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(11) 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. (12) So
speak and so do as those who will be judged by the law of liberty. (13) For
judgment is without mercy to the one who has shown no mercy. Mercy triumphs over
judgment. New
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In James 4:11, he warns us against speaking against the law or
judging the law, that is, to assume the place of judge instead of "doer of the
law." Our efforts should not be in judging someone else and whether or not they
are keeping the law. However, we should be looking inwardly to determine whether
or not we are doing what is required—not only in the letter of the law but
especially in it spirit.
James would not have used such language unless he had a profound conviction
of the perfection of the law as a rule of life for the saints redeemed from its
condemnation. Thus, we can call it the perfect law of liberty—the royal law.
Many Christians do not look at the law
of God as being perfect. They pick and choose which parts of the law they
will obey, ones they feel most comfortable with, and they ignore the rest. Yet
the apostle says in James 2:10 that if we break one, we break them all.
All sin
is lawlessness, as I John 3:4 states, and the sum of all lawkeeping
is love
of God
and love of the brethren (Matthew 22:36-40; Romans 13:8-10), so the summary of the old law is echoed and
endorsed. And it is continued—because Christ did not come to destroy the law
but to magnify it (Matthew 5:17-18; Isaiah 42:21).
— Martin G. Collins
To learn more, see:
The Law's Purpose and Intent
Related Topics:
Law "Done Away"
Law Keeping
Law of Liberty
Law, Intent of
Lawkeeping
Lawlessness
Letter of the Law
Love as Keeping Commandments
Magnification of the Law
Mercy
Spirit of the Law
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