James 2:8-11
8 If you really fulfill the royal law according to the Scripture, You shall love your neighbor as yourself, you are doing well. 9 But if you show partiality, you are committing sin and are convicted by the law as transgressors. 10 For whoever keeps the whole law but fails in one point has become accountable for all of it. 11 For he who said, Do not commit adultery, also said, Do not murder. If you do not commit adultery but do murder, you have become a transgressor of the law.
Our goal is be pure and avoid sexual immorality, but we need to keep in mind that even purity is just a stepping stone to a greater good, namely to be transformed into the image of Christ. If we do stop all sexual immorality, but then become proud and arrogant about our good behavior, we have not really gained anything. We have just traded one sin for another. Our motivation should be to draw closer to God, not to think that we can somehow become more righteous if we clean up only one corner of our life.
Lord, help me to become more like You.
8 If you really fulfill the royal law according to the Scripture, You shall love your neighbor as yourself, you are doing well. 9 But if you show partiality, you are committing sin and are convicted by the law as transgressors. 10 For whoever keeps the whole law but fails in one point has become accountable for all of it. 11 For he who said, Do not commit adultery, also said, Do not murder. If you do not commit adultery but do murder, you have become a transgressor of the law.
Our goal is be pure and avoid sexual immorality, but we need to keep in mind that even purity is just a stepping stone to a greater good, namely to be transformed into the image of Christ. If we do stop all sexual immorality, but then become proud and arrogant about our good behavior, we have not really gained anything. We have just traded one sin for another. Our motivation should be to draw closer to God, not to think that we can somehow become more righteous if we clean up only one corner of our life.
Lord, help me to become more like You.