14-Thoughts on James 4:11-12

Let us clear the decks. We know that James is writing to
believers – Jewish believers, yes (Jas. 1:1) – but, most
definitely, believers (Jas. 1:3; 2:1). They had been regenerated
(Jas. 1:18), they were brother and sisters; James addresses them
as such no less than fifteen times in his relatively short book
(Jas. 1:2,16,19; 2:1,5,14; 3:1,10,12; 4:11; 5:7,9,10,12,19), even
using the term ‘beloved brothers’ on occasion. The were
justified by faith (Jas. 2:24), indwelt by the Spirit (Jas. 4:5), 1
church members (Jas. 1:9; 2 2:1-2; 3 5:14), called or known by the
name of Christ (Jas. :7), and were awaiting the Lord’s return
(Jas. 5:7-9). Oh yes, they were believers.