We need to be careful how we speak about each other. It is so easy to get sucked in to doing each other down. This is not a godly way to act. Worst of all it is possible, and happens frequently, for people who get some revelation of the truth to use this revelation to speak against other people, to use it as a platform from which to judge others. James tells them that if they do this far from keeping the law, they are sitting in judgement on it, and putting themselves in the place of judge. This is a complete misunderstanding of our position.
We are all prone to doing this. Charismatics have done it when they learnt about the role of the Holy Spirit, using this knowledge to judge others instead of living by the spirit. Evangelicals can do it. Whatever revelation or understanding we receive from God, He gives it to us so that we can live better lives, not so that we tell others that we are better than them.
We need to have right perspective on who is the only Judge and Law giver.
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