Tuesday Devotional

James 2:12-13

2:12 So speak ye, and so do,

as they that shall be judged by the law of liberty.

2:13 For he shall have judgment without mercy,

that hath shewed no mercy;

 and mercy rejoiceth against judgment.

A divine judgment is coming, and it will be done fairly. However, God will be disinclined to show any mercy to those who have not exhibited mercy and kindness to others. This is the law of reciprocity: God will judge us according to how we have judged others (see Matthew 7:2; Luke 6:37-38).

James also says that "mercy triumphs over judgment." Indeed, the laws we have broken demand our death, but the mercy of God through the sacrificial death of His Son has made a way for us to be accepted. In the end, it will be clear that God's mercy prevails.

submitted by: Annie