Transcript The Law of the King

The Kingdom of God
A biblical study in twelve lectures
by Steve Gregg
Lecture #11
The Law of the King
James 2:8
If you really fulfill the royal law according
to the Scripture,
“You shall love your neighbor as
yourself,”
you do well.
James 1:25
But he who looks into the perfect law of liberty
and continues in it, and is not a forgetful hearer
but a doer of the work, this one will be blessed in
what he does.
James 2:12
So speak and so do as those who will be judged by
the law of liberty.
Matthew 5:3, 10
Blessed are the poor in spirit,
For theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
Blessed are those who are persecuted for
righteousness’ sake,
For theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
Matthew 5:19-20
Whoever therefore breaks one of the least of
these commandments, and teaches men so,
shall be called least in the kingdom of
heaven; but whoever does and teaches
them, he shall be called great in the
kingdom of heaven. For I say to you, that
unless your righteousness exceeds the
righteousness of the scribes and Pharisees,
you will by no means enter the kingdom of
heaven.
Matthew 6:9-10
In this manner, therefore, pray:
Our Father in heaven,
Hallowed be Your name.
Your kingdom come…
Matthew 6:33
But seek first the kingdom of God
and His righteousness,
and all these things shall be added to you.
Matthew 7:21
Not everyone who says to Me, ‘Lord, Lord,’
shall enter the kingdom of heaven, but he
who does the will of My Father in heaven.
Matthew 5:17
Do not think that I came to destroy the Law
or the Prophets.
I did not come to destroy but to fulfill.
Hebrews 7:11-12
Therefore, if perfection were through the
Levitical priesthood (for under it the people
received the law), what further need was
there that another priest should rise
according to the order of Melchizedek, and
not be called according to the order of Aaron?
For the priesthood being changed, of
necessity there is also a change of the law.
Colossians 2:16-17
So let no one judge you in food or in drink, or
regarding a festival or a new moon or
sabbaths, which are a shadow of things to
come, but the substance is of Christ.
1 Corinthians 9:19-21
For though I am free from all men, I have
made myself a servant to all, that I might win
the more; and to the Jews I became as a
Jew, that I might win Jews; to those who are
under the law, as under the law, that I might
win those who are under the law; to those
who are without law, as without law (not
being without law toward God, but under
law toward Christ), that I might win those
who are without law.
Matthew 28:18-20
And Jesus came and spoke to them, saying,
“All authority has been given to Me in heaven
and on earth. Go therefore and make
disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in
the name of the Father and of the Son and of
the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all
things that I have commanded you…”
Matthew 22:35-40
Then one of them, a lawyer, asked Him a
question, testing Him, and saying, “Teacher,
which is the great commandment in the law?”
Jesus said to him, “‘You shall love the LORD
your God with all your heart, with all your
soul, and with all your mind.’ This is the first
and great commandment. And the second is
like it: ‘You shall love your neighbor as
yourself.’ On these two commandments
hang all the Law and the Prophets.”
Romans 13:8-10
Owe no one anything except to love one
another, for he who loves another has
fulfilled the law. For the commandments,
“You shall not commit adultery,” “You shall not
murder,” “You shall not steal,” “You shall not
bear false witness,” “You shall not covet,” and
if there is any other commandment, are all
summed up in this saying, namely, “You shall
love your neighbor as yourself.” Love does no
harm to a neighbor; therefore love is the
fulfillment of the law.
Galatians 5:14
For all the law is fulfilled in one word,
even in this:
“You shall love your neighbor as yourself.”
Deuteronomy 6:4-5
“Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God, the LORD is
one! You shall love the LORD your God with all
your heart, with all your soul, and with all your
strength.
Leviticus 19:18
You shall not take vengeance, nor bear any
grudge against the children of your people, but
you shall love your neighbor as yourself:
I am the LORD.
Luke 3:10-11
So the people asked [John the baptist], saying,
“What shall we do then?”
He answered and said to them, “He who has
two tunics, let him give to him who has none;
and he who has food, let him do likewise.”
John 13:34-35
A new commandment I give to you, that you love
one another; as I have loved you, that you
also love one another. By this all will know that
you are My disciples, if you have love for one
another.”
Romans 12:10
Be kindly affectionate to one another with
brotherly love, in honor giving preference
to one another.
1 John 3:16-17
By this we know love, because He laid down
His life for us. And we also ought to lay
down our lives for the brethren. But
whoever has this world’s goods, and sees his
brother in need, and shuts up his heart from
him, how does the love of God abide in him?
