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<\/span>James 2:12-13 reads: \u201c<\/span>Speak and act as those who are going to be judged by the law that gives freedom, <\/span>because judgment without mercy will be shown to anyone who has not been merciful. Mercy triumphs over judgment!\u201d<\/p>\nSailors, so I\u2019m told, use stars to guide them. The North Star has become the symbol of finding and being guided by an ultimate reference point.<\/p>\n
James urges the messianists to use \u2014 as their North Star \u2014 the reality of judgment on the basis of the law that gives freedom.<\/p>\n
The law that gives freedom \u2014 the Torah as understood by Jesus through the lens of loving God and loving your neighbor as yourself \u2014 is the final criterion that God will use in judging humans.<\/p>\n
Therefore, live in light of a judgment that will exact judgment on the basis of that law.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
James 2:12-13 reads: \u201cSpeak and act as those who are going to be judged by the law that gives freedom, because judgment without mercy will be shown to anyone who has not been merciful. Mercy triumphs over judgment!\u201d Sailors, so I\u2019m told, use stars to guide them. The North Star has become the symbol of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":197,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1777],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5527","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-james"],"yoast_head":"\n