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The Real Truth About<\/STRONG><\/FONT><\/P><\/p>\n James 2:8, 9 <\/STRONG><\/FONT> and the<\/STRONG><\/FONT> Royal Law:<\/STRONG><\/FONT><\/STRONG><\/P><\/p>\n A Fuller Perspective<\/STRONG><\/FONT><\/P><\/p>\n Of the New Testament Definition<\/STRONG><\/FONT><\/STRONG><\/FONT><\/P><\/p>\n of<\/STRONG><\/FONT><\/P><\/p>\n Sin.<\/STRONG><\/FONT><\/P><\/p>\n by<\/P><\/p>\n Stephen W. Kraner<\/P><\/p>\n Dedication:<\/STRONG> <\/FONT><\/FONT><\/P><\/p>\n Dedicated to the <\/FONT>noble Bereans<\/U><\/STRONG> that study whether those things be so.<\/FONT><\/P><\/p>\n Acts 17:10, 11.<\/FONT><\/P><\/p>\n <\/STRONG><\/P><\/p>\n Copyright 2001<\/P><\/p>\n by<\/P><\/p>\n Stephen W. Kraner<\/P><\/p>\n 821 S. Williams, Apt. C603<\/P><\/p>\n Westmont, Illinois USA 60559<\/P><\/p>\n Copies may be obtained<\/P><\/p>\n by sending $0.75 plus $0.40 for postage<\/P><\/p>\n to the above address.<\/P><\/p>\n The Real Truth About<\/STRONG><\/FONT><\/P><\/p>\n James 2:8, 9 and the Royal Law:<\/STRONG><\/FONT><\/P><\/p>\n A Fuller Perspective of the New Testament<\/STRONG><\/FONT><\/P><\/p>\n Definition of Sin.<\/STRONG><\/FONT><\/P><\/p>\n by<\/FONT><\/P><\/p>\n Stephen W. Kraner<\/FONT><\/P><\/p>\n “8. If ye fulfil the Royal Law<\/STRONG> according to the scripture, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself, ye do well: <\/FONT><\/P><\/p>\n 9 But if ye have respect to persons, ye commit sin,<\/STRONG> and are convinced of the law as transgressors.” James 2:8, 9.<\/FONT><\/P><\/p>\n In 1John 3:4 we read:<\/P><\/p>\n And, from Romans 7:7, we read:<\/P><\/p>\n From these two texts, it is commonly understood, because Paul refers to the Tenth Commandment, Thou shalt not covet…<\/EM>, that sin is transgression of the Ten Commandments.<\/P><\/p>\n But, James informs us, “If ye have respect to persons, ye commit sin.”<\/EM><\/STRONG><\/EM> Where in the Ten Commandments are these words found? They are not there. The object of this paper is to show that James 2:8, 9 describe a definition of “sin”that has not been comprehended, nor taught, as a New Testament definition of what constitutes sin.<\/P><\/p>\n Lets get a larger perspective of the context of these verses from James, chapter 2:<\/P><\/p>\n <\/DL><\/p>\n All my life I have been taught that the “Royal Law” of James 2:8 is defined by the quotations from the Ten Commandments in verse 11. But, James, himself, gives an example of the “Royal Law” by quoting from it, “Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself<\/EM>.”<\/STRONG> Thus, James identifies the “Royal Law.” He quotes from Leviticus 19:18:<\/P><\/p>\n Further, while quoting from Leviticus 19:18 to identify the Royal Law, and that portion of it that he is concerned about, the context of James’ statement is in a discussion about being a “respecter of persons.” These words are found in the Mosaic Law in the following verses:<\/P><\/p>\n <\/DL><\/p>\n James wrote, “If ye have respect to persons, ye commit sin.”<\/EM><\/STRONG> He does not quote from the Ten Commandments. He refers to the Mosaic Law. From the context, it appears that by quoting Leviticus 19:18, “Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself,” in the context of speaking of not being a respecter of persons, and since Leviticus 19:15, that commands: “[T]hou shalt not RESPECT the PERSON of the poor, nor honor the person of the mighty,” is only a couple verses away, James seems to be especially concerned with Leviticus 19, a portion of the Mosaic Law. THUS, JAMES INFORMS US THAT RATHER THAN QUOTING FROM THE TEN COMMANDMENTS, JAMES STATES, FROM THE MOSAIC LAW, THAT TRANSGRESSION OF THE COMMAND, “thou shalt not respect persons,” IS THE COMMISSION OF SIN!!!<\/STRONG><\/P><\/p>\n FURTHER, BY QUOTING FROM THE MOSAIC LAW, JAMES IDENTIFIES WHAT THE “ROYAL LAW” IS. IT IS THE MOSAIC LAW.