"For He who said, 'Do not commit adultery,' also said, 'Do not commit murder.' Now if you do not commit adultery, but do commit murder, you have become a transgressor of the law" (James 2:11).
James is making the point that partiality (to make a judgement of someone based on appearance) is a serious sin. You may need to read the first ten verses of James 2 again to remind yourself of the context of this verse. The Lawgiver (God) has both said "Do not commit adultery" and "Do not murder". By the way, there are eight others that are listed in Exodus 20 that James could have used to make his point as well. What do murder and adultery have in common? They are both violations of the rules of living that God has given to us for our benefit. To do either (or any of the other eight) is to put yourself on the wrong side of God's fence and to make yourself a trespasser. The law of the kingdom is to love each other (James 2:8). Neither murder nor adultery is an expression of love. Rather these are expressions of self-interest. To make a judgement of someone's value based on appearance is also not an expression of love but rather an expression of self-interest. It is tresspassing.
Today, let us attempt to live by the rule of the kingdom--love. As you make decisions today (and judgements)--see if you can saturate them in true godly love.
