The Law of Liberty

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Good morning and welcome in today today we’re going to take a look at some scripture from…..

James 2:10-13

¹⁰ For whosoever shall keep the whole law, and yet offend in one point, he is guilty of all.

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.

¹² So speak ye, and so do, as they that shall be judged by the law of liberty.

¹³ For he shall have judgment without mercy, that hath shewed no mercy; and mercy rejoiceth against judgment.

The Old Testament law and ordinances we’re given to people to show us that we are sinners. That is what its purpose was. It was set forth to convict us of our sinfulness and to teach us that we couldn’t obtain eternal life without God’s forgiveness and Grace.

Everybody has sinned at least one time in their life. Some people have sinned a lot more but the point is the punishment for one sin is the same for one hundred sins. It’s eternal separation from a loving God at judgement day. A lot of people felt like they had kept the entire law but the truth was nobody did.

Galatians 3:10

¹⁰ For as many as are of the works of the law are under the curse: for it is written, Cursed is every one that continueth not in all things which are written in the book of the law to do them.

¹¹ But that no man is justified by the law in the sight of God, it is evident: for, The just shall live by faith.

¹² And the law is not of faith: but, The man that doeth them shall live in them.

¹³ Christ hath redeemed us from the curse of the law, being made a curse for us: for it is written, Cursed is every one that hangeth on a tree:

¹⁴ That the blessing of Abraham might come on the Gentiles through Jesus Christ; that we might receive the promise of the Spirit through faith.

Once again, the law was given by God to show us that we needed his grace and mercy to obtain eternal life. Eventually you were going to make a mistake. Eventually you might not keep a Sabbath day. Our God is a God of mercy and he wants us to come to him to receive that mercy. Those who are yet under the law are still under the curse. If you sin one time then you’ve broken the entire Covenant. Jesus became a curse for us and died on the cross for our sins.

Gal 3:19

¹⁹ Wherefore then serveth the law? It was added because of transgressions, till the seed should come to whom the promise was made; and it was ordained by angels in the hand of a mediator.

So that was the point of the law. It was added because of transgressions. As the Apostle Paul taught, all have sinned all have come short of the glory of God. Take it from the life of Paul who was once a Pharisee in Judaism. Later on he referred to himself as a chief of sinners and understood that he couldn’t achieve salvation except through God’s mercy and Grace.

Gal 3:22

²² But the scripture hath concluded all under sin, that the promise by faith of Jesus Christ might be given to them that believe.

The law was our schoolmaster to bring us unto Christ that we might be justified by faith.

Justified means to be made righteous or to be forgiven for your sins. The only way that this can happen with God is through His son Jesus Christ and the blood that he shed when He died at the cross.

Romans 7:6

⁶ But now we are delivered from the law, that being dead wherein we were held; that we should serve in newness of spirit, and not in the oldness of the letter.

Jesus did everything perfectly in the Old Testament. He is God manifested In the Flesh. He is absolutely perfect.

Matthew 5:17

¹⁷ Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfil.

Jesus is the fulfillment of everything that the prophets were prophesying about concerning the coming of the Messiah. He fulfilled everything in the judaic law. We are now in the New Testament of God’s grace in Christ.

Romans 6:14

¹⁴ For sin shall not have dominion over you: for ye are not under the law, but under grace.

We have forgiveness in the church. We have grace and mercy in the church. We can come boldly to the throne of grace in time of need in the church. We want to get forgiven for our sins through Christ and we want to be forgiving with others and also to admit our faults to each other.

God wants us to reconcile with each other and forgive each other in the same way that He reconciles us unto God the Father. Again, James taught that whosoever shall keep the whole law and yet offend in one point he is guilty of all.

It’s not just the one sin that you have committed, but he says that you are guilty of all. If you’ve committed adultery you are also a liar and a thief and everything else on top of it. We are all sinners in this sinful place. We are all worthy of the same punishment, whether you sinned once or a hundred times. The punishment is death.

That’s why he warns…

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.

¹² So speak ye, and so do, as they that shall be judged by the law of liberty.

In the church we make judgments. Forgiveness is greater than judgment.

When you rebuke somebody for something wrong that they have done to you that’s judgment. When they apologize and regret what they did and you forgive them that’s called forgiveness. Mercy is greater than judgement, because it covers up the sin, Just like paper covers the rock.

There was an adulterous woman who was brought before the Lord Jesus Christ and they wanted to stone her. They were ready to condemn her to death. All of us are worthy of that same condemnation because we’ve all sinned. Jesus explained to them that the person who was without sin should cast the first stone. They all left. He told her to go and sin no more. He showed her mercy.

Mercy is to be forgiving with other people. We are saved by God’s mercy.

Ephesians 2:4

⁴ But God, who is rich in mercy, for his great love wherewith he loved us,

⁵ Even when we were dead in sins, hath quickened us together with Christ, (by grace ye are saved;)

Eph 2:8

⁸ For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God:

Mercy is the quality of being compassionate are forgiving with other people. You have the ability or power to punish them or do harm to them but you show leniency when they apologize for what they’ve done. Mercy is forgiveness, compassion and forbearance that is shown especially to somebody who has offended you or done something wrong to you. It’s kind forbearance shown towards an enemy and also it means to be pitiful.

The general carnal nature of man does not to want to forgive others. That is the sinful nature. Somebody does something wrong to you, then they apologize but instead of forgiving them, you show them no mercy at all.

Without forgiveness in people’s hearts it ruins relationships because you don’t want to reconcile with the other person. Reconciliation is a direct result of sincere forgiveness.

Reconcilliation happens when you forgive somebody from your heart and cease to feel any resentment anymore. Reconciliation happens when you learn to forget the past things that somebody has done against you and then rejoin the relationship that you had with them previously.

Reconciliation is the direct result of forgiveness. It is immediate. It’s like washing off a dirty plate and then immediately using it at the supper table. If it doesn’t happen that’s because of bitterness and resentment.

I think this is why James is warning us in the scriptures….

¹² So speak ye, and so do, as they that shall be judged by the law of liberty.

¹³ For he shall have judgment without mercy, that hath shewed no mercy; and mercy rejoiceth against judgment.

With judgement there needs to be mercy. It can’t just be judgment and that’s it. You have to have mercy with judgment. If a person is incapable of doing that, God will have judgement without mercy on them because you’re not showing any mercy to someone else. Mercy is greater than any judgement. The reason why is because mercy can cover up past sins.

That is what Christ Jesus has done for us at the cross. We confess our sins and then he removes them from us. He is so very kind and merciful.

Luke 6:36

³⁶ Be ye therefore merciful, as your Father also is merciful.

Matthew 5:7

⁷ Blessed are the merciful: for they shall obtain mercy.

Colossians 3:12-13

¹² Put on therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, bowels of mercies, kindness, humbleness of mind, meekness, longsuffering;

¹³ Forbearing one another, and forgiving one another, if any man have a quarrel against any: even as Christ forgave you, so also do ye.

Luke 6:37

³⁷ Judge not, and ye shall not be judged: condemn not, and ye shall not be condemned: forgive, and ye shall be forgiven:

Lamentations 3:22-23

²² It is of the Lord’s mercies that we are not consumed, because his compassions fail not.

²³ They are new every morning: great is thy faithfulness.

So, judgement begins at the house of God but without Mercy attached it’s just judgment by itself.

¹² So speak ye, and so do, as they that shall be judged by the law of liberty.

If you can’t extend mercy to others, He’s will show you no mercy at the judgement.

So think about those things for today and Lord willing we’ll talk to you some more tomorrow. till then bye-bye everybody