What do people do when...
What do people do when they realize the error of their ways and want to make up for it
all? Quite often, those who have been wronged are long gone out of the scene, if not dead
or moved to another state. James suggests that reversing the current lifestyle is one way
of responding to past sins. While we are justified by faith, James also reminds us that we
are responsible for living a Christian life.
Once a young man turned away a transient while he was immature and arrogant. He
thought such homeless transients were irresponsible deadbeats. While in his middle-aged