Are you keeping the royal law? James 2: 8,9 (part 2)

Welcome to part 2 of James 2: 8,9.
Good morning all. God is good all the time, all the time God is good.  TOO BLESSED TO BE STRESSED!!
   Well?  Did you think about favoritism, aka discrimination? Do you favor someone whose appearance is more appealing than once whose appearance is not so appealing?  Hmm! Thoughts to ponder!
   James 2: 8,9 today goes back to the law. ⁸ If you really keep the royal law found in Scripture, “Love your neighbor as yourself,”^[a] you are doing right.  ⁹ But if you show favoritism, you sin and are convicted by the law as lawbreakers.
 The royal law means "law that is truly royal in its quality" (R.C.H. Lenski, The Epistle of Hebrews and James, p. 570)  The definite article is absent in Greek, indicating that quality is emphasized.  It is royal or kingly in its relation to other laws.  Jesus said that this and the first commandment are so fundamental that on them "hang all the law and the prophets" (Mt. 22:40).  An individual "loves" himself irrespective of financial or social status.  We should love others in the same manner.  When we practice the law, we do well; it is beautiful.
   Verse 9: The secular view of success assumes that favoritism must be employed if we are to climb the ladder of success.  James warns that if we follow this attitude, if we accomplish the climb to success and it is purely secular, this is sin in God's eyes.  Convicted by, in Greek the word is elengcho, which means to point out the guilt or fault in others.  Convicted by the law----
   The law is not the Mosaic law, but the "royal law," the law of love, go back to Matthew 22- love the Lord your God with all..............; and #2 love your neighbor as.........!
   If we show favoritism or discriminate then we, in fact, show an absence of true law and an absence of the royal law.  Tomorrow we will continue on with James 2:10-12.
  Have a really great day in the Lord Jesus Christ. Love you all.
In Christ's Love and Grace
Johnny