<\/STRONG><\/P><\/p>\n Deuteronomy 17:14-20 explains that Israel’s kings were to make a copy of the law that was before the priests.<\/P><\/p>\n In 1Kings 7:21 we read that Solomon set up two pillars at the front of the Temple that he built:<\/P><\/p>\n <\/DL><\/p>\n According to the following texts (and the historical record about them), the kings of Judah, at their coronation, would stand in front of one of these two pillars, and would be anointed by the pouring of oil upon their head, while holding their copy of the scroll of the Torah. (The priests were anointed in front of the other pillar and regularly read the Torah to the people during worship services while standing in front of the same pillar.)<\/P><\/p>\n Please note the words, “the king…made a covenant before YHWH…and all the people stood to the covenant.” In the historical setting, this covenant, because a “king” was involved, was a Suzerain Treaty. According to the ancient custom of the Suzerain Treaty, the King’s code of Law was written identically on the front and back of a scroll to protect against changes. According to the Torah, the ideal was that the scroll of the Torah that the King or Priest held was the very copy he had made himself. <\/P><\/p>\n According to Jewish writings, the copies of the Torah were to be made upon the skins of certain of the animal sacrifices. The Jewish writings indicate that animal skins were chosen over papyrus because of their “permanence.” There are copies of scriptures that were found in the Dead Sea Scrolls that date back to 390B.C., nearly 2400 years old. This is hardly “temporary” as is asserted by some theologians. The association of the scroll of the Torah to the skins of the animal sacrifices associate the Torah to Messiah our sacrifice.<\/P> <\/p>\n The Suzerain Treaty, (with the concept from Deuteronomy 17 that the king of Israel was to rule himself and his kingdom, to make judgment, based upon the double copied scroll of the Torah, written in front and in back) is the basis for the seven sealed book that is handed to the Lamb to open in Revelation chapters 4 and 5.<\/P><\/p>\n In conclusion, because Deuteronomy 17:18-19 requires that the king of Israel was to make for himself a copy of the scroll of the Torah that was before the priests; because the King would hold a copy of the Torah while standing in front of the two Solomonic pillars, Jachin and Boaz, at the time of their anointing for kingship; because Josiah shows this custom and commits himself and the people of Judah to a covenant to keep not just the Ten Commandments, but also the “testimonies” and the “statutes with all [their] heart and all [their] soul, to perform the words of this covenant that were written in this book”; and because James quotes from Leviticus 19 when identifying the “Royal Law, THEREFORE, the Royal Law is the whole Torah, not just the Ten Commandments as is commonly taught. Here is a new perspective of what constitutes “sin” as defined by the New Testament. Here is the fullness of the Law that we are to obey.<\/P><\/p>\n “31 Do we then make void the law through faith? God forbid: yea, we establish the law.” Romans 3:31.<\/FONT><\/P><\/p>\n “1. What shall we say then? Shall we continue in SIN,<\/STRONG> that grace may abound? <\/FONT><\/P><\/p>\n 2 God forbid. How shall we, that are dead to sin, live any longer therein?” Romans 6:1-2.<\/FONT><\/P><\/p>\n “9 But if ye have respect to persons, ye commit SIN, and are convinced of the law as transgressors.”<\/STRONG> James 2:9.<\/FONT><\/P><\/p>\n Here is the Law from which the Lamb in Revelation, as He sits as King in Judgment, announces judgment upon its transgressors. Here is “The Royal Law,” the Scroll of the Torah.<\/P><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The Real Truth About James 2:8, 9 and the Royal Law: A Fuller Perspective Of the New Testament Definition of Sin. by Stephen W. 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