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THE ONE AND ONLY LAWGIVER

FRIDAY, DECEMBER 9

James 4:12

Isaiah 33:22

 

“For the LORD is our judge,

the LORD is our lawgiver…”

 

THE ONE AND ONLY LAWGIVER
 
James affirms that there is only one Lawgiver. And He has the power to save and destroy. So he inquired, why are you judging one another? A problem among the believers during that time was discrimination against the poor. The Apostle gives this example where they judge others based on their own standard and not according to the Law of God. They presume to use the law in evil ways to destroy their brethren. James warns them not to abuse the law, for the One and only Lawgiver is all-powerful. The Omnipotent God can save those brothers who are evil spoken of and destroy those who are evil-speaking.
 
Who can save: God is able to save. He is the only Saviour of the world. “Ye are my witnesses, saith the LORD, and my servant whom I have chosen: that ye may know and believe me, and understand that I am he: before me there was no God formed, neither shall there be after me. I, even I, am the LORD; and beside me there is no saviour” (Isa 43:10-11). “Look unto me, and be ye saved, all the ends of the earth: for I am God, and there is none else” (Isa 45:22). Read also 1 John 4:14, John 3:16-17.
 
Who can destroy: Jesus said, “…fear not them which kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul: but rather fear him which is able to destroy both soul and body in hell” (Matt 10:28). Paul says, “And to you who are troubled rest with us, when the Lord Jesus shall be revealed from heaven with his mighty angels, In flaming fire taking vengeance on them that know not God, and that obey not the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ: Who shall be punished with everlasting destruction from the presence of the Lord, and from the glory of his power; When he shall come to be glorified in his saints, and to be admired in all them that believe (because our testimony among you was believed) in that day” (2 Thess 1:7-10).
 
Dear reader, do not use the law of God in evil ways against your brethren. Be doers of the law, keep it and obey it.
 
THOUGHT: Do I fear the Lord, the Giver of the law?
PRAYER: Father, grant me the heart to love Thee as I ought and to love my brethren as myself.

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