I can already hear one of you agreeing by saying, “Sounds good. You take care of the faith department, I’ll handle the works department.” Not so fast. You can no more show me your works apart from your faith than I can show you my faith apart from my works. Faith and works, works and faith, fit together hand in glove. (James 2:18 MSG)
It may seem like James is contradicting Paul's teaching on grace which we see in Romans and Galatians, but this is not true. Paul and James are not fighting each other, they are fighting two different enemies.
