Welcome to Nancy Wilson's Feminine Podcast, presented by Canon Press.

Welcome to the Feminine Podcast. This is Nancy Wilson.

Thanks so much for joining me today. So today I'm going to talk to you about the Royal Law.

Do you know which law that is? I bet you do.

James 28 says, if you really fulfill the Royal Law according to the scripture,

you shall love your neighbor as yourself. You do well. This law is the Royal Law that comes to

us from our King Jesus. And we do well when we obey it. Let's look at several other places in

the New Testament where this command is mentioned. The same law is mentioned.

Romans 13, 9 says, if there is any other commandment, all are summed up in this saying,

namely, you shall love your neighbor as yourself. This Royal Law sums it all up, which is amazing.

Galatians 5, 14, for all the law is fulfilled in one word. Even in this, you shall love your

neighbor as yourself. This law is so important that all the law is fulfilled in it.

Just wrap your mind around that for a minute. Then in Mark 1230, and you shall love the Lord your

God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your mind, and with all your strength.

This is the first commandment. And the second like it is this. You shall love your neighbor as

yourself. There is no other commandment greater than these. So we see that this law is not only

royal. It's the preeminent command, but it's also not up by the way command. It's right at the

top with loving God with all our heart, soul, mind, and strength. It is not a command that we can

take lightly. The first time we see it in the Old Testament is in Leviticus 1918. 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. To obey the command to love your neighbor as yourself

means that the Bible is assuming, of course, a love for self. That is a stated standard to use

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