James 2:14 What good is it, my brothers, if someone says he has faith but does not have works? Can his faith save him? When someone claims to have faith, what they may have is intellectual assent – agreement with a set of Christian teachings, but as such would be incomplete faith. True faith transforms …
13 For judgment is without mercy to the one who hasn’t shown mercy. Mercy triumphs over judgment. I wasn’t sure that I understood mercy, regardless of the fact I have heard it in church forever, so I did some research. First, mercy is defined by the Oxford Dictionary as compassion or forgiveness shown toward someone whom …
12 Speak and act as those who will be judged by the law of freedom. 13 For judgment is without mercy to the one who hasn’t shown mercy. Mercy triumphs over judgment What does it mean to be judged by the law of freedom? The NIV translation: the law that gives freedom. The law that gives freedom …