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What is the Royal Law in Scripture?

What is the Royal Law in Scripture?

 

Howbeit if ye fulfil the royal law, according to the scripture, Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself, ye do well: but if ye have respect of persons, ye commit sin, being convicted by the law as transgressors. For whosoever shall keep the whole law, and yet stumble in one point, he is become guilty of all. For he that said, Do not commit adultery, said also, Do not kill. Now if thou dost not commit adultery, but kill (murder) thou art become a transgressor of the law. So speak ye, and so do, as men that are to be judged by a law of liberty...James 2:8-12.

 

Jesus said as it is written…

And one of the scribes came, and heard them questioning together, and knowing that he had answered them well, asked him, What commandment is the first of all? Jesus answered, The first is, Hear, O Israel; The Lord our God, the Lord is one: and thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind, and with all thy strength. The second is this, Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself. There is none other commandment greater than these. And the scribe said unto him, Of a truth, Teacher, thou hast well said that he is one; and there is none other but he: and to love him with all the heart, and with all the understanding, and with all the strength, and to love his neighbor as himself, is much more than all whole burnt-offerings and sacrifices. And when Jesus saw that he answered discreetly, he said unto him, Thou art not far from the kingdom of God. And no man after that durst ask him any question...Mark 12:28-34.

 

Treat everyone like Jesus and be blessed…

Servants, be obedient unto them that according to the flesh are your masters, with fear and trembling, in singleness of your heart, as unto Christ; not in the way of eyeservice, as men-pleasers; but as servants of Christ, doing the will of God from the heart; with good will doing service, as unto the Lord, and not unto men: knowing that whatsoever good thing each one doeth, the same shall he receive again from the Lord, whether he be bond or free. And, ye masters, do the same things unto them, and forbear threatening: knowing that he who is both their Master and yours is in heaven, and there is no respect of persons with him...Ephesians 6:5-9.

 

In Jesus life as a Jew…He said Love God first and your neighbor second…After His death burial and resurrection…the Holy Spirit inspired with the same Authority as Jesus in the book of James…to kept the royal law of love your neighbor as yourself. Then in Ephesians the Holy Spirit tells us if we treat everyone even a mean slave master as Jesus we will receive the same good we have judged. So treat everyone like Jesus as your neighbor and really the only difference between Jesus we read about and the Jesus which sits in the throne is distance and sight. So if you treat Jesus like Jesus, Him being God and others like Jesus you are fulfilling the royal law love your neighbor as yourself. So treat everyone like baby Jesus and ask what does baby Jesus need and how can I give it to Him?

 

Prayer

Father please forgive us of all our past judgements and help us to treat everyone like Jesus so we can fulfill the one true law love your neighbor as yourself and I know You are the best neighbor even though only distance is between us…IN Jesus of Nazareth’s name amen.

 

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God has got you…encouraging message as it is written to remain faithful…

God has got you…encouraging message as it is written to remain faithful…


Are you condemned or have you not been baptized and are faithful…

There is therefore now no condemnation to them that are in Christ Jesus. For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus made me free from the law of sin and of death…But if the Spirit of Him that raised up Jesus from the dead dwells in you, He that raised up Christ Jesus from the dead shall give life also to your mortal bodies through His Spirit that dwells in you…For in hope were we saved: but hope that is seen is not hope: for who hopes for that which he sees? But if we hope for that which we see not, then do we with patience wait for it. And in like manner the Spirit also helps our infirmity (sicknesses): for we know not how to pray as we ought; but the Spirit Himself makes intercession for us with groanings which cannot be uttered (cannot be heard); and He that searches the hearts knows what is the mind of the Spirit, because He makes intercession for the saints according to the will of God. (Rom 8:1-2 Rom 8:11 Rom 8:24-27)


To Jesus Christ be the victory…

And we know that to them that love God all things work together for good, even to them that are called according to His purpose. For whom He foreknew, He also foreordained to be conformed to the image of his Son, that He might be the firstborn among many brethren: and whom He foreordained…them He also called: and whom He called, them He also justified: and whom He justified, them He also glorified…Who shall lay anything to the charge of God's elect? It is God that justifies; who is he that condemns? It is Christ Jesus that died, yea rather, that was raised from the dead, who is at the right hand of God, who also makes intercession for us…Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors through Him that loved us. For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor things present, nor things to come, nor powers, nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord. (Rom 8:28-30 Rom 8:33-34 Rom 8:37-39)


