Remember that true religion gives us access to God. Society would try to separate us into categories, but Christ brings us together. To this problem James makes a profound statement: Mercy is greater than judgement! In today’s passage, James is going to expound on how mercy is better than judgement and how true religion is distinguished from false. Real Christianity is not faith versus works - it’s faith and works. If you separate faith and works, saying one is more vitally important than the other, you lose the integrity of both! Let’s rejoin James’ argument as he drills down on just how integral faith and works are to one another.
