Thursday, October 2, 2014
The Perfect Law Of Liberty
For many years I have heard men speak of what James referred to as the perfect law of liberty. It was unclear to me what that was or what it meant, until recently.
James 1:22 But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves.
23 For if any be a hearer of the word, and not a doer, he is like unto a man beholding his natural face in a glass:
24 For he beholdeth himself, and goeth his way, and straightway forgetteth what manner of man he was.
25 But whoso looketh into the perfect law of liberty, and continueth therein, he being not a forgetful hearer, but a doer of the work, this man shall be blessed in his deed.
The struggle for me was that I knew no man is made perfect by the Law, but but by Jesus. It made me think that there must be another law other than the Law, the Torah. Trying to determine what that was lead me to what Jesus did for us.
Galatians 3:13 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.
Here we see that the curse of the Law is taken away by Jesus on the cross. We also know that the new covenant is the Law written in our hearts and minds.
Jerimiah 31:31 Behold, the days come, saith the Lord, that I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel, and with the house of Judah:
32 Not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers in the day that I took them by the hand to bring them out of the land of Egypt; which my covenant they brake, although I was an husband unto them, saith the Lord:
33 But this shall be the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel; After those days, saith the Lord, I will put my law in their inward parts, and write it in their hearts; and will be their God, and they shall be my people.
Hebrews 8:8 For finding fault with them, he saith, Behold, the days come, saith the Lord, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah:
9 Not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers in the day when I took them by the hand to lead them out of the land of Egypt; because they continued not in my covenant, and I regarded them not, saith the Lord.
10 For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, saith the Lord; I will put my laws into their mind, and write them in their hearts: and I will be to them a God, and they shall be to me a people:
11 And they shall not teach every man his neighbour, and every man his brother, saying, Know the Lord: for all shall know me, from the least to the greatest.
12 For I will be merciful to their unrighteousness, and their sins and their iniquities will I remember no more.
So then, the perfect law of liberty is the Law in our hearts and minds that leads us on to do the right things, and permanent forgiveness of transgression of the Law (which is sin according to 1 John 3:4), leaving us only with the blessing of the Law. The Law in our hearts and minds is made into perfect liberty by the work of Jesus on the cross. This is not so we can do whatever we want, but that we might receive forgiveness when we ask and live in the blessing of the Law. This is truly a blessing and something to be thankful for today!
Prayer
Father, we exalt You. You alone are worthy to be praised. Let Your perfect Law of liberty bring Your kingdom to the earth today. Give us Your overwhelming provision today. Forgive us when we transgress the Law as we are frail humans. See us through the blood of Your Son and the work He did on the cross for us. Send us Your healing and deliverance. In Yeshua’s (Jesus’) name. Amen.