The penitent Christian is always thankful to God -- for His grace and mercy, for His wisdom and power, for His lovingkindness and longsuffering to us-ward. He shows this in his manner of life.
Profound lessons can be found in the 3:16s, among them the meaning of the Lord's gift of His son on the cross, the authority and sheer value of scripture, and divine disdain for lukewarm attitudes.
James 2:14-26 teaches plainly that faith without works is dead. Christ is our example of working works of obedience. He tells us that we are to keep His commandments as a show of our love.
Wonderful statements are made in the 4:12s. Among them, the only authority by which we are saved, Paul's example of humility, and the unbridled power of the Word of God.
This is the very crux of the matter. We either do God's will and inherit life eternal, or we violate God's will and perish. We must always defer to the will of our heavenly Father, come what may.
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