Romans 7:9-11
I was alive once without the law, but when
the commandment came, sin revived and
I died. And the commandment, which
was to bring life, I found to bring death.
For sin, taking occasion by the
commandment, deceived me, and by it
killed me.
2 Corinthians 3:3-6
…clearly you are an epistle of Christ,
ministered by us, written not with ink but by
the Spirit of the living God, not on tablets of
stone but on tablets of flesh, that is, of the
heart… but our sufficiency is from God, who
also made us sufficient as ministers of the
new covenant, not of the letter but of the
Spirit; for the letter kills, but the Spirit gives
life.
1 Corinthians 16:14
“Let all that you do be done with love.”
Ephesians 3:17
…that Christ may dwell in your hearts through
faith; that you, being rooted and grounded in
love…
Matthew 7:12
Therefore, whatever you want men to do to you,
do also to them,
for this is the Law and the Prophets.
2 Corinthians 11:28-29
…besides the other things, what comes upon
me daily: my deep concern for all the
churches. Who is weak, and I am not weak?
Who is made to stumble, and I do not
burn…?
Galatians 5:13
For you, brethren, have been called to liberty;
only do not use liberty as an opportunity for the
flesh, but through love serve one another.
John 13:13-17
“You call Me Teacher and Lord, and you say well,
for so I am. If I then, your Lord and Teacher, have
washed your feet, you also ought to wash one
another’s feet. For I have given you an
example, that you should do as I have done to
you. Most assuredly, I say to you, a servant is not
greater than his master; nor is he who is sent
greater than he who sent him. If you know these
things, blessed are you if you do them.”
Philippians 2:3-4
Let nothing be done through selfish ambition
or conceit, but in lowliness of mind let each
esteem others better than himself. Let
each of you look out not only for his own
interests, but also for the interests of others.
1 John 3:16-17
By this we know love, because He laid down
His life for us. And we also ought to lay down
our lives for the brethren. But whoever has
this world’s goods, and sees his brother in
need, and shuts up his heart from him, how
does the love of God abide in him?
Romans 14:15
Yet if your brother is grieved because of your food,
you are no longer walking in love. Do not destroy
with your food the one for whom Christ died.
Matthew 23:23-24
“Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites!
For you pay tithe of mint and anise and
cummin, and have neglected the weightier
matters of the law: justice and mercy and
faith[fulness]. These you ought to have done,
without leaving the others undone. Blind
guides, who strain out a gnat and swallow a
camel!
Micah 6:8
He has shown you, O man, what is good;
And what does the Lord require of you
But to do justly,
To love mercy,
And to walk humbly with your God?
John 5:30
I can of Myself do nothing. As I hear, I judge;
and My judgment is righteous [just],
because I do not seek My own will but the will
of the Father who sent Me.
John 7:24
Do not judge according to appearance, but
judge with righteous [just] judgment.”
1 Corinthians 6:1, 5
Dare any of you, having a matter against
another, go to law before the unrighteous,
and not before the saints?…I say this to your
shame. Is it so, that there is not a wise man
among you, not even one, who will be able to
judge between his brethren?
Luke 6:27-36
“But I say to you who hear: Love your
enemies, do good to those who hate you,
bless those who curse you, and pray for
those who spitefully use you. To him who
strikes you on the one cheek, offer the other
also. And from him who takes away your
cloak, do not withhold your tunic either.
Give to everyone who asks of you. And from
him who takes away your goods do not ask
them back. And just as you want men to do
to you, you also do to them likewise…
Luke 6:27-36 (cont.)
“But if you love those who love you, what credit is
that to you? For even sinners love those who love
them. And if you do good to those who do good to
you, what credit is that to you? For even sinners
do the same. And if you lend to those from whom
you hope to receive back, what credit is that to
you? For even sinners lend to sinners to receive
as much back. But love your enemies, do good,
and lend, hoping for nothing in return; and your
reward will be great, and you will be sons of the
Most High. For He is kind to the unthankful and
evil. Therefore be merciful, just as your Father
also is merciful.”
Matthew 5:33-37
“Again you have heard that it was said to those of
old, ‘You shall not swear falsely, but shall perform
your oaths to the Lord.’ But I say to you, do not
swear at all: neither by heaven, for it is God’s
throne; nor by the earth, for it is His footstool; nor
by Jerusalem, for it is the city of the great King.
Nor shall you swear by your head, because you
cannot make one hair white or black. But let your
‘Yes’ be ‘Yes,’ and your ‘No,’ ‘No.’ For whatever is
more than these is from the evil one.”
Psalm 15:1, 4
Lord, who may abide in Your tabernacle?
