James Expounds on Faith Volume 23

 Avoid, Abstain, & Abhor the Sin of Partiality Part 6

James 2:11 For He that said, Do not commit adultery, said also, Do not kill. Now if thou commit no adultery, yet if thou kill, thou art become a transgressor of the law. KJV Note:NKJV=New King James Version

The Law of God has complete integrity and wholeness and is morally sound not merely because of what it says, but more importantly because of Who says it, for He (Adonai, Elohim, Jehovah, Jesus Christ) is Pure, Perfect, and Powerful, therefore, it is the Law Giver that makes all of His Law righteous and good, so we now read the Apostle James declaring to us this next verse to solidify his point that though many do not see favortism as an egregious sin, it is so to the Holy Law Giver, "For He that said, Do not commit adultery, said also, Do not kill. Now if thou commit no adultery, yet if thou kill, thou art become a transgressor of the law." (James 2:11) (KJV). There is complete Oneness with God and His Law. It is the resisiting of the Authority of God that is perpetrated by the man 👨 or woman 👩 of God that sees some parts of His Holy Law and Holy Word negligible while at the same time reverencing or fearing other parts of them. The Law of God nor the Word of God is a buffet line where one can look at and then pick and choose what one wants and walk by what doesn't appeal to one's taste or appetites, for this line of thinking and believing is what the enemy of God offers to the soul of men 🚹 and women 🚺. The Law of God as we have declared in the previous Volume 22 was not given by God to save us, but it was given by God to us to show us how impossible it was and is for any of us to keep it perfectly in all 👉 points, therefore, it was and is humanities (that is, every sinner not yet saved by grace) schoolmaster to lead them to Christ. The Apostle Paul declares this point very directly with these words he wrote to the Galatian believers who had begun to go away from faith and to pursue or revert back the law of Moses, "For as many as are of the works of the law are under the curse; for it is written, 'Cursed is everyone who does not continue in all things which are written in the book of the law, to do them.' But that no one is justified by the law in the sight of God is evident, for 'the just shall live by faith.' Yet the law is not of faith, but 'the man who does them shall live by them.' Christ has redeemed us from the curse of the law, having become a curse for us (for it is written, 'Cursed is everyone who hangs on a tree'), that the blessing of Abraham might come upon the Gentiles in Christ Jesus, that we might receive the promise of the Spirit through faith." (Galatians 3:10-14) (NKJV). It is being 'in Christ' having received the promise of the Holy Spirit of God within us that makes us into 'new creatures or creations' ('Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; old things have passed away; behold, all things have become new.') (2 Corinthians 5:17) (NKJV) and then only when we yield to Him can we live according to the will of God found in the Law of God and the Word of God. Amen!!

Here is what Matthew Henry said of James 2:11, "One, perhaps, is very severe in the case of adultery, or what tends to such pollutions of the flesh; but less ready to condemn murder, or what tends to ruin the health, break the hearts, and destroy the lives, of others: another has a prodigious dread of murder, but has more easy thoughts of adultery; whereas one who looks at the authority of the Lawgiver more than the matter of the command will see the same reason for condemning the one as the other. Obedience is then acceptable when all is done with an eye to the will of God; and disobedience is to be condemned, in whatever instance it be, as it is a contempt of the Authority of God; and, for that reason, if we offend in one point, we contemn (look down on with disdain) the Authority of Him who gave the whole law, and so far are guilty of all." Here is what Adam Clarke had to say of James 2:11, "That is, the authority that gave one commandment gave also the rest; and he who breaks one resists this Authority; so that the breach of any one commandment may be justly considered a breach of the whole law. It was a maxim also among the Jewish doctors that, if a man kept any one commandment carefully, though he broke all the rest, he might assure himself of the favor of God; for while they taught that 'He who transgresses all the precepts of the law has broken the yoke, dissolved the covenant, and exposed the law to contempt, and so has he done who has broken even one precept,' (Mechilta, fol. 5, Yalcut Simeoni, part 1, fol. 59), they also taught, 'that he who observed any principal command was equal to him who kept the whole law;' (Kiddushin, fol. 39); and they give for example, 'If a man abandon idolatry, it is the same as if he had fulfilled the whole law,' (Ibid., fol. 40.) To correct this false doctrine James lays down that in the 11th verse. Thus they did and undid."

If you do not know the Lord Jesus Christ and His amazing healing power, pray this from your heart to the Lord Jesus Christ (you speaking directly to Him), Dear Lord Jesus, I confess to You that I am a sinner and I need Your forgiveness. I believe You shed Your Blood and died for my sins. I believe that You rose from the dead proving that You alone are God. I repent of my sins. I want to turn from my sins. I ask You Dear Lord Jesus to come into my heart and take control of my life. I want You to be my Lord, Savior, and my God. Amen...


Sincerely in Christ,


Clifford D. Tate, Sr.


Author of “Silent Assassins of the Soul - Are you Broken by Pornography and Masturbation? You can be Restored by the Lord Jesus Christ and brought into Deliverance, Freedom, and Victory! A Guide for Men and Women in the Enemy’s Crosshairs” e-book available now @ Amazon Kindle, @ Apple I Bookstore for IPod, Barnes and Noble for Nook, Reader Store for Sony Reade, Kobo, Copia, Gardners, Baker and Taylor, and eBookPie…