“You shall love your neighbor as yourself.” James called this the royal law (James 2:8). It is the royal teaching of King Jesus. It looks a lot like doing unto others as you would have them do unto you. It flows out of the Great Commandment. It is the high road; it is the road less traveled. This royal law is to be written on our hearts (Jeremiah 31:33), which means that it is to become a part of our very nature. We come to do it naturally by the inner training of the Spirit. The Spirit brings this royal law into our hearts (Romans 5:5). To practice the royal law of love is to show that we are a Child of the King.
About the Author: H. Lamar Smith
Native of Alabama. Graduated from Valley High School, Valley, AL. Graduate of Trevecca Nazarene College, 1966. Graduate of Trevecca Nazarene University, M.A. 1992. Pastored churches in Tennessee, Kentucky, Oklahoma and Alabama.