Who may dwell in Your holy hill?
He who swears to his own hurt
and does not change…
Ephesians 4:15
but, speaking the truth in love, [we] may
grow up in all things into Him who is the
head—Christ
Proverbs 12:18
There is one who speaks
like the piercings of a sword,
But the tongue of the wise promotes health.
Proverbs 15:1
A soft answer turns away wrath,
But a harsh word stirs up anger.
Proverbs 18:8
The words of a talebearer are like tasty trifles,
[traditional Jewish translation: “wounds”]
And they go down into the inmost body.
Proverbs 26:18-19
Like a madman who throws firebrands, arrows,
and death,
Is the man who deceives his neighbor,
And says, “I was only joking!”
Proverbs 27:14
He who blesses his friend with a loud voice,
rising early in the morning,
It will be counted a curse to him.
James 3:6
And the tongue is a fire, a world of iniquity. The
tongue is so set among our members that it
defiles the whole body, and sets on fire the
course of nature; and it is set on fire by hell.
James 1:19
So then, my beloved brethren, let every man be
swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath
Proverbs 29:11
A fool vents all his feelings,
[“uttereth all his mind”—KJV]
But a wise man holds them back.
Proverbs 17:27-28
He who has knowledge spares his words,
And a man of understanding
is of a calm spirit.
Even a fool is counted wise
when he holds his peace;
When he shuts his lips,
he is considered perceptive.
Mark 10:21
Then Jesus, looking at him, loved him, and
said to him, “One thing you lack: Go your
way, sell whatever you have and give to the
poor, and you will have treasure in heaven;
and come, take up the cross, and follow Me.”
Ephesians 4:15
but, speaking the truth in love, may grow up in
all things into Him who is the head—Christ
Proverbs 27:6
Faithful are the wounds of a friend,
But the kisses of an enemy are deceitful.
Galatians 6:1
Brethren, if a man is overtaken in any trespass,
you who are spiritual restore such a one in a
spirit of gentleness, considering yourself
lest you also be tempted.
2 Timothy 2:24-25
And a servant of the Lord must not quarrel but
be gentle to all, able to teach, patient, in
humility correcting those who are in
opposition, if God perhaps will grant them
repentance, so that they may know the truth.
1 Peter 3:15
But sanctify the Lord God in your hearts, and
always be ready to give a defense to
everyone who asks you a reason for the hope
that is in you, with meekness and fear
Luke 4:22
So all bore witness to Him, and marveled at the
gracious words which proceeded out of His
mouth.
Ephesians 4:29
Let no corrupt word proceed out of your
mouth, but what is good for necessary
edification, that it may impart grace to the
hearers.
Hebrews 10:24, 25
And let us consider one another in order to stir
up love and good works…exhorting one
another…
1 John 4:7-8
Beloved, let us love one another, for love is of
God; and everyone who loves is born of
God and knows God. He who does not love
does not know God, for God is love.
1 John 3:14
We know that we have passed from death to
life, because we love the brethren. He who
does not love his brother abides in death.
Galatians 5:22
“But the fruit of the Spirit is love…”
Romans 5:5
Now hope does not disappoint, because the
love of God has been poured out in our
hearts by the Holy Spirit who was given to us.
2 Timothy 1:7
For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of
power and of love and of a sound mind.
1 John 5:1-3
Whoever believes that Jesus is the Christ is born
of God, and everyone who loves Him who
begot [God] also loves him who is begotten
of Him [His kids]. By this we know that we love
the children of God, when we love God and keep
His commandments. For this is the love of
God, that we keep His commandments. And
His commandments are not burdensome.
Luke 9:23
Then He said to them all, “If anyone desires to
come after Me, let him deny himself, and
take up his cross daily, and follow Me.
Luke 17:8-10
But will he not rather say to him, ‘Prepare
something for my supper, and gird yourself
and serve me till I have eaten and drunk, and
afterward you will eat and drink’? Does he
thank that servant because he did the things
that were commanded him? I think not. So
likewise you, when you have done all those
things which you are commanded, say,
‘We are unprofitable servants. We have
done what was our duty to do.’”
John 12:26
“If anyone serves Me, let him follow Me; and
where I am, there My servant will be also.”
1 Peter 2:21-23
For to this you were called, because Christ
also suffered for us, leaving us an example,
that you should follow His steps: “Who
committed no sin, nor was deceit found in His
mouth”; who, when He was reviled, did not
revile in return; when He suffered, He did not
threaten, but committed Himself to Him who
judges righteously.
1 Corinthians 11:1
“Imitate me, just as I also imitate Christ.”
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