the royal law
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JAMES 2:1-13
JAMES 2:1
“PARTIALITY”- “Favoritism, preference; significance due to rank, influence or desirability.”
“PREJUDICE”-“To prejudge or forming an opinion on someone before knowing the facts.”
Prosopolepteo:
An Old-English word
1 Samuel 16:7
“Man looks at the outward appearance, but the Lord looks at the heart.”
A HUMAN-NATURE PROBLEM
“…TO JUDGE WITH EVIL THOUGHTS.”
Hamidian Massacre
1894-96Arminian Genocide 1915-17
Nazi Death Camps 1939-45
Rwanda Genocide 1994
Cambodian Killing Fields 1975-79
JAMES 2:8-9
“THE ROYAL LAW”- Basilikos:
“Kingly; that which is befitting royalty.”
“YOU SHALL LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR AS YOURSELF.”
Jesus Christ
THE ROYAL LAW
“BELOVED, LET US LOVE ONE ANOTHER, FOR LOVE IS OF GOD, AND EVERYONE WHO LOVES IS BORN OF GOD…
Apostle John
THE ROYAL LAW
“AND KNOW GOD. HE WHO DOES NOT LOVE, DOES NOT KNOW GOD. FOR GOD IS LOVE.”
Apostle John 1 John 4:7-8
THE ROYAL LAW
JAMES 2:1-13