God knows what you need before you ask Him…

For the word of God (Jesus is the Word) is living, and active, and sharper than any two-edged sword, and piercing even to the dividing of soul and spirit, of both joints and marrow, and quick to discern the thoughts and intents of the heart… And when you pray, you shall not be as the hypocrites: for they love to stand and pray in the synagogues and in the corners of the streets, that they may be seen of men. Verily (Truly) I say unto you, They have received their reward. But you, when you pray, enter into thine inner chamber, and having shut your door, pray to thy Father who is in secret, and your Father who sees in secret shall recompense you. And in praying use not vain repetitions, as the Gentiles do: for they think that they shall be heard for their much speaking. Be not therefore like unto them: for your Father knows (Omniscience) what things you have need of, before you ask him… Wherefore also he is able to save to the uttermost them that draw near unto God through him, seeing he ever lives to make intercession for them. (Heb 4:12 Mat 6:5-8 Heb 7:25)


Prayer

Father please search us and help us remain faithful and supply our needs we know you can create whatever we need for our life here on earth as we learn to humbles ourselves and obey Your written word…please meet our souls deepest needs so we may prosper and be in health as our soul prospers…in Jesus of Nazareth’s name amen.


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Give your heart and mind to God first…

Give your heart and mind to God first…

 

Hear Israel’s King David…Psalm 40…

 

…I waited patiently for Jehovah; And He inclined unto me, and heard my cry. He brought me up also out of a horrible pit, out of the miry clay; And He set my feet upon a rock (solid ground not quicksand), and established (taught David how to behave and directed his step) my goings. And He hath put a new song in my mouth, even praise unto our God: Many shall see it, and fear, And shall trust in Jehovah… (sounds like David knew what P.U.S.H. meant…Pray Until Something Happens)

…Blessed is the man that makes Jehovah his trust, And respects not the proud, nor such as turn aside to lies. Many, O Jehovah my God, are the wonderful works which you have done, And Your Thoughts which are to us-ward; They cannot be set in order unto you (who is going to tell Jehovah what to think or when to think it?); If I would declare and speak of them, They are more than can be numbered…

…Sacrifice and offering you have no delight in (Does God have pleasure in someone who has to offer a sin sacrifice…or Does He have pleasure in repentance or obedience which requires no sacrifice…other than the heart, mind, soul, and spirit to surrendered or sacrificed in  obedience to His Word); Mine ears have you opened: Burnt-offering and sin-offering have You not required. Then said I, Lo, I am come; In the roll of the book it is written of me: I delight to do Your will, O my God; Yea, Your law is within my heart. (Psa 40:1-8)

 

 

Are you the judge or being judged…a chance to give and be blessed or a chance to hold to “your” money? When you see a man humble himself and ask for money…is it a chance to be a blessing or is he a liar and a cheat…a sinner being punished?

And judge not, and you shall not be judged: and condemn not, and you shall not be condemned: release, and you shall be released: give, and it shall be given unto you; good measure, pressed down, shaken together, running over, shall they give into your bosom. For with what measure you mete it shall be measured to you again. (Luk 6:37-38) (Do you give instruction out of the pit or laugh and say better learn your lesson…do you wash his feet or move your own feet away?)

 

 

 

Do you want to please God by giving to His children and His works?

 

Give as God has prospered you…or to be prospered…

…Now concerning the collection for the saints, as I gave order to the churches of Galatia, so also do you. Upon the first day of the week let each one of you lay by him in store, as he may prosper, that no collections be made when I come… (Sunday is the first day of the week and there is a Sunday each week…So we have a command from an Apostle with the Authority of the Holy Spirit and same as God…to meet each first day or Sunday and take a collection given to more than one congregation)…But this I say, He that sows sparingly shall reap also sparingly; and he that sows bountifully shall reap also bountifully. Let each man do according as he hath purposed in his heart: not grudgingly, or of necessity (because he “has” to…do you sigh when asked to give or do you smile): for God loves a cheerful giver. And God is able to make all grace (unearned…undeserved favors) abound unto you; that you, having always all sufficiency in everything, may abound unto every good work…No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to one, and despise the other. You cannot serve God and mammon…(do you hold to “your” money or do you despise giving to needy Christians? Do you love to give to God children or do you hate to give money to a good work?) (1Co 16:1-2…2Co 9:6-8…Mat 6:24)

 

Exhortation to be faithful…in loving your neighbor as yourself…the perfect law of liberty

He that hath pity upon the poor lends unto Jehovah, And his good deed will He pay him again. Chasten your son, seeing there is hope; And set not your heart on his destruction…But he that looks into the perfect law, the law of liberty, and so continues, being not a hearer that forgets but a doer that works, this man shall be blessed in his doing…What then shall we say to these things? If God is for us, who is against us? He that spared not His own Son, but delivered Him up for us all, how shall He not also with Him freely give us all things? Who shall lay anything to the charge of God's elect? It is God that justifies… (Pro 19:17-18 Jas 1:25 Rom 8:31-33)

 

Prayer

Father please open our eyes and ears and help us to prosper in all thing concerning You and Your only Son Jesus the Christ…In Jesus of Nazareth’s name amen.

 

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