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James 2:10

Deidre

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The pastor at my church this morning centered the sermon on this passage. That if you break one commandment/law, you are guilty of breaking them all. He explained with an analogy - if you're hanging by a chain of links and one link breaks anywhere in the line, you will fall to your death. I get that, but I don't think I ever thought much about this passage, until today. Do you think it's too harsh? We are all guilty of sin, different from one another, so that means we are guilty of those we haven't committed?
 

InChrist

Free4ever
The pastor at my church this morning centered the sermon on this passage. That if you break one commandment/law, you are guilty of breaking them all. He explained with an analogy - if you're hanging by a chain of links and one link breaks anywhere in the line, you will fall to your death. I get that, but I don't think I ever thought much about this passage, until today. Do you think it's too harsh? We are all guilty of sin, different from one another, so that means we are guilty of those we haven't committed?

Basically, I just see it that everyone one sins and even one sin reveals we fall short of God's complete standard of perfection, not necessarily of specific sins we have not committed, but the whole unified package...the LAW. Yet, in Christ the believer receives His perfection..
 

Vee

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Premium Member
The pastor at my church this morning centered the sermon on this passage. That if you break one commandment/law, you are guilty of breaking them all. He explained with an analogy - if you're hanging by a chain of links and one link breaks anywhere in the line, you will fall to your death. I get that, but I don't think I ever thought much about this passage, until today. Do you think it's too harsh? We are all guilty of sin, different from one another, so that means we are guilty of those we haven't committed?

Hi Deidre,
James chapter 2 is about the importance of works to prove one's faith. It's about not showing partiality because God is impartial with us. He doesn't make distinction between rich and poor, as highlighted in James 2:1-4. In James 2:8 he urges Christians to love their neighbors like themselves. If we want to obey God's law and do His will, we have to display neighborly love—being equally loving toward rich and poor. In that sense, showing favoritism towards a particular group of people, would be considered a sin. If we unmercifully show favoritism, we are lawbreakers and that means we become offenders against God’s law.
If you keep reading the chapter, James 2:14-26 talks about how faith produces other fine works. James is talking about works motivated, not by a law code, but by faith and love, that will motivate us to give to those in need. In 16 and 17 James asks: "If you tell a needy brother: “Go in peace, keep warm and well fed” but do not provide the necessities, of what benefit is that? So, too, faith by itself, without works, is dead."
 

whirlingmerc

Well-Known Member
The pastor at my church this morning centered the sermon on this passage. That if you break one commandment/law, you are guilty of breaking them all. He explained with an analogy - if you're hanging by a chain of links and one link breaks anywhere in the line, you will fall to your death. I get that, but I don't think I ever thought much about this passage, until today. Do you think it's too harsh? We are all guilty of sin, different from one another, so that means we are guilty of those we haven't committed?

There is bad news and there is good news
Bad news - All are sinners in need of redemption
Good news - Redemption has come in Jesus work on the cross

The blood of Jesus (that justifies) speaks better than the blood of Abel (that condemns)
 

Deidre

Well-Known Member
Hi Deidre,
James chapter 2 is about the importance of works to prove one's faith. It's about not showing partiality because God is impartial with us. He doesn't make distinction between rich and poor, as highlighted in James 2:1-4. In James 2:8 he urges Christians to love their neighbors like themselves. If we want to obey God's law and do His will, we have to display neighborly love—being equally loving toward rich and poor. In that sense, showing favoritism towards a particular group of people, would be considered a sin. If we unmercifully show favoritism, we are lawbreakers and that means we become offenders against God’s law.
If you keep reading the chapter, James 2:14-26 talks about how faith produces other fine works. James is talking about works motivated, not by a law code, but by faith and love, that will motivate us to give to those in need. In 16 and 17 James asks: "If you tell a needy brother: “Go in peace, keep warm and well fed” but do not provide the necessities, of what benefit is that? So, too, faith by itself, without works, is dead."
Thank you for fleshing it out, and explaining it like this. This has been quite enlightening, and not as harsh when we read the entire context.
 

Jeremiah Ames

Well-Known Member
The pastor at my church this morning centered the sermon on this passage. That if you break one commandment/law, you are guilty of breaking them all. He explained with an analogy - if you're hanging by a chain of links and one link breaks anywhere in the line, you will fall to your death. I get that, but I don't think I ever thought much about this passage, until today. Do you think it's too harsh? We are all guilty of sin, different from one another, so that means we are guilty of those we haven't committed?

Sin is a meaningless religious concept to keep the flock in bondage.

The Lord had one commandment. Follow it and enter the kingdom of heaven. Don’t follow it and you don’t.

I don’t have to quote the verses to back it up. They’re easy enough to find for those actually interested.
 

Jeremiah Ames

Well-Known Member
Hi Deidre,
James chapter 2 is about the importance of works to prove one's faith. It's about not showing partiality because God is impartial with us. He doesn't make distinction between rich and poor, as highlighted in James 2:1-4. In James 2:8 he urges Christians to love their neighbors like themselves. If we want to obey God's law and do His will, we have to display neighborly love—being equally loving toward rich and poor. In that sense, showing favoritism towards a particular group of people, would be considered a sin. If we unmercifully show favoritism, we are lawbreakers and that means we become offenders against God’s law.
If you keep reading the chapter, James 2:14-26 talks about how faith produces other fine works. James is talking about works motivated, not by a law code, but by faith and love, that will motivate us to give to those in need. In 16 and 17 James asks: "If you tell a needy brother: “Go in peace, keep warm and well fed” but do not provide the necessities, of what benefit is that? So, too, faith by itself, without works, is dead."

So beautifully said Vee.
 

Deidre

Well-Known Member
Sin is a meaningless religious concept to keep the flock in bondage.

The Lord had one commandment. Follow it and enter the kingdom of heaven. Don’t follow it and you don’t.

I don’t have to quote the verses to back it up. They’re easy enough to find for those actually interested.
What are the ten commandments? Meaningless religious concepts?
 
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