Fulfilling the Royal Law or Not? Part 1 (TMF:1974)

Thursday, November 03, 2022
Peace to Live By: Fulfilling the Royal Law or Not? Part 1 (TMF:1974) - Daniel Litton
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       Again, on the part of James, there is a skepticism. He isn’t convinced his listeners, his readers, are really practicing the Royal Law. Notice how he says “If you really fulfill the royal law…” This ties into what we were talking about last week, with the pretenders, the fakers, or to use a more modern term, the posers. It is either out of their legalism that they do this and that for others, which really isn’t proceeding from their heart’s good intent, or it is out of a desire to be seen in a good light in front of others (what Jesus talked about in the Sermon on the Mount). Either way, it appears the commandant is being practiced, but at the end of the day it is shown to not have any real substance. Isn’t that why we see a lot of people either deciding not to follow Christianity closely as they grow up, or perhaps not follow it at all. The hypocrisy seen among parents and other adults can often lead young people to really question the validity of the faith that the adults proclaim.