~ Love and Judgment ~
Man’s Judgment By Appearances
~ “My
brethren, do not hold the faith of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Lord of glory,
with partiality. For if there should
come into your assembly a man with gold rings, in fine apparel, and there
should also come in a poor man in filthy clothes, and you pay attention to the
one wearing the fine clothes and say to him, ‘You sit here in a good place,’
and say to the poor man, ‘You stand there,’ or, ‘Sit here at my footstool,’ have you not shown partiality among
yourselves, and become judges with evil thoughts? Listen, my beloved brethren: Has God not
chosen the poor of this world to be rich in faith and heirs of the kingdom
which He promised to those who love Him?
But you have dishonored the poor man.
Do not the rich oppress you and drag you into the courts? Do they not blaspheme that noble name by
which you are called?” (James 2:1-7). …
Man’s Judgment By The “Royal Law”
~ … “If
you really fulfill the royal law
according to the Scripture, ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself,’ you do
well;” (James 2:8). …
God’s Judgment By The “Whole Law”
~ …
“but if you show partiality, you commit sin, and are convicted by the law as
transgressors. For whoever shall keep the whole law, and yet stumble in one
point, he is guilty of all. For He who
said, ‘Do not commit adultery,’ also said, ‘Do not murder.’ Now if you do not commit adultery, but you do
murder, you have become a transgressor of the law” (James
2:9-11). …
God’s Judgment By The “Law Of Liberty”
~ … “So
speak and so do as those who will be judged by the law of liberty. For
judgment is without mercy to the one who has shown no mercy. Mercy triumphs over judgment” (James
2:12-13).
~ Robert Lloyd Russell, ABUNDANT LIFE NOW
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