James Tells Us To Obey The Torah - James 2:1-13

This week, as we go through James 2:1-13 we learn that not only is James telling his readers to obey Torah, but he calls it the "Law of Liberty," or Freedom. Haven't we been taught in the past though that the Law was bondage? Didn't Paul say that we were "no longer under the Law?" How can James equate the Law with freedom?
  The answer is simple; because that is exactly what it is - instructions for true freedom. First Century Jewish thought was that obedience to the Torah was walking on the "King's Highway" referred to in Numbers 20:14-17. There is no safer place to be then walking soundly within the confines of the King's Highway; there is no truer freedom.
  How do you view the Law of God? Does the very thought of it carry negative undertones? If so, then you might like to reexamine the way God's most notable servants viewed it. King David called it his "delight," as did Solomon. Paul called it "holy and just and good." , and Moses, well, Moses gave the orders for each of God's people to "...teach them diligently to your children, and shall talk of them when you sit in your house, when you walk by the way, when you lie down, and when you rise up. You shall bind them as a sign on your hand, and they shall be as frontlets between your eyes. You shall write them on the doorposts of your house and on your gates." Do we have a proper view of the Royal Law today? I encourage each of you to get into the Word of God today and find out how His people viewed His Word. You will be surprised at what you discover! 

May the Lord bless you and keep you,

Shabbat shalom!