Wisdom and law in Jesus: Talk and act as people who are going to be judged by laws that bring freedom. James 2:12

The author of the Epistle of James is probably the James mentioned in the Gospel of Matthew as the brother of Jesus, and the same one who imposed his opinion at the First Council of Jerusalem. The Epistle of James does not have a specific recipient, although it mentions the twelve tribes of the dispersion, and here it may refer to the Christians of Israelite origin scattered outside the Holy Land. The letter of James seems to have a certain resemblance to the literary style of John and the sapiential texts.
The New Testament teaches that all law and wisdom are summed up in the person of Jesus with the famous seven "I am". And this is a spiritual truth that the apostle James did not forget when writing his famous epistle. This is why the apostle, when referring to wisdom, that is, the science of God, synthesized or summarized her in the commandment of love: "If you really keep the royal law found in Scripture, 'Love your neighbor as yourself,' you are doing right" James 2:8. The apostle explained that the wisdom of the commandment of love surpasses any imperative of the law of Moses. With this, the apostle wanted to explain that no one can fulfill the law of Moses in its entirety, and thus, ultimately, all men become transgressors of the law and therefore condemnable. In contrast, the commandment of love is more flexible, because it does not condemn anyone, but rather instructs men on what constitutes the foundation of the best and most excellent decisions. The commandment of love is not an imperative or an order but an invitation to a new lifestyle, to live the gifts, that is, to live according to the spirit.
James then returned to a teaching of Jesus: with the wisdom and the spiritual love comes true freedom, the freedom of the children of God; that is why he explained: "Talk and act as people who are going to be judged by laws that bring freedom" James 2:12. The commandment of love, the love projected onto all of God's work, directs men to grace and the spiritual gift of eternal life, the life which, once obtained, cannot be lost. The commandment of love is ultimately that wisdom which surpasses the law, and which reminds the followers of the kingdom that the true goal of man is likeness to Christ.

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