Christian advice: Brothers and sisters, stop complaining about each other, or you will be condemned. James 5:9

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The Epistle of James is a very short letter, whose recipient is not clearly specified, the twelve tribes of the dispersion are simply addressed as the intended recipients. This letter does not follow the style of Paul's letters, in the sense that the Apostle of the Gentiles condemned heresies and saw the new life in Christ as an overcoming of the law. The epistle of James has a clear literary influence from the sapiential books, such as Wisdom, Proverbs, and Ben Sira.
The apostle James agreed with Paul in his theological thinking on the need for faith to be accompanied by the wisdom from above in order to bear the necessary fruits of blessing. A faith without that divine science applied to daily life is a blind, superficial, and rootless faith that gives in to persecution and adversity. This is why James affirmed in his letter: "Do what God's word says. Don't merely listen to it, or you will fool yourselves" James 1:22.
On the other hand, the style of the epistle is very close to that gentle persuasion of wisdom, which invites men to abandon foolishness and its fruits, destruction and suffering, and to seek that fountain of life that the divine science, wisdom, brings with her. We must remember that when Jesus spoke of his message, he said that his yoke was easy and his burden light. The Christian message is the opposite of oppression. This is why the apostle James, when referring to the fear of God, which is the gift that allows a sincere conversion to the Kingdom of God, left a beautiful Christian piece of advice for living: "Brothers and sisters, stop complaining about each other, or you will be condemned. Realize that the judge is standing at the door" James 5:9. Living in harmony with brothers and sisters in faith is the basis of communion, and that is why Jesus calls his devotees his family.
Those who complain about their brothers and sisters contribute nothing of value to society and break God's law. The apostle James, through his letter, called Christians to abandon their error and seek new life in Jesus Christ.
Christian advice. Brothers and sisters, stop complaining about each other, or you will be condemned. James 5,9.jpg
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