James says "he who looks onto the perfect law of liberty and continues in it " will be blessed in what he does. What is the law of liberty? Why would James tell us to follow the law? Aren't we supposed to be free from the laws of Old Testament?
It is true that we are no longer required to bring animal sacrifices for worship and sanctification. Those laws have been made complete, or finished, when Jesus literally became the lamb slain for our sin. But scripture talks of the law of liberty (James 2:12, 4:11), the law of the wise ( Proverbs 13:14), law of justice, mercy and faith (Matthew 23:23), and the law written in our hearts (Romans 2:13-15).
God never changes (Hebrews 13:8), neither his character nor his pleasures. Therefore what he hated in the Old Testament, he hates in the New. What he loved in the Old Testament, he loves in the New.
Jesus put it this way, “If you abide in My word, you are My disciples indeed. And you shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.” (John 8:31-32)
