A READING FROM JAMES
. 16For where there is envy and selfish ambition, there will also be disorder and wickedness of every kind. 17But the wisdom from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, willing to yield, full of mercy and good fruits, without a trace of partiality or hypocrisy.
18And a harvest of righteousness is sown in peace for those who make peace.4:
MESSAGE IN A PARAGRAPH OR TWO
The above passage is almost a message by itself. If we add that which the letter of James stresses, we have a complete message. James urges Christians not only to talk, but act. How do you show purity, peace, willingness to yield, mercy, and good fruits without a trace of partiality or hypocrisy? We help to reveal the Kingdom when we act out those words.