mind? Also can you imagine truly loving others and YOU desire to be loved? The same respect, the same caring, the same kindness, the same thoughtfulness and understanding you long for- loving others that way- loving ALL others that way?

Just imagine it, how wondrous it must be!

Why in the world would God EVER want to do away with His moral law? Why? There is absolutely NO reason in heaven or earth that God would want to do away with His moral law, none. God created the PERFECT moral law- a law without flaw, a law of liberty. Yes, He did make a law that was done away with- a ceremonial law, but NEVER did He do away with His moral law and it really astounds me that people think He did away with His moral law, it's just so incredibly hard to comprehend why He would ever do away with His moral law, or why He would even want to.

Only those who believe in the freedom to break laws, only those who truly feel free when they are breaking laws- are the ones who can comprehend it because they do not want to love God with all their minds, their souls, their hearts and they most assuredly do not want to love others as they would be loved.

By the grace of our LORD and SAVIOR may we be HIS FULLY! Loving God with all our heart, souls, and minds!

In His forgiving love!


Amen.