Luther accurately read James, and realized that it bluntly contradicted his new doctrine. Can't be more direct than this:
James 2:24 Do you see that by works a man is justified; and not by faith only?
No matter how you try to argue that God didn't mean what He said, it remains. That's why Luther finally decided it had to go. You can't have "sola fide" with James 2:24. One of them is wrong.
The worldly only see James as talking to worldly people but he is talking to the Born again in the Holy Spirit, who know that James is talking about the Holy Spirit in man in fact, in doing the works of that Salvation ? it's because of that faith that's God given they are abiding in only.
A worldly man can have faith, a water baptised can have faith, but so what ? that faith can fail ? as the weeds of this world can strangle that faith easy ?
But what one needs is the faith that can move Mountains, that's due to the Holy Spirit in a truly born again man ! it's got nothing to do with you as to such a power but of the Holy Spirit within you working. only a worldly man would not understand such and get such wrong.
Show me faith without the works of the Holy Spirit working in you ? as this is the faith you need, as ones own worldly faith is nothing much at all when compared to a born again man that's of the holy Spirits Faith. that faith that cam move mountains ? that means that it's the power of God working through one.
We and our own faith is but filthy rags ? you need to be born again of the Holy Spirit, then you will understand the difference in fact between the two types of faith, one is God given and the other is not worthy of God, but it's a start, just like one who is water baptised, this is done in the hope that one receives the Holy Spirit and becomes truly born again. now not all will become born again because they are not Israel = Servants of God, but are only of the People of God = like of Judah say, so they need to try and repent of their Sins until they understand where they are at and move forward in such as with the strength that they have, they are Sinners ? The truly born again are Saints, they Sin as well but they are not under the power of Sin, as they have a handle on such ? as they are not lead into temptation so easy.
The Judah Christian type will think that James is talking about some one is working for his salvation in his own works. it's because they are not truly saved born again of the Holy Spirit that they make such stupid claims, but then we have others who think that James is talking about works as in you are working for your salvation like some RC push. oh look what I did for you Lord ? well God will say to such that such is but filthy rags. looking for credit on your own works will not cut it at all as to God at all, because such is mans works, that is of Satan ! Like Political Correctness = a whore ! fact is that when it comes to anything that is Political, such can never be truly Correct with God.
Mans correctness is filthy rags, Political is of Mans works as it's a whore ! believe me, get involved in such as Political and you will be confronted with it up to your eyeballs and know that nothing is truly correct with such at all before God. clearly such do not serve God. they serve